itslearning – the learning platform used by SPARK Schools in South Africa and globally by more than seven million students and teachers – has won the 2019 EdTech Digest Cool Tool Award for best learning management system (LMS).

The EdTech Digest awards seek to highlight and celebrate the innovators, leaders, and trendsetters in education technology. The Cool Tool awards are presented to the best new, emerging, and established technology solutions for education.

Last year SPARK Schools announced that it will be introducing the Norwegian-based itslearning LMS in its 21 schools. itslearning personalises learning for SPARK scholars by ensuring greater student achievement through differentiation. The curriculum and content management enables the Learning Model Team to disseminate curriculum across the network of schools efficiently.

SPARK Schools’ CEO Stacey Brewer: “Google products underpin SPARK. They introduced us to itslearning who impressed us with what they have achieved in the educational technology space. We want the best for our learners so we are constantly on the lookout for the best tech solutions and we believe the itslearning LMS is one of the finest. We are delighted that they have been recognised by this prestigious EdTech Digest award.”

The full list of this year’s award winners and finalists can be found at http://www.edtechdigest.com.