Virtual Exhibit Hall

Blackboard
Colloquy
Compass Knowledge
Elluminate
Embanet
Epsilen
Fig Leaf
Learning Objects
Sentenceworks
Sloan-C
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Virtual Exhibitor Discussion Forum

Join our exhibitors for ongoing discussions about the topics below and more!

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Colloquy
"Student Service and Global Marketing"

What are the challenges in maintaining high-level service for students in online programs? What are the challenges in global marketing for online programs?

Compass Knowledge
"Financing Needed New Technologies?"

How can we finance new technologies that we want to employ given our shrinking budgets? How can we add people to take on additional technology skills when budgets are already cut and we have a shortage of people already? How can we use our online program future profitability to free up resources today?

Elluminate
Theme: Tracking measurable results for virtual classroom/synchronous eLearning

Do you measure student and instructor satisfaction with the virtual classroom? How do you measure student engagement, interaction, and participation in the virtual classroom? Do you track statistical results comparing student outcomes in face-to-face versus virtual classrooms? What tools do you use to track outcomes/results/benefits? What outcomes/results/benefits for the virtual classroom do you see at your organization?
Epsilen
"Digital Identity in the eLearning Environment"

Today's students and faculty often transition between multiple institutions of education, and engage in a variety of learning activities both inside and outside of the classroom. How can the ePortfolio best support their learning and development as lifelong learners?
Learning Objects
Wikis, blogs, podcasts, and more!

How can Web 2.0 technologies be integrated throughout your institution to create a more dynamic learning experience? How can wikis, blogs, and podcasts be used to engage learners and increase learning outcomes?

Sentenceworks
Using technology to improve student writing

Writing skills are a pre-requisite for student achievement and academic success. At the same time, many students are not prepared for college-level writing and struggle with their writing assignments. How is this issue addressed in your institution? How can technology help? What tools and resources are available to students who need assistance with writing?

Sonic Foundry
"Lecture Capture Adoption, support and Satisfaction"

Increasing numbers of colleges and universities are deploying large scale lecture capture initiatives. What are the best practices for supporting faculty during these deployments? How can lecture capture platforms be used, beyond simply capturing lectures, for professional development and student learning? What are best practices for evaluating the impact on instruction, retention and satisfaction among both students and faculty?

 

Exhibitors

Colloquy

www.blackboard.com

Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBB) is a global leader in enterprise technology and innovative solutions that improve the experience of millions of students and learners around the world every day. Blackboard's solutions allow thousands of higher education, K-12, professional, corporate, and government organizations to extend teaching and learning online, facilitate campus commerce and security, and communicate more effectively with their communities.

Ask us about Blackboard Connect(tm)! A service that provides millions nationwide with time-sensitive information - via voice, text, email, and more. It's the proven way to alert your stakeholders and enhance their safety by keeping them informed, involved and prepared.

Founded in 1997, Blackboard is headquartered in Washington, D.C., with offices in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.

  • Pick up our brochure! - Introducing Blackboard Learn™
  • Blackboard Case Study Library – Read how other Blackboard® clients have innovated with Blackboard software to become beacons of education and research.


  • Blackboard Webinar Center
  • Ray Henderson Blog – Meet the new President of Blackboard Learn, and former Chief Products Officer of ANGEL Learning. Share his journey and travail in e-learning in the coming months on his blog. www.rayhblog.com


  • Websites:
  • Contact info:
    Lesley Lightfoot
    Senior Manager, Marketing Programs | Blackboard Inc.
    Lesley.Lightfoot [at] blackboard [dot] com
    P: 202.463.4860 ext: 2712


    Zachary Zeidler
    Event Manager | Blackboard Connect Inc.
    zach.zeidler [at] blackboardconnect [dot] com
    P: 818-808-1465

Colloquy
www.colloquy360.com

Colloquy supplies academic institutions with integrated distance learning services. We provide dedicated teams who apply proprietary feasibility research, marketing, innovative recruiting and retention strategies, curriculum design services, and high-powered technology to deliver end-to-end distance learning systems. Partnering with Colloquy, public and private institutions that are seeking to start or expand their online offerings are able to invest in their faculty and focus on educating their students, rather than investing in the infrastructure of an online system. Colloquy is a part of the Kaplan, Inc. family, a subsidiary of The Washington Post Company.

Compass Knowledge
www.compassknowledge.com

At Compass Knowledge Group, we partner with top-tier, non-profit academic institutions to support their success in online programming. We provide the entire complement of online learning support services, including market and institutional readiness assessments, financing, branding, marketing, recruiting, course development, faculty recruiting, classroom management, instructional design, help-desk support, and retention services. Our success is based upon a history of predictable performance that far exceeds industry standards.

