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Unizin, an online database that allows universities to share information and resources.
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Unizin is university-owned, meaning its values are concerned with the academic aspect of learning rather than the monetary and company aspect of educational software. Instead of allowing companies to enforce their programs and push their technology for their benefit, Unizin works to be sure the software benefits the students. Other universities — including the University of Illinois-Urbana/Champagne — are considering implementing Unizin.
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Unizin works to enforce better education by having software that allows instructors to understand their students and learn how to teach them in the most effective way. Unizin also makes educational technology more efficient for both instructors and students by allowing professors to share technology more fluidly
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University of Iowa might move to Unizin, a data management and learning software that allows professors to share technology more fluidly. Unizin is also university owned and recreates the idea of educational software by skipping the large corporations