E-learning and its various technologically advanced bells and whistles are part and parcel of today’s academic and corporate learning environments. Traditionally, the teacher-learner relationship is measurably enhanced by interactive face time and just-in-time access, and the teacher-teacher relationship is no different.

The Illinois Online Network at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, along with other faculty development programs at four-year learning institutions around Illinois, has deployed e-learning with the help of Elluminate to add depth to its distance learning initiatives. “We’re providing faculty development mostly to community college instructors,” said Michael W. Lindeman, program director, Illinois Online Network at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. “We’re preparing them to teach online. We’re offering six courses in the spring that will integrate Elluminate into the online course format. That will be the main rollout.”

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Articles source: Chief Learning Officer