University of Western Ontario 2009 Update

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  • E-learning activity is distributed across campus with activity in multiple places.
  • In Distance Studies we currently offer 100 -125 courses per term with all being offered online.
  • DS no longer offers course in any other mode. We develop / redevelop about 20 courses per year with budget constraints limiting this number. The demand is growing, from instructors and department, for more; however, dollars and staff resources are limits.
  • The ITRC ( Instructional Technology Resource Centre) has created short manualettes of the key tools in our LMS [1] and instructional videos [2] Check them out. I think they are very good, and perhaps you might do something similar at your institution.
  • We have a Wimba service that is accessed through Webct so we can construct course instructional material that is truly synchronous. This service was originally setup, in part, to assist with the satellite campus of Schulich School of Medicine at the University of Windsor.
  • I think the biggest challenge will be related to finding the needed resources ($) to grow e-learning across campus. As Bill Muirhead has suggested this problem can also focus on many of the benefits the e-learning can provide in these financially difficult times.
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