 

Elluminate
www.elluminate.com

Elluminate, Inc. provides proven, best-in-class solutions for real-time online learning and collaboration for academic and corporate markets. The company's award-winning collaboration products feature high-quality voice over the Internet, robust interactive functionality for participants and moderators, and unique No User Left Behind technology that works every time, regardless of computer platform or Internet connection speed. Elluminate's cost-effective, open-access licensing encourages use, while delivering exceptional outcomes across the enterprise, including a superior learning experience, increased retention and completion rates, and higher ROI.

  • Contact info:
    Contact: Heather Clevenger
    Webinar Partner Marketing Manager
    P: (614) 319-3328
    heatherc [at] elluminate [dot] com

Embanet
www.embanet.com

Embanet ULC is an integrated, full-service provider of online learning services to schools, colleges and universities on multiple learning management systems. Our mission is to deliver world-class, round-the-clock service and availability to maximize the online course delivery experience for students and faculty. Through unrivaled technical support and technology infrastructure, our innovative solutions enhance the reputation and success of our education partners.

  • Pick up our flyer!   Embanet
  • Contact info:
    G. Scott McQuinn
    Vice President of Business Development
    Embanet
    P: 717.214.4635
    M: 717.512.0530
    F: 866.260.2405
    scott.mcquinn [at] embanet [dot] com

Epsilen
www.epsilen.com

Epsilen is a comprehensive personal learning environment that provides the wide-ranging tools and services that students and educators need for their day-to-day learning, teaching, networking, and professional growth. Epsilen incorporates ePortfolios, course delivery, networking and outcomes assessment in a complete and intuitive Web 2.0 environment. Across the campus and around the world, Epsilen 2.0 connects faculty, students, peers and mentors – for life.

  • Pick up our booklet!  Epsilen
  • Contact info:
    Marianne Dombroski
    National Manager, Sales
    P: 877-215-8551
    mdombroski [at] epsilen [dot] com

 

Epsilen
www.figleaf.com

Fig Leaf Software, an Adobe premier partner for Web design, development, and training, has consulted thousands of organizations on how to become more effective through the application of web and

database technologies and has instructed more than 25,000 professionals about the nuances that comprise excellent web design and application programming. www.figleaf.com, training.figleaf.com

  • Contact info:
    Courtney Wheeler
    cwheeler [at] figleaf [dot] com

LearningObjects
www.learningobjects.com

Learning Objects, Inc. is the leader in enterprise-scale social software for learning. Learning Objects' Campus Pack seamlessly integrates Web 2.0 technologies into any e-learning environment. Campus Pack promotes collaboration, engagement, and communication by giving every user at your institution the ability to create and manage blogs, wikis, podcasts, and more. Learning Objects software is developed in conjunction with our user community and is implemented by over 450 educational institutions worldwide.

SentenceWorks
www.sentenceworks.com

Sentenceworks is an automated writing tutor for students of all levels. A web-based solution, Sentenceworks works one-on-one with students to develop sentence-level writing skills and reinforce proper citation habits. Students upload drafts of their writing assignments to Sentenceworks to receive immediate instructional feedback on over 80 different points of grammar.

Please visit www.Sentenceworks.com to learn more about how you can use the latest writing support technology to improve students’ writing in your institution.

  • Pick up our brochure! Sentenceworks


  • Contact info:
    Max Lytvyn
    Max.lytvyn [at] sciworth [dot] com
    (800) 350-7943

Sloan-C
www.sloan-c.org

The Sloan Consortium is an institutional and professional leadership organization dedicated to integrating online education into the mainstream of higher education, helping institutions and individual educators improve the quality, scale, and breadth of online education. Sloan-C supports the collaborative sharing of knowledge and effective practices to improve online education in learning effectiveness, access, affordability for learners and providers, and student and faculty satisfaction.

Membership in the consortium provides knowledge, practice, community, and direction for educators. Originally funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Sloan-C is now a non-profit, member sustained organization. Join our community of individuals, institutions and organizations today.

Sonic Foundry
www.sonicfoundry.com/mediasite

We're proud to again be Sloan C's webcasting partner for the International Symposium on Emerging Technology Applications for Online Learning. Over 600 colleges and universities have chosen Mediasite® by Sonic Foundry to automatically webcast their classroom lectures, university meetings and campus events. Mediasite is now the leading lecture capture platform for higher education because instructors teach as usual with no need to learn new technology, students report better grades and campuses increase enrollment and exposure by reaching new audiences online. See how leading schools use Mediasite to make a difference at www.sonicfoundry.com/hied