Télé-université, or TÉLUQ, is a component of the Université du Québec à Montréal

Université du Québec à Montréal

The Université du Québec à Montréal is one of four universities in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-Basic facts:The UQAM is the largest constituent element of the Université du Québec , a public university system with other branches in Gatineau , Rimouski, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec City, Chicoutimi, and...

. TÉLUQ became a component of UQAM in June 2005. The enabling legislation is An Act respecting educational institutions at the university level.

Programs

It offers several undergraduate programs including six degrees. It also offers two master degree programs and one Ph.D. program. Excluding research funding, it has a yearly budget of nearly $33 million. In 2006-2007, its student population grew by 12.5%.

With over 55 professors and over 200 tutors and teaching assistants, Téluq has a number of courses and degrees in computer science

Computer science

Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...

, education

Education

Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...

, communication

Communication

Communication is the activity of conveying meaningful information. Communication requires a sender, a message, and an intended recipient, although the receiver need not be present or aware of the sender's intent to communicate at the time of communication; thus communication can occur across vast...

, environmental science

Environmental science

Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical and biological sciences, to the study of the environment, and the solution of environmental problems...

s, and management

Management

Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...

.

Legal Status

TÉLUQ became a component of the University of Québec in Montréal on October 19, 2005. It now has no board of directors

Board of directors

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, headquarters

Headquarters

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 or registrar. However management offices are located in Quebec City

Quebec City

Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...

. According to rule 19 of UQAM, similar to a TÉLUQ rule in force before its merger with UQAM, these offices must always be in Quebec City

Quebec City

Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...

. With approximately 60 000 students, the TÉLUQ-UQAM establishment is the biggest francophone university.

Partners

Télé-université is partners with several institutions both public and private. Among them are other universities in Quebec, Canada or abroad, the Canadian Virtual University

Canadian Virtual University

Canadian Virtual University is a partnership of Canadian universities collaborating in the development and marketing of distance and online education....

 and the Inter-American Organization for Higher Education.

Students

It has over 20,000 students, more than half of them in the Montreal area. Most students (70%) are females. About a third of all students (35%) taking courses at Téluq are from other universities or in on-campus programs. Most students (61%) are under 35 years old. About a fifth of the student population (22%) holds a degree.

There is a student paper called the S@ns P@pier (available online), a student union (AETELUQ), and a popular posting board (C@fé).

Teaching Methods

Téluq offers several types of courses. Support format includes paper, DVDs, and Web sites (using content management tools such as SPIP

SPIP

SPIP is a free software content management system designed for Web site publishing, oriented towards online collaborative editing....

).

Courses are designed by teams led by a professor. Teams include research assistants, associate designers, education science specialists, proof readers and other edition staff including artists.

Under the authority of a professor,tutors help students and mark assignments.

Research

In 2005-2006, it received $5 million in research funding, including one million from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada is a Canadian government agency that provides grants for research in the natural sciences and in engineering. Its mandate is to promote and assist research....

. Hence, it received $100,000 per professor in research funding.

Téluq has one research center in Cognitive Informatics: LICEF.

It has several laboratories including:

• LORIT: an user interface
  User interface
  The user interface, in the industrial design field of human–machine interaction, is the space where interaction between humans and machines occurs. The goal of interaction between a human and a machine at the user interface is effective operation and control of the machine, and feedback from the...
  
   laboratory
• ERASME: a data warehouse
  Data warehouse
  In computing, a data warehouse is a database used for reporting and analysis. The data stored in the warehouse is uploaded from the operational systems. The data may pass through an operational data store for additional operations before it is used in the DW for reporting.A data warehouse...
  
   laboratory

Téluq is also a contributor to the CERGO (governance research center) with ENAP

École nationale d'administration publique

The École nationale d'administration publique , located in Quebec City, Quebec, was established in 1969 by the Quebec government, as a way of obtaining a professional public administration during a period when a number of social and structural changes were taking place within the province...

.

The pancanadian research network LORNET is managed by Téluq. The research network comprises Simon Fraser University

Simon Fraser University

Simon Fraser University is a Canadian public research university in British Columbia with its main campus on Burnaby Mountain in Burnaby, and satellite campuses in Vancouver and Surrey. The main campus in Burnaby, located from downtown Vancouver, was established in 1965 and has more than 34,000...

, University of Waterloo

University of Waterloo

The University of Waterloo is a comprehensive public university in the city of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The school was founded in 1957 by Drs. Gerry Hagey and Ira G. Needles, and has since grown to an institution of more than 30,000 students, faculty, and staff...

, University of Saskatchewan

University of Saskatchewan

The University of Saskatchewan is a Canadian public research university, founded in 1907, and located on the east side of the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. An "Act to establish and incorporate a University for the Province of Saskatchewan" was passed by the...

, University of Ottawa

University of Ottawa

The University of Ottawa is a bilingual, research-intensive, non-denominational, international university in Ottawa, Ontario. It is one of the oldest universities in Canada. It was originally established as the College of Bytown in 1848 by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate...

, École Polytechnique de Montréal

École Polytechnique de Montréal

The École Polytechnique de Montréal is an engineering school/faculty affiliated with the University of Montreal in Montreal, Canada. It ranks first in Canada for the scope of its engineering research. It is occasionally referred to as Montreal Polytechnic, although in Quebec English its French...

, and Téluq.

External links

• Official Website
• Papers by Téluq's researchers on UQAM's open archive