Over 4 million Ontarians in 600 small, remote, rural, Indigenous and Francophone communities across the province can participate in online and distance programs and courses, without leaving their community, from Ontario’s:

• 24 public colleges
• 22 public universities
• 9 Aboriginal Institutes
• 76 district school boards
• 200 literacy and basic skills training providers
• 50 skills development training providers

Staff at our online learning centres across the province provide students and prospective students with information on 1000 online programs and 18,000+ courses.

• Students can attend their classes and study from home, or they can use the web conferencing, videoconferencing and audio conferencing platforms available at each online learning centre.
  • Full technical support and assistance are available from the local staff in each centre.
• Students have free use of computers with high-speed Internet at local online learning centres to connect to their online courses and complete their course work.
• Students have a quiet place to complete their course work, link with other students in informal support groups and write supervised exams.
• There is no cost for students to use the local online learning centres.