Sloan Consortium Delivers Interactive Online Research Workshop with Elluminate Live!™
Web Conferencing Solution Adds Live Interaction and Collaboration to Asynchronous Learning Environment
Pompano Beach, Florida, February 17, 2004 – Elluminate, Inc., a leading provider of live eLearning and Web conferencing solutions for the real-time organization, and Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C), an association of academic institutions and organizations that share information about effective online learning, announced today that Sloan-C has selected Elluminate Live! to provide the synchronous component of the Sloan-C Online Research Workshop: 2004.
 Developed with 40 of the most influential researchers in the field of online learning, Sloan-C’s interactive, online workshop provides critical information about the most important issues in online learning today, including blended learning, assessment methodologies, improving student satisfaction, and increasing learning effectiveness.
"This year we decided that a blended environment of asynchronous and synchronous learning would help us open up our workshop to a wider audience, nationally and internationally," said Keith Bourne, director of marketing for Sloan-C. "We looked at a number of synchronous solutions and determined that Elluminate Live! was the best fit. It doesn’t require a phone and works with both PCs and Macs, so it’s convenient and cost-effective. As part of the overall learning experience, we think workshop participants will enjoy combining synchronous with asynchronous methods."
With Elluminate Live!, Sloan-C can provide real-time, interactive meeting and collaboration that supports a wide variety of learning activities, from a presentation to hundreds of participants to concurrent, small group discussions. The synchronous tool will be combined with asynchronous collaboration software provided by the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, offering a blended learning environment for the more than 300 expected attendees. In the future, Sloan-C plans to use Elluminate Live! for small research focus groups and to continue to broaden its reach to an international audience.
"We’re extremely pleased that Elluminate is partnering with Sloan-C to provide the synchronous component for its online learning research workshop," said Maurice Heiblum, Elluminate’s vice president of sales and marketing. "For organizations like Sloan-C, who have a community of widely dispersed members for whom they want to provide ongoing education and collaboration opportunities, Elluminate Live! has the stability, functionality, and quality of experience they need."
About Sloan Consortium
Sloan Consortium is an association of institutions and organizations that promote online learning to help continually improve its quality, scale, and breadth so education will become a part of everyday life, accessible and affordable for anyone, at any time, in a wide variety of disciplines. Membership is open to academic institutions, corporate training organizations, and organizations that support quality in higher education. Sloan-C is located at Babson and Olin Colleges in Needham, Massachusetts. For more information, visit www.sloan-c.org.
About Elluminate, Inc.
Elluminate, Inc. provides live eLearning and Web conferencing solutions for the real-time organization. The company ensures the best user experience through superior quality Voice over IP, communications that are in-sync regardless of connection speed, broad cross-platform support, and advanced yet easy-to-use ESP Moderator Tools. Elluminate products create a rich, collaborative environment for live remote training and online meetings, all while delivering lower upfront costs and strong ROI without deceptive and costly per-minute charges. Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and Pompano Beach, FL., Elluminate serves corporate and academic organizations, such as T-Mobile, Interstate Hotels and Resorts, Penn State University, Johns Hopkins University and many more. For more information, visit www.elluminate.com.
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Elluminate Live! is a trademark of Elluminate, Inc., Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Sloan-C Contact:
Patti Giglio
Phone: (202) 903-7869
psgcom@starpower.net
Website: www.sloan-c.org
Elluminate Contact:
Kerri Taylor
Blanc and Otus for Elluminate
Phone: (678) 477-1126
ktaylor@blancandotus.com
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