University of Hearst

Synopsis

1. Number of technology-assisted courses: 5 hybrid courses;
2. Number of online courses: 2;
3. Platform: Moodle, Via and Web Conferencing Mode 6;
4. Multimedia rooms: 9 classrooms shared by 3 campuses;
5. Estimated investment: Infrastructure: $490,000; $130,000 for technology-assisted and online learning;
6. Human resources: 1 technician, 1 specialist in techno-pedagogy;
7. Challenges: Insufficient bandwidth; commitment to personal and personalized service;
8. Initiatives: Joint certification project; use of technologies to meet special needs; block course model;
9. Areas of common interest: Development of a hybrid course partnership model (contents/fieldwork); Expertise centre in techno-pedagogy.

Université de Hearst sees the convergence of its interests with those of the other Aménagement Linguistique Policy (PAL) partners in the following areas:

1. Sharing techno-pedagogical approaches, with emphasis on technology-assisted teaching, as well as informal but supported networking of the techno-pedagogy specialists in Francophone institutions;
2. Exploring how distance learning technologies can be used to meet special needs;
3. Creating a consortium with precise objectives, well-defined operating procedures, and necessary multi-year funding.

The detailed fact sheet can be found in Appendix 8 of the accompanying document. This fact sheet is available in French only.

Technology-assisted and Online Courses and Programs Currently Offered