OSTA-AECO: Student e-Learning Survey
Over the past week or so, CANeLearn has been interacting with the leadership of the Ontario Student Trustees’ Association (OSTA)/l’Association des Élèves Conseillers/ères de l’Ontario (AECO). At present, the OSTA-AECO are conducting a survey for students who have and have not taken e-learning. We are sharing a link to that survey here in the case […]
Online Learning Graduation Requirement: Lessons from Michigan [Guest Blogger]
Online Learning Graduation Requirement: Lessons from Michigan Joseph R. Freidhoff, Ph.D. Michigan Virtual In 2006, Michigan became the first state in the United States to adopt an online learning requirement for high school graduation. The policy allowed three ways for a student to fulfill the online learning requirement. One way was for a student to enroll […]
CANeLearn: Ontario eLearning Announcement Backgrounder
Education that Works for You – Modernizing Classrooms is a proposed policy from the Ontario government. While the original announcement covers several other changes, specific to e-learning the proposal calls for: E-learning The government is committed to modernizing education and supporting students and families in innovative ways that enhance their success. A link to e-learning […]
In The News… The Ottawa Citizen: Ontario is poised to require every high school student take four online courses. What does it mean?
Last month, CANeLearn CEO Randy LaBonte and State of the Nation: K-12 e-Learning in Canada partner-researcher Michael Barbour were interviewed for a piece that appeared in The Ottawa Citizen. You can view the original article at: https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/ontario-is-poised-to-require-every-high-school-student-take-four-online-courses-what-does-it-mean Ontario is poised to require every high school student take four online courses. What does it mean? JOANNE LAUCIUