May 24, 2011 - Hawaii's Best High School: Mililani High School

Top-ranked public high school Mililani will implement Blackboard Collaborate for its pilot AP Economics course in the fall with a goal of breaking down the barriers of classroom walls and making learning available anywhere, anytime.

May 19, 2011 - Australian Nun Pioneers Online Classroom with Blackboard Collaborate

Before the programme was developed, there were no tertiary education centres in WA delivering nursing education to remote and regional students unless those students were able to leave their communities and families for extended periods. With Blackboard Collaborate, students can access education from their own residence or community setting.

May 16, 2011 - Blackboard Collaborate Boosts Support for Sakai and Moodle

Blackboard Collaborate adds new Moodle integrations for Wimba Classroom and Elluminate Live! along with Sakai integration for Elluminate Live!

May 12, 2011 - The Highs and Lows of Virtual School: One Teacher’s View

For Rian Meadows, an economics instructor at Florida Virtual School (FLVS) — the nation’s first-ever statewide virtual public high school — the newly passed legislation requiring every K-12 student to take an online course prior to graduation makes sense.

May 5, 2011 - PA Virtual Charter School: IT in the Virtual World

Pennsylvania Virtual Charter School's IT staff taps technologies like videoconferencing and desktop sharing to provide live help desk support to students and faculty scattered across the state. Even during crunch time--the first few weeks of school--the team is able to handle the load with barely a handful of people.

Apr 29, 2011 - Blackboard Enlists User Help To Develop Next-Gen Collaborate

Blackboard's collaboration division will be promoting a mild form of crowdsourcing to develop the next generation of its technology. The company is launching a beta program to engage users in the development of its Blackboard Collaborate platform.

Apr 29, 2011 - Pinellas County School District Announces New Tech Support-Training Initiative

District “techxperts” will be on hand to provide examples of best practices for using technology, to answer questions and provide support in several areas, including Moodle, Elluminate, Smartboards and general technology assistance.

Apr 29, 2011 - Wapaskwa Virtual Collegiate uses Blackboard Collaborate and Desire2Learn to deliver high school classes to First Nation students

A small group of dedicated professionals is using Blackboard Collaborate and Desire2Learn to deliver high school courses through Wapaskwa Virtual Collegiate, part of the Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre, which provides educational services to more than 55 schools.

Apr 28, 2011 - Math 100 Offered to Struggling Students at University of Arizona

With the help of Blackboard Collaborate, the UA has fully implemented a mathematics class that allows students who have not tested into college-level math to take a preparatory course. This frees up staff to support individual students who have specific issues.

Apr 25, 2011 - Making e-Learning Work: Insider Tips From a Virtual School

For institutions, it isn't a question of whether or not an online program should be implemented; it is how to develop a program that fosters high achievement for students that also allows teachers to succeed in their craft. In seeking best practices for implementing virtual learning in the K-12 level, the Florida Virtual School offers some insight.

Apr 25, 2011 - University of Arizona Preparatory Math Goes Virtual

The UA's math department is experimenting with a novel approach to early math instruction – one with a heavy emphasis on technology and peer-to-peer tutoring with the help of Blackboard Collaborate.

Apr 20, 2011 - Online University

Montclair State University will be offering fully online Masters degree programs as well as increasing the number of online and hybrid classes for undergrads, all through Blackboard Collaborate and Blackboard Learn.

Mar 18, 2011 - New tool promotes interactivity in virtual classrooms

Blackboard Collaborate is being introduced in blended learning classes. Instead of the traditional classroom setting, Collaborate facilitates participation by students and others who are unable to be physically present during instruction time.

Mar 16, 2011 - The Evolutionary Online MBA

SUNY Oswego launched its new MBA program in January. For now students use threaded discussions and text-based chat. But the university is also exploring the use of products such as Blackboard's Elluminate and Skype to add face-time and voice-over-IP audio.

Mar 10, 2011 - U.Va.'s Transatlantic Teacher Scholars Program Promotes Global Approach to American History

Ten teachers from Central Virginia and 10 from the United Kingdom have been working together via Blackboard Collaborate since August through the University of Virginia's new Transatlantic Teacher Scholars Program.

