This series relates to the general administration and organization of Guided Independent Study and Distance Education and Technology. It includes correspondence, policies, reports, meeting minutes, statistics, policies and university information from external UBC administration and internal Guided Independent Study/ Distance Education & Technology bodies. The series is divided into the following subseries; Reports subseries [1970-2006], Distance Education General subseries [1995], Senate subseries [1970-1985] and Coordinating Committee for Distance Education subseries [1983-1989].

This series consists of records relating to joint projects undertaken by Distance Education and Technology and various international businesses and organizations to run correspondence courses at UBC. These records include project proposals, reports, correspondence, and contracts. The series is arranged according to the filing system provided by the creator.

This series contains records relating to projects worked on by Distance Education and Technology in collaboration with the Canadian Federal Government, including “Educational Support Services Canadian Forces Continuing Education Program” and “Program for North American Mobility in Higher Education.” It includes correspondence, application information packages, project proposals, contracts, budgets and resumes. The series is arranged according to the filing system provided by the creator.

Fonds consists of grant proposals, meeting minutes and agenda, correspondence, contracts, course materials, copyright permission forms, conference proceedings, job descriptions and applications, budgets, and employee information related to the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology’s role in course development and facilitation, supervision of graduate students, collaboration with other universities and institutions, and the Centre’s internal administrative functions. CTLT created the records between 1973 and 2007 at the University of British Columbia. The fonds is arranged into 12 series: Grant Allocation, Course Development, Professional Development Courses, Funding, Business, Distance Education Projects, International, Administration, Publicity, Post-Grad Students, Education Research, and Canadian Federal Government.

This subseries consists of correspondence with the Faculty of Arts and various departments about providing correspondence courses.

This series consists of records relating to developing and revising correspondence courses from 1973 to 2006. It includes correspondence with course authors, copyright owners and the extension library; copyright request forms and payment information; contracts; course materials; and budget information.

This series consists of records of projects undertaken by Distance Education and Technology to develop the distance education program at UBC. This includes notes, reports, meeting minutes and agenda, and correspondence.

This series contains records relating to research about distance education that was partially funded by Distance Education and Technology or that they participated in. It includes correspondence, meeting agenda, minutes, reports, bibliographies, budgets and funding information, calls for applications for funding, project proposals and descriptions, and notes. The series is arranged according to the filing system provided by the creator.

This subseries consists of records relating to the scheduling and running exams for correspondence courses.

This series includes applications for communications and agreements regarding government grants for distance education projects run by various faculties or Distance Education and Technology.

This series consists of annual binders from the grant allocation process conducted by the Advisory Committee on Distance Education & Technology from 1997 to 2004. These binders include grant proposals by various departments for setting up or revising distance education courses, as well as meeting minutes and agenda of the Advisory Committee on Distance Education & Technology regarding the grant allocation process.

This series includes records relating to the collaboration between Distance Education and Technology and various universities worldwide to improve distance education. This includes correspondence, brochures, meeting information, conference programs and proceedings, project proposals, and reports. The series is arranged according to the filing system provided by the creator.

The subseries relates to projects conducted by Distance Education and Technology in collaboration with consultants in distance learning. This consists of correspondence, calls for funding applications, project proposals, reports, and notes.

This subseries relates to the project “Case Studies in the Benefits and Costs of Mediated Instruction and Distributed Learning” by Frank Jewett and is partially overseen by Distance Education and Technology. It includes correspondence, meeting agenda, and report and review drafts.

This series contains records relating to the supervisory role played by Distance Education and Technology Staff for graduate students researching distance postsecondary education. In addition, it includes correspondence with these students about their status as students and progress in their research. The series is arranged according to the filing system provided by the creator.

This series consists of notes and brochures containing information about the UBC Faculty Certificate of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education run by the Centre for Teaching and Academic Growth.

This series relates to the publicity created to advertise UBC Access/ GIS Courses and the creation of a promotional history about distance education at UBC. It contains correspondence, copyright requests, brochure drafts and final copies, notes, drafts, reports and final copies of these history articles.

This subseries consists of records related to the supervision and funding of post-doctoral research fellows studying Distance Education and Technology, including correspondence, guidelines, funding information, and bibliographies of writing on distance education.

This subseries consists of records relating to research projects conducted by other universities or organizations that UBC Distance Education and Technology participated in and helped to fund. It consists of correspondence, contracts, meeting agenda and minutes, and research proposals and descriptions.

This subseries contains records of collaboration between Distance Education and Technology and various universities in Argentina, Venezuela and Brazil. It includes correspondence, meeting agenda, conference programs and proceedings, and project proposals.

This subseries consists of records relating to the collaboration between UBC and various universities and educational organizations in the UK. It includes correspondence, program information, and draft reports.

This subseries consists of records relating to the collaboration between UBC and various universities and educational organizations in the United States. It includes correspondence, brochures, reports, and meeting information.