The Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium (CTDLC) was a State of Connecticut agency that supported online learning in Connecticut. Although not a college, it hosted and provided services to Connecticut's colleges and universities to make it easier for them to offer online courses and degree programs. They also provided the same services for institutions outside the state of Connecticut. CTDLC shut down in 2018 due to lack of profitability.

History

The Consortium was created in October 1996 when over thirty colleges and universities met and agreed that Connecticut needed to systematically mount distance deliverable education. In 2018, Charter Oak State College president Ed Klonoski said the following about CTDLC closing: “the current economic landscape makes it tough to achieve sufficient profitability to make the investments in technology and talent that [the Consortium's] service set requires."

Student Services

The CTDLC gave students information about online learning, including:

Faculty Services

The CTDLC website offers a variety of services for faculty, including training programs and grant opportunities.

Business Services

The CTDLC was available to help the business community with their online needs, including building web applications and converting face-to-face training into e-learning.