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HOW TO FIT OVER 10,000 COURSES IN ONE ONLINE SEARCHABLE DATABASE
WCET Pecha Kucha Smackdown– November 2010
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Objective
To share lessons learned with regards to making a jurisdiction’s courses and programs findable online
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We will share
1. A brief overview of our database project
2. Lessons learned along the way since 2008
3. A few dreams for the future
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Who We Are
Contact North/elearnnetwork.ca is the Canada’s largest distance education and training network
112 local centres span the more than one million square kilometres that make up Ontario
The network collaborates closely with the 43 public Ontario colleges and universities, over 100 literacy organizations, and training providers
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Over 100 Educational Providers
Ontario, Canada as a jurisdiction, has over:
5 literacy & basic skills online providers
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Over 100 Educational Providers
Ontario, Canada as a jurisdiction, has over:
42 high school online providers
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Over 100 Educational Providers
Ontario, Canada as a jurisdiction, has over:
24 college online providers
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Over 100 Educational Providers
Ontario, Canada as a jurisdiction, has over:
27 university online providers
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Over 100 Educational Providers
Ontario, Canada as a jurisdiction, has over:
15 non-profit informal learning online providers
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Unfindable
Most educational provider websites focus on their on-campus offerings
2008: no one-stop shop to find Ontario online offerings
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What We Did
Copy & Paste! Built database from scratch from websites
of educational providers because they did not have the resources/expertise/willingness to provide (with government’s support);
Year 1: 3 electronic data transfers Year 2: 6 Year 3: over 20 and counting We’re on our way!
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Lessons Learned
It’s better to ask forgiveness than to beg for permission
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Lessons Learned
Complexity has killed projects before, and will continue to do so
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Lessons Learned
Belief in what you are doing in terms of supporting customers/students/real people can help you get by when the going gets tough
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Lessons Learned
Sometimes beginning a good project with a good dose of naiveté can be a good thing
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Lessons Learned
Only relentless results-focused project managers ever get anything done:
Ontario Online Learning Portal Ontario’s only online search engine with
over 10,000 courses and over 800 programs
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Ontario Online Learning Portal
www.click4onlinelearning.ca
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Portal Statistics
Sector # of Programs # of Courses
College 858 8,135
University 155 2,199
Secondary 2 1,724
Literacy 12 137
Other/Informal Learning
17 784
Total 1,044 12,979
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Portal Statistics
Programs by Type Program Type Number
Advanced Diploma 5
Bachelor’s Degree 24
Certificate 771
Diploma 109
Doctoral Degree 1
Graduate Certificate 27
Masters Degree 12
Recognition of Achievement
97
Total 1,044
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The Future?
More user-driven functionalities: Compare courses and programs Print Study Options Search possible programs by job title
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Contact Us
Luc Comeau
Contact North/elearnnetwork.ca
1-866-601-1501
www.contactnorth.cawww.elearnnetwork.cawww.click4onlinelearning.ca