General Information

Virtual Learning Centre

Get an environmentally friendly education online!

At the VLC we watch what we print, we recycle what we do print, and we don't have office and classroom space beyond what we absolutely need. We don't bus anyone anywhere and our teaching staff help our planet by working smarter from convenient locations.

Did you know?

  • Trillium Lakelands was the first district in Ontario to provide eLearning portals to other school districts and organizations.
  • Trillium Lakelands was the first district in Ontario to integrate synchronous full audio and video streaming in their online instruction. In fact, we were the first district in North America to invest in Macromedia Breeze (now Adobe Connect) technology.
  • Trillium Lakelands was the first district in Ontario to use Intralearn's shared Learning Service Provider technology to reduce the costs of course development and sharing.
  • Trillium Lakelands was the first district in Ontario to adopt the renowned open-source Collaborative Learning Environment chosen by Universities and Colleges - Sakai
  • Trillium Lakelands district was the first district in Ontario to deliver hybrid courses where real-time classroom instruction is streamed to students from all over.
  • Trillium Lakelands individually selected and trained teachers who showed exemplary teaching skills in traditional classrooms to offer exceptional online instruction.

A partner with the Ministry of Education and eLearning Ontario, our aim is to provide a full range of courses available to students anywhere.

All of our courses are taught by highly qualified Ontario teachers who understand how to blend the power of synchronous, streamed communication with the flexibility of static, anywhere-anytime course content. Students succeed in our program and our attrition rates (under 20%) demonstrate that our program works for most learners.

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or call us at 705-328-2925 (8:00 - 4:00 EST)

 

 

OpenSchoolOntario.ca

We are pleased to announce that our trial of a brand-new online program called OpenSchool has been an incredible success. OpenSchool is rooted in the excellent instructional design of the Virtual Learning Centre but cognizant of the unique learning needs of some students. OpenSchool is a year-round (September to June) online school of continuous intake and offers accelerated and self-paced programs for selected learners.

 

OpenSchool is designed to meet the following learning needs:

  • accelerated course completion - earn an Ontario High School Credit in 8 weeks
  • self-paced study - complete work in a flexible environment built around your schedule
  • individualized/personalized curriculum - work closely with your teacher to manage course content and assignments that are relevant to your needs

Applications are now being accepted into this exclusive program.

 

We are a certified public school district offering Ontario Secondary School Diploma courses taught by certified Ontario teachers.

 

See us online at www.openschoolontario.ca