ADVISORY/WebCT CEO Carol Vallone to Testify Before U.S. House of Representatives On Benefits of Internet-based Education and Distance Learning

Business Wire, May 9, 2000

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ADVISORY...

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MEDIA ALERT

WHO: Carol Vallone, CEO and President, WebCT, the leading provider of

Web-based course tools, community, content, and commerce to the

higher education marketplace

WHAT: Ms. Vallone will appear before members of the Subcommittee on

Basic Research to testify on the following:

- The benefits of Internet-based education and distance learning to college
students, faculty members, and research universities.

- Distance learning as it is suited for the sciences, as well as for liberal
arts programs

- The National Science Foundation's response to the growth of Internet-based
education.

WHEN: Tuesday, May 9, 2000

About WebCT:

WebCT is the leading provider of Web-based course tools, community, content, and commerce to the higher education marketplace. The company's integrated e-learning environment includes WebCT, is the most popular course management system in the world, and WebCT.com, the first destination site for the higher education marketplace to offer both teaching and learning resources and a community of peers across course and institutional boundaries. More than 44,000 faculty use WebCT to teach courses with over 6.2 million student accounts at over 1,350 colleges and universities in 55 countries. With the recent acquisition of The Math Forum, the combination of WebCT.com and MathForum.com now attracts almost 670,00 unique visitors who view over 6 million pages a month. The company's two main offices are in Peabody, MA, in the U.S. and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. More information about the company and its integrated e-learning environment can be found at http://www.webct.com.

For more information or to speak with Ms. Vallone about her testimony, please contact: Greg Jarboe, WebCT, 978.538.0036 or Carl Fischer, The Abernathy MacGregor Group, 212.371.5999