Featured Events

March 16 – 2:00 pm Eastern — Login: Palliser Collaborate Room

• Teacher Training Resources – Alison Hancox
  • You will be given guest access the teacher training course that is in development and implementation at Palliser Beyond Borders. This session is for you if:
    • You have heard these words to encourage you about your new assignment in a blended or online classroom;
    • You are intimidated by your new role; or
    • You are an administrator who is responsible for training new teachers.

• See all webinars listed here: https://new.canelearn.net/webinars/, or scroll down for upcoming events.

Stay Connected!

• Use #CANeLearn to stream specific items of interest to members. Join the conversation!
• Join CANeLearn – Membership information here https://new.canelearn.net/membership-account/membership/

In the news…

• Call for Proposals for BringIT,Together 2016 (BIT16), the technology-enabled education conference sponsored by ECOO and OASBO/ICT, closes March 31. The conference will take place November 9-11, 2016, and will once again be held at the Scotiabank Convention Centre in Niagara Falls. This is the largest conference of its kind in Ontario and it brings together educators from across the province and beyond, providing an excellent opportunity for you to share your learning and to learn from other exemplary educators. More info here: http://bringittogether.ca/submit-2015-presentation-proposal-2/
• PIR Live Events feature free, live-streamed Q&As with STEM experts
  Students submit questions (live or in advance) via email or Twitter (#askPIR). Recordings are available on YouTube at https://goo.gl/wuPTbu
  Upcoming event schedule, free registration, and mailing list sign-up at http://www.pirweb.org/pir/en/live-event/, March schedules at http://www.pirweb.org/pir/en/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Live-Event-Schedule-March-2016.pdf
• Ontario eLearning Consortium announces BOLTT – Bringing Online Learning Teachers Together — May 10, 2016. This inaugural one-day event will be held at the Delta Toronto East. More information here http://www.oelc.ca/events/boltt-bringing-online-teachers-together/

Worth a quick look…

5 Learning Tech Trends to Watch in the Next 5 Years

1. Microlearning;
2. Gamification;
3. Social Learning;
4. Adaptive Learning; and
5. Immersive Learning.

Posted here https://www.td.org/Publications/Blogs/Learning-Technologies-Blog/2016/02/5-Learning-Tech-Trends-to-Watch-in-the-Next-5-Years
The Delivery Mode Heuristic: A Reflective Tool for Decision Makers

• From our own Michael Canuel, along with Mary Stewart, a published article on how leaders can sort through the many delivery modes available to online learning.
• See article (PDF) here http://www.universitypublications.net/ijas/0805/pdf/P5G104.pdf

From TeachOnline.ca (Contact North)

• A 2016 look at the future of online learning (blog post): http://teachonline.ca/tools-trends/exploring-future-education/2016-look-future-online-learning-part-1

Tech Alert

• BC post-secondary educators share insight for future edtech https://bccampus.ca/2016/02/02/b-c-post-secondary-educators-share-their-insight-for-the-future-of-ed-tech-in-2016/
• Learn from Steve! – DottoTech offers free online introductions to digital tools, see more at http://www.dottotech.com/

Upcoming Events

blendED 2016: Alberta’s Blended and Online Symposium

• October 23 – 25, 2016; Radisson Hotel Edmonton South, Edmonton AB
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  View our Webpage: http://www.blendedalberta.ca/

Other webinar and PD events, including URL/locations, can be found on our Online Webinars page here or our Google PD Calendar here.

Of interest…

• Vancouver Island University published Masters papers – many covering aspects of blended and online learning
• See http://viuspace.viu.ca/handle/10613/1985 for recent submissions