About WCLN
The Western Canadian Learning Network (WCLN) is a consortium school districts within BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, the Yukon, and NWT who work together to:
- Support distance learning, alternate, and blended learning programs.
- Support classroom teachers who are interested in sharing ideas and personalizing their classrooms.
- Encourage 21st Century Learning and best practices in education.
- Support teacher collaboration and professional development.
WCLN is a non-profit society that puts ALL contributions directly back into resource development.
Working together allows us to develop better online resources, create teacher communities, and establish cost-saving partnerships with industry. It all adds up to better learning experiences and opportunities for our students.
Current District/Division Members
School District | WCLN Contact | DL Program | Moodle Site(s) | |
✔ | BCSD5 - Southeast Kootenay | Linda Christenson | Kootney DS | kds.lmsonline.ca |
✔ | BCSD6 - Rocky Mountain | Lisa Tenta | Rocky Mountain DL | rmdl.ca |
✔ | BCSD8 - Kootenay Lake | Rob Simpson | Kootenay Lake DS | sd8.knowplace.ca |
✔ | BCSD10 - Arrow Lakes | Nicholas Graves | Arrow Lakes DS | online.sd10.bc.ca |
BCSD19 - Revelstoke | ||||
✔ | BCSD20 - Kootenay-Columbia | Kristi Crowe | moodle.sd20.bc.ca | |
✔ | BCSD22 - Vernon | Bruce Weitzel | vLearn | moodle.vlearn.ca |
✔ | BCSD23 - Central Okanagan | Jordan Kleckner | eSchoolBC | eschoolbc.sd23.bc.ca |
✔ | BCSD27 - Cariboo-Chilcotin | Ken Matieshen | GROW | moodle.sd27.bc.ca |
✔ | BCSD28 - Quesnel | Patti Kimpton | Quesnel DL | moodle.qdlonline.info |
✔ | BCSD33 - Chilliwack | Todd McLean | FVDES | my.fvdes.com |
✔ | BCSD34 - Abbotsford | Zhi Su | Virtual School | BL: s2.abbyvirtual.com DL: Canvas |
✔ | BCSD35 - Langley | Ron Stare | lecss.com | sd35.yourmoodle.com |
✔ | BCSD36 - Surrey | Peter Johnston | Surrey Connect DL | |
✔ | BCSD37 - Delta | Ted Johnson | Delta Access Home Quest |
moodle.deltalearns.ca |
✔ | BCSD38 - Richmond | Bert Wiens | Continuing Ed. | moodle.sd38.bc.ca |
✔ | BCSD39 - Vancouver |
Jim Rutley Johnny Lo |
Learning Network | VSB: s-moodle.vsb.bc.ca/s-moodle VLN K-3: e-moodle.vsb.bc.ca/e-moodle VLN 4-12: D2L Adult: ae-moodle.vsb.bc.ca/moodle |
✔ | BCSD40 - New Westminster | Jim Kemp | Island Discovery | |
✔ | BCSD41 - Burnaby | Effie Adland | Burnaby Online |
67.212.86.150/~ilearnin/moodle |
✔ | BCSD42 - Maple Ridge | Jeff Curwen | Connected Learning | clconline.sd42.ca |
✔ | BCSD43 - Coquitlam | David Truss | COL 10-12 Encompass (K-9) |
sd43.knowplace.ca |
✔ | BCSD44 - North Vancouver | Jennifer Tieche | NVOL | myol.sd44.ca |
BCSD45 - West Vancouver | West Van Online | |||
✔ | BCSD46 - Sunshine Coast | Barbara Evans | SPIDER | sd46online.ca |
✔ | BCSD47 - Powell River | Stephanie Hall | PIE, Brook S | www.sd47.bc.ca/school/pie |
✔ | BCSD48 - Sea to Sky | Brayden Gordon | Sea To Sky Online | sd48.knowplace.ca |
✔ | BCSD49 - Central Coast | Jeremy Baillie | SOSDL | |
✔ | BCSD50 - Haida Gwaii | Deavlan Bradley | QCSS | moodle.sd50.bc.ca |
✔ | BCSD51 - Boundary | Shawn Lockhart | sd51.knowplace.ca | |
✔ | BCSD52 - Prince Rupert | Andrew Samoil | moodle01.sd52.bc.ca | |
✔ | BCSD53 - OK Similkameen | Miles Derksen | YouLearn.ca | moodle53.sd53.bc.ca |
✔ | BCSD54 - Bulkley Valley | Kirsten Froese | Education Connection | moodle.sd54.bc.ca |
✔ | BCSD57 - Prince George | Rob Lewis | CIDES | moodle.sd57.bc.ca |
✔ | BCSD58 - Nicola-Similkameen | Karen Goetz | SCIDES | scides.knowplace.ca |
✔ | BCSD59 - Peace River South | Josh Kurjata | SPDLS | moodle.spdls.sd59.bc.ca |
✔ | BCSD60 - Peace River North | Norbert Kaspar | NBCDES | courses.learn60.ca |
✔ | BCSD61 - Greater Victoria | Leah Moreau | theLink | https://moodle31.sd61.bc.ca |
✔ | BCSD62 - Sooke | Wayne Kelly | JDFDL | moodle.sd62.bc.ca |
✔ | BCSD63 - Saanich | Karen Flello | SIDES | sides.ca (D2L) |
BCSD64 - Gulf Islands | ||||
✔ | BCSD67 - Okanagan Skaha | Allan Beckingham | Connect ED | cedmoodle.sd67.bc.ca |
BCSD68 - Nanaimo-Ladysmith | Justin Mark | Island ConnectEd k-12 | ||
✔ | BCSD69 - Qualicum | Don Bold | CEAP | cmoodle.sd69.bc.ca |
✔ | BCSD70 - Alberni | Sean Petersen | CHOICES | online.sd70.knowplace.ca adss.sd70.knowplace.ca |
✔ | BCSD71 - Comox Valley | Marike Holtkamp | NIDES |