Feb 28, 2011 - Virtual classrooms being pilot tested

A new online class program at Cal Poly Pomona has been pilot tested on three classes with plans to continue implementation in the future. Blackboard Collaborate will be integrated into the school's Blackboard Learn LMS.

Feb 15, 2011 - Central Bucks High School West Teacher Brings Classroom Into Students Homes

Teacher Leeanne Schrier uses Elluminate Live! for evening review sessions before major assessments for her AP Statistics, Geometry, and Accelerated Pre-Calculus classes. Her students are excited by the program.

Feb 10, 2011 - Teacher wants French back in community

Shelly Dankochik, French teacher at the Gimli High School, wants to see the revitalization of French in our communities. Technology-based learning from Elluminate will help.

Feb 8, 2011 - Ideas for Teaching in Elluminate

There are many ways to use Elluminate, depending on which subjects are being taught for what age level. Styles of teaching can also vary, from lectures to students around the world to completely interactive multimedia presentations.

Feb 4, 2011 - Technology: A change in class

No more snow days for this finance major at University of Maryland with Blackboard Collaborate. Classes continue regardless of weather.

Feb 3, 2011 - Don't Cancel Your Face-to-Face Class: Do Elluminate

Rather than canceling class in the face of gusting winds and 10 inches of snow, students at Spring Arbor University experienced an interactive session allowing them to learn about the major aspects of the chapter and discover how technology can be used effectively for instruction.

Feb 2, 2011 - Love of Reading Sparked by Love of Subject in the Future School Day

An alert English teacher took notice of one 11th grader's failing grades and recommended that he participate in a unique online credit recovery program. Each student works with a teacher/mentor who has been specifically trained in online instruction and can focus on individualizing instruction.

Feb 1, 2011 - Hybrid Courses Adopt Blackboard Collaborate

New Jersey Institute of Technology is bringing its hybrid classes to life with the Wimba desktop video conferencing application. Compared to basic Moodle forums, where conversations are shared over time,

Feb 1, 2011 - Visit University from Comfort of Your Home

Ghana website invites potential students from around the world to experience the University of Derby in the UK without leaving home - via an international virtual online open day via Blackboard Collaborate

Jan 24, 2011 - Working Professionals Can Benefit From Earning an Online MBA

NC State's new MBA program will use podcasts linked with PowerPoint, tools such as Camtasia and Elluminate, video files and online discussion boards.

Jan 7, 2011 - Cyber Schools Address Elementary Needs

For students on the younger end of education, this article discusses lessons learned about how best to tailor online courses for the early grades.

Jan 4, 2011 - Wimba, Elluminate, and Blackboard Collaborate

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Dec 28, 2010 - Colorado Mountain College's New eCommerce Program Sees First Graduates

After experiencing expanded interest in its business and entrepreneurial programs, CMC added a 12-credit certificate of occupational proficiency in eBusiness and eCommerce to its existing certifications in August of 2009. The program, taught completely online, is now seeing its first graduates.

Dec 15, 2010 - Elluminate trial brings international guests into UWS lecture theatres

A number of UWS students were recently part of a virtual classroom, as a successful trial of Elluminate Live allowed them to converse with a guest lecturer in Hong Kong. UWS holds multiple Elluminate Live licences and other Schools and Units are trialling the software for virtual team meetings, online tutorials and global conferencing.

Nov 17, 2010 - Engineering Classroom Embraces New Model of Education

John Sweet, engineering instructor, knows that in this day and age engineering knowledge has a half life of only 3.5 years – that’s why he believes it’s crucial to change the model of education to work more efficiently with technology to prepare his students for the real world.

Nov 16, 2010 - Best Workplace Awards: Virtually a winner

‘People before profit’ is a well used cliché in business, yet there are few organisations which could rival CORE Education when it comes living this vision. And with most communication, in this 80 plus employee organisation, happening virtually, its placing as a finalist in the JRA Best Workplaces Survey is even more remarkable.

Nov 13, 2010 - Inviting All Educators Worldwide to a Revolutionary Conference on Global Education Starting on Monday, Nov.15

Something super exciting and revolutionary for educators worldwide is happening next week, November 15-19. It is an easy-to-attend conference promoting global education which is critical to achieving peace and understanding in the world today, an important issue for all educators.

