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OntarioLearnIncorporation Name:

OntarioLearn Online Collaborative (OOC)

What is OntarioLearn

① Partnership of 24

Ontario Community

Colleges

② Launched in 1995

③ Partners design

and deliver online

courses for their

students

④ Share course

curriculum and

avoid duplication

How it Works

The Host College:

• Owns the curriculum and delivers the course for the

province

• Hires and manages the online faculty

• Provides course information sheets with details about the

courses they offer to all consortium members along with

their course outlines

• Provides grades upon completion of courses

The Registering College:

• Select courses from the OntarioLearn Course Inventory

to offer at their college

• Advertise the courses

• Register students, collect fees, process grades

• Order and sell required textbooks

• Invigilate final exams

• Pay share of the instructor fee to Host College

• Pay Technical Service Provider

OntarioLearn Model

Mohawk Host College

(Total Enrollment

= 40)

Algonquin 7

Loyalist 7

Humber 3

Seneca 7

Canadore2

Sheridan 6

Mohawk 5

Cambrian 3

Benefits for Colleges

• Access to each colleges’ strengths

• Eliminate course duplication• Combine registrations -able

to “run” a course with minimal students

• Cost effective

Benefits for Students

• Improved connection between students and facilitator

• Participation, interaction and collaboration

• Flexibility for different learning styles

• Improved access• Schedule flexibility• Diverse selection of courses• Credentialing and credit

recognition

Example: Distribution of Course Enrolment

Colleges package courses and create their own:

• College-approved Certificate programs

• Ontario College Certificate programs

• Ontario College Graduate Certificate programs

• Ontario College Diploma programs

• Ontario College Advanced Diploma programs

• Liberal Studies Options for Degree programs

Each college markets their own programs.

Program Inventory

• Currently 521 programs being delivered by Colleges using OntarioLearn courses

OntarioLearn Course Inventory

• 1,191 courses available• 292 courses under development• No duplicates allowed• College has one year to develop and deliver course

Program/Course Inventory

QualityOntarioLearn has minimum standards that each course must meet, administers online student surveys every semester, and has a quality assurance process and a Quality Assurance Specialist to review all consortium members' courses.

Quality

500 750 1,5004,500

7,76211,314

14,02919,000

23,10827,898

34,299

41,905

48,564

55,700

64,982 66,620 65,96469,838

72,926 73,059

95/96 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 02/03 03/04 04/05 05/06 06/07 07/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 14/15

Enrollment Trends

The Business Model

Economics

• Low Risk

• Rationalize resources

• Avoid duplication

• Choice

• Flexibility

Technology Infrastructure

Platforms

Pearson Embanet (Toronto)

Centralized Technical Support for students and faculty (LIVE 24X7)

Reliability – centralized servers, extensive backup processes and proactive emergency procedure

Monthly/Annual Client Review Statistics: set against agreed to high level service/ volume benchmarks

Technology Infrastructure Provider

① Blackboard 9.1

② Desire2Learn

③ FirstClass

④ Moodle

Student Access Faculty Access

• Access to course

• Communication

• Consolidate resources

• Access to course• Communication• Consolidate resources• Grades module

OntarioLearn Portal

Administrative Access

• Course Information component• Registry component• Communication• Consolidate resources• Grades module

Board Executive Board Members

OntarioLearn Board of Directors

Chair Susan Savoie, SenecaCo-Chair Tracie Marsh-Fior, CanadoreTreasurer Donna Church, AlgonquinVPA Liaison Laurel Schollen, FlemingNorthern Representative Tracie Marsh-Fior, CanadoreWestern Representative Sandra Schelling, ConestogaCentral Representative Michelle DeCoste, CentennialEastern Representative Lynn Walker, St. Lawrence

OntarioLearn StaffExecutive Director Dan HollandAdministrator Heather Ryan

Algonquin Samdra LarwillBoréal Danielle Talbot-LarivièreCambrian Sherril McCallCanadore Tracie Marsh-FiorCentennial Michelle DeCosteConestoga Sandra SchellingConfederation Don DuclosDurham Rebecca MilburnFanshawe Donna DererFleming Brenda Pander-ScottGeorge Brown Kathleen AbbottGeorgian Shona WelshHumber Mark IhnatLa Cité Suzanne GibaultLambton Donna ChurchLoyalist Julia ChapelleMohawk Alison HortonNiagara Jayne MoffatNorthern Sara MunroeSault Ted NewberySeneca Susan SavoieSheridan Blair KettleSt. Clair Irene Moore DavisSt. Lawrence Lynn Walker

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