European Institute for E-Learning Fosters Communication, Cooperation and Collaboration With Elluminate Live!

July 27, 2006; 02:21 AM
Elluminate, Inc., provider of live eLearning and web collaboration solutions for the real-time organization, announced today that the European Institute for E-Learning (EIfEL) has implemented Elluminate Live! to power its online community, facilitating communication, cooperation and collaboration among participants. Elluminate Live! enables the organization to hold interactive online meetings and training relating to its leadership role in the ePortfolio movement in Europe and its active involvement in the promotion of eLearning quality, interoperability and standards of competency. In addition, Elluminate is a sponsor of the ePortfolio 2006 conference to be held October 11-13 in Oxford, England.

EIfEL provides services to its organizational and individual members to support the design of strategies for learning, the implementation of technologies and the development of competencies through a variety of activities. The organization formed Europortfolio, a European consortium that promotes and facilitates the use of ePortfolios, personal or community knowledge spaces on the Internet used to present learning successes, manage content and continue professional development, with the potential to encourage discussion and support teaching and learning on a global level. Additionally, EIfEL is conducting a major Europe-wide survey to explore the level of readiness for ePortfolios and related initiatives. Elluminate Live! enables EIfEL to hold consortium, study and other project meetings for international participants, eliminating travel and allowing those who couldn't attend to access recorded meeting sessions.

"We were looking for a flexible, dynamic platform that enabled us to exchange views and ideas in real time with partners in a variety of countries, not just in Europe but worldwide," said Serge Ravet, EIfEL founder and CEO. "It's been a great advantage to talk in real time over the Internet, brainstorm using the whiteboard and share documents and applications for review at a distance. Elluminate Live! is very straightforward to use and very useful as an online working environment."

"Elluminate is excited to partner with the European Institute for E-Learning to facilitate online collaboration for its many initiatives and activities," said Maurice Heiblum, president of Elluminate USA, Inc. "Like the institute, Elluminate is also committed to facilitating lifelong learning, online communities, technological development and best practices on an international basis."

About the European Institute for E-Learning

The European Institute for E-Learning (EIfEL) is an independent, not-for-profit European professional association whose mission is to support organizations, communities and individuals in building a knowledge economy and a learning society through innovative and reflective practice, continuing professional development, and the use of knowledge, information and learning technologies. Headquartered in France, EIfEL is leading the Europortfolio consortium and is a founding member of EFQUEL, the European Foundation for Quality in E-Learning. For more information, visit www.eife-l.org.

About Elluminate, Inc.

Elluminate, Inc. provides proven, best-in-class solutions for real-time online learning and collaboration. Elluminate delivers exceptional outcomes that enhance the learning experience, and increase retention and completion rates with lower Total Cost of Ownership and higher ROI. 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 has won several prestigious industry awards, including Network Computing magazine's Editor's Choice for Web Conferencing software, and is rated by Forrester Research as a "Strong Performer" in Web Conferencing. Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Elluminate is the trusted choice of prominent corporations and academic institutions such as ADP, the University of Calgary, 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.