Nov 11, 2010 - University of Illinois Online Crop Course Offers Opportunity for Continuing Education

For the first time, Crop Sciences faculty will provide online instruction covering the fundamentals in agronomic management of field crops with an emphasis on crop production and crop protection principles.

Nov 2, 2010 - Southern Oregon University Offers Degree in Business Administration

Hoping to meet the needs of business people who live far from college campuses, Southern Oregon University has begun offering a bachelor's degree in business administration, using online courses as well as visiting professors at Southwestern Oregon Community College in Coos Bay.

Oct 27, 2010 - OSU class shares ideas with Indian students 8,000 miles away

Ohio State students and faculty communicate with three universities in India, about 8,000 miles away, using innovative videoconferencing technology. Students participate in videoconferences and discussions, as well as collaborate with Indian students in a final group presentation.

Oct 22, 2010 - Featured Article on Mobile Learning

Mobile learning solutions provider Blackboard, Inc. highlights the achievements of several new or renewing clients that use one or more of the company’s long-established or recently-acquired products, integrated with open source course management systems to enhance virtual learning.

Oct 19, 2010 - 21st Century Education is the Real Reform

Transformative school change needs to take a hard look at what really moves our students towards a "21st century education" -- an education where students are working on inquiry-based, real world problems, and acknowledge the connected world they live in, where they can connect and learn globally, and where thinking and problem solving are valued over the memorization of facts and figures because they live in a Google-able world.

Oct 19, 2010 - The Socialization Question

The interaction between teacher and student and student to other students in the first versions of online learning was clunky; the best didn't come close to replicating a high-quality in-class experience. But, just like any technology, thanks to the work of players like Elluminate, this experience is predictably improving.

Oct 17, 2010 - Home schooling by the book is full-time job for mother of five

"One big reason why I like it (AZ Virtual Academy) is because it's personally tailored to each kid," Miranda Edwards said. "If they have trouble understanding, they can slow down. If they're excelling, they move more quickly. They aren't bored."

Oct 13, 2010 - Blackboard follows through on pledge to continue support Wimba/Elluminate for Moodle

While no major advancements/changes have been announced since the acquisition (though as quoted above a strategy announcement is forthcoming at EDUCAUSE this week), Blackboard is showing good intentions by continuing support for the wide array of LMSs which were originally integrated with it’s two new flagship collaboration tools.

Oct 12, 2010 - Blackboard Brings Collaborative Tools to Moodle, Sakai, D2L

The new integrations are built on open application programming interfaces and are expected to work with Blackboard's Learn, Angel, and WebCT, as well as open source offerings Sakai and Moodle and proprietary products Desire2Learn Learning Environment, Pearson LearningStudio, and others.

Oct 12, 2010 - Elluminate, Wimba Collaborative Tools Get Third-Party LMS Support

Following up on a commitment made at the time it acquired the two companies, Blackboard has announced that Collaborate, its new collaborative learning suite that taps into technology from Elluminate and Wimba, will work with competing learning management systems.

Oct 8, 2010 - Principals Learn Through Social Media

On the Connected Principals blog, 24 administrators from around the world share best practices in education. They also started a Facebook page and plan to host a monthly Elluminate session.

Oct 7, 2010 - MC2 combines online work with a classroom environment

Angelica Fiebrink has always had trouble focusing in a classroom setting. This year she won't have to worry about that, because all of her classes are online at Milwaukee Community Cyber High School.

Oct 4, 2010 - Classrooms Get Facelifts, Instructional Tech Upgrades

Liv Haselbach, civil & environmental engineering associate professor, said that before the new equipment and software were installed she did not have the capability of transmitting her lectures live to distance students around the state from any of the Sloan classrooms.

Oct 4, 2010 - PA Cyber to Hold First Ever Virtual Classroom Fair

"The student/teacher interaction is something that PA Cyber prides itself on. With the new Elluminate platform we implemented for this school year, teachers have a more dynamic and efficient way to connect with students and maximize the learning process," says Nicole Gianvito, PA Cyber Director of Virtual Classroom

Sep 30, 2010 - High School 2.0

Launched in August following years of individual remote-learning classes and a successful pilot program last year, PacWest Academy offers a complete high school education to students in five counties — Humboldt and the four it borders, Del Norte, Siskiyou, Trinity and Mendocino.

