eCollege(SM) Gives Publishers an Easy and Cost Effective Way to Increase Distribution

eCollege(SM) [Nasdaq: ECLG], a provider of

technology and services for online higher education programs, announced

the launch of its Publisher Toolkit(SM), enabling publishers to easily extend

the distribution of their quality content to faculty and students through the

eCollege AUSM platform.The Publisher Toolkit provides publishers with an industry-leading

infrastructure, professional services, PIN technology, and end-user support

to deliver their content online.

"Our Publisher Toolkit gives publishers a cost effective way to increase

content distribution to our reachable student population of approximately two

million students," said Oakleigh Thorne, chairman and CEO of eCollege.

"Publishers can leverage their existing processes, distribution, and content

formats to easily transfer their content into the eCollege platform. Once their

content has been implemented in our system, we can support faculty and students

through our 24×7 help desk to give users a positive online learning experience."

Publishers can ensure the security of their content through an assigned PIN

(personal identification number) that can be bundled with the textbook and used

by students to access the content online.Because eCollege is an ASP and hosts

the course content in a highly reliable and secure environment, publishers don’t

have to invest in hardware and software, nor dedicate scarce technology staff

and resources.The Publisher Toolkit also includes reporting functions to track

the content by the PIN, course adoption and institution. "Our publisher

program will give faculty and administrators access to Web available content

from leading publishers," said Thorne."For those institutions starting

new online programs, this should reduce the time and effort needed to get their

online courses up and

running."

About eCollege

eCollege [Nasdaq: ECLG] is the leading eLearning technology and services provider

to educational markets.eCollege designs, builds and supports high quality online

degree, certificate/diploma and professional development programs for colleges,

universities, school districts and state departments of education. eCollege’s

clients include such institutions as National University; University of Massachusetts

Amherst; University of Colorado; Drexel University; DeVry University, Inc.;

and the Kentucky Virtual High School.The company was founded in 1996 and is

headquartered in Denver. For more information, visit www.eCollege.com

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