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The ''Wapaskwa Virtual Collegiate'' has been developed to support the 19 First Nations secondary schools in [[Manitoba]] which have been unable to provide either the variety of Grades 9-12 courses or the opportunity for Grade 12 students to repeat courses where desirable. | The ''Wapaskwa Virtual Collegiate'' has been developed to support the 19 First Nations secondary schools in [[Manitoba]] which have been unable to provide either the variety of Grades 9-12 courses or the opportunity for Grade 12 students to repeat courses where desirable. | ||
Its website is http://www.wapaskwa.ca/ | |||
==Further information== | ==Further information== | ||
Revision as of 14:53, 25 September 2011
The Wapaskwa Virtual Collegiate has been developed to support the 19 First Nations secondary schools in Manitoba which have been unable to provide either the variety of Grades 9-12 courses or the opportunity for Grade 12 students to repeat courses where desirable.
Its website is http://www.wapaskwa.ca/
Further information
In 2010 the Wapaskwa Virtual Collegiate (WVC) began a pilot programme (in partnership with Credenda Virtual High School in Saskatchewan and the Manitoba Department for Education) to offer a virtual high school service to Manitoba First Nations communities. WVC makes use of Elluminate for synchronous learning and Desire2Learn for asynchronous learning. Despite a steep learning curve - the iNACOL vignette notes the challenges of a novice e-learning institution playing the dual roles of course developer(s) and online teacher(s) - the WVC pilot has been extended and is about to embark on its third year with eight additional courses being developed this academic year.
References
- “State of the Nation: K-12 Online Learning in Canada”, iNACOL November 2010
- http://www.inacol.org/research/docs/iNACOL_CanadaStudy10-finalweb.pdf
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