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Title: OntarioLearn'com

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Education At Your Fingertips
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Session Topics

Background
How it works
Why it works
Course Development Facilitation Standards
The Technology
Questions and Answers

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Background
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What is OntarioLearn.com

Partnership of 22 Ontario Community Colleges
Launched in 1995
Partners design and deliver on-line courses for
their students
Share course curriculum and avoid duplication

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Membership OntarioLearn.com
Lambton Loyalist Mohawk Niagara Northern Sault
Seneca Sheridan Sir Sandford Fleming St.
Clair St. Lawrence

Algonquin
Cambrian
Canadore
Centennial
Conestoga
Confederation
Durham
Fanshawe
George Brown
Georgian
Humber

Membership OntarioLearn.com
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Organizational Structure

Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Regional Committees
Administrator
College Coordinators
Technical Service Provider
Project Coordinator (NEW)

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Enrollment Trends
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How OntarioLearn Works
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Role of a Host College

Develop the course
Hire the instructor
Provide course information to all partner
colleges each semester
Provide the final grades

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Role of a Registering College

Select courses from the OntarioLearn Course
Inventory to offer at their college.
Advertise the courses
Register students and collect fees
Order and sell required textbooks
Invigilate final exams
Pay share of the instructor fee to Host College
Pay Technical Service Provider

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Example Accounting 1
15 colleges contributing to the overall course
enrolment.
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Benefits for Colleges

Access to each colleges strengths
Eliminate course duplication
Combine registrations - able to run a course
with minimal students
Cost effective

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Benefits for Students

Improved connection between students and
instructor
Participation, interaction and collaboration
Flexibility for different learning styles
Improved access
Schedule flexibility
Diverse selection of courses

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Other Details

All courses have a start and end date.
Semester-based (majority)
Monthly Intake
All courses are instructor-led.
Many courses have final exam requirements. The
exam format may be
Online
In-person at the Registering College
Invigilated by an approved proctor
The students Registering College is the
credentialing institution.

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How a Student Gets Started.

The student selects their course.
Course Inventory section at www.OntarioLearn.com
Partner college information (web site or college
publications)
The student registers for the course through one
of the partner colleges.
The student is provided with their course access
details by their Registering College.

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OntarioLearn Course Inventory

gt700 courses currently available.
gt330 courses under development.
No duplicates allowed.
College has one year to develop and deliver
course.

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Why It Works
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Relationships

Collaboration
Cooperation
Communication
Recognition of others contributions
Trust

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Economics

Low Risk
Rationalize resources
Avoid duplication
Choice
Flexibility

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Course Development and Facilitation Standards
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Course Development Standards

Established minimum standards and created
resources for partner colleges
OntarioLearn Developing Facilitating Online
Courses manual.
Course Development Checklists which specify
mandatory and recommended design elements

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Blackboard Course Development Checklist

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Enforcing Course Development Standards

Implemented a Course-Standards Evaluation
Process to provide a mechanism to evaluate all
courses against established course development
standards.
Strive to evaluate 20 of all courses annually.
Host College has one semester to correct any
identified design problems.

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Facilitation Standards

Established minimum standards and created
training resources for partner colleges
OntarioLearn Developing Facilitating Online
Courses manual.
Online Facilitation Course for all faculty
(available 2005).
Publish an online Faculty Newsletter each
semester.

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Enforcing Facilitation Standards

Implemented a Course Review process that is
completed at the end of each semester.
Students complete an online course evaluation
survey.
Any course with poor ratings is subject to
further review to determine if sanctions are
required.

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Our Commitment to Quality

In the event of design and/or facilitation
problems a course can be placed on
Level One Course Evaluation Follow Up Status
Level Two Course Evaluation Follow Up Status
(which could mean the cancellation/ suspension of
the course).

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The Technology
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Technical Service Provider

Embanet Corporation (Toronto)
Largest e-Learning provider. Supported 1,000,000
enrollments last year with over 30,000 student
saves
Provides hosting, live 24/7/365 support for
faculty and students, course development and
training
Specializes in increasing retention and
completion rates for online programs

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Platforms Used