AvidLearn Forms Strategic Alliance With MindEdge; Partnership Gives Internet Users Access to Thousands of Courses That Provide Certification or College Credit.Business Editors CHERRY HILL Cherry Hill, township (1990 pop. 69,319), Camden co., W central N.J.; name was changed from Delaware township to Cherry Hill in 1961. Largely residential, Cherry Hill has been marked by great development and housing growth, especially since the 1970s. , N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 31, 2000 AvidLearn, Inc., a leading provider of online seminars, customized training solutions, and continuing education continuing education: see adult education. continuing education or adult education Any form of learning provided for adults. In the U.S. the University of Wisconsin was the first academic institution to offer such programs (1904). for individuals and corporations, announced today a strategic partnership with MindEdge, Inc., the oldest and most experienced education infrastructure company in the industry. AvidLearn customers will have access to thousands of courses and programs from providers all over the country for certification or college credit. In addition, all registered users of MindEdge.com will now have complete access to the broad selection of training and professional development offered through AvidLearn.com. The alliance will give AvidLearn users a co-branded feel as users of that site can easily access the offerings from MindEdge. "Our strategic partnership with MindEdge enables AvidLearn to continue the growth of what is the first truly interactive classroom environment without geographic geographic /geo·graph·ic/ (je?o-graf´ik) in pathology, of or referring to a pattern that is well demarcated, resembling outlines on a map. geographic pertaining to geography. restrictions," said Edward Edward killed his father at his mother’s instigation. [Br. Balladry: Edward in Benét, 302] See : Patricide DuCoin, founder and chief executive officer of AvidLearn. "This alliance with MindEdge gives AvidLearn's registered users the opportunity for certification in a broad array of skill areas, as well as the capability to earn college credit through MindEdge's affiliations with a number of colleges and universities." "We share with AvidLearn the vision of an educational community unrestricted by geography geography, the science of place, i.e., the study of the surface of the earth, the location and distribution of its physical and cultural features, the areal patterns or places that they form, and the interrelation of these features as they affect humans. ," said Scott Kriz, 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. and president of MindEdge, Inc. "MindEdge's new alliance with AvidLearn provides users at both sites even greater opportunities to improve their skills in a manner that's both easy and fast." About MindEdge: MindEdge, Inc. http://www.mindedge.com] is the oldest and most experienced educational infrastructure company in the industry. Founded in 1998, MindEdge has developed an unparalleled site and database containing thousands of distance and local education opportunities from hundreds of providers all over the country. The focus of MindEdge is to ensure current and accurate data across the web while striving to enhance users' awareness of the quality of education they receive. MindEdge also offers users the most comprehensive search capabilities in this space, with nine ways to search and four ways to sort those results. About AvidLearn: AvidLearn, Inc. offers online seminars, customized training solutions, and continuing education for individual users as well as corporations through its 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 site, at http://www.avidlearn.com. This new Internet See Web 2.0 and Internet2. resource, which went live on June June: see month. 1, 2000, features over 75 experts in their individual fields, delivering seminars, lectures, and interactive presentations on more than 40 areas of recognized interest. These live, online sessions feature full audio and video functions, as well as message boards, post-seminar discussion groups, and archived re-broadcasts of prior seminar sessions. AvidLearn is headquartered in Cherry Hill, NJ. |
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