Alec Couros Touts New CANeLearn Report Examining the Models of Learning During the 2020-21 School Year
It is with great pleasure that I write a foreword for this incredibly relevant and timely report chronicling the state of face-to-face, hybrid, and remote teaching across Canada during the 2020-21 school year. As we move into what seems likely to be a third year of schooling disrupted by the continued COVID-19 pandemic, it is […]
Fast and Hard: CANeLearn Researchers Analyze Disruptions to the 2020-21 School Year
Following the end of the 2020-21 school year, CBC News (2021a) published a map to indicate the number of weeks schools were closed provincewide/territory-wide for each jurisdiction. Figure 1. Time lost to provincewide school closures for each province or territory across Canada for the 2020-21 school year However, it should be noted that many schools […]
CANeLearn Documents the Pandemic Response of Canadian Provinces and Territories during the 2020-21 School Year
There were five dominant models through which K-12 education was provided during the 2020-21 school year. Figure 1. Various learning models available during the 2020-21 school year At the beginning of the year, many jurisdictions provided parents/guardians the option to enroll their students in school-based, in-person learning, or a distance, online learning, model. These […]
August 2021 Newsletter
Photo credit: Ellen Kinsel As the summer fire season embers lose their glow, we launch another school year still searching for clarity on what the new year may bring us. With a fourth wave flourishing, how prepared are we to successfully engage active learning amidst disruption? Often looking back can help steer a path […]
CANeLearn Releases New Report Examining the Pandemic Response During the 2020-21 School Year
Toggling between Lockdowns: Canadian Responses for Continuity of Learning in the 2020-21 School Year Sponsored by the Canadian eLearning Network (CANeLearn), a leading voice in Canada for learner success in K-12 online and blended learning, this is the fifth report in a series, noted previously, that highlights the announcements, supports, and policy changes each Canadian […]
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June 2021 Newsletter
Photo credit: Ellen Kinsel All other photos, unless noted, by @rlabonte, ekinsel, or Unsplash Welcome to the June CANeLearn News. As we look forward to exploring outdoors, pausing to reflect on nature’s abundance, our thoughts are likely to turn to wonder how we survived a full school year managing student learning through a pandemic. As we consider what we learned […]
May 2021 Newsletter
Photo credit: Ellen Kinsel Dandelions are a perennial spring symbol, the joy of young children, and the bane of gardeners (thank you No Mow May for starting to change that!). Their yellow flowers resemble the sun, ball of seeds the moon, and their dispersing seeds (guilty of helping that happen!) the stars. According to A to Z Flowers, […]
April 2021 Newsletter
Photo credit: Ellen Kinsel Welcome to the April CANeLearn News Well, I guess it is welcome, and goodbye, to April all at the same time. Our time in April here at CANeLearn has been focused on the 18th Annual Digital Learning Symposium which concludes May 7. I guess we have been too busy to see the month […]
March 2021 Newsletter
Photo credit: Ellen Kinsel | Northern Exposure Welcome to the March CANeLearn News. Who’s ready for Spring? We know our colleagues in the prairie provinces certainly are! March is closing like a lamb in some provinces, not so much in others where it remains a lion. April typically brings a strong sense of renewal and optimism, […]