Sep 29, 2010 - EDITORIAL: USD online classes should step into 2010

USD should use technology to simulate the classroom that Internet students have been missing. Currently relying on early Internet advances like e-mail, USD Internet classes have not stepped into 2010.

Sep 27, 2010 - Online education evolves as advances in technology make major impact

Blackboard has been an early adopter. With Elluminate and Wimba freshly tucked in its portfolio, Blackboard has begun to explore ways to build upon, and monetize, technology that makes interactions via the Web more human, according to Michael Stanton, Blackboard treasurer and senior vice president of finance.

Sep 22, 2010 - D2L Integrates Elluminate and Turnitin.com at University of Arizona Tucson

Enhanced D2L combines Elluminate and Turnitin.com programs and allows waitlisted students to access potential classes two weeks before class starts. Elluminate web conferencing was first incorporated into D2L in the spring. Turnitin.com had its debut on D2L during the summer.

Sep 20, 2010 - Schools Blend Virtual and Face-to-Face Teaching

Blended, or hybrid, learning has caught the eye of many looking into the potential of online learning, especially after the U.S. Department of Education reported that “instruction combining online and face-to-face elements had a larger advantage” than either purely online or entirely face-to-face instruction.

Sep 16, 2010 - Intel awards $1 million to schools

Things are looking up for six U.S. schools dedicated to providing innovative and effective STEM education, thanks to Intel Education’s donation of more than $1 million as part of the company’s Schools of Distinction Awards (SODA).

Sep 9, 2010 - Students find advantages in online courses

Large chemistry courses at the University of Illinois have finally met their match in the form of online courses. Organic chemistry classes are being taught through an online medium and have finally reached a good balance.

Sep 3, 2010 - Students Go To Cyber High School

CNN report features students and teacher from California Virtual Academy who use Elluminate for live interactive classes. It works well, especially for 11-year-old high school freshman and competitive ice skater who attends online classes after 2-hour daily practice session.

Aug 31, 2010 - Blackboard earns award for blind accessibility

The National Federation of the Blind awarded its Nonvisual Accessibility Gold Certification, the organization's highest level of recognition, to Blackboard this month.

Aug 25, 2010 - Iowa Law School Offers Health Care Reform Law Class Online

A University of Iowa College of Law class that examines the legal implications of the health care reform law will be offered online via Elluminate Live!

Aug 19, 2010 - Faulkes Telescope Team holds successful training session for teachers across the Atlantic!

The Faulkes Telescope Team recently held a very successful online training session with teachers from the US using Elluminate Live! online collaboration system, connecting with 14 teachers from across New York State, explaining how they could get involved with the FT project.

Aug 19, 2010 - Schools embrace technology

Elluminate helps the Calgary Board of Education meet the needs of 21st century learners.

Jul 28, 2010 - 3 for 3

Which web 2.0 tools are best suited for enabling collaboration in teaching and learning? A trio of ed tech experts offer up their top three choices apiece.

Jul 27, 2010 - A Tool For Its Time

As they continue to empower teachers with upgraded instructional options, learning management systems have evolved into something whose old name just doesn’t cut it anymore.

Jul 7, 2010 - Engaging classrooms

With other technologies the UI is bringing online, particularly a program called Elluminate, which allows guests from places with even a meager Internet connection to communicate with a classroom halfway across the world, the new classrooms seem to hold unlimited potential.

Jul 2, 2010 - There’s a heaping helping of hospitality job opportunities in metro Atlanta

“The hospitality industry in Atlanta is a wonderful resource for our students. We have always done a lot of field trips to hotels, association meetings, events and other venues,” Newton said. “Now, with an interactive software tool called Elluminate Live, we can engage our students even more.”

Jun 29, 2010 - North Kitsap School District using online classes as a retention tool

North Kitsap is incorporating online learning to combat the increase of students transferring to other school districts that offer online classes.

Jun 14, 2010 - Social Networking Goes to School

"Social networking is not going to go away," says Steve Hargadon, creator of Classroom 2.0 and Elluminate social networking consultant. "These are so powerful in terms of learning."

