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Elluminate News: Press Release
Elluminate Partners with United States Distance Learning Association to Support National Distance Learning Week
Virtual Classroom Provider Will Host Webinars for Newest Member of Elluminate Community Partner Program
Fort Lauderdale, Florida — November 10, 2008
News Facts:
- Elluminate, Inc., the leading provider of live eLearning and web collaboration for the academic market, announced today that it has joined the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) as a Platinum Sponsor. Elluminate will work with the organization in support of National Distance Learning Week (NDLW) held November 10-14, 2008.
- NDLW generates awareness and appreciation for distance learning within the areas of Pre-K-12 education, higher and continuing education, and home schooling, as well as business, corporate, military, government, and telehealth markets.
- During NDLW, the public will be able to participate in a variety of online events. For example, the USDLA will host a series of daily webinars via Elluminate vClass™, a single-room version of the company’s flagship product available on demand for unlimited use 24/7. In addition, Florida Virtual School will be hosting several open-house sessions during the week using Elluminate Live! ®
- Elluminate will also host three NDLW webinars for the Texas Distance Learning Association (TxDLA), the first organization in Texas to bridge the boundaries between the diverse range of professionals interested in the field of distance learning.
- In addition, the USDLA has been accepted as a member of the Elluminate Community Partner Program, which provides products and services to a wide variety of organizations, including nonprofits, education consortia, academic institutions, and others, enabling them to leverage limited resources, broaden inclusion, increase accessibility, and provide opportunities for online teaching, learning, and collaboration worldwide.
- As an Elluminate Community Partner and in addition for using Elluminate vClass for its own events, the USDLA will include Elluminate products among the services it provides and promotes to its chapters and individual members.
- A non-profit organization formed in 1987 and located in Boston, Massachusetts, the USDLA promotes the development and application of distance learning for education and training and serves the needs of the distance learning community by providing advocacy, information, networking and opportunity.
Quotes for Attribution:
Having been involved in distance learning for 20 years, I became aware of Elluminate some time ago. Solutions like Elluminate’s collaborative web-based tool are flexible and can be applied in many areas, so it’s really fitting that we are partnering to promote National Distance Learning Week and to provide services for our state chapters and members worldwide.
- Reggie Smith, Board Member, USDLA
Elluminate has helped make the Texas Distance Learning Association’s participation in National Distance Learning Week possible. Elluminate’s ease of use with all of the appropriate collaborative tools included is allowing the TxDLA to offer various presentations to our members and others in the distance learning community.
- Ken Conn, Past President, TxDLA
Distance learning will continue to grow for a variety of markets, especially in these tough economic times, so we are very pleased to become a USDLA Platinum Sponsor and to welcome them as a Community Partner. For organizations like the USDLA, who have a large community of widely dispersed members for whom they want to provide ongoing education and collaboration opportunities, Elluminate Live! delivers the reliability, functionality, and quality of experience they need.
- Maurice Heiblum, President of Elluminate
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