K-12 Schools, School Boards, and Departments of Education Clients

Desire2Learn is dedicated to building successful relationships with schools, districts, and departments of education across North America and worldwide. We consistently deliver highly praised solutions - either in the form of assistance with a single course or a complete eLearning Platform integrated with Learning Object Repositories, registration systems and much more.

The Desire2Learn system can be designed to allow you to easily manage many courses, schools, professional development programs, and other specialized programs with ease and efficiency.

Unlike our main competitors, we have been working with and listening to our K-12 clients since the founding of our company and have designed our technology to support K-12 education in a flexible environment for students of all ages and to meet the reporting and management requirements of administration.

Select Desire2Learn's K-12 Clients Include:

Alberta Distance Learning Centre
The Alberta Distance Learning Centre (ADLC) provides distance learning opportunities to thousands of students. The school allows for students to take all or part of their K-12 course load with the ADLC using the Desire2Learn Learning Platform.
 

Calgary Board of Education
The Calgary Board of Education (CBE) makes extensive use of the Desire2Learn Learning Environment in supporting classroom activities, fully online courses, and providing professional development. With over 200,000 learners in 213 schools, this level of interaction is very valuable; it allows teachers to interact with their students and colleagues in an online environment.

Calgary Catholic School District
The Calgary Catholic School District administers 96 schools with over 43,000 students. It offers Desire2Learn as a collaborative eLearning solution to both teachers as well as students. The system is available to all high schools board-wide, allowing students, teachers, and parents from multiple schools to login and interact in a virtual environment.

Georgia Department of Education
As the State agency responsible for K-12 education, the Georgia Department of Education (GDE) provides resources to all of Georgia's schools. They also offer an innovative Virtual School that provides opportunities for students to engage in Advanced Placement, College Preparatory, Career and Technical and other electives online. The Georgia Virtual School is powered by Desire2Learn's Learning Platform.

Maryland State Department of Education
The Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) provides innovative products and services that improve public education, library services and rehabilitation services. As the agency responsible for state-wide K-12 education, they help support counties and districts in delivering learning to their students. One of the ways the Maryland State Department of Education does this is through the use of Desire2Learn's eLearning solutions. By supporting virtual learning through the Desire2Learn Learning Environment, the MSDE continues to excel at providing 21st century solutions to its students and teachers.

New Brunswick Department of Education
The New Brunswick Department of Education (NBDE) is a provincial body that oversees all K-12 schools in New Brunswick. Desire2Learn works with the NBDE to provide solutions through their eLearning initiatives. This implementation will be using both French and English language interfaces and supporting documentation.

SAMFO
Service d'Apprentissage Médiatisé Franco-Ontarien (SAMFO) is supporting the 12 french-language school boards in Ontario using the Desire2Learn eLearning Environment.

South Island Distance Education School
The South Island Distance Education School (SIDES) provides online learning opportunities to K-12 students throughout Canada and Asia. The main medium for the students at SIDES is through the use of Desire2Learn's eLearning solutions. Their programs are designed based on current research in student learning, where students develop critical thinking skills by utilizing the many tools associated with the Learning Management System.

Greater Vancouver Distance Education School & Vancouver School Board
Desire2Learn is providing the Vancouver School Board (VSB) with the Desire2Learn Learning Platform for all of the VSB and Greater Vancouver Distance Education School (GVDES) courses. Dedicated to supporting the learning needs of their students, VSB and GVDES are committed to creating new and innovative learning experiences in online courses developed and taught by VSB/GVDES teachers.

Virtual High School
We are partnered with Virtual High School enabling them to deliver online courses through the Desire2Learn Learning Environment, Learning Repository, eCommerce system and other technology and services.

Many others
We also have a growing list of schools and districts using our technology in locations such as Europe, South America, North America, and other parts of the world.

If you are seeking systems for teaching and learning, you can rely on Desire2Learn products, services and support to achieve your objectives. With over 4 million users worldwide, we've helped hundreds of institutions build teaching and learning environments that reflect their vision and objectives.