Elluminate Live!® enables Fraser Valley Distance Education School to:

• Increase student motivation, self-esteem, social interaction
• Achieve new level of connectedness between faculty, students
• Provide authentic learner-focused online learning

One of the largest distance education institutions in British Columbia, Fraser Valley Distance Education School (FVDES) uses a triangular system that combines an asynchronous application for sending email and attachments, a website for curriculum support, and Elluminate Live! for synchronous interaction. As a Center of Excellence, FVDES uses Elluminate Live! to ensure even the youngest of the school’s K-12 students are enthusiastic about participating in sessions for activities such as radio theatre productions, science experiments, and math tutorials.

“I’ve been surprised by the importance students attach to synchronous activities. Elluminate Live! has become a highlight in their lives,” says FVDES Vice Principal Graeme Wilson. “As a distance education school, the tool has helped make us more responsive and better able to meet our students’ needs directly.”