Jun 11, 2010 - Virtual learning: Schools assess the possibilities

Cambridge Lakes added a blended online courses/classroom program in February, through a partnership with K¹². It will offer the program free of charge in the 2010-11 year to charter school students who are under- or over-performing by at least two grade levels.

Jun 9, 2010 - Videoconferencing Saves Southeastern Schools Professional Development Costs

Videoconferencing is helping schools cut travel costs and save on professional development. In fact, one regional organization reported it's saving more than $100,000 on annual professional development costs alone thanks to Internet-based teleconferencing.

Jun 4, 2010 - Chattahoochee Tech’s online drafting program fits today’s market

Brad Cooper has students he has never met, yet they are progressing steadily through the drafting program at Chattahoochee Technical College’s Appalachian campus. Online classes allow many of Cooper’s students to learn drafting from the comfort of their homes.

Jun 4, 2010 - Tech Appeal: Institutions offer wireless, smart classrooms and distance learning to recruit today’s students.

Does your college have tech appeal? Officials at The University of Findlay think their school’s multiyear effort to invest in smart classrooms, audience response systems, interactive whiteboards and other advanced instructional technologies gives them a recruiting advantage.

May 26, 2010 - New Courses Coming at the High School

As for the future, Rubadeau is also looking to try a program called “Elluminate” through the Colorado Northwest Community College. Through this, college professors teach online classes to students throughout the country with the help of online technologies.

May 25, 2010 - Technology Brings Dream Career Speakers to Online High School Students

Interactive virtual assemblies allow Insight Schools students to rub virtual shoulders with professionals and celebrities otherwise out of reach for traditional schools. The Insight Experience Series also exposes teens to the realities of 'dream' careers.

Apr 29, 2010 - Composing orchestral scores comes naturally to boy, 11

Graham was only 9 when he wrote "Infernal Fantasy," a piece for a full orchestra about an Arizona summer. When he isn't composing, Graham does his schoolwork through Arizona Virtual Academy, an online school for children who are home schooled.

Apr 29, 2010 - Thousands Of Students Benefit From Florida's First Virtual Career Fair On STEM

Thousands of students in middle and high schools across Florida yesterday learned first-hand what it takes to tackle an exciting career in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) during the Department of Education’s first-ever STEM Virtual Career Fair. The online fair was hosted in partnership with the Florida Virtual School (FLVS) and Elluminate Technology.

Apr 27, 2010 - Nashir Samanani, CEO and founder of Elluminate brings Calgary talent to the world

Nashir Samanani, CEO and founder of Elluminate, is a pioneer in bringing Calgary’s technology sector to the world stage thanks to his family’s entrepreneurial spirit.

Apr 26, 2010 - New media link students, experts

About 100 students sat in the high-tech cyber café — a former library — at Cushing Academy, formulating questions and taking polls via Twitter and the Internet while interacting live with a panel of international experts on global health.

Apr 15, 2010 - Online Bar Mitzvah classes launched by Chabad

Unlike countless Jewish children who sat through seemingly endless after-school sessions to prepare for their big service, Max Kelly gets to study online in Elluminate with a rabbi from New York from the comfort of his own home in Connecticut.

Apr 15, 2010 - Tutoring goes online, real-time at UH West O'ahu's No'eau Center

Through the new Elluminate system at UH, student tutors are able to conduct real-time dialogue with students online and more actively engage the University's large, distance-learning student population who live on the neighbor islands.

Apr 12, 2010 - 'TechnoGirls'event inaugurated at Dubai Women's College

Dubai Women's College (DWC) held a one day event with the goal of increasing girls' engagement with technology and exposing them to the various career opportunities available in the high-tech industry. 400 students participated from 14 schools in Dubai, Umm Al Quwain and Ajman.

Mar 29, 2010 - Updated budget shows more than $1 million saved

Eastern Illinois University saved more than $1 million has been saved this year because of the attrition and hiring freeze and by cutting travel and equipment purchases. Using Elluminate to preview candidates for hiring and for students to give their thesis presentations has contributed.

Mar 25, 2010 - Hope for parents stuck with public schools: Web-based Christian academy brings 'brick and mortar' to home or church

While tuition for quality private schools typically can run from $12,000 to $20,000, Liberty online is just $4,000 annually, which covers tuition, books and software. Graduates of Liberty Christian School Online will have the same high-quality of academics" as students at the physical campus.

