Virtual Classroom Will Be Integrated into Moodle Course Management System

Fort Lauderdale, Florida (March 31, 2008) –

News Facts:

* Elluminate, Inc., a leading provider of live eLearning and web collaboration for the real-time organization, announces that The Open University, the largest university in the United Kingdom and a pioneer of large-scale distance learning, has selected ElluminateLive!® to replace an internally developed legacy synchronous collaboration system. In addition, the OU will also integrate the virtual classroom with its chosen open-source learning management system, Moodle(TM).
* During the selection process, the OU began with 14 applicants from which 3 vendors were invited to tender proposals. Products were rated based on technical, accessibility, and cross-faculty stakeholder and user evaluations that covered a range of essential and desirable criteria.
* Elluminate Live! scored the highest on user features and functionality and was also the strongest on technical requirements. The Elluminate solution met all the mandatory requirements stated in the invitation to tender and provided a stronger range of features suited to the teaching and learning needs of the OU.

Source: Elluminate