moodle.sd71.bc.ca |
✔ | BCSD72 - Campbell River | Kai Taylor | 72Ways2Learn | sd72.knowplace.ca |
✔ | BCSD73 - Kamloops/Thompson | Paul Hembling | @KOOL | courses.kool.sd73.bc.ca |
✔ | BCSD74 - Gold Trail | Colleen Minnabarriet | Gold Trail DL | moodle.sd74.bc.ca |
✔ | BCSD75 - Mission | Lynn Cummings | Summit Learning Centre | sd75.knowplace.ca |
✔ | BCSD78 - Fraser-Cascade | Jacob Cowan | Two Rivers Centre | moodle.sd78.bc.ca |
✔ | BCSD79 - Cowichan Valley | Colleen Mullen (Scott Jackson) | CVDL | moodle.sd79.bc.ca |
BCSD81 - Fort Nelson | ||||
✔ | BCSD82 - Coast Mountains | Geoffery McKay | NCDES | moodle.ncdes.ca |
✔ | BCSD83 - North OK-Shuswap | Rob MacAulay | Education Outreach | |
✔ | BCSD84 - Vancouver Is W | Deane Johnson | app.viw.sd84.bc.ca/moodle/ | |
BCSD85 - Vancouver Is N | ||||
✔ | BCSD87 - Stikine | Tim Bradley | Distance Ed | sd87.bc.ca/moodle/ |
✔ | BCSD91 - Nechako Lakes | Brian Naka | Ebus Academy | my.ebus.ca |
✔ | BCSD92 - Nisga'a | Joe Rhodes | Gansiwilaaks DL | |
✔ | BCSD93 - CS Francophone | Syndie Hébert | Ecole Virtuelle | |
✔ | Yukon Territory | David McInnes | YesNet | yesnet.knowplace.ca |
✔ | ABSD18-Black Gold Regional | Terri Reid | Learn Everywhere | moodle.blackgold.ca |
✔ | ABSD26-Palliser Division | Alison Hancox | Beyond Borders | moodle.prs26.ca |
✔ | ABSD38-Foothills Division | Doug Stevens | The Hub | moodle.sd38.bc.ca |
✔ | ABSD41-Rocky View Division | Dirk Meyer | RSV Blended/Online | moodle.rockyview.ab.ca |
✔ | ABSD73-Chinook's Edge | Daryl Brown | Career High-School | moodle.cesd73.ca |
✔ | ABSD76 - Peace Wapiti | Kate Thon | PAVE | paveonline.pwsd76.ab.ca |
✔ | ABFMCSD - Fort Mac Catholic | Deborah Kitching | FMCSD | |
✔ | AB Tsuut'ina Board of Ed | Greg Roberts | Tsuut'ina | |
✔ | SKSD200 - Melfort | Mark Jensen | NESD Online | moodle.nesd.ca |
✔ | SKSD203 - Northwest SD | Matthew Grup | NWSD Home-Based | |
✔ | SKSD204 - Good Spirit SD | Thad Swidzinski | GSOL | moodle.gssd.ca |
✔ | SKSD210 - Prairie South | Jeff Boulton | Prairie South Virtual | psvs.prairiesouth.ca |
✔ | SKSD22 - Holy Trinity | Ward Strueby | Holy Trinity | learning.htcsd.ca |
✔ | MB-Tataskweak | Alfred Beardy | ||
✔ | MB-Informnet (MB Online) | Tom Tarrant | InformNet | informnet.mb.ca |
* offering free testing services for other BC DL programs.
District Member Contributions
As a group, we divide development costs and skills among all WCLN members. Suddenly $5000/yr in resource investment is worth $300,000/yr and serious evolution of resources is accomplished. Also, teachers now collaborate, expanding their opportunities and potential. Another network benefit is the ability to represent 40+ districts to vendors, allowing WCLN members some great cost-cutting partnership deals.
Basic Membership:
- $3500 for members with an annual expected student FTE of 0 - 150 (0-1200 student course accesses)
- $4500 for members with an annual expected student FTE of 151 - 300 (1201-2400 student courses accesses)
- $5500 for members with an annual expected student FTE of 301 - 450 (2401-3600 student courses accesses)
- $6500 for members with an annual expected student FTE of 451 - 600 (3601-4800 student courses accesses)
- $7500 for members with an annual expected student FTE of 601 - 750 (4801-6000 student courses accesses)
- $8500 for members with an annual expected student FTE of 751 - 900 (6001-7200 student courses accesses)
- $9500 for members with an annual expected student FTE of 901 - 1050 (7201-8400 student courses accesses)
- Greater than 1050 FTE? Just add $1000/150 additional FTE
- Provincial program memberships available upon request.
Basic membership entitles a program to:
- Access to all WCLN Development for your local Distance Learning and Blended Learning programs
- Access to OSBC materials and courses based on OSBC material for your local Distance Learning and Blended Learning programs
- Inclusion into Discussion area for Teacher Feedback and Interaction
- Access to the Partnership Deals for cutting costs.
Expectations of WCLN member programs:
- Involvement in the shared development strategies.
- Involvement in the building of the virtual teaching community.
- WCLN graphic on site and redirection for students that you can't serve locally.
- Updates to member information on site.