Mar 16, 2010 - Amid Snowfall Professors Hold Virtual Classes

After many classes fell behind on their intended lesson plans during last week's four snow days, some professors decided to hold virtual classes to thwart the bad weather. Apart from online classes through Elluminate Live!, which were quite effective, students used Blackboard to post questions and discussions.

Mar 16, 2010 - Online Learning Surges Thanks to New Technology

For years, educators have supported the concept of online learning but were lukewarm when it came to fully embracing the idea because of a perception that online classes lacked the quality of courses offered in traditional brick-and-mortar classrooms. But advances in technology are changing that thinking.

Mar 5, 2010 - An Icy Trek Warms Students to the Possibilities

Impossible2Possible is a Canadian nonprofit that uses adventures to inspire and educate students about sustainability. This year, the organization added high-tech satellite equipment so students can chat live with Siberian explorers through Elluminate.

Mar 1, 2010 - Educational Networking: The Role of Web 2.0 in Education

The advent of the internet, and in particular what we are calling Web 2.0, has so significantly changed our relationship to information and personal learning opportunities outside of formal education that we’re beginning to see a set of software tools emerge that are profoundly altering both learning processes and outcomes.

Feb 27, 2010 - York School Connects Students with Deployed Parents

Juwon Filmore read the latest chapters and showed pictures he'd drawn for his school book project to his mother on Thursday, even though she is deployed half a world away in Qatar. Juwon turned 10 Thursday, and as part of his birthday, he got to share schoolwork and one-on-one time with his mother via Elluminate.

Feb 26, 2010 - Cyber Surgeons Cross the Pond to Dissect Frog

Fourth graders in Daniela Roumou’s class at Lockhart Elementary School spent Thursday morning dissecting a virtual frog, taking turns with kids in Florida and England. Eluminate, a technology available to users of the Promethean program, allows a virtual classroom connection between multiple schools via the interactive whiteboard.

Feb 18, 2010 - Virtually Connected

Last semester, while sitting at her dining-room table, Hannah Poole helped young girls in southern Sudan to go to school. Her classroom discussions contributed to her virtual internship, said Poole, who did extensive reading on the importance of female teachers to girls’ education.

Feb 17, 2010 - Getting Face to Face with Distance Learning

New York Institute of Technology's videoconferencing capabilities have brought the school closer to its overseas learning partners. "We created a Facebook-like environment on the Elluminate engine," said Stan Silverman, Director of Technology-based Learning Systems.

Feb 12, 2010 - Kindergarten Assistant Wins European eTwinning Award

A Maltese kindergarten assistant at the St Thomas More College has won the eTwinning Annual European Award in the 4-11 years category with the project “Colours of Life," a story written by children, centering on the importance of colour in life. They created a series of collaborative drawings on the Interactive Whiteboard and had their very first taste of online learning through the use of Elluminate Video Conferencing.

Feb 11, 2010 - Professors Turn to Alternative Methods

“I think Elluminate Live! is great because it allows us to stay caught up without having to come in to make classes up,” said sophomore Sam Hunt, who used the program for a business law class. “Rather than jut listen to a lecture, we still have the ability to ask our teacher questions.”

Feb 11, 2010 - Virtual Classroom Caters to All Abilities

Anyone with a UA NetID can now access Elluminate, a free, virtual, collaborative web-conferencing system, headed by the Office of Instruction and Assessment and University Information Technology Services. The system is designed to meet a variety of students’ needs, from those who simply missed class, to those with disabilities.

Feb 1, 2010 - Holmes County Pilots Continuity of Learning Project

In the event of a disaster or a widespread crisis, such as a pandemic flu outbreak, could students continue to learn even if school operations were disrupted for an extended period of time? Lockheed Martin asked that the Florida Virtual School (FLVS) assist them in selecting a site for the project. Holmes County High School was chosen.

Feb 1, 2010 - New Online Tool Expands Classroom and Meeting Possibilities

University of Arizona has launched Elluminate, a Web-based virtual classroom and meeting environment that provides a suite of online meeting tools. UA employees and students can access and use the online tool at no cost. The University has purchased an unlimited use, three-year Elluminate software license.

