News Stories

eCA and Community Learning Network formalize partnership to support community access

eCampusAlberta and the Community Learning Network (CLN) are working together to support community access facilitators. The two organizations formed a partnership in November 2011 that will see them work towards creating a shared repository of resources that will assist Community Access Point Coordinators and Community Adult Learning Councils in their work that supports rural learners. More

New online Non-Destructive Testing courses will facilitate access to learners across Canada

As demand for training in the field of non-destructive testing grows across the country, SAIT Polytechnic is now offering three core non-destructive testing courses online through eCampusAlberta, making it easier for learners anywhere to progress in this growing, high-demand industry. These courses will run for six weeks, from February 1 to March 16, 2012. More

Grande Prairie’s Legal Secretary program goes online in January

“Legal assistant jobs in Alberta”. Type that into your computer search engine and you’re likely to turn up a long list of opportunities. The employment prospects in this wide-ranging field prompted Grande Prairie Regional College (GPRC) to take its Legal Secretary Specialist Diploma program online. The program launches in January, 2012 through eCampusAlberta. More

eToolkit will drive improvements to support services for distance students

eCampusAlberta member institutions now have a valuable new resource to help them develop policies and implement best practices in providing support services to distance learners. Supporting Students in Distributed Learning – an eToolkit was officially launched at an event held at Mount Royal University on October 20 for an audience of senior academic and senior student services officers from member institutions. More

Collaborative effort behind new Parts Technician program

Two heads can be better than one – or, in this case, two like-minded colleges. When Lakeland College and Red Deer College both submitted proposals to eCampusAlberta in 2010 to adapt their Parts Technician programs for distance delivery, an opportunity to collaborate was born. The online program is set to roll out through eCampusAlberta in January 2012. More

NorQuest program ramping up to train more health care aides

NorQuest College’s Health Care Aide (HCA) certificate program has been a success story from the beginning. The program’s roots reach back almost 30 years and in the past year alone, more than 1,500 students were enrolled either full or part time. More

eCampusAlberta launches re-designed website; new features simplify access for students and members

With the aim of improving the online experience for future students, current students and members, eCampusAlberta has developed a new website for 2011/12. The site was soft launched for testing and refinement in August and is being officially released today. More

Two new online firsts for Grande Prairie Regional College

Grande Prairie Regional College (GPRC) will mark two notable firsts with eCampusAlberta this fall. One is to deliver the first French course on the eCampusAlberta roster. The college is also set to launch a new Active Aging Fitness Practitioner certificate program that will be the first of its kind in Canada. It’s a timely launch for the new program, which will be delivered through eCampusAlberta starting in September. More

2010/11 registrations reach another all-time high

eCampusAlberta continues to achieve significant year-over-year growth, even as the organization looks towards its ninth anniversary this fall. The consortium recorded a total of 16,213 registrations for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011, surpassing the previous year’s total of 13,107 by 24 per cent and reaching another all-time high. It was the seventh consecutive year of annual growth of 24 per cent or more. More

MacEwan connects occupational health nurses across Canada through online learning

The field of occupational health nursing is immensely broad. Any employer that has a large population of employees may have a significant need for occupational health nurses. Simply put, these nurses work to ensure employees are safe at work. Grant MacEwan University has been offering its Occupational Health Nursing certificate online through eCampusAlberta since 2006. More