NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INNOVATION Institutions of higher learning, like NAU, are adopting Elluminate Live! to: Add live interaction to asynchronous distance learning Expand the boundaries of the traditional classroom Promote real understanding and active learning Improve student performance Attract and retain qualified instructors Leverage limited teaching resources Provide rapid return on technology investment NAU, a customer since 2004, uses Elluminate to enable sychronous interaction for online courses, provide virtual office hours for instructors and their students, power real-time collaboration between researchers, and facilitate state-wide administrative meetings. As a Center of Excellence, NAU demonstrates groundbreaking ways to utilize Elluminate's best in class technology. "While technology like interactive TV and content management systems enhance distance learning, people still want human interaction," said Don Carter, Director of eLearning at NAU. "We recognized that the time was right to bring in technology that would allow the faculty to control the interaction with each other and with the students." Elluminate Live! enables us to offer a broader solution that can support all campus activities, not just online courses."

VIDEO INTERVIEW WITH: DON CARTER DIRECTOR of eLEARNING NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY ELLUMINATE CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE From redefining how an in-classroom lecture is given to providing advanced distance learning capabilities, certain schools stand at the vanguard of innovation. Elluminate recognizes these institutions for their progressive approaches to change. To learn more about how your school can be considered for designation as a Center of Excellence and to discover the benefits, please click here.