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Educational Institutions and Individuals Recognized for Achievements in Live eLearning
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida., (April 21, 2006) —
Elluminate, Inc., a leading provider of live eLearning and web
collaboration solutions for the real-time organization, today
announced its Center or Excellence (CoE) program, which highlights
best practices and recognizes academic institutions and businesses
that are at the leading edge of adopting synchronous pedagogies
for teaching, learning, and related business processes. The
program also recognizes Elluminate Heroes, individuals or teams
who are responsible for their institutions being accepted into
the program. Those considered for the Elluminate CoE can include
traditional K-12 schools, K-12 virtual schools, community colleges,
four-year universities, and corporations.
"We created the Elluminate Center of Excellence to showcase those
institutions and individuals who are the best of the best in
developing live eLearning programs that show significant benefit
to all their constituents," said
Maurice Heiblum,
President of Elluminate USA, Inc. "Elluminate Live! Academic Edition™
enables educators to enhance distance learning and extend the
boundaries of the traditional classroom. We are excited by the
innovative solutions our winners are implementing at their organizations."
Elluminate Heroes and Centers of Excellence
The Elluminate Center of Excellence program highlights best practices and
recognizes academic institutions and corporations that have implemented
Elluminate
Live! in creative ways to improve classroom or distance
learning programs, corporate training, faculty or staff communication and
collaboration, or administrative operations. Winners are accepted into
the program for a period of one year and must have demonstrated real-world
results such as increased student achievement or retention. Elluminate CoEs
participate in a web-based community that fosters networks focused on best
practices and enhances relations between the organizations.
For 2006, those institutions named to the Elluminate CoE and their
respective Elluminate Heroes are:
- Alaska Online — Jack Detzel, Michael Opp. Deliver reliable, interactive distance education, even in remote, rural locations.
- Babson College — Tova Garcia-Duby, Stephen Laster. Taking education to the next level of interaction with distance education and blended onsite/online classes.
- California State University at Northridge — Randal Cummings. Replacing expensive satellite system and changing way courses are taught with campus-wide deployment.
- Chester County Intermediate Unit — Gail Kennedy, Diane Thomson. Providing real-time interaction, reduce expensive travel, and increase collaboration statewide.
- DeVry University — Darrell Kreckel. Working with faculty to incorporating a real-time collaboration component including virtual office hours to remote guest lectures into all courses.
- Fraser Valley Distance Education School — Graeme Wilson. Motivating participants, improving self esteem, increasing social interaction for online K-12 students.
- New York Institute of Technology — Stan Silverman. Providing flexible, multi-purpose eLearning technology for classes, tutorials, mentoring, and professional development.
- Northern Arizona University — Don Carter. Empowering students, instructors, administrators, and researchers with support for all campus activities, not just online courses.
- Tennessee Tech — R.J. Clougherty, Jr. Enabling collaboration among students in U.S. and Japan, meeting with students in real time, and improving test scores for nursing students.
- Wisconsin Virtual Academy (part of K12.com) — Michael Skurek. Blending innovative new instructional technology with a traditional curriculum for students in grades K-8.
Elluminate Heroes receive up to $1,000 in travel expenses to any conference
where they present their use of and experience with Elluminate technologies.
In addition, they receive a lifetime Elluminate
Live! Lite Office™
environment that they can use for one-on-one collaboration, team meetings,
and training for up to ten participants. Applications are now being
accepted for the 2007 CoE program. For more information, visit
Elluminate's Center of Excellence.
"I am honored that Northern Arizona University was named to the Elluminate
Center of Excellence program," said Don Carter, director of the E-Learning
Center at NAU and an Elluminate Hero. "Elluminate
Live! has enabled
us to provide students, teachers, and administrators with a comprehensive
solution that supports all our campus activities, as well as online courses."
About Elluminate, Inc.
Elluminate, Inc. provides proven, award-wining 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, Fla., Elluminate is the trusted choice
of prominent academic and corporate 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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