Elluminate Application Articles
Learn more about how our customers are using Elluminate in their own words.
- Comparing Synchronous Virtual Classrooms: Student, Instructor, and Course Designer Perspectives by by Elizabeth Lavolette, Eddie Gose, and Eric Huang from University of Hawaii at Manoa and Melissa Venable from Kaplan Higher Education compares Elluminate Live! and DimDim. It also makes recommendations about the selection and implementation of a virtual classroom system.
- Virtual Spaces: Employing a Synchronous Online Classroom to Facilitate Student Engagement in Online Learning by J. Lynn McBrien and Phyllis Jones of the University of South Florida and Rui Cheng, Nazareth College analyzes student data from six undergraduate and graduate courses related to the use of a virtual classroom space (Elluminate Live!) Particular themes emerged related to dialogue, structure, and learner autonomy.
- Online Tutoring and Students: Measuring the Efficacy of Tutoring and How it Affects Completion Rates of Algebra Students by Cynthia Lee Snell, Support Specialist, at Florida Virtual School. Survey results indicate that online synchronous tutoring positively impacts student achievement.
- Taking the Edge Off College Admissions by Florida Virtual School Faculty explains how FLVS created The College Hub as an online resource for students who participate in Elluminate Live! webinars to communicate directly with college representatives to help them find the college of their dreams.
- Using Synchronous Software in Web-based Nursing Courses by Shauna Schullo, Barbara Battin Little, and Denise Passmore of University of South Florida. Article originally published in November/December 2006 issue of CIN: Computers, Infomatics, and Nursing.
- The Use of Elluminate Distance-learning Software in Engineering Education by John Crofton and James Rogers of Murray State University and Caitlin Pugh and Kenny Evans of University of Kentucky. Originally published in the proceedings of the 2007 ASEE Conference, June 2007.



