eCampusAlberta Alberta Online Learning Association

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eCampusAlbertaAlberta Online Learning
Association

Building a Collaborative Network for Online
Learning in the Alberta College System
Tricia Donovan Chief Operating Officer
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Presentation Overview

• Vision
• Collaborative Approach
• Participating Colleges
• Governance
• How it Works
• General Updates
• Spring Targets
• Questions

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Vision

• Partnership Collaboration
• eCampusAlberta portal
• Each member designs and
• delivers online courseware
• Offers partner courseware
• Share curriculum and reduce duplication
• Expedites availability of courses and credentials

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eCampusAlberta Partners

• Alberta Learning
• Bow Valley College
• Fairview College
• Grande Prairie Regional College
• Grant MacEwan College
• Keyano College
• Lakeland College
• Lethbridge Community College
• Medicine Hat College
• Mount Royal College
• NorQuest College
• Northern Lakes College
• Olds College
• Portage College
• Red Deer College
• Southern Alberta Institute of Technology

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Governance

• Board of Directors
• Chief Operating Officer
• Chief Financial Officer
• Management Team
• Operational Team
• Advisory and Stakeholder Groups

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Provincial Liaisons

• Senior Student Services Officers (SSSOs)
• Senior Business Officers (SBOs)
• Alberta Committee for Educational Technology
  (ACET)
• Alberta Association of Colleges and Technical
  Institutes (AACTI)
• Alberta Council of Admissions Transfer (ACAT)
• All Related Service Groups

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Systemic Improvements

• Catalyst to Focus Distance Efforts
• Ability to Identify and Reduce Barriers to Online
  Learning
• Refining Existing Offerings
• Increasing Available Offerings
• Development Collaboration
• Members Focused on Increasing Accessibility

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Benefits of Collaborating

• Improves Individual Institution Response to
  Learner Demand
• Improves Awareness of Required Learner Support
  Services
• One-Stop Shop
• Rationalization of Resources
• Enables Breadth of Focus on Quality and Standards
  Improvements

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Example
Grant MacEwan 20 Registrations
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Roles Lead Campus

• Develops Instructs Course
• Manages Course Information and Materials
• Provides Grades
• Promotes Course Internally
• Registers Students
• Collects Processes Fees

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Roles Partner Colleges

• Select courses from eCampusAlberta inventory
• Promotes Course
• Sets up Placeholder Registration
• Supports Students
• Receives Revenue

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Benefits

• Sharing of Information
• Portal for Online Inventory
• Faculty Support Development
• Learner Demand Preparedness for Current and
  Future Workplace Demands

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Benefits for Albertans

• Increased Access to Online Courseware Province
  Wide
• Increased Focus on Consistent Best Practices in
  Online Learning
• Ability to Complete Full Credentials
• Increased Institutional Focus on Online Learning
  Opportunities Services

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Winter 2004

• Getting there.
• 80 courses in inventory
• 250 students to date
• WebCT Server 1-800
• Developing Quality Standards
• Continuous Development of Processes

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Spring Targets

• Scaleable Registrarial Solution
• Library/Bookstore Solutions
• Increase Inventory
• Assess Learner Support Services
• Increase Awareness Participation
• Develop Marketing Strategy
• Faculty Development
• Extension of Advisory Teams

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Contact
info_at_ecampusalberta.ca Or directly tricia.donova
n_at_ecampusalberta.ca