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TUTORNET.COM
ACQUIRES COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH
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| VIENNA, VA - December 23, 1998 - Tutornet.com, Inc. (www.tutornet.com) announces the acquisition of Collaborative Systems Research, Inc., a North Carolina-based software company. CSR provides innovative collaboration software for distance learning, corporate training, and conferencing. Tutornet.com's learning platform is built around CSR's Eventware Classroom technology, a Java-based virtual classroom environment. Eventware's integrated delivery environment simulates a classroom experience and features a shared whiteboard, group Web browser, moderated chat, and classroom management tools. Tutornet.com will use this software to enable students and teachers to have an instantly familiar environment for learning. Tutornet.com's service is available for $29.99 per month. Subscribers have unlimited access to the tutoring service. Euburn R. A. Forde, founder and CEO of Tutornet.com, believes that the service offers students and parents outstanding quality, convenience, and flexibility at a price that is significantly below traditional at-home tutoring services and learning centers, where fees per hour can range from $50 to $150. Initial response to Tutornet.com's quality, features, and pricing has been extremely positive. "The acquisition of CSR solidifies Tutornet.com's ability to develop creative and innovative software solutions for our clients and demonstrates our commitment to making Tutornet the agent for change in conquering the digital divide in education," said Forde. Forde also announced the appointment of Derek Hamner as the director of software development at Tutornet. Hamner, formerly President of CSR, co-founded the company with Christopher DiMattia in March of 1996. Hamner echoed Forde's excitement by stating "Tutornet's passion and dedication to the online education market, coupled with CSR's firm understanding of the enabling technology, is a sure recipe for success." |
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About Tutornet.com Tutornet is an interactive Web site featuring live teacher-moderated tutoring via real-time, interactive virtual classrooms to help students with tough homework problems. Students are given the opportunity to receive subject-oriented assistance from experienced teachers and tutors without leaving home. Live tutoring is available for elementary to college age students in various subjects. Netucators, or online tutors, and students discuss homework problems with the help of software that includes a whiteboard, shared web browser, and chat area. Netucators guide students through the process of solving homework problems, without giving the answers, so that students will learn and understand how to solve future problems. Utilizing a computer with Internet access, students can contact a Netucator while at the library, school, home or Internet center. To learn more about Tutornet's services, visit the Company's Web site http://www.tutornet.com/. Contact: Joe Golden at 703.375.8600 |