InnerPass Enables Global Education and Training with Distance Learning Technology

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--InnerPass, a well-known premium Skype application used by businesses for collaboration, is now becoming a valuable and affordable solution that’s helping educators and students migrate to a real-time e-classroom environment. InnerPass provides easy-to-use tools, including screen-sharing and “persistent” meeting rooms, which reduce the cost of online instruction, expand access to education and training opportunities, and bring client organizations to the leading edge of educational and training technology.

“The benefits of Distance Learning Technology are recognized by both students and teachers”

Distance Learning aims to deliver education to students or trainees who are not physically on-site. This virtual classroom environment has both a “live” component and “persistent” component. The live component occurs when an instructor holds real-time courses with students. The “persistent” component enables students to access course content and training materials at any time, using InnerPass and Skype.

InnerPass is bringing Distance Learning to organizations of all sizes, providing a cost-effective solution for large school districts and online universities, as well as global companies and independent subject matter experts. Because of the use of Skype for conference calling, InnerPass enables customers to sidestep the prohibitive cost structure of traditional e-Learning systems, which are typically unaffordable for small businesses. The affordability of InnerPass does not come at the expense of quality. For example, InnerPass users cite its screen-sharing functionality as one of the easiest to navigate.

“The benefits of Distance Learning Technology are recognized by both students and teachers,” says InnerPass President and CEO Steve Parsloe. “At InnerPass we believe education should be accessible to everyone and the sharing of knowledge can be fully supported by today’s technology. We think that the software tools we use every day should be as easy to use as many other things we do every day, such as driving a car or using a telephone. InnerPass allows students to access education from anywhere in the world, as long as they have an Internet connection. Companies are able to provide multimedia training to workers in any location in real-time and allow those workers to access training materials long after the course is completed. This is a smarter and more cost-effective way to learn, and we are proud to be a leader in this growing sector of education and business management.”

For more information on InnerPass, go to: www.innerpass.com, and see a blog entry discussing some specific successes in Distance Learning at: http://innerpass.wordpress.com/.

About InnerPass

InnerPass is a leader in fully integrated, Web 2.0-based persistent collaboration services. InnerPass is one of the only applications to combine meetings, VoIP, and persistent file sharing. InnerPass is a Premium and Certified Skype Extra application. The Skype community using InnerPass to collaborate has over 2.4 million users. InnerPass is based in Framingham, MA. Investors include Stage 1 Ventures and Beacon Angels.

For more information, visit www.innerpass.com.

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