Published: April 21, 2006

eLearning Education Heroes: Elluminate Announces Center of Excellence Program and 2006 Winners

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Educational Institutions and Individuals Recognized for Achievements in Live eLearning

Elluminate, Inc., a leading provider of live eLearning and web collaboration solutions for the real-time organization, today announced its Center of 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(TM) 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
    incorporate 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(TM) 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 http://www.elluminate.com/community/center_of_excellence.jsp.

"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(TM) 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. For more information, visit www.elluminate.com.

Elluminate Live! is a trademark of Elluminate, Inc., Calgary, Alberta, Canada.