LearnNowBC is a web portal that connects learners to free online educational opportunities and services offered to the province’s K-12 schools and students such as Study Centre, Course Finder, Young Learning Center, and an expanding array of educational resources.
For example, LearnNowBC provides access to a free Study Centre with tutoring in twenty-one courses from Grade 4 to Grade 12. This offering is a combination of One-To-One Live Tutor (Sunday to Thursday, 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM), Success Checker and Charged up for Math and Science which are provided 24×7 so learners can get support when they need it. There is also many other Homework Help resources that are online at the site. The Young Learning Center is filled with resources for pre-school to Grade 2 students as well as lesson plans and work projects for teachers to access online.
Want to take a course online? The Courses Finder has more than 2500 Distributed Learning (DL) online courses to browse through. All courses are offered by DL schools in BC and students can view course details and are able to enroll directly with a school online.
LearnNowBC also hosts the 19 Cyber Safety videos for teachers and parents. The new videos focus on social media and provide teachers and parents with a better understanding of what to look for and how to protect children in the digital age. The videos are short and concise and help adults to quickly understand the dangers and how to avoid them.
Teachers can create an online virtual room, free of charge, for meeting with students and parents to discuss homework and progress. This could also be used by the school Parent Advisory council ( PAC) with the ability to record meetings and post them on the school site for parents that were unable to attend to be kept up to date. There is also professional development that is offered to teachers in the Educator Centre such as Teaching Online Course, Early Learning Centre and more.
There is also an Advising center which was created to assist learners to make academic and career decisions. The Advising Center offers information on course selection, prerequisites, graduation planning tools, post-secondary options and planning, Apprenticeship opportunities, Work Experience options, Help evaluating career options, Post-secondary options and planning. LNBC has a dedicated Trades & Career Advisor by (email career_advising@learnnowbc.ca) or toll-free: 1 800 663 3381 (x2460) and a dedicated Academic Advisor ( email (academic_advising@learnnowbc.ca) or toll-free:1 888-412-5622 ext #2
Here is a video that provides you with a complete overview of the site in 3 minutes.
http://www.learnnowbc.ca/media/
Lynne Masse-Danes is the Director of LearnNow BC. 