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Office of Learning Technologies (OLT)

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General

The Office of Learning Technologies (OLT) acts as a catalyst for innovation in skills development and learning enabled by technology; encourages collaboration among public and private sector organizations who want to use technologies to expand learning opportunities; and provides a national focal point for information sharing on the effective use of learning technologies.

The OLT administers 3 funding initiatives: the Effective Use of Learning Technologies Initiative; Community Learning Networks Initiative; and Workplace Learning Technologies Initiative. OLT contributions support projects that make use of technologies to expand life-long learning opportunities, and help Canadians acquire the skills and knowledge needed to prosper in a knowledge based society. These cost-shared contribution projects facilitate collaboration among community organizations, non-governmental organizations, learning institutions and educators, business, labour, governments and other public institutions. The projects are both national and local in scope.

Effective Use of Learning Technologies Initiative

The Learning Technologies Initiative supports projects that contribute to the increased understanding and awareness of learning technologies - what they have to offer; how they can be adapted and applied in a variety of settings; and how adult learners with varying needs and capabilities can best take advantage of them.

Community Learning Networks Initiative

The Community Learning Networks Initiative was launched in late 1998 and supports time-limited pilot projects, in partnership with community organizations, that can offer multi-point access to a variety of learning resources within and across communities.

Workplace Learning Technologies Initiative

Workplace Learning Technologies Initiative is a new initiative currently under development.

Headings

The accompanying table includes the following headings. Listed below are explanations of each.

Project Number:

This is a unique number assigned by the OLT to a project for identification and filing purposes. Project numbers which have either an A or a B at the end of the number are projects which are funded under the Community Learning Networks Initiative. All other project numbers relate to projects funded under the Effective Use of Learning Technologies Initiative.

Project Title:

This is the official title provided by the sponsor to describe a given project.

Organization Name:

This is the name of the sponsor with whom HRDC has signed contribution agreements.

Constituency Code:

This is the official government code used to designate a particular Canadian electoral riding.

Riding Name:

This is the official name of the electoral riding.

Expenditures 1997/98:

This denotes the actual monies provided to the project sponsor or organization during fiscal year April 1, 1997 to March 31, 1998.

Expenditures 1998/99:

This denotes the actual monies provided to the project sponsor or organization during fiscal year April 1, 1998 to March 31, 1999.

Expenditures 1999/00:

This denotes the actual monies provided to the project sponsor or organization during the period April 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999.

Commitments 1999/00:

This denotes the actual monies approved for a project and designated to be given to the project sponsor or organization during the full fiscal year April 1, 1999 to March 31, 2000. (Commitments are not guaranteed amounts, but maximum amounts that are available for a given project and payable upon receipt of eligible expenditures.)
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Date Modified: 2003-01-31

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