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ELECTRONIC CLASSROOM OF TOMORROW TAPS LEARN.COM TO PROVIDE E-LEARNING FOR THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS!
Ability to Author Courses, Create Web Sites, and Manage Content to Benefit Teachers
Learn.com (www.Learn.com) today announced that it has been selected by the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow (ECOT), an Internet distance learning charter school based in Ohio, to provide the e-Learning infrastructure for its student population that is expected to eclipse 5,000 within the first year.
Corporations, organizations, and schools continue to select Learn.com for its complete, end-to-end e-Learning solutions, on-time delivery, reliability, and ability to customize content specific to each customers needs.
Learn.com was attractive to ECOT because of the variety of features, tools, and services provided as a part of the total package," said Dr. Coletta Musick, Superintendent of ECOT. ECOT was especially looking for course authoring and course management tools. Learn.com offers both, plus a multitude of courses and other services."
By accessing the Learn.com ECOT LearnCenter(tm), teachers may create their own Web sites, create customized curricula, and manage the entire online educational experience. Students and teachers alike will enjoy state-of-the-art chat rooms, discussion forums, and more, creating an unparalleled interactive virtual classroom community.
Students will have unlimited access to an extensive catalog of compelling courses, as well as an exclusive selection of premium courses, including several Dean Vaughn Instant Learning(tm) Systems – Instant Multiplication(tm), US and World Geography and an innovative Instant Spanish VerbMaster(tm). Dean Vaughns methodology uses proven applied memory techniques, and has been validated by more than two million people in over 7,000 businesses and schools. Instant Learning Systems reduce the average learning time of any subject up to 80% while dramatically increasing retention.
ECOT is proud to be in the vanguard of e-education. Online schools will increase in the future due to the flexibility and effectiveness of online education," said Dr. Musick. At some point in the near future, traditional schools will also need to incorporate virtual classes to meet the needs of their students."
This is truly education without boundaries," said Jim Riley, President and CEO of Learn.com. The power of the Internet and its surrounding technologies is enabling high speed, reliable, secure access to distance learning sources. E-Learning is positioned to be a major part of the learning experience, and we are excited to be taking part in this revolutionary way of educating students."
About ECOT
ECOT is an Internet-based, distance learning charter school available to all students aged 5 to 23 who are residents of the State of Ohio. This school is a prototype for a national distance learning charter school program. Enrollment is expected to increase from over 1,600 to 5,000 by Fall 2001. For more information on ECOT, visit www.ecotohio.org, email info@ecotohio.org, or call 1-888-326-8395.
About Learn.com
Learn.com, The Smartest Place on the Web(tm), is an e-Learning company with more than 7,000 corporate and academic customers who use the power of the Internet to enhance their educational and training initiatives. Providing a platform that allows people to take courses, write and profit from their own courses, and/or develop learning intranets, Learn.com leads the e-Learning category in free courses for consumers and prides itself on rich, compelling course content. The company offers a comprehensive list of courses on a variety of timely topics ranging from Business to Health and Fitness to Computers. Proprietary technology allows for individual on-demand courses with sophisticated results tracking and an exclusive Notepad tool. Learn.com is a member of the Compaq, Microsoft, and Intel speedStart initiative. The headquarters are in Sunrise, FL. For more information, please visit http://www.Learn.com, email Chris@Learn.com or call 1-561-477-3053.
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