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AI Café: Pilot Project for Parents
The AI Café is for families. Two grandfathers and cheeky chatbots tackle how parents can make homework a learning experience.
The pilot program (free) starts soon! Sign up by October 14th. Share with parents!
See our pilot project site.
See the overview page for links and details.
Program Leaders Survey
- Data complements ministry’s, enabling cross-referencing, trend ID, and sharing.
- Add your year-end data to improve the renowned study.
Check out our podcast series:
- Why bother?
- AI Backlash
- AI and Education: What’s Next?
Continuing Research & Projects
E-Learning Support Study
Examining supports for marginal, at-risk, and adult learners
Check out new publications on our Research Projects page
Mastering AI: Shifting from answers to thinking
Children are already immersed in an AI world.
Adults need to catch up and help guide them.
Check out CANeLearn’s project AI in Education site.
CANeLearn Governance
An Advisory Council and smaller operational board of three directors have been created.
Education leaders maintain a strategic relationship with the organization, providing expertise and insight, while stepping back from direct operational and governance responsibilities.
News & Conversations
AI in Education: What to expect next…
Check out our podcast on this topic, “What’s Next”, on the CANeLearn YouTube Channel AI in Education: What to expect next… A number of years ago, I was having a heated exchange with the director of another organization. At
Teaching to the test
This post analyzes the disconnect between modern educational goals and outdated assessment methods. While curricula increasingly emphasize high-level competencies like critical thinking, collaboration, and creativity, traditional exams continue to prioritize surface-level memorization and individual performance under pressure. Research suggests
[REPOST] AI power and water
Earlier this year, while teaching UVic’s EDCI 336 course, I wrote about Generative AI water and power. I keep trying to rationalize its use in the context of our personal use of electricity and gas, which is far less than
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by promoting effective practice in e-learning, fostering community and facilitating interaction among online and blended learning educators, and connecting educators to e-learning organizations.