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 […]
Upcoming Learning Events
NEW DATE! Looking Back to Look Forward: Online Successes and Lessons Learned Friday, September 24 – Online Join us as we share pandemic experiences and insights from Canadian education leaders Details below or on our Summit Site Photos, unless otherwise noted, by @rlabonte, ekinsel, or Unsplash CANeLearn Leadership Summit Register here! Registration $40; Provides live access and exclusive access to […]
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, […]
Febuary 2021 Newsletter
Welcome to the February CANeLearn News February: The month where it seems winter just wants to hang on. Despite the days getting longer, the groundhog’s shadows are following us! Friday Online PD On Friday the 18th Annual Digital Learning Symposium (#DLsymp21), brought to you by CANeLearn and the BC Partners, launches with a Well-Being […]
January 2021 Newsletter
The picture above represents the hope we see at the start of the third decade of the 21st Century. The photo is sunrise at Abraham Lake in Alberta and offered to us by our gifted photographer and newsletter editor, Ellen Kinsel. CANeLearn hopes this new year offers everyone the patience and resolve to push beyond the challenges of […]
December 2020 Newsletter
The image above, courtesy of long-time colleague and photographer Ellen Kinsel, is a beautiful visual metaphor for self-reflection – which we trust you have the opportunity for during the holiday – a much-needed break this year. This month’s news features personal reflections, upcoming learning opportunities, and readings for the holiday. Lamenting 2020 As 2020 and its ‘blurdays’ […]