1. 1 DE at the Secondary Level in Québec: Growing, growing,… Robert Saucier Présentation à la rencontre de la P/TDEA Edmonton, Alberta 16 octobre 2007

2. 2 Last Year’s Conclusion DE as a continual construction

3. 3 Brief history of DE in Québec One unit at the Ministry for 50 years

4. 4 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)

5. 5 Brief history of DE in Québec 1995, all student services go to the SB

6. 6 Brief history of DE in Québec Continuous growth in course registrations 1996: 10 600 2007: 34 200

7. 7 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

8. 8 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)

9. 9 SOFAD Learning materials Sales compared to registrations

10. 10 SOFAD Learning materials Different materials Paper based materials Online materials

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

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

13. 13 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

14. 14 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

15. 15 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

16. 16 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.

17. 17 SOFAD Recent Developments and Issues PPO Projet personnel d’orientation  Teacher training  New teachers and a new program  1 200 new teachers

18. 18 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

19. 19 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

20. 20 Conclusion DE as a continual construction

21. 21 Conclusion DE as a moveable feast

22. 22 Conclusion DE as a continual construction

23. 23 Conclusion DE at the Secondary Level in Québec ? or !