1. 1 Distance Education in Québec Robert Saucier P/TDEA Rocky Harbour, Terre-Neuve 29 septembre 2009

2. 2 DE in Québec Some basic facts [grounded or online]

3. 3 www.clifad.qc.ca Saisie de la page d’accueil du Portail

4. 4 portailfad.qc.ca Saisie de la page d’accueil du Portail

5. 5 Statistics of DE in Québec Secondary, Cégep, Universities Continuous growth in course registrations 1996: 60 515 2008: 123 719

6. 6 Statistics of Secondary DE Sales compared to registrations 2001: 18 900 registrations 2008: 38 400 registrations 17 500 sales 25 500 sales

7. 7 Brief history of DE in Québec 1995, all student services go to the SB

8. 8 SOFAD Société de formation à distance des commissions scolaires du Québec 1996, SOFAD is officially 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 education centres to promote DE to carry out studies and research to foster the use of new technologies to encourage partnerships

9. 9 SOFAD Learning materials A publisher of learning materials used in many learning situations 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)

10. 10 SOFAD A Dichotomy of Learning Materials

11. 11 Different learning materials Different distribution systems Paper based materials SOFAD.QC.CA SOCADIS SB Students

12. 12 Different learning materials Different distribution systems Online materials eduSOFAD SB Students

13. 13 SOFAD Learning materials sales: «paper» vs online

14. 14 SOFAD The challenge of online communicational education SOFAD SB STUDENTS

15. 15 DE and E-learning Sometimes in the future…

16. 16 SOFAD Human resources 24 people Projects coordinators Research & Communication advisor Digital rights negotiator Technical support Web integrator Client services Support staff

17. 17 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

18. 18 SOFAD 2009-2010 development plan The need for new materials because of the reform of the curriculum No new online courses development

19. 19 Issues DE for the Youth Sector SOFAD’s opinion (november 2005) http://www.sofad.qc.ca/pdf/SOFAD_Avis_FD _jeunes.pdf http://www.sofad.qc.ca/pdf/SOFAD_Avis_FD _jeunes.pdf An experiment  Physique 534 (partnership with one SB) An inactive file at the Ministry

20. 20 Recent Developments Material for the GEDTS Tests have been accepted by the MELS since 2004 Mandate from the Ministry to produce learning materials, in French, for the preparation to the tests Materials in print and online.

21. 21 SOFAD Customized Services Delivery of a service rather than a product Paper, online, in french, in english, learning materials, exams,…

22. 22 SOFAD A 2008-2011 business plan Requested by the Ministry in the early summer To be applied to the present fiscal year and the two following ones A thinking/writing process; a consultative process Business plan will be sent in a few days

23. 23 SOFAD A business plan…

24. 24 Conclusion The personal computer is the bicycle of the mind. (Steve Jobs)