1. Open Symposium on Strategic Collobations for eLearnin Gilbert Paquette LORNET Scientific Director Télé-Université

2. Starting collaborations in Quebec Major International Needs and LORNET Strategic collaborations abroad Conclusion 1 Priorities and orientations 2 3 4

3. Huge demand towards Web-based resources for knowledge and skills acquisition Towards a new generation of the Internet: Tackle the exponential growth of available information. Flexible learning technologies, accessible anywhere, anytime, in a variety of context Knowledge extraction from documents for knowledge management. Software agents adaptable to users and their contexts to promote intelligent use of information. Maximal use of the capacity of broadband networks for advanced multimedia delivery. Seamless technology integration made simple by powerful and versatile assembly systems. Major International Needs and LORNET 1

4. International Consortia US: Sakai and UPortal: –80 universities (including 4 canadian); Mellon Foundation (2,4 millions $) and 4 millions in-kind; english only France: –4 consortias financed by É ducation Nationale, from 1,2 M euros to 4,5 millions euros. Claroline: –started at Universit é de Louvain, Belgium, 443 organizations in 63 countries; typical open source project; multilingual Moodle: –50 000 individual users in 160 countries; multilingual Strategic Collaborations abroad 2

5. Governance by a board of University representatives Technical joint development team Open source orientation Assembly of open source and proprietary components An Open Portal Approach instead of tranditinal LMS and LKMS Large interest in LORs and Standards Intellectual Property: a question of recognition more than retribution Strategic Collaborations abroad 2

6. All 17 universities or superior schools use some platforms 44 % of university students have used a platform at least once étudiants ont interagi avec un ENA dans le cadre de leur formation. 9 institutions have developed their own platforms, TELUQ is the only instiutions that used no commercial platform Proprietary plaforms are still dominant, use a a few functionalities: –WebCT in 10 institutions –Claroline (open source ) in 3 institutions –Learning Space in 2 institutions –First Class, QuickPlace, Sigal, Moodle each used in 1 institutions Actual Situation in Quebec - A 2004 survey 3

7. No more a marginal phenomena 5 764 complete on-line courses 12 000 courses use a platform for delivery 7 929) professors and tutors have and access code to a platform 197 524 students have and access code to a platform Few functionalities are used Delivery of documents Communication tools and forums Little use for course design New needs expressed: more flexibility in pedagogical models Actual Situation in Quebec - A 2004 survey 3

8. Infrastructure for wired schools, CEGEP and Universities (RISQ) Ministry of Education Working Group on Norms and Standards LO Repository Project started in 9 universities PROCENA : towards a common university portal in Quebec Concepta: 4 level portal base on DotNetNuke integrating tools and modules from previous platforms (Explora, Adapweb, Sydife) Starting Collaborations between universities in Quebec 3

9. Focus on real learning object repository projects Build a multilingual eLearning Warehouse: tools, documents, components, portal assembly tools Support provincial collaboration projects Support networking between provincial networks of repositories and portals Need of acoordinating body to fund long term intiatives in Canada, in collaboration with the provinces Support the Globe Project Dowplay for a while other international collaboration till we have more to offer (They know what to do, we know what to do) Priorities and orientations 4

10. Open Symposium on Strategic Collobations for eLearnin Gilbert Paquette LORNET Scientific Director Télé-Université