Athabasca University joins eCampusAlberta

May 17, 2011

One of the fastest growing online education consortiums in North America is excited to announce that one of the world's leading institutions in the field of distance education, Athabasca University, has joined eCampusAlberta.

"It's an honour to welcome Athabasca University into the eCampusAlberta consortium. For many decades, Athabasca University has been among the world's leading institutions in the field of distance education and the university offers a wealth of experience that will be a great benefit to students in Alberta who are pursuing their studies online. The eCampusAlberta consortium will benefit from Athabasca's expertise as it moves ahead with the expansion of student services and further enhancing the quality of online education offered by the membership," says eCampusAlberta's Chair of the Board of Directors and President and CEO of Medicine Hat College, Ralph Weeks.

eCampusAlberta's membership now includes 16 Alberta post-secondary institutions - 11 colleges, two polytechnical institutions and three universities.

Athabasca University brings extensive experience and expertise in the field of distance education to the consortium and provides increased opportunities to:

- share practices and efforts related to the enhancement of faculty and learner support services;
- share best practices information for online education in an effort to afford efficiencies in Alberta's online education offerings;
- support research initiatives on innovative practices in the administration of online learning efforts;
- and promote greater opportunities for dialogue within the online learning community in Alberta

"We are delighted to be working together with our e-campus partners to provide increased opportunities for online learners. The partnership will encourage greater support for learners and enhance the quality and effectiveness of online programming for Albertans," says Margaret Haughey, Vice President, Academic, Athabasca University.

Athabasca's membership in eCampusAlberta enables the university to determine how best to work with its eCampusAlberta partners in the future and is a further step towards the realization of the Campus Alberta vision provided by the Ministry of Advanced Education and Technology.

Contacts:

Tricia Donovan
Executive Director
eCampusAlberta
403-210-5638
tricia.donovan@ecampusalberta.ca

John O'Brien
Manager, Communications and Media Relations
Athabasca University
403-298-2931
jobrien@athabascau.ca

Paul Rescanski
Marketing and Communications Coordinator
eCampusAlberta
403-210-5863
paul.rescanski@ecampusalberta.ca

 

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