Collaborative Course Development – the Alberta Experience

Come see how the Learning Technologies Branch of Alberta Education uses a collaborative process for developing print and electronic learning resources. Development teams include writers, graphic designers, multimedia experts, editors, desktop publishers, copyright officers and project managers. You will learn how these teams work together, with other Branches and Divisions, as well as with external stakeholders, to develop distributed learning resources available across the Province.


Presenter: Hélène Fournier, Director, Distributed Learning, Learning Technologies Branch of Alberta Education.

Hélène is the Director, Distributed Learning, Learning Technologies Branch, of Alberta Education. She plays a leadership role in the design and development of distributed learning materials for K-12 students and teachers in Alberta.

Hélène previously worked at Red River College in Winnipeg as a Program Officer of the Distance Education Division, as well as at La Cité collégiale in Ottawa where she held various administrative and instructor positions in the areas of e-Learning and Distance Education. She has also worked for a variety of Canadian and overseas institutions as a trainer and consultant in the areas of distance and distributed learning.

Her expertise lies in the planning, managing and coordinating of online and distributed learning resources, while encouraging the use of educational technology in the development and delivery of curriculum, evaluation and assessment.

Hélène’s educational background includes a B. Comm. with specializations in Management Information Systems and Entrepreneurial Management, from the University of Ottawa. As an active distance learner, she has completed courses through Athabasca University, Télé-Université and is currently a Graduate student in the Master of Educational Technology with the University of British Columbia.