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Elluminate News: Press Release
Elluminate Announces Acquisition of LearnCentral™ Development Partner
New Social Learning Network for Education Has Grown to Over 20,000 Members
Pleasanton, California — October 13, 2009
News Facts:
Elluminate, Inc., the leader in web, audio, video and social networking solutions that support 21st century teaching, learning, and collaboration, announced today that it has acquired Edtuit, the company that developed the Elluminate-sponsored LearnCentral™ social learning network. LearnCentral™ combines asynchronous social networking with Elluminate's real-time online communication, collaboration, and education environment.
- Launched in June of this year, LearnCentral was named Site of the Week by eSchool News magazine in August. The growing global community enables its 20,000-plus members to:
- Connect with peers worldwide
- Share ideas, discuss issues, solve problems
- Meet with colleagues in real time with free Elluminate vRoom™
- Host larger meetings and events in free public conference room
- Develop and share standards-based curricula
- Discover relevant content for the classroom
- Improve skills and increase effectiveness
- Create and maintain a portfolio of learning content
- Join and create groups
- Collaborate on projects and best practices
- Mentor and be mentored
- Increase visibility of academic institution
- Conduct professional development training
- Attend events with thought leaders in education community
- Participate in global dialogue to help transform education
- In related news, Elluminate is now offering custom-branded, private versions of LearnCentral. These include:
- LearnCentral Portal, an entry-level offering that provided a customized, branded "front door" into the global LearnCentral community
- LearnCentral Private Edition, which offers the same customized look and feel plus highly configurable privacy options that enable the community manager to choose which, if any, resources are made available in the public LearnCentral network
- The company continues to work on integrating this social learning component with its core suite of web collaboration products.
Quotes for Attribution:
Elluminate's LearnCentral has blended the best features of social networking with a content management system that provides the ability to share resources and content within groups or the whole educational community. The ease of use and multiple functionalities allow districts, schools, educational organizations, and individuals to easily develop and deploy a dynamic communication and sharing network. LearnCentral allows individuals and groups to participate in scheduled cross-network events as well as provide live events for a specific group.
All of us at Edtuit are extremely pleased to forge an even closer relationship with Elluminate. We are enthusiastic about continuing to work together to make a difference in the way educators collaborate and learn together. It's especially exciting for me to see the concept that began as Yahoo! Teachers come to fruition as a viable social learning community that already serves thousands of educators worldwide.
Gailene Nelson, Co-founder of Edtuit and former Yahoo! Teachers Developer
Elluminate and Edtuit partnered to make history. We listened to those in the education community who told us they wanted a destination for education, a way to connect, collaborate, and learn with others on a global level. Today that vision is a reality with LearnCentral. We are excited to take our partnership to the next level by bringing the company officially into the Elluminate family. We welcome our new employees and look forward to the continued enhancement and growth of the LearnCentral community.
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