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Certiport today announced an agreement with Element K to deliver E-Learning for Microsoft® Office and Windows" Vista certification to its network of more than 12,000 centers in 135 countries worldwide. Officially named E-Learning for Microsoft Business Certification, the E-Learning catalogue already familiar to Certiport customers provides self-paced, interactive learning for Microsoft Office certification.


"In increasingly difficult economic times, E-Learning fits the needs of anyone looking to get ahead"from those who will spend significant time leveraging the system to learn the most in-demand skills to others who may need just minor refining amid busy schedules to prepare for certification," said David Saedi, president and CEO of Certiport. "Individuals who use E-Learning to certify skills will also provide an injection

of proficiency that bolsters local economies and workplace effectiveness."


"This new partnership with Certiport helps align a powerful learning tool with an in-demand credential," said Cheryl Nelan, vice president of Training Center Enablement at Element K. "There has never been a better time to update and validate employability skills."


Available anytime, anywhere at the click of a mouse, E-learning's best-in-class application- and operating system-specific courses help develop Microsoft Office skills through activities, exercises, games, and hands-on virtual labs. Each course generally has between five and eight lessons that require approximately one hour to complete. Users can leverage the system to receive learning for all of the certifications within the Microsoft Office 2007 suite in roughly 30 to 48 hours.


E-Learning for Microsoft Business Certification is available in as many as 15 different languages through Certiport and its solution providers worldwide. Courses for certifications in Microsoft Office 2007, 2003, XP and 2000 are available, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint®, Outlook®, Access® and Windows Vista. Find out more about E-Learning at www.certiport.com/e-learning.


ABOUT CERTIPORT


Certiport prepares individuals with current and relevant digital skills and credentials for the competitive global workforce. These solutions are delivered by more than 12,000 Certiport Centers worldwide and include Certiport Internet and Computing Core Certification (IC³®), the official Microsoft® Office certification programs and the Adobe® Certified Associate certification program. For more information, visit www.certiport.com.


ABOUT ELEMENT K


Element K delivers learning solutions for customers and partners through a tailored combination of catalog learning products, technology and services supporting the learning needs of the Corporate, Government, Education and Training Center markets. Our custom learning programs leverage extensive experience in learning program and curriculum design and development, learning-technology integration, and learning program delivery. Element K's turnkey products include best-in-class, multimodal business skills, compliance, and IT content; as well as a robust on-demand learning management system. The company's proven training methodologies and wide spectrum of content are delivered through a variety of formats, including self-paced online courses, vLab® hands-on labs, instructor-led courseware, comprehensive e-reference libraries, and KnowledgeHub?, the company's hosted learning management platform. Element K employs over 700 professionals. For more information, please visit www.elementk.com .


"Certiport" and "IC³" are registered trademarks of Certiport, Inc. in the United States and other countries. "Microsoft" is either a registered trademark or trademark of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and other countries. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.








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