Brian Carlisle, Vice President of Information Technology, and Michael Gibson, Chair of the Information Systems Department, recently participated in the 12th annual Instructional Technology Conference at Middle Tennessee State University in Tennessee. Their presentation discussed American Sentinel University's successful transition from WebCT Campus Edition to the Moodle open-source learning management system and examined the issues currently surrounding open-source learning management systems.

Open-source learning management systems are a viable alternative to commercial learning management system products. Moodle, Sakai, and other open-source projects offer institutions of higher education an opportunity not only to reduce IT costs, but also to be active participants in the development of innovative new features. Open-source learning management systems are not without their issues, however, including potential patent infringement lawsuits from proprietary vendors and less organized technical support.

The presentation was a great success and received very positive feedback from the educators and administrators in attendance. Review the presentation (the presentation is in a pdf format.)

Student Services wishes to welcome Kim Nguyen to our team. Kim has worked at American Sentinel in various positions since 2003. Kim will serve as a Student Service Advisor.

We extend congratulations to the following students for completing their degrees and graduating since February 2007 from American Sentinel:

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

• Arlene Chapman-Nichols
• Jeri Glisson

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

• Jeff Abbott
• Richard Davis
• Stephanie George
• Constance Grant
• David Hartford
• Christopher Holland
• Gavin Jenney Jr
• Michael Johnson
• Shalini Kataria
• Britton Powell
• Slate Rogers
• Igor Salamatov
• Thomas Serio

Bachelor of Science in Information Systems

• Gopi Bellam
• Lawrence Benedict
• Samuel Braughton
• Christina Bucko
• Steven Chism
• James Furnish
• Ann Hart
• Alaa Jamal
• Lisa La Point
• Miriam Leach
• Jonathan Leffingwell
• John Lux
• James Marsh Jr
• Connie McKissack
• Dale Miller
• Ronald Myers
• Joshua Newth
• Audra Smith
• Gary Southern
• Thomas Toner
• Jim Viera
• Cheryl Wenszell
• Dale Williamson
• Jennifer Wollman

Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems

• John Deleo
• Nancy Florence
• Liz Gurley
• Betty Sergey

Master of Science in Computer Science

• Connie Cole
• Srinivas Dannana
• Vijitha Gutta
• Donna Sims
• Robert Toomey

• Rhonda Hertzog
• Janet Davidian

Master of Science in Business Administration

• Mike Dunn
• Heidi Nadeau
• Melinda Schoenlein

Master of Science in Nursing

• Katherine Lee