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Click2learn and Centra Integrate Flagship Learning Technologies, Expand Product Integration Program.


Business Editors/Technology and Education Writers

BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 13, 2001

Ingenium Learning Management System Delivers,

Tracks and Manages Symposium's Virtual Classrooms;

Century 21 Launches New Technology

Click2learn (Nasdaq:CLKS) and Centra (Nasdaq:CTRA CTRA Canadian Therapeutic Recreation Association
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) have completed the integration of Click2learn's learning management platform, Ingenium, and Centra's flagship virtual classroom technology, Symposium.

The move enables Click2learn and Centra clients to use Click2learn's learning management solution, Ingenium, to deliver, track and manage Centra's synchronous learning Synchronous learning refers to a group of people learning the same things at the same time. This is the type of pedagogy practiced in most schools and undergraduate programs, but not in graduate programs. Lecture is an example of synchronous learning.  events -- including live, instructor-led Internet classes, focus groups and real-time peer-to-peer group sessions. By combining these industry-leading technologies, Click2learn's integrated solution provides companies with the ability to create blended learning Blended Learning is the combination of multiple approaches to learning. Blended learning can be accomplished through the use of 'blended' virtual and physical resources. A typical example of this would be a combination of technology-based materials and face-to-face sessions used  programs, incorporating both synchronous and asynchronous Refers to events that are not synchronized, or coordinated, in time. The following are considered asynchronous operations. The interval between transmitting A and B is not the same as between B and C. The ability to initiate a transmission at either end.  events to maximize the effectiveness of their learning initiatives.

The two companies are rolling out the seamless service to enterprise-level clients worldwide. Among the first to benefit from the integration is Century 21 Real Estate Corporation, which is using Click2learn to manage its learning programs for 100,000 real estate agents and brokers worldwide.

"Click2learn's integration with Centra delivers unprecedented capabilities for companies seeking to manage the corporate knowledge process. Century 21 now is able to schedule, track and assess all our learning programs -- from traditional instructor-led classes, to virtual classrooms to personalized online courses -- from a single operating system operating system (OS)

Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs.
," said George Selix, VP and Chief Learning Officer training for Century 21 Real Estate Corporation.

"This integration enables us to make our learning opportunities more affordable, more frequent, more accessible, and of higher quality. And we can now better track the intersection of learning and performance. Simply put, this takes knowledge management to a new level."

With the integration, Centra events can be fully incorporated into training curriculums managed by Ingenium. Besides tracking learners' attendance in Centra events, Ingenium also records students' performance in the virtual classroom, including their scores on real-time quizzes or participation in lab exercises and small group discussions.

That ability to track performance in virtual classrooms makes it possible for Centra events to be fully integrated into Click2learn's skills assessment and certification system. Using Ingenium, companies can work with their employees to analyze an individual's skills. From there, they can identify any gaps in the skills they need to do their current job or to advance their career, and assign specific courses to gain those skills.

In addition, Click2learn and Centra are pursuing further integration of additional learning technologies within their respective product lines.

"Enterprise-level corporations are clamoring for a single, robust solution to manage all their learning events, including everything from traditional classes, to asynchronous online courses, to live, real-time virtual classrooms. Click2learn and Centra have completed a fully integrated system that delivers it all, from a single platform," said Kevin Oakes, President and 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.  of Click2learn. "Centra is a recognized leader in synchronous training -- representing nearly half of that current market -- and we're looking forward to working with them to further integrate our solutions."

"Some of Centra's most advanced customers have selected Click2Learn as their learning management solution," said Chris Reed Chris Reed (Japanese: クリス・リード) (born July 7, 1989) is an American-Japanese ice dancer who currently represents Japan. He competes with his sister Cathy Reed. , Vice President of Corporate Strategy at Centra. "The completion of the integration of Ingenium with Centra enables them to continue to innovate and provide users with a seamless solution for managing both self-paced and live e-Learning."

About Centra

With over a million users worldwide, Centra is the leading provider of software infrastructure and ASP services for live eLearning and business collaboration. Today hundreds of global organizations have standardized on Centra for the delivery of live eLearning, including Accenture, Century 21, Domino's Pizza For Domino's Pizza in Australia, New Zealand, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and the Principality of Monaco, see .

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About Click2learn

Click2learn (Nasdaq:CLKS) is the leading integrated e-Learning solutions provider to Global 2000 organizations. The company provides comprehensive solutions that include content creation services and tools, integrated learning management and delivery systems, and e-Learning design and delivery expertise to improve workforce performance and commercialize intellectual property. Click2learn is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington Bellevue is a rapidly growing city in King County, Washington, U.S., across Lake Washington from Seattle. Long known as a suburb or satellite city of Seattle,[1] it is now categorized as an edge city or a boomburb. , with offices in other U.S. cities, Europe and Japan. The company's customers represent a wide variety of industries, and include Microsoft, Fidelity Investments Fidelity Investments is a group of privately held companies in the financial services industry. It is made up by two independent but closely cooperating companies, Fidelity Management and Research Corporation (FMR Co. , Wells Fargo Wells Fargo

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, Morningstar, American Airlines, ADC Telecommunications, Deloitte and Touche and GE. For more information about Click2learn's e-Learning solutions, call 800/448-6543 or 425/462-0501 or visit www.click2learn.com.

This announcement contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including information contained in this document where statements are preceded by, followed by or include the words "believes," "plans," "intends," "expects," "anticipates" or similar expressions. For such statements, The Company claims the protection of the safe harbor Safe Harbor

1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated.

2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive.
 for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from the results predicted, and reported results should not be considered as an indication of future performance. Factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements include market acceptance of internet based training and the Click2learn learning portal, the ability to successfully implement Click2learn virtual universities and strategic relationships with content providers and other web-based companies, the ability of those relationships to result in increased users and increased revenues and the risk factors set forth in filings The Company has made with the SEC.
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