TÉLUQ

**TÉLUQ**
TÉLUQ headquarters in Quebec City
Type	Public
Established	1972
Rector	Martin Noël
Academic staff	~70 professors
Undergraduates	c. 20,000 (distance learning)
Location	Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Campus	Distance learning
Affiliations	Université du Québec, CVU, AUCC,
Website	http://www.teluq.ca/

Founded in 1972, TÉLUQ is North America’s only French-language distance education university. Each year, nearly 20,000 undergraduate and graduate students obtain their university education from TÉLUQ, which is also known for its research excellence. Further information can be found in the French version.

Students

It has over 20,000 students, more than half of them in the Montreal area.^[1] Most students (71%) are females. About a third of all students (35%) taking courses at TÉLUQ are from other universities or in on-campus programs. Most students (64%) are between 20 and 34 years old. About a fifth of the student population (22%) holds a degree. Further information in the French version.

There is a student union AÉTÉLUQ ().

Teaching Methods

TÉLUQ offers several types of courses. Support format includes paper, DVDs, and Web sites (using content management tools such as SPIP).^[2]

Courses are designed by teams led by a professor. Teams include research assistants, associate designers, education science specialists, proof readers and other edition staff including artists.

Under the authority of a professor, tutors help students and mark assignments. Further information in the French version

Research

TÉLUQ has one research center in informatics: LICEF. It has several laboratories including:

LORIT: an user interface laboratory
ERASME: a data warehouse laboratory

TÉLUQ has two Canada research chairs:

TÉLUQ signed the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities. Accordingly, it offers an open access repository where the public can access the research works it produces.

Further information in the French version

References

↑ TÉLUQ - Profil des étudiants
↑ Judy Roberts, La Télé-université, A case study in open educational resources production and use in higher education in Canada, June 2006.

Post-secondary institutions in Quebec

College level
(pre-university)

Government colleges	Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean Conservatoire de musique du Québec Gatineau Montréal Québec Rimouski Saguenay Trois-Rivières Val-d'Or Institut de technologie agroalimentaire Institut de tourisme et d'hôtellerie du Québec

Public colleges	Abitibi-Témiscamingue Ahuntsic Alma André-Laurendeau Baie-Comeau Beauce-Appalaches Bois-de-Boulogne Champlain Lennoxville Saint-Lambert St. Lawrence Chicoutimi Dawson Drummondville Édouard-Montpetit Garneau Cégep de la Gaspésie et des Îles Gérald-Godin Granby Heritage John Abbott Jonquière La Pocatière Lanaudière Lévis-Lauzon Limoilou Lionel-Groulx Maisonneuve Marie-Victorin Matane Montmorency Outaouais Rimouski Rivière-du-Loup Rosemont Saint-Félicien Saint-Hyacinthe Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Saint-Jérôme Saint-Laurent Sainte-Foy Sept-Îles Shawinigan Sherbrooke Sorel-Tracy Thetford Trois-Rivières Valleyfield Vanier Victoriaville Vieux Montréal

Private colleges	André-Grasset Bart CDI Herzing Jean-de-Brébeuf Laflèche LaSalle Marianopolis Marie de France Mérici National Circus School National Theatre School of Canada O'Sullivan Petit Séminaire de Québec, campus de l'Outaouais Séminaire de Sherbrooke Stanislas Trebas Vincent-d'Indy

University level

Université du Québec	Abitibi-Témiscamingue Chicoutimi Montréal Outaouais Rimouski Trois-Rivières ENAP ÉTS INRS TÉLUQ

Other universities	Bishop's Concordia Laval McGill Macdonald Montréal HEC Polytechnique Sherbrooke

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

Coordinates: 46°48′50″N 71°13′22″W / 46.8139°N 71.2229°W / 46.8139; -71.2229

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