LearningByWeb (LBW) is a line-of-business of eCollaboration Corp whose mission is to provide a full service (i.e. turnkey) solution that includes video production, content authoring using its eStreamingMedia technology.

eStreamingMedia includes desktop add-ins and server hosting that extends Microsoft Producer for PowerPoint for highly effective web based learning. eStreamingMedia adds features that include:

• Polls and quizzes that pause and resume the video stream
• Learner tracking and monitoring (e.g., which sections of the stream learners actually watched)
• Digital rights management to protect content from being pirated (i.e., content encryption)
• Easy to author Section 508 accessibility compliance (i.e. closed captioning)

Background

eStreamingMedia is the technology brand of eCollaboration Corp. eCollaboration was founded in 1999 and began by developing desktop tools and server software that simplified creating video based distance learning. In 2001, the company became an authorized Microsoft Windows Media Services provider and launched its first release of eStreamingMedia.

In 2002, the company entered into an agreement with Microsoft to upgrade its eStreamingMedia software to function with Microsoft Producer for PowerPoint. By providing ‘distance learning’ functionality for Producer, eStreamingMedia is able to reach a large market of customers that want to self-author video eLearning content (Microsoft has downloaded over 3,000,000 copies of Producer). These customers tend to be organizations that have on going needs for creating new content such as large organizations with training departments and training firms.

In early 2004, the company applied for a patent on its technology. The patent application was published by the US Patent Office in July 2006 and is currently pending.

In 2005, the company began selling through video production and eLearning technology firms (i.e., “dealers”). This enables the company to provide a turnkey or complete solution to customers that have occasional content development requirements. Example of these customers are associations which typically produce eLearning content at conferences and seminars and organizations that have traditionally used instructor led classroom training.