Live Virtual Classroom Enhances Educational Experience for Home-based Learners Province-wide

Fort Lauderdale, Florida (January 16, 2007) — Elluminate, Inc., a leading provider of live eLearning and Web collaboration solutions for the real-time organization, announced today that EBUS Academy (EBUS), a virtual school serving K-12 students throughout British Columbia, has implemented Elluminate Live!® Academic Edition™ to add live interaction to its distance education curriculum and provide opportunities for home-based learners to participate in online group activities.

EBUS uses the Elluminate Live! virtual classroom in a wide variety of disciplines, including language arts, science and math. In addition, Elluminate Live! enables EBUS students to participate in numerous online activities that facilitate social interaction, increase self esteem and foster teamwork. Examples of these online activities include hearing guest speakers like an astronaut or a favorite author, receiving French tutoring from older students, connecting with students in other countries, seeing a local artist at work and even learning how to play the violin.

"We use Elluminate Live! every day in one way or another," said Stacey Soffel, vice principal of EBUS Academy. "It's a superior product that encourages students to share work with others, promotes class attendance, provides opportunities to socialize and motivates students to do their best work. At the same time, we are creating Internet and computer-savvy students and a forward-thinking population. This technology will have far-reaching effects. I believe that what we do now at this level will continue to show benefit in the later grades."

"The amount of experimentation we do with Elluminate Live! is really cool, and we are always open to trying new things," said Jenny Morrison, online instructor. "I have a Grade 8 special needs student working at a Grade 3 or 4 level who participates online with the younger students. Elluminate Live! enables me to group students according to ability rather than by age or grade. It's also more convenient to conduct diagnostic testing for the province with Elluminate Live! rather than over the phone or traveling to a student's home."

"We are very excited that EBUS has implemented Elluminate Live! in such a variety of creative and beneficial ways," said Nashir Samanani, president of Elluminate, Inc. "This live eLearning and Web collaboration technology levels the playing field, enabling home-schooled students, students with special needs or those in remote areas to fully participate in the educational experience with their peers."

About EBUS Academy
EBUS Academy (commonly known as EBUS ) began in 1993 to offer support for home learners. After more than 10 years, EBUS now enrolls over 1000 students distributed across the province of British Columbia and is continuing to grow. EBUS offers an individualized learning program that is supported electronically, providing a variety of technologies, resources, and educational services to families with students from Kindergarten to Grade 12. For more information, visit www.ebus.ca.

About Elluminate, Inc.
Elluminate, Inc. provides proven, best-in-class solutions for real-time online learning and collaboration. The company delivers exceptional outcomes, including enhanced learning experiences, increased retention and completion rates, lower Total Cost of Ownership and higher ROI. Elluminate Live! features high-quality voice over the Internet, robust interactive functionality for participants and moderators, and unique No User Left Behind™ technology, regardless of platform or Internet connection speed. Elluminate is one of Deloitte's 50 Fastest Growing Technology Companies; is the winner of several prestigious industry awards, including a Top Training Product award from Human Resource Executive magazine and Network Computing magazine's Editor's Choice Award for Web conferencing software. Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Elluminate is the trusted choice of prominent academic institutions and corporations, such as ADP, DeVry University, Duke University, Georgia State University, Johns Hopkins University, Novell, PA Department of Education, Queen's University, Red Hat, Sun Microsystems, and many more.


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