DE at the Secondary Level in Qubec Growing

DE at the Secondary Level in Québec: Growing, growing, … Robert Saucier Présentation à la rencontre de la P/TDEA Québec 1 er octobre 2008 1

Brief history of SOFAD 1996, SOFAD (second subset of a new DE system) is officially born n n n 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 2

SOFAD Learning materials n n n 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) 3

Statistics of DE in Québec Continuous growth in course registrations 1996: 10 700 2008: 34 700 40000 35000 30000 25000 20000 Registration 15000 10000 5000 08 20 7 - 00 7 20 06 -2 00 6 5 20 05 -2 -2 00 00 4 04 20 03 -2 00 3 20 20 02 -2 00 1 01 -2 20 00 -2 00 0 20 99 -2 99 9 19 98 -1 99 8 19 97 -1 00 7 19 96 -1 19 19 95 -1 99 6 0 4

SOFAD Learning materials Sales compared to registrations 40, 000 Registrations. FD 35, 000 30, 000 25, 000 Sales FD (N) 20, 000 15, 000 10, 000 5, 000 -0 8 07 20 -0 7 06 20 -0 6 05 20 -0 5 04 20 20 03 -0 4 -0 3 02 20 -0 2 01 20 20 00 -0 1 0 5

SOFAD Learning materials Different materials n Paper based materials n Online materials 6

Different learning materials Different distribution systems n Paper based materials n SOFAD SOCADIS SB Students n n n 7

Different learning materials Different distribution systems n Online materials n edu. SOFAD SB Students n n 8

SOFAD Learning materials Sales «paper vs online» 40, 000 35, 000 Registrations-FD 30, 000 25, 000 20, 000 Sales FD (N) 15, 000 10, 000 5, 000 On line-FD 0 2000 -01 2001 -02 2002 -03 2003 -04 2004 -05 2005 -06 2006 -07 2007 -08 9

Brief history of DE in Québec n 1995, all student services go to the SB 10

SOFAD Human resources 25 people n Projects coordinators n New technologies consultant n Institutional research & Communication advisor n Digital rights negotiator n Technical support n Web integrator n Client services n Support staff 11

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 12

SOFAD Recent Developments and Issues DE for the Youth Sector n SOFAD’s opinion n http: //www. sofad. qc. ca/pdf/SOFAD_Avis_FD_jeunes. pdf n A first project ¡ ¡ n A partnership with one SB Physique 534 A working group at the Ministry 13

SOFAD Recent Developments and Issues Material for the GEDTS n n n 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. 14

SOFAD Recent Developments and Issues Exploration de la FP n Projet personnel d’orientation n Exploration de la formation professionnelle 15

SOFAD Recent Developments and Issues Customized Services n n n Delivery of a service rather than a product Paper, online, in french, in english, learning materials, exams, … SOFAD has a comparative advantage: an easyness to organize a testing system 16

SOFAD Recent Developments and Issues Customized Services Private Security Act n n n n n New legislation to be adopted by 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 35 000 people in the industry 3 to 7 000 people a year afterwards Project slowed down by the legislation not yet adopted 17

SOFAD Recent Developments and Issues 2008 -2009 development plan • The need for new materials because of the reform of the curriculum • No new online courses development 18

SOFAD Recent Developments and Issues 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 19

CLIFAD The bigger Québec DE picture • • • 1994: Comité de liaison en formation à distance 2004: Comité de liaison interordres en formation à distance New institutional members A website http: //clifad. qc. ca/ Financial support by the Ministry of education Action plans and activity reports November 2007: A «Forum de la formation à distance» A publication, «Soixante ans de formation à distance au Québec» A portal 20

The bigger Québec DE picture www. clifad. qc. ca • Saisie de la page d’accueil du Portail 21

The bigger Québec DE picture portailfad. qc. ca • Saisie de la page d’accueil du Portail 22

Statistics The bigger Québec DE picture Course registrations (secondary-cégep-university) since 1995 -1996 140000 120000 100000 80000 Course Registration 60000 40000 20000 00 7 06 -2 00 6 10 05 -2 00 5 20 04 -2 00 4 20 03 -2 00 3 20 02 -2 00 2 20 01 -2 00 1 20 00 -2 00 0 20 99 -2 19 99 19 8 - 99 8 19 9 97 -1 99 7 19 96 -1 19 19 95 -1 99 6 0 23

PTDEA Souvenir from Edmonton 24

PTDEA Souvenir from Edmonton 25

PTDEA Souvenir from Edmonton 26

Conclusion DE at the Secondary Level in Québec ? or ! 27