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Virtual Classroom Facilitates Human Interaction While Decreasing or Even Eliminating Costly Travel
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida., (January 23, 2006) —
Elluminate, Inc., a leading provider of live eLearning and Web collaboration
solutions for the real-time organization, announced today that ctc
TrainCanada has selected Elluminate
Live! Academic Edition™ to
provide real-time, instructor-led desktop and technical application training
over the Internet for its government and corporate clients, eliminating expensive
travel, especially for those in remote areas. The company will use Elluminate
Live! for its publicly offered courses, breaking each into easily
digested one to two-hour sessions that enable clients to stay productive on the
job. In addition, Elluminate
Live! will be included as part of the
company's customized training plan proposals.
"In the past, we shied away from the old, asynchronous eLearning model for the
simple fact that it does not provide good training," said Mark Peterson, president
of ctc TrainCanada. "However, we realized that people want the flexibility that
eLearning provides, enabling them to learn at their own pace from their own desk.
With Elluminate
Live! our deployment of the technology has evolved to enable
instructor-led training online. It's the best of both worlds, and Elluminate
Live! is all encompassing, with no additional phone line required for audio
communication. We didn't want our students to have to use multiple tools."
"Our instructors see Elluminate
Live! as an excellent way to provide
training and are excited about the challenge of learning how to teach using
a new methodology," added Peterson. "All of us in the training field understand
that clients want to use technology to assist with training, but human interaction
remains key because people learn from people, not books. Everyone involved,
including clients, instructors, and sales staff, feels that Elluminate
Live!
is a really positive way to marry technology and training."
"Elluminate is pleased to work with ctc TrainCanada to expand its education services,
reaching additional markets and providing much-needed training for clients for
whom travel is increasingly cost prohibitive," said
Maurice Heiblum,
Elluminate's VP of Sales & Marketing. "Elluminate
Live! Academic
Edition™ enables reliable communication, dynamic interaction, and enhanced
learning at a distance, which is critical for a company that serves an area with a
widely dispersed population, like Canada."
About ctc TrainCanada
With facilities in major business centers nationwide, ctc TrainCanada provides
instructor-led training, consulting, course design, and development services to
both government and private sector organizations. For more than 15 years, the company
has trained and supported thousands of individuals from clients that include Canada
Revenue Agency, City of Ottawa, Department of National Defense, ING Insurance
Company of Canada, Ministry of Finance (Ontario), and Red Hat Inc. For more information,
visit
www.traincanada.com.
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, Fla., 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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