Jan 27, 2010 - Elluminate Moves Classes to the Web

WSU has teamed up with a virtual meeting and collaboration company called Elluminate that is available for use starting this semester. The program is being used as an alternative to video conferencing and to satisfy all aspects of student learning. Elluminate is integrated with the Angel learning management system.

Jan 27, 2010 - Software Helps Campus Departments Put Brakes on Travel Costs

When Andre Nel, chief of the Division of Nanomedicine at UCLA, was invited to give a presentation last month to about 50 people on the East Coast, his staff didn't have to scramble to make travel arrangements or break into his already-crammed schedule to find a large chunk of time for a quick trip.
Instead, they set up a live presentation on the Web that Nel gave right from UCLA to a bicoastal audience.

Jan 26, 2010 - A Virtually Unknown Alternative

Ashcroft Secondary School, with 635 students, offers only a few electives. Feeling their frustration, their principal suggested they take Journalism 11 online through the Abbotsford Virtual School. The classes are free to B.C. residents, so they gave it a shot.

Jan 26, 2010 - Literary Pilates Online with AVS

Taylor Nichols, a student in AVS Journalism 11, discusses her experiences taking journalism course at a distance when not available at her 250-student school in Abbotsford. "This course has been a real workout," she says. "It has definitely strengthened and stretched my abilities. It's really easy taking journalism online."

Jan 1, 2010 - Education, Training Needs Fuel Web Conference Call Market: Report

When it comes to Web conference calls, an increasing number of users are tapping the technology for training, as well as educational purposes, a new report found. Web conferencing is expected to thrive in the corporate training area, according to Wainhouse Research.

Jan 1, 2010 - Flu-proofing Your Course: Student Presentations

Maybe you require your students to do individual presentations at the end of the semester to demonstrate their mastery of Spanish past tense. Or perhaps your students are required to do group presentations on a business case study as 20% of their course grade. Suddenly, tragedy strikes!

Jan 1, 2010 - The Virtual Classroom Redefines Education

Katarina Williams is an ambitious tenth grader in Haines City, Florida, shouldering the full burden of college-prep coursework: trigonometry, English, Earth-space science, economics, and American government. But trig is the only class that requires her to sit in a traditional classroom. The others she attends at Florida Virtual School without leaving her house.

Dec 1, 2009 - Commoners and Kings: New Videoconferencing Systems Target Wide Swath of Users

Videoconferencing is expanding on both ends of the spectrum. On the one hand, room-based systems are going even more high-end with the introduction of telepresence. On the other, a movement's afoot to make videoconferencing an everyman's tool.

Dec 1, 2009 - Elluminate Web Conferencing Technology Rolled Out

WSU has contracted with Elluminate to provide university-wide access to its Web-conferencing technology at no cost to individual units.

Dec 1, 2009 - Elluminate Web Conferencing Technology Rolled Out

This semester, the University launched ACES ACCESS to bring four introductory agricultural science courses to community colleges throughout Illinois.

Dec 1, 2009 - Elluminate's Fire and Ice Project Wins Award

The award recognizes an individual, team, or program whose innovative practices or policies have ultimately led to student achievement and serves as a model for other K-12 online learning institutions.

Dec 1, 2009 - Elluminate: Your Grandkid's Classroom

It gives an instructor the ability to hold a web conference with up to 300 participants, host interactive displays, video streaming, private-but-moderated chats between participants and just about every function a teacher could want in an online classroom. Last week, the company announced it's social network, LearnCentral, which launched in June of this year, has reached 25,000 members worldwide.

Dec 1, 2009 - Hermitage Offers Web Conferencing for Schools

The Hermitage, home of President Andrew Jackson, started offering teachers the opportunity to visit the historic property through Web conferencing.

Dec 1, 2009 - Webcasts Connect Horse Experts to Public

Pender County Cooperative Extension is pleased to host the N.C. State University Fall/Winter Horse Elluminate series. These Elluminate sessions are interactive Internet webcasts that allow the NCSU specialist to connect with the local citizens on a tight budget.

Nov 20, 2009 - iNACOL Online Innovator Award Winners Announced

The International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) has announced the winners of its first annual Online Innovator Awards. The organization, which promotes online K-12 learning through advocacy, research, and professional development, presents awards in three categories: best and most innovative learning practice; important new research furthering the advancement of K-12 e-learning; and most innovative individual achievement.

Nov 17, 2009 - Elluminate Adds Privacy Options to Education Social Network

Elluminate has announced the introduction of private versions of its nascent education social network, LearnCentral. In addition to the standard social networking tools, including real-time chat, blogs, discussion forums, and collaboration tools such as private meeting rooms, the site now offers LearnCentral Private Community, which allows a community manager to set privacy controls and permissions and determine which of the network's functions will be accessible to members.

Nov 1, 2009 - CHS Geography Class Goes Global

As the first decade of the 21st century starts winding down, those who grew up with great expectations for the ways technology would soon transform their lives might be a little disappointed that they still don't have robots to do laundry and cars that fly.

Nov 1, 2009 - Elluminate Rolls Out Video-centric Web Conferencing

The premise-based solution supports up to 25 endpoints in a session, H.323 interoperability, IM and call initiation through a presence engine, and up to HD720p point-to-point calls (HD720p requires dual core PC). An object-oriented whiteboard as well as chat and file transfer tools help round out the offering, along with LDAP and Active Directory integration and moderator controls of video presenters (with audio muting available).

Nov 1, 2009 - How Schools and Parents Can Prepare for Swine Flu

Some schools, such as St. Charles East High School in suburban Chicago and Grafton High School in Massachusetts, closed because of massive numbers of students and staff members calling in sick. (Both subsequently reopened.) And in New York City's public schools, staffers say that, because dozens of schools are functioning at more than 150 percent of capacity, they are having trouble isolating schoolchildren with fevers to stop the virus from spreading.

Nov 1, 2009 - It's a Flat World After All

In one Citrus High School geography class, students are learning that the world is flat. Jerry Swiatek's World Geography students are participating in the Flat Classroom Project, a collaborative effort on a global scale designed to "flatten" or lower walls so that students are able to interact and work with other students around the country and the planet.

Nov 1, 2009 - New Program at Wright State

The MSLD curriculum focuses on preparing students to apply knowledge, critical analysis, improvement strategies and research of organizational challenges while encouraging network-building among students. MSLD students integrate leadership theory and practice with real-world experiences and complete the program as a cohort, where members all complete the curriculum together.

Nov 1, 2009 - Product Reviews: Elluminate VCS

Elluminate VCS enables academic institutions, corporations, and other organizations to leverage large investments in legacy videoconferencing infrastructure by including desktop PCs. Primarily a software solution, it requires a Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) server that operates exceptionally well on network speeds less than typical DSL connections and works with existing legacy H.323 infrastructure.

Nov 1, 2009 - The E-learning Revolution

A "revolution" in learning is what the Laurier School of Business and Economics is promising from its new partnership with Research In Motion in the latest reach of a decades-old drive to put the "e" in education.

Nov 1, 2009 - Virtual High School Offers Actual Courses

Dozens of Cape high school students are taking classes with teachers they'll never see and classmates they've never met. This year, 11th- and 12th-grade students in eight Cape towns are enrolled in Virtual High School, a program offered by a Maynard-based nonprofit group that provides online courses for more than 600 schools in 31 states and 34 countries.

Oct 1, 2009 - Social Skills Excel Through Online Education

In a recent study, researchers with The Center for Research in Educational Policy at the University of Memphis found that students who attend an online public school full-time are highly engaged in activities beyond the classroom, and showed improved interpersonal skills. Online education can, and does, provide a well-rounded education including both high-quality curriculum and necessary social development skills.

Oct 1, 2009 - Two Grants Open Doors for BBCC Services in Ritzville

Big Bend Community College received a $3.5 million grant enabling the Moses Lake college to work with Heritage University to offer students three new online programs. Programs developed through the five-year grant are interdisciplinary studies, early childhood education and applied technology.

Oct 1, 2009 - Video Conferencing System Blurs Boundaries

SJSU students are going to class without coming to San Jose. Students are using web conferencing to attend classes and professors' office hours without even being on campus, said a school of library and information science official.