NW eTutoring Consortium—Now FREE!
As part of implementing Strategy I in our system’s Strategic Technology Plan …
Strategy I: Create a single, system-wide suite of online teaching and learning tools that provides
all Washington students with easy access to “anywhere, anytime” learning.
… on July 1, 2009, SBCTC eLearning will fund the technology fee for any Washington community or
technical college that wants to participate in the NW eTutoring Consortium.
The NW eTutoring Consortium currently includes 20 Washington Community and Technical Colleges (see
list below), Washington State University (WSU) and two Oregon community colleges. The colleges in the
consortium use a common technology platform that is hosted by the Connecticut Distance Learning
Consortium to provide eTutoring for all their students.
The Northwest eTutoring Consortium has been operating since January, 2008 and participating colleges
have branded portals (e.g., Peninsula College, Tacoma Community College, etc.). Current subject areas
covered: accounting, anatomy and physiology, biology, calculus, chemistry, math, MS Office 2007,
Spanish, statistics, writing.
This service is available to all Washington Community and Technical Colleges starting July 1:
WSU will bill SBCTC for your college’s technology fee ($2,500 for most colleges).
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New colleges will pay a one-time set up fee ($500) to WSU to brand your college site.
All member colleges provide 5 hours of tutoring each week.
WSU and the State Board have combined funds to hire a full time project coordinator who creates
a single schedule for all tutors.
Questions? Connie Broughton (509-434-5152) is the SBCTC eLearning project manager for NW
eTutoring.
Current List of Participating Washington CTCs:
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Bellingham Technical College
Clark College
Clover Park Technical College
Columbia Basin College
Edmonds Community College
Everett Community College
Grays Harbor College
Lake Washington Technical College
Lower Columbia College
North Seattle Community College
Peninsula College
Pierce College (Ft. Steilacoom & Puyallup)
Skagit Valley College
Tacoma Community College
Spokane Falls Community College
Spokane Community College
South Seattle Community College
Whatcom Community College
Yakima Valley College
The other members are:
Chemeketa Community College
Portland Community College
Washington State University
Colleges Joining Fall 2009
Bellevue College
Seattle Central Community College
Shoreline Community College
Walla Walla Community College
Linfield College in Oregon