What You Need to Know About e-Learning at the OCSB
The e-Learning courses are asynchronous online courses instructed by a certified Ontario educator who provides on-going feedback, assessment, evaluation, and reporting. Like a regular classroom teacher, e-Learning teachers also incorporate any accommodations and/or modifications identified in a student’s Individual Education Plan.
The difference is that while a teacher provides the course lessons and homework, there are no formal, real-time lessons where the students and the teacher are online at the same time. Instead, the coursework is organized so students can log in and access the course content anytime during the day.
Benefits of e-Learning
e-Learning allows students to:
- Access a wider course selection than that available at their home school.
- Have greater flexibility in scheduling, so those course selections are not constrained by timetabling issues.
- Learn at a time best suited to their lives, enabling them to fit the coursework around their other commitments.
- Develop their digital literacy skills.
- Learn important transferable skills that will help prepare them for success after graduation and in all aspects of their lives.
Graduation Requirement
High School students are required to complete two asynchronous e-Learning courses before the end of grade 12 in order to graduate. The registration process for e-Learning courses is the same as it is for regular courses. Students are encouraged to book an appointment with their guidance counselor to find out which e-Learn courses are offered at their school.
