ETC
Educational Technology Consortium of the Delaware Valley
Providing accredited, informative and innovative educational opportunities, at a distance, since 1996

What is the Educational Technology Consortium (ETC)?
The Educational Technology Consortium is a consortium composed of two-year and four-year institutions, WHYY, Inc., and WebStudy, Inc. The ETC provides:

• Enhances distance learning experiences that are educationally sound and cost effective
  
• Provides value of non-traditional educational experiences for our stakeholders
  
• Creates learning connections between classrooms, workplaces, and citizens with educational and community resources
  
• Evaluates and integrates exciting, innovative technologies

The ETC Members:
WHYY, Inc. provides educational technology, quality supplemental content, through PBS and other providers, and the related support services.

Academic institutions utilize the technology and provide compensation for those services. Our members include:

Baltimore Hebrew University
Camden County College
Community College of Philadelphia
Delaware County Community College
Gratz College
Manor College
Montgomery County Community College
Neumann College
Pennsylvania Institute of Technology
Ursinus College
Widener University
Wilmington College

WebStudy, Inc. provides the course management system, the primary platform for delivering online learning.

The Benefits of Consortium Membership

• Ongoing collaboration among member institutions, including expanded academic relationships and articulation agreements, extending the reach of the institution.
  
• Access to rapidly evolving technological advances, without the additional cost.
  
• 24 X 7 support services for students and faculty using the WebStudy course management system, without the additional on-campus staff.
  
• Direct influence on enhancements to the pedagogically driven WebStudy software, without the wait.
  
• Consortium-provided training and support for faculty and students making the transition to online learning, quickening the pace of technology acceptance.

Why WebStudy?
Fast…Easy…Flexible

• Increased learning, retention & performance
  
• Expert support
  
• Cost effective solution
  

An institution-wide curriculum of WebStudy courses supplemented with high-quality content via the WHYY digital library can be delivered to personal computers via the internet today, and via new HDTV data-casting techniques tomorrow. WebStudy gives your administrators, faculty, and students a familiar graphical user interface that supports tomorrow’s advances in emerging technology – today!

For more information, please contact:
Susan Knoble
Executive Director
Adult Learning Services
WHYY, Inc.
Independence Mall West
150 N. 6th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106

Tel: 215 351 1200, ext. 3308
E-Mail: sknoble@whyy.org