Post on 13-Dec-2015
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DE at the Secondary Level in Québec: Growing, growing,…
Robert SaucierPrésentation à la rencontre
de la P/TDEAEdmonton, Alberta
16 octobre 2007
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Last Year’s Conclusion DE as a continual construction
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Brief history of DE in Québec
One unit at the Ministry for 50 years
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Brief history of DE in Québec
• 1995-1996
• End of single unit for DE at the Ministry
• A new system with two subsets
• The school boards (SB)
• La Société de formation à distance des commissions scolaires du Québec (SOFAD)
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Brief history of DE in Québec
1995, all student services go to the SB
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Brief history of DE in QuébecContinuous growth in course registrations
1996: 10 600 2007: 34 200
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Brief history of DE in Québec
1996, SOFAD (second subset of the DE system) is born
a central body, outside the Ministry, administered by the SB to develop, produce or coproduce learning materials for
general education, either in DE or in adult ed. centres to promote DE to carry out studies and research to foster the use of new technologies to encourage partnerships
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SOFAD Learning materials
For both French and English speaking communities For the adult population (16 years and over) Self-paced For DE or adult education centres
More than 200 courses offered All academic courses Secondary 1-5 (French and English) Vocational courses in Secretarial Studies and Accounting
(French) A few professional training and popular education courses
(French)
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SOFAD Learning materialsSales compared to registrations
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SOFAD Learning materialsDifferent materials
Paper based materials
Online materials
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Different learning materials Different distribution systems
Paper based materials
SOFAD SOCADIS SB Students
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Different learning materials Different distribution systems
Online materials
eduSOFAD SB Students
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SOFAD Human resources
27 people Projects coordinators New technologies consultant Institutional research & Communication advisor Digital rights negotiator Technical support Web integrator Client services Support staff
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SOFAD Human resources
Outsourcing for 2/3 of production costs Subject matter specialists
Researchers
Authors
System analysts and programmers
Illustrators, recording studios, actors
Graphic designers
Interface designers
Content reviewers
Linguistic reviewers
Proofreaders
Technical reliability testers
Webmasters
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SOFAD Recent Developments and Issues
DE for the Youth Sector
SOFAD’s opinion http://www.sofad.qc.ca/pdf/SOFAD_Avis_FD_jeunes.pdf
A first project A partnership with one SB Physique 534 (100 hours course) An online course A prototype has been tested A whole section of the course is tested in 4 SB Online in 2008
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SOFAD Recent Developments and Issues
Material for the GEDTS
Tests have been accepted by the MELS since 2004 A mandate from the Ministry to produce learning
materials, in French, for the preparation to the tests Materials will be available, in print and online.
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SOFAD Recent Developments and Issues
PPO
Projet personnel d’orientation Teacher training New teachers and a new program 1 200 new teachers
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SOFAD Recent Developments and Issues
Customized Services Private Security Act
A new legislation from the National Assembly Members of the private security industry 3 years to conform to the new legislation A 10 h course Paper and online French and English A written exam administered by SOFAD Compulsory for the 30 000 people in the industry 3 to 7 000 people a year afterwards Project starting in November
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SOFAD Recent Developments and Issues
2007-2008 development plan
• The need for new materials because of the reform of the curriculum
• No new online courses development
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Conclusion DE as a continual construction
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Conclusion DE as a moveable feast
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Conclusion DE as a continual construction
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Conclusion DE at the Secondary Level in Québec
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