As we paddle our way into the first leap month of this new decade we are beginning to see an alignment of digital learning tools and environments combined with the traditional: e-learning has rapidly become an integral part of K-12 education.

To support this direction CANeLearn will be presenting and networking with fellow Canadians at the 2nd annual DLAC in Austin (Feb.24-26) and BOLTT, Apr. 2-3 in Toronto.  The DL Symposium 2020 in Vancouver/Burnaby (Apr. 19-21) will feature a number of #CANeLearn members, board leaders, along with researchers and leading practitioners considering how a new funding model in BC charts the direction for e-learning (distributed learning) programs.  Register for Sunday or the full event but book your room today!

Check out some of the news, resources, and tips to help you in your own practice.

Photos, unless otherwise noted, by @rlabonte or Unsplash

Featured Events

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Digital Learning Collaborative Annual Conference

February 24-26, 2020 – Austin TX

https://www.deelac.com/

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2020 BOLTT (Bringing Online Teachers Together)

April 2-3, 2020 in Toronto

http://www.boltt.ca/toronto-fall-conference/

Download a flyer to share here (PDF)

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2020 Digital Learning Symposium

April 19-21 in Vancouver BC

Group/member rates – $445/person!

​​One day registration for Sunday only…

https://new.canelearn.net/symposium20/

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OTESSA ~ Inaugural Conference!

Open/Technology in Education, Society, and Scholarship Association

May 31-June 2 in London ON

https://otessa.org/

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Clayton R. Wright List of EdTech Conferences via @Downes

https://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=70103

Resources for the Digital Classroom

Break the Fake: How to tell what’s true online | MediaSmarts

• Four quick and easy steps to find out the truth and share good information
• Find out more here

Common Sense Education Resources

• Prepare your students for tomorrow’s headlines with essential news and media literacy materials – check it out here
• Best news websites for students – posted here

Control-F and Building Resilient Information Networks | Hapgood

• Check out Mike Caulfield’s latest web incarnation here
• “If we assume that people have a limited amount of effort they’ll expend on verification, the lack of knowledge here may be as big a barrier as other cognitive biases. Why we aren’t vigorously addressing issues like this in order to build a more resilient information network (and even to just help students efficiently do things like study!) is something I continue to not understand. Yes, we have big issues. But can we take five minutes and show people how to search?”

Adventures in Archives

Aurora Institute (formerly iNACOL) Symposium 2020

• Check out the shift in the organization and its focus based on this assortment of keynote presentations from the October Symposium in San Antonio posted here

Joe Sisco’s Keynote from blendED Alberta

• Link to recorded keynote on @CANeLearn Youtube channel here
• Link to shared resources from the session
• #CANeLearn Facebook curation of event photos

See all CANeLearn archives here   (members only)

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