Thursday, November 20, 2003

eCampusAlberta Launch Nov 13, 2003 NOVEMBER 13,  2003 eCampusAlberta officially launched on November 13th. Honourable Lyle Oberg, Minister of Alberta Learning offered his congratulations and support to the collaborative vision of eCampusAlberta. "eCampusAlberta is a milestone for our learning system," said Learning Minister Dr. Lyle Oberg, who was at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology today for the official launch. "Creativity, innovation, and collaboration continue to be essential in building a world-class learning system, and we're pleased to support this leading edge initiative." A variety of courses offered by participating institutions will be available online to students across Alberta, in a way that is seamless to the learner. For example, students will now be able to supplement their program by taking online courses from the member institutions across Alberta, right from their home location. It also provides flexibility for the student by helping them fit courses into their current schedules. In the near future, students will be able to access full programs that aren't currently available where they live. The launch of eCampus Alberta is the product of years of planning by the Alberta Online Learning Association, a sub-committee of the Association of Alberta Colleges and Technical Institutes. "eCampusAlberta was developed in response to a need to provide increased access to high quality online courses and programs," said Tricia Donovan, Chief Operating officer of the Alberta Online Learning Association. "Through eCampusAlberta, learners will be able to access courses and programs from partner institutes as well as 24-hour live technical support 365 days a year." Source: http://www.gov.ab.ca/acn/200311/15476.html 5:27:33 PM

Alberta Leads in Online Learning   Quick Facts on Online Learning in Alberta Alberta has more online students and schools than any other Canadian province. Alberta leads the country in all aspects of Information and Communication Technology implementation in schools, according to a 2002 Microsoft Canada study. Over 30,000 visitors use the LearnAlberta.ca Web site each month and access interactive, multi-media learning and teaching resources that directly relate to Alberta's curriculum and benefit students, teachers and parents across the province. Alberta's Computers For Schools program has delivered more than 40, 000 refurbished computers to schools across the province since the program's inception in 1993. SuperNet will bring high-speed Internet access to more than 4,700 sites in Alberta including all schools, post-secondary institutions and libraries. Alberta is piloting an 'e-textbook' for Grade 9 Science students which offers an electronic format as an alternate means of accessing the print version of the textbook. This year multi-media components were added to this online format. Alberta Learning supports many partnerships that provide professional development for teachers related to online learning including TELUS Learning Connection and the Galileo Educational Network Association. Web sites that support and enhance teaching and learning LearnAlberta.ca [www.learnalberta.ca] Alberta Online Consortium [www.albertaonline.ab.ca] The TELUS Learning Connection [www.2learn.ca] Physical Education Online [www.learning.gov.ab.ca/physicaleducationonline] Galileo Educational Network [www.galileo.org] Tools4Teachers [www.tools4teachers.ca] Teaching and Learning with Technology [www.tlt.ab.ca] ICT Cyberbase [www.ictcyberbase.com] 5:11:09 PM

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