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The Graduate Certificate in Online Teaching and Learning (EDDL) is designed and developed in collaboration with the TRU School of Education.

This graduate level certificate is designed to provide educators (K-12 teachers, post-secondary instructors and trainers) in British Columbia and beyond, with a solid foundation in the technical and pedagogical expertise required to effectively use education technology in the classroom, in distributed learning environments and in the world of online education.

Admission Requirements

Candidates must either have:

• A Bachelor of Education, or
• A Bachelor’s degree in another discipline with teaching qualifications or experience, or
• Permission of Academic Director or designate.

Note: The program is applicable to practicing teachers, post-secondary instructors and faculty, as well as online tutors.

The BC Centre for Open Learning is a 40,000 square foot, four storey structural steel/concrete structure located on the grounds of the Thompson Rivers University. BCCOL is primarily an office building housing open learning staff relocating from Burnaby, BC. The main campus computer server facility will be located on the main floor, along with a video conferencing studio, IT staging/service and staff rooms. The remaining floors consist of much needed campus meeting rooms and open office landscape.

The new centre incorporates environmental sustainability features. More information – http://www.pomeroy.ca

http://www.wikieducator.org/Thompson_Rivers_University_(TRU)_Open_Learning_(TRU-OL)

TRU OPen Learning are here on its list at http://www.wikieducator.org/Handbook_of_Open_Universities

Thosmpson Rivers University (TRU) on Wikipedia is here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thompson_Rivers_University

and TRU Open Learning is here – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thompson_Rivers_University,_Open_Learning_(TRU-OL)

The Open Learning Division of Thompson Rivers University has embarked on a new development model for courses this year. Several factors have lead to this change, but the major drivers are: speed to market and the introduction of online delivery.

With this change, there is a requirement to have students involved in the development process. The Open Learning Executive has accepted the recommendation to have students earn credit for taking the course while
participating in the development process. As such, the student will follow a normal registration process, but will be informed that the course is part of a development process at the time of registration.

If the student does not wish to participate in the development process, s/he will have the opportunity to cancel her/his registration with a full refund. S/he is to be informed when the course has completed development and is available to take on a regular basis.

If the student agrees to participate in the development process, s/he will be given a $100 reduction in the tuition. The reduction in tuition is being given as an acknowledgment of the additional feedback required from each student as part of the development process.

Come and join the Student Recruitment and Liaison Team for a walking tour of the TRU campus in Kamloops, BC.

Thompson Rivers University offers daily summer tours from July 2nd to September 4th at 10:00am. Please meet on the second floor of the Clock Tower. All other tours meet at House 9 (Student Recruitment and Liason).

More information here – http://www.tru.ca/about_tru/kamloops/visits.html

This unique program enables “Dual Credit” courses to be offered to BC secondary students through distance delivery by Thompson Rivers University, Open Learning (TRU-OL).

Students successfully completing one or two Dual Credit Course(s) will receive one or two elective courses towards their Dogwood credential, as well as one or two university credit course(s) with Thompson Rivers University (TRU).

This offering enables students to:

• Experience areas of post-secondary studies, while remaining within the safety of the secondary school support system.
• Experience post-secondary training, tuition free (if a school district chooses to pay for the student’s tuition costs).
• Earn dual credit for each course (3 TRU credits and 4 Ministry of Education credits for each TRU Start BC course).
• Enjoy the benefits of TRU tutor-supported instruction.
• Enhance your resume by demonstrating commitment to education, time management skills and direction.
• Experience the world of e-learning and begin to build the foundations for life long learning.

More information on TRU Open Learning website at http://www.tru.ca/distance/programs/TRUstart.html

Our enrollments jumped more than 15% last month and we expecting even bigger jump this month. We are not in the middle of the month yet but already had more than 52% of enrollments. This is as of 12 July 2009.

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Canadian – Enrolments (one l)
USA – Enrollments (two l)

FACTS

Enrollment in online college courses in the United States outpaced overall growth in higher education last year, and officials predict a sustained increase in online enrollment as the economy slumps and good jobs become scarcer, according to report published this month.

“Staying the Course: Online Education in the United States, 2008,” published by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, says 22 percent of American college students took at least one web-based class in the fall 2007 semester, or 3.94 million students. That marked an increase of 12.9 percent from the fall 2006 semester. During the same period, overall higher-education enrollment increased by only 1.2 percent, according to the report, which surveyed officials from more than 2,500 colleges and universities.

from http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=56046

We have 25% increase in student enrolments in last two months.

One day enrolment example

Monthly enrolments example

The University Baccalaureate Graduates Survey (UBGS), designed by the University Presidents Council of BC and now administered by BC Statistics, provides information two years after graduation on baccalaureate degree graduates from fifteen BC provincial institutions, including the university sector that’s comprised of TRU, UBC, SFU, UVIC, UNBC, and Royal Road University. The survey provides information on the graduates’ further education, employment and occupations, current job earnings, financing of university education, and satisfaction with their education.

TRU-OL Video Contest Winners

Thompson Rivers University, Open Learning (TRU-OL) launched its first ever Video Contest entitled Where Do you Open Learn? on April 28, 2009. The contest encouraged any TRU student (enrolled during the 2008-2009 academic year) to create, either as an individual or as a team, a video of 30 seconds or less that illustrated where and how a student can open learn. Participants were encouraged to be creative and develop a video, be it irreverent, funny or thought-provoking, that was compelling to watch and presented an engaging message that could be the basis for a viral e-mail marketing campaign.

First prize winner and TRU-OL student Chelsea Dotchak of Victoria, BC, won a cash prize of $750 for her video My TRU Opportunity while TRU-OL student Jade Lorimer of Kamloops, BC won second place to receive an iPod Touch* and a cash prize of $250, for her video Learn Anywhere!.

These videos can be viewed online on YouTube at www.youtube.com/group/openlearning and will also be hosted on the TRU-OL website.