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Accessium Will Distribute Lectora Publisher in Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxemburg.


Business Editors, High Tech Writers

CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 7, 2002

Trivantis Corporation, the industry leader in e-learning (Electronic-LEARNING) An umbrella term for providing computer instruction (courseware) online over the public Internet, private distance learning networks or inhouse via an intranet. See CBT.  authoring software, today announced that Dutch-owned Accessium, a joint venture of nl.tree and Siemens Nederland, has been named the exclusive distributor of Lectora Publisher(TM) for the K-12 market in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxemburg. The Hague-based Accessium develops e-learning solutions for the education market such as the Kennisnet, the Netherlands' national e-learning intranet, which serves 12,000 schools and 2.9 million students and faculty.

Accessium considers Lectora Publisher to be the perfect e-learning authoring software for the Kennisnet because of its near zero learning curve and power to create engaging multimedia content. The software's easy-to-use features include drag-and-drop functionality, intuitive icons, and automatic publishing to an intranet, Internet Internet

Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the
, or CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc.
CD-ROM
 in full compact disc read-only memory

Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser).
. Lectora supports a wide variety of graphic, audio, video, and text files, all of which can be seamlessly and quickly integrated into cohesive cohesive,
n the capability to cohere or stick together to form a mass.
 e-learning materials.

Accessium CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  Cees Oostrom said, "Many of the e-learning opportunities nl.tree has created with the Kennisnet will be realized with Lectora. Teachers will create courses and study aids, while students will work independently and collaboratively on class assignments and projects using all the Dutch libraries, museums, and archives for their resources. Teachers and students throughout the Netherlands will find that the Kennisnet and Lectora are an incredible combination for e-learning."

Commented Trivantis CEO Timothy Loudermilk, "The scale of what nl.tree has created with the Kennisnet is impressive. A national e-learning intranet that connects millions of teachers and students is extraordinary. We are delighted to be working with Accessium and look forward to seeing our Dutch language Dutch language, member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages). Also called Netherlandish, it is spoken by about 15 million inhabitants of the Netherlands, where it is the national  version of Lectora expand the possibilities of the Kennisnet."

About Accessium

nl.tree and Siemens Nederland are sharing a complementary vision and approach for their education activities including the development of an extensive e-learning platform. Within Accessium the concepts are further integrated with the following missions:
-- Developing and stimulating computer based learning

-- Offering learning management systems and tools

-- Providing e-learning infrastructure for schools, teacher training and high
quality educational content


About Nl.tree

nl.tree is the builder of the Knowledge Network, Kennisnet, THE education network of the Netherlands. Almost all Dutch schools Dutch School may mean one of two movements in the arts:
  • Dutch School (music)
  • Dutch School (painting)
 will be connected to the Knowledge Network and will include more than 12,000 institutions in primary education, secondary education and vocational/higher education. Furthermore, all libraries, museums and content providers as well as supporting organizations will be connected to the Knowledge Network. In 2002 the Knowledge Network will have more than 2.5 million users.

About Siemens Nederland N.V.

The Siemens Group in the Netherlands, with an annual turnover of more than 1.3 billion Euro and more than 3300 employees, is part of the multinational Siemens AG Siemens AG

German electrical-equipment manufacturer. The first Siemens company, Siemens & Halske, was founded in Berlin in 1847 to build telegraph installations.
 which is represented in more than 190 countries worldwide. Siemens offers products, systems and services for government, businesses and consumers. Siemens provides client solutions for almost every area of electronics and electrotechnical systems.

About TRIVANTIS

Cincinnati, Ohio-based Trivantis Corporation provides world-class e-learning authoring software and services that enable the creation of multimedia educational content. Trivantis develops authoring tools with near-zero learning curves that provide educators in academia, the business sector, and government with the capabilities to create and publish high quality multimedia educational content. Trivantis solutions are designed to help overcome the technical barriers traditionally associated with publishing to the Internet.

The Trivantis flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , Lectora Publisher Enterprise LMS (Learning Management System) An information system that administers instructor-led and e-learning courses and keeps track of student progress. Used internally by large enterprises for their employees, an LMS can be used to monitor the effectiveness of the  Edition, helps subject-matter SUBJECT-MATTER. The cause, the object, the thing in dispute.
     2. It is a fatal objection to the jurisdiction of the court when it has not cognizance of the subject-matter of the action; as, if a cause exclusively of admiralty jurisdiction were brought in a court
 experts within an organization to start creating courses immediately, collaborate with colleagues and convert content to provide rapid transfer of knowledge across the enterprise so that organizations can shorten (audio, compression) Shorten - A form of lossless audio compression.  time to productivity. Versions of Lectora Publisher are also available for creating content for the Palm OS and Pocket PC platforms.

Websites: www.trivantis.com; www.nltree.nl/; www.siemens.nl/

Keywords and phrases: e-learning, elearning, online learning, learning management system, authoring tool, computer-based learning, human capital development

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