Welcome to the October CANeLearn News

As the month of October comes to a close, for CANeLearn so does a month of on-the-road PD and conference presentations.  The October news is just a bit delayed but celebrates a lot of the great learning and curating that the month brought.  Stay tuned to upcoming events including:

CANeLearn – BCPartners Digital Learning Symposium

• April 7-9 in Vancouver —  Information here

• Call for proposals is open – deadline November 15

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Worth a read…

From EdCan Network

How do we teach students to identify fake news?

• By Dr. Alec Couros, Katia Hildebrandt

The following strategies and ideas can help students identify fake news and become critical readers of the world around them :

• Move beyond traditional – and often ineffective – info evaluation checklists
• Prioritize helping students develop investigative techniques where they become familiar with information verification websites (e.g. FactsCan, org, Snopes, and Hoax Slayer) and tools like Google’s “search by image” feature or the VerificationHandbook.com resource
• Teach students to identify bias using tools like a media bias chart
• Bring real-world fake news examples that we encounter every day into the classroom so that students can be challenged to apply their skills and techniques

Download the Fact Sheet. (316.06 KB / PDF)

From Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute

• A searchable archive of publications on K-12 online and blended learning
• Search the archive here

From Contact North | Contact Nord

A New Pedagogy is Emerging… and Online Learning is a Key Contributing Factor

• Major changes in the way we teach students are being triggered by online learning and the new technologies that increase flexibility and access
• The paper highlights key developments in online learning and how they impact our understanding of pedagogy, examples of applications of these developments in innovations in colleges and universities, and questions to consider about the implications of changes in pedagogy and student learning
• Click here to view and download

From AU Press (Athabasca University)

Assessment Strategies for Online Learning: Engagement and Authenticity

• Develop meaningful, authentic formative and summative assessments for and of learning
• Written by two of the most experienced professionals in ODFL in North America
• Readable, useful and practical collection of insights, practices, and suggestions
• Fully downloadable, either chapter by chapter or as a whole e-book
• Click here to view and download