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One-time fund announced to enhance services for online learners

Member institutions are invited to submit project proposals to access a brand new $300,000 one-time Learner Support Solutions Fund (LSSF) that has been created to determine new ways of providing and enhancing online learner support services across the consortium. These projects will be developed with the support of the senior student services officers and senior academic officers at member institutions. More

View the Request for Proposals and the Learner Support Solutions Fund project proposal form.

New sessions of Best Practices in eLearning Facilitation course offered

Demand for spots in NAIT’s Best Practices in eLearning Facilitation course was so high when it was first offered last winter that NAIT has decided to add more sessions in the Winter Semester, 2009. The course is designed to assist faculty with making the transition from classroom-based instruction to teaching online and is offered in partnership with eCampusAlberta. More

ADETA forum to promote dialogue on distributed learning

The way people learn has changed forever. Today, teachers and students exchange information in so many more ways than they did in the old-school “bricks and mortar” classroom. To help facilitate communication between members of the online learning community, ADETA has announced it will host the Distributed Learning Symposium Drivers of Change, which will be held at the Hyatt Regency in Calgary March 11 to 13, 2009. More

Course catalogue improvements make searching easier and more effective

As part of the recent round of website improvements, changes have been made to the search functionality of the online course catalogue. These changes are designed to facilitate easier and more efficient searches for students and prospective students. More

eCampusAlberta’s first online credential remains a popular offering

Since Grant MacEwan College’s Arts and Cultural Management certificate program became the first online credential offered through eCampusAlberta in 2002, more than 25 students have graduated, or are near graduation, and approximately 50 more are currently taking courses towards completion. More

Alison Wynne, Consultant, Centre for Teaching and Learning at NAIT

Rose Ginther, Chair of Arts and Cultural Management at MacEwan

New student success stories added to website