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Contact North ((フランス語:Contact Nord)) is Ontario's distance education and training network. Over 4 million Ontarians in 600 small, remote, rural, Aboriginal and Francophone communities across the province can access education and training opportunities from Ontario’s 24 public colleges, 22 public universities and 250 literacy and basic skills and training providers without having to leave their community by accessing the services available from Contact North | Contact Nord. Contact North's student portal ()〔http://studyonline.ca〕 and Student Information Hotline () provide students across the province with access to information on 1,000 online programs and 18,000 online courses offered by Ontario’s public colleges and universities. Contact North also acts as an advocate, catalyst and facilitator of innovation in online and distance learning. ==History== In 1986, Contact North was established by the Ontario government to provide fully bilingual access to programs and courses offered by colleges, universities and high schools to residents of Ontario's northern communities. Contact North remains primarily funded by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities.〔http://www.ontario.ca/education-and-training/go-college-or-university-ontario〕 In 1992, through funding from the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, almost every secondary school in Northern Ontario was equipped with Contact North audiographic teleconferencing equipment. This equipment gave all schools electronic access to more than 100 other schools in communities across Northern Ontario and beyond. It also allowed high school students a chance to tour museums, galleries, and other organizations electronically, which students would not otherwise get a chance to visit. Some of these places include Art Gallery of Ontario, located in Toronto, and the Royal Canadian Mint in Ottawa. In 2007, the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities announced the launch of a distance education network to provide access to post-secondary education opportunities for residents of small and rural communities across Southern Ontario. The new network was developed to operate under a model similar to Contact North, and Contact North was asked to help in facilitating the start-up of the project. Originally called the Eastern and Southern Ontario Distance and Education Network, the new network became elearnnetwork. In the fall of 2009 Contact North unveiled elearntube.ca〔http://www.elearntube.ca〕 as a video-sharing website for partnered colleges and universities to post media. The site now features hundreds of videos for teaching, learning and professional development, especially in the use of online learning technologies. In the 2012-2013 academic year, Contact North recorded an 11.2% increase (as compared to 2011-2012) in the number of registrations generated and/or supported to a total of 39,115 registrations in courses from Ontario’s 24 public colleges, 22 public universities, over 250 literacy and basic skills organizations, and training providers. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Contact North」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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