UPDATE - OCULL 2012

college, university & literacy programs & courses right where you live!

Updates

About us Where we are Who we promote and support Student Portal Overview — Stats Data Transfer Update Faculty & Instructors Portal Overview — Stats Promotional efforts Future Directions Feedback & Input

About us

Your distance education & training network

Established in 1986 Funded by the Government of Ontario Student & Faculty/Instructor Portals Working with publically funded colleges,

universities, school boards and essentials skills providers

Focus on small, rural and remote communities

We are present in rural areas (over 1M)

Ontario Online Learning Student Portal

Student Portal Overview — Stats www.studyonline.ca February 2012 enhancements launched

based on student usability study results (see 2 handouts)

28,083 unique visitors March 2012–Sept. 30, 2012 (average of 4,000/month)

Over 5,000 link-outs from search results pages to institutions’ eLearning pages (April to September 2012 – reports to be published this fall).

Student Portal: Program Search Page

Student Portal: Link-Outs

Student Portal: Data Transfer www.studyonline.ca In January 2012, 19 partners shared data

electronically, we now stand at 31 of 44 (only 6 universities left)

12 universities share data on a semester basis Waterloo and Guelph have an XML feed which

ensures timeliness and accuracy of data There is still time to act regarding Winter

offerings Our goal: 44 XML feeds by December 2013.

Ontario Online Learning Portal for Faculty & Instructors

Faculty & Instructors Portal Overview — Stats

www.contactnorth.ca/home Key Features: Pockets of Innovation /

Trends & Directions / Training Opportunities / Tips & Tools / Partner Corner / Online Learning News

September 2012 enhancements launched based on Educator usability study results (also see handout)

11,494 unique visitors March 2011 – Sept. 30, 2012 (average of 600 per month)

Promotional efforts

Coordinators and Assistants in 112 online learning centres promote Ontario’s publicly-assisted offerings

Fall 2012 promotional campaign with Student Reference Group: OUSA, CFS-O, CSA

facebook.com/ContactNorth twitter.com/ContactNorth (Please like & follow us)

Online Learning News: bi-weekly e-newsletter (7,500 – please subscribe & share internally).

Future Directions

Student Portal – More: Data Transfer & Automation User Enhancements Promotion/Reach

Faculty & Instructors Portal – More: Features for interaction between users Resources Online Learning News/Reach

Feedback & Input

What other future directions should we undertake?

What could we be doing better? How can we better support your

institution? How can we better support the

university sector? What is your one wish for Contact North?

Thank you!