eCampusOntario is a provincially-funded non-profit organization that leads a consortium of Ontario’s publicly-funded colleges, universities and Indigenous institutes to develop and test online learning tools to advance the use of education technology and digital learning environments.
[2] The portal exists to help Internet users locate and browse the online and technology-enabled courses and programs on offer by Ontario’s 45 public post-secondary institutions.
[3] In 2016, the organization released an online Open Textbook Library, developed in collaboration with BCcampus and Ryerson University.
[5] eCampusOntario also maintains an Educational Technology Sandbox, an online environment that allows select member institutions the opportunity to explore and test new tools that support technology-enabled teaching and learning.
[6] eCampusOntario also funds the development of educational research, eLearning resources and online and technology-enabled courses.