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Elluminate Live! made available in the BCcampus Online Communities to educators and students across British Columbia
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida., (January 9, 2006) —
Elluminate, Inc., a leading provider of live eLearning and Web collaboration
solutions, and BCcampus, an online educational service provider, have entered
into an agreement. BCcampus will make Elluminate
Live! Academic
Version™ available for online meetings and webcasts in its network of
online communities. Students and educators across BC's public post secondary
system, who are members of BCcampus online communities, will all have access
to Elluminate
Live! 24/7.
As one part of providing online educational services, BCcampus has deployed a
network of online communities including:
- EdTech Online Community for faculty and online education technology specialists, including instructional designers, media developers, and others, to share best practices.
- Learner Online Community for BC public post-secondary students taking online courses via the BCcampus portal.
- Community University Research Alliance Community networking researchers across Canada in their investigation into quality of life and cultural indicators for small to medium cities.
- BC Learning Marketplace and Expo for K-12, post-secondary, and corporate education technology users and providers to showcase achievements and promote related products.
BCcampus,is integrating additional Elluminate
Live! seats across all its
online communities to support webcasts, full recordings, and archival functionality.
"A significant aspect of our mission to support the post-secondary education
system as a whole is to encourage collaboration, partnership, and sharing between
institutions," said Paul Stacey, director of development for BCcampus.
"Traditionally that was done in face-to-face workshops, seminars, and conferences.
We wanted to expand this support to include a more informal, self-service process
that did not require travel and organizing face-to-face events. Having continuous
24/7 access to Elluminate
Live! has been invaluable for members of all the
online communities who can collaborate regardless of their location across the province."
"BCcampus is a systemic support service to institutions, so whatever we do becomes
a forum, showcase, and test bed for those institutions to try new and better ways
of working," said David Porter, executive director of BCcampus. "Through our
communities of practice, we can demonstrate the utility of using tools such as
Elluminate
Live! for live eLearning and collaboration. The best way to do
that is to involve as many educators as possible, which is a part of our mandate.
We've had success with all our groups, in part because we pick technology that
is easy to use and provides a real payoff for the users."
"At Elluminate, we are committed to advancing the cause and enhancing the experience
of interactive eLearning for educators and students," said
Maurice Heiblum,
Elluminate's VP of Sales & Marketing. "We're extremely pleased to be working with
industry leaders like LearningTimes and BCcampus to help provide innovative opportunities
for communication and collaboration for their online communities."
About BCcampus
Founded in 2002, BCcampus provides online services that connect students and educators
to programs and resources across all 26 public post-secondary institutions in the
Canadian province of British Columbia. For students, BCcampus aggregates services
from all post-secondary institutions to provide them with a single portal where they
can find courses, apply for admission, pay registration, and take online courses.
Associated services are also available, including advising, library, and bookstore.
BCcampus also provides educators with funding to develop online learning resources as
well as professional services and online community services for learning, teaching,
and research. For more information, visit
www.bccampus.ca.
About Elluminate, Inc.
Elluminate, Inc. provides proven, award-winning solutions for real-time online learning
and collaboration that enhance the learning experience, increase retention and completion
rates, and remove traditional barriers to knowledge. Delivering best-in-class performance,
Elluminate features high-quality VoIP, robust interactive functionality for participants
and moderators, and unique
No User Left Behind technology regardless of platform or
Internet connection speed. Elluminate delivers exceptional outcomes with lower Total
Cost of Ownership and higher ROI. Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and Fort
Lauderdale, FL., Elluminate is the trusted choice of prominent corporate and academic
organizations such as ADP, DeVry University, Georgia State University, Johns Hopkins
University, PA Department of Education, Sun Microsystems, T-Mobile, and many more.
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