Centra Transforms Distance Education in Tasmania.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LEXINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 16, 2003 Centra Software, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : CTRA CTRA Canadian Therapeutic Recreation Association CTRA College Terrace Residents' Association CTRA Canadian Telecommunications Resellers Alliance CTRA Committee To Restore America ), a leading provider of application software and services for real-time enterprise conferencing and collaboration, today announced that Distance Education Tasmania (DET DET diethyltryptamine. DET n. Diethyltryptamine; a hallucinogenic agent similar to DMT. ), a Tasmanian government school that provides educational programs for students from Kindergarten through Grade 10, has selected Centra to support real-time learning by enabling students to interact and work collaboratively via the Internet. Distance Education Tasmania was created to serve students who do not have reasonable daily access to an appropriate government school and who are deemed to be geographically isolated. DET was tasked to find technology that would enable the sequencing of eLearning experiences built on students' immediate needs. They wanted students to have the capability to engage in real-time feedback while developing online relationships with other students. By encouraging collaborative learning Collaborative learning is an umbrella term for a variety of approaches in education that involve joint intellectual effort by students or students and teachers. Collaborative learning refers to methodologies and environments in which learners engage in a common task in which each and peer support, dispersed students would feel part of an active learning community. By deploying Centra, DET has found a relevant, appropriate and educationally sound software application that meets all of its requirements. "Centra's product strengths incorporating voice and video conferencing See videoconferencing. (communications) video conferencing - A discussion between two or more groups of people who are in different places but can see and hear each other using electronic communications. and the ability to share applications has provided our teachers with a powerful tool," said Judith Timbs, principal of DET. "Centra enables teachers to introduce multiple activities and resources and to build upon students' knowledge during an interactive session, such as completing a mathematical computation, in decoding de·code tr.v. de·cod·ed, de·cod·ing, de·codes 1. To convert from code into plain text. 2. To convert from a scrambled electronic signal into an interpretable one. 3. text or using Japanese script." DET's students are located throughout Tasmania and other Australian states, as well as overseas. A Centra session can bring students together from multiple locations, all in one instructor-led online session. At present, 80 Kindergarten to Grade 10 students are online using Centra. DET has plans to increase this number over the next year. Recently, DET introduced laptops into its hospital school where a number of students have access to learning through Centra from their hospital beds. DET has plans to conduct monthly Parent Forums (a parent advisory body) meetings via Centra. With Centra, parents and teachers can share agendas, minutes and visual materials as well as see and talk to each other. "For the past four months, students who have enrolled in Distance Education Tasmania have been learning along with their teachers about the capabilities of this exciting new software," added Timbs. "Our teachers have always been adventurous in the use of technology. We have tried a range of tools to support our programs but found that the mix has never provided the comprehensive and practical solution that we were searching for. Now we have it with Centra." "We are excited to be able support this innovative initiative in Australia," said Nigel Wilson Nigel Edward Wilson (born January 12, 1970) is a former major league baseball player from Ajax, Ontario, Canada. He played for the Florida Marlins, Cincinnati Reds, and Cleveland Indians. , managing director of Centra in Australia. "Distance Education Tasmania shares all of Centra's most important values, including a focus on academic quality, educational outcomes and the richness of the learner experience." About Centra Leading with a proven track record of helping more than 1,200 organizations increase revenue and improve business performance, Centra offers enterprise application software that enables organizations to deliver real-time communication, collaboration and learning across the extended enterprise. Centra offers solutions that deliver enhanced integration of real-time collaboration capabilities with departmental business processes, such as sales and marketing, and virtual teamwork. Available in 14 languages, Centra applications can be deployed as on-site software or through our ASP service and are supported by an active ecosystem of value-added partners, including Microsoft, Oracle, Siebel, Deloitte Consulting, EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. and Cisco. Organizations across every major industry and market sector choose Centra, including Cadbury Schweppes Cadbury Schweppes plc is a confectionery and beverage company with its headquarters in Berkeley Square, London, England, UK. Cadbury Schweppes is currently the only major international confectionery manufacturer to produce Fairtrade or organic products, which it sells through its , McKesson, Sysco, Viacom and Stanford University Stanford University, at Stanford, Calif.; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891 as Leland Stanford Junior Univ. (still the legal name). The original campus was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. David Starr Jordan was its first president. . Headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts Lexington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 30,355 at the 2000 census. The town is famous for being the site of the opening shots of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first engagement of the American Revolution. , Centra serves a worldwide customer base throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia. For more information, visit www.centra.com. Centra is a registered trademark of Centra Software, Inc. All other trademarks referenced herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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