On Wednesday 7 January 2009, the Town of Olds officially launched oldslearning.ca, a new website devoted exclusively to local learning opportunities.
One of the areas targeted in Town Council’s 2008-2010 Strategic Plan is "Learning", with the mandate: how to meet our community members’ needs for formal and informal life long learning. As a result, a "Learning Team" comprised of four Town of Olds staff members was formed in September 2008 to brainstorm and develop ideas on how to provide up-to-date information and easy access to learning opportunities to as many Olds citizens as possible in a sustainable and cost-effective way.
The decision to make learning opportunities available through a website was a natural choice for the Town of Olds. Websites can be easily and quickly updated, the information is always current, and there is no paper waste involved from continually publishing paper versions. The new website fits in perfectly with the Town’s mandate for Sustainable Living.
The Learning Team solicited input from over 90 local and regional businesses and organizations to see if a web format would meet their needs for informing the public about local learning opportunities. The response was very positive and the website design process began in November 2008.
The best thing about oldslearning.ca is that organizations, businesses, and individuals offering learning opportunities in Olds on topics of interest to and accessible to the public have the ability to post information directly on the website through assigned unique secure access links, 24-hours a day!
All courses, programs, workshops and seminars at oldslearning.ca must meet the following criteria:
- Accessible to the public
- Of community interest
- Focus on learning / skill development
- Areas of arts, leisure, sports, family, health, self-improvement
- Must be held in Olds
If your business or organization offers learning opportunities that meet the above criteria, click here to register for access to the website!
Oldslearning.ca is designed by Windsor Graphics and is owned and administered by the Town of Olds. Let us know what you think about this new website – send feedback to learning@olds.ca.
