FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Aug. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Elluminate, Inc., a leading provider of live eLearning and Web collaboration solutions for the real-time organization, announced today that the University of Kansas (KU) Medical Center has selected Elluminate Live! Academic Edition(TM) to deliver synchronous course content, replacing WebEx. The university will use Elluminate Live! in its Schools of Allied Health, Medicine, and Nursing for students in Kansas City, throughout the state, and across the nation.
After an extensive selection process, only Elluminate Live! met all requirements, including the availability of an ASP hosting model as well as a complete package of features with integrated audio that eliminated the need for a second phone line. In addition, KU Medical Center wanted to record sessions for later playback. The university piloted Elluminate Live! with two courses during the summer and will roll out the product this fall to the rest of the campus. In the future, Elluminate Live! will be integrated with Blackboard, the university's asynchronous learning management system.
"Elluminate Live! has everything we wanted and a lot more support than anticipated," said Darrin Cheney, Director of Teaching and Learning Technologies for KU Medical Center. "At Elluminate, everyone from sales to support has contributed to a very productive and positive experience. It's all about what you can do for the students. With Elluminate Live! the focus is on teaching and learning, not on the product. That makes a huge difference. We have groups of faculty already waiting in line to use it."
"Enhancing teaching and learning is what we are all about at Elluminate," said Maurice Heiblum, Elluminate's VP of Sales & Marketing. "We are extremely pleased that the University of Kansas Medical Center has joined the hundreds of academic institutions who are already using Elluminate to deliver real- time, interactive, effective education over the Internet."
About the University of Kansas Medical Center
Located in Kansas City, the University of Kansas Medical Center offers educational programs through its Schools of Allied Health, Medicine, Nursing, and Graduate Studies. The campus is comprised of academic units operating alongside the University of Kansas Hospital, which provides opportunities for clinical experience and residency positions. The University of Kansas Medical Center is also a major research institution primarily serving the state as well as the nation and the world. For more information, visit http://www.kumc.edu.
About Elluminate, Inc.
Elluminate, Inc. provides proven solutions for real-time online learning and collaboration, regardless of platform or Internet connection speed. Delivering best-in-class performance, Elluminate features high-quality VoIP, robust interactive functionality for participants and moderators, and unique No User Left BehindÃ? technology. Elluminate delivers real results and exceptional value 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 corporate and academic organizations such as T-Mobile, PA Department of Education, ADP, Georgia State University, Sun Microsystems, Johns Hopkins University and many more. For more information, visit http://www.elluminate.com.
Elluminate Live! is a trademark of Elluminate, Inc., Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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