North Coast Distance Education

North Coast Distance Education
Address
3120 Highway 16 East Terrace, British Columbia, V8G 4N8 Canada
Coordinates	54°30′50.2″N 128°32′22.5″W / 54.513944°N 128.539583°W / 54.513944; -128.539583Coordinates: 54°30′50.2″N 128°32′22.5″W / 54.513944°N 128.539583°W / 54.513944; -128.539583
Information
School type	Public, Distributed Learning
Founded	29 September 1988
School board	School District 82 Coast Mountains
School number	08298009
Principal	Geoffery MacKay
Staff	14
Grades	K-12
Enrollment	682 (30 September 2012)
Website	ncdes.ca

North Coast Distance Education at www.ncdes.ca is a public distance education program in Northern British Columbia offering distributed learning courses to students in BC. NCDE is a member of Learn Now BC^[1] and BC Learning Network^[2]

NCDE offers courses to students of all ages from kindergarten to grade 12 and adult. Much of NCDES's student body come from the local area, but NCDE is open to enrolments from throughout the province of BC.

History

NCDE was founded in 1988 as part of School District 88 and under the name "North Coast Regional Correspondence School." Later on, the name was changed and School District 88 was merged into School District 82. The opening ceremony was attended by the then BC Premier, Bill Vander Zalm and other local politicians. Initially its premises were the original Kalum school building, built in 1914. It is now spread among three separate buildings on the grounds of School District 82's offices.

Technology

Originally a paper based correspondence school, NCDES has recently moved completely to online delivery of content. This is primarily through using a Moodle server with more than 1000 users.^[3] NCDES has also embraced many other technologies and has developed an active on-line presence in social media both to interact with students and to provide educational resources.^[4]^[5]

First Nations

A number of First Nations bands make use of the services provided by NCDES, to augment their own educational resources. To this end, NCDES offers a number of courses with particular emphasis on First Peoples' culture.^[6]

References

External links

Official website

Distance education in Canada

Public Post Secondary	Athabasca University Memorial University of Newfoundland Royal Roads University Télé-université Thompson Rivers University Canadian Virtual University

Private Post Secondary	University of Fredericton Yorkville University

K-12 Schools	Abbotsford Virtual School Argyll Home Education Services Centre BC Online School Fraser Valley Distance Education School FutureSkills High School Independent Learning Centre North Coast Distance Education School Ontario Virtual School Ottawa Carleton E-School South Central Interior Distance Education School South Island Distance Education School Vancouver Learning Network Virtual High School (Ontario) Virtual School BC VLearn Distributed Learning

Defunct	Lansbridge University Meritus University

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