On January 1
st The Avenue Project celebrated its 15
th birthday. Neither the project nor the learning technology landscape has stayed still during all this time. The project constantly innovates to incorporate new technology and refine our services to newcomers, educators and the settlement language training sector. Participants in this session will learn about our plans and strategies for the 2025 - 28 IRCC LINC/CLIC funding cycle.
As of January 23
rd 2025 there were 416 BC LINC courses and 3703 BC users active on the Avenue platform in the previous 30 days. Avenue is IRCC’s recommended platform for learning and teaching in LINC and CLIC programs across the province and the country. The LMS has been customized extensively to address the needs of LINC and CLIC professionals and the sector. It features an ePortfolio solution that supports effective PBLA, and a Course Builder that allows teachers to readily build custom courses to meet their learner’s needs from a collection of over 400 eUnits.
In this session, the presenters will discuss plans for:
- Addressing policy shifts in immigrant language training
- New PBLA-aligned eModules
- The evolution of the teacher training stages
- In-service supports like Live Help
- AI integration in Avenue and bot-mediated access to support files
- Evaluation and constant improvement in all we do
The session will provide opportunities for participants to ask questions and provide feedback on the opportunities and challenges they encounter to learning technology innovation. Participants will be asked to share the local solutions they’ve developed to resolve barriers and better address the needs of newcomer clients.
