Corel and Element K Launch 'the Classroom' Online and Instructor-Led Learning Solutions-Enterprise and Academic Curriculum Available Now.Business Editors Educause 2002 Booth #402 ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 2002 Corel Corporation (company) Corel Corporation - A software publisher best known for the CorelDraw application. Founded in June 1985 by Dr. Michael Cowpland, Corel Corporation was originally a systems integration company. (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 :CORL CORL Corel Corporation (stock symbol) CORL Coalition of Reef Lovers CORL capital outlay revenue limit CORL change-orientated reflective listening (psychotherapy) CORL Central Ontario Ringette League )(TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension :COR) today announced the availability of the Classroom, an new complement of online and classroom learning solutions developed in partnership with Element K, a leading provider of training solutions for information technology and business skills training. Designed to meet the training needs of academic and enterprise users worldwide, the Classroom offers comprehensive, convenient and affordable online training for end users, instructors, students, faculty and staff. The Classroom has been developed to meet a demand for workflow-oriented training tools on products from Corel and other vendors. As an online learning solution, the Classroom offers flexible anytime/anywhere functionality at a fraction of the price of traditional classroom instruction, while providing a full complement of course management, student management, assessment and reporting tools. "The Classroom offers an outstanding self-directed learning experience, giving participants excellent curriculum and the ability to work at their own pace, anytime and anywhere convenient to them," said Steve Houck, executive vice president of strategic relations for Corel. "Element K is one of the largest curriculum developers in the world and the best possible partner to serve our customers' and partners' needs." Training from the Classroom, including a selection of free sample courses, is available now at www.corel.com/training/elementk. The Classroom offers a variety of learning options ranging from multi-module training on industry-leading products like CorelDRAW(R) 11 and procreate pro·cre·ate v. 1. To beget and conceive offspring; to reproduce. 2. To produce or create; originate. pro (TM) Painter 7(TM), to workflow-oriented training covering a full professional design, media and web workflow including products from Corel and other leading software vendors. Each training course is project-based, meaning students learn by doing-techniques learned during training actually end in tangible results. Supported by the Corel Training Services team, the Classroom can be customized to the specific needs of a variety of enterprises and academic institutions. Corel Training Services also offers a full range of end-user, train-the-trainer, integration and help desk training services. For more information on Corel Training Services, please visit www.corel.com/training. A world leader in creative and business productivity software, Corel online and instructor_led training solutions are available for Corel products including CorelDRAW(R) Graphics Suite 11, Corel(R) DESIGNER(TM) 9 and WordPerfect(R) Office 2002, as well as for the procreate(TM) family of products, including professional creative tools Painter 7(TM) and KnockOut 2. Developed as an important component of the company's enterprise and academic training strategies, demonstrations of the Classroom are available today until October 3 at Educause 2002 in Atlanta, Georgia, where Corel Corporation (booth 402) is showcasing its leading creative applications for the academic market. For more information on Corel, please visit www.corel.com. About Corel Corporation Founded in 1985, Corel Corporation (www.corel.com) is a leading technology company that offers software for home and small business users, creative professionals and enterprise customers. With its headquarters in Ottawa, Canada, Corel's common stock trades on the Nasdaq Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. under the symbol CORL and on the Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. under the symbol COR. About Element K Element K is a leading provider of e-learning solutions for business and technology skills serving Fortune 1000 companies, universities, government organizations and individuals. Element K has a 20-year history in computer training, and is a pioneer in courseware Educational software. See CBT and OpenCourseWare. (application) courseware - Programs and data used in Computer-Based Training. development and e-learning. The company launched its e-Learning offering in 1996, making it the first company to offer interactive IT content on the Web. Today, Element K offers more than 800 online courses in information technology and business skills and powers a fully-hosted learning management system (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 ). The company's integrated online learning solution features KnowledgeHub, a next-generation, fully hosted LMS that provides a highly personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. and easy-to-manage learning environment, instructor-led courses and self-paced tutorials. Element K's professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. include learning management consultants to assist with deployment and a participation development team to help maximize participation and return on investment. (C) 2002 Corel Corporation. All rights reserved. Corel, CorelDRAW, Corel DESIGNER A full-featured Windows drawing program from Corel that has been widely used by technical illustrators. Originally developed by Micrografx, which was acquired by Corel in 2001, Corel DESIGNER is a very sophisticated vector graphics program providing many features of a CAD program, , procreate, Painter 7, WordPerfect and the Corel logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Corel Corporation and/or its subsidiaries in Canada, the U.S. and/or other countries. All other product, font font or typeface or type family Assortment or set of type (alphanumeric characters used for printing), all of one coherent style. Before the advent of computers, fonts were expressed in cast metal that was used as a template for printing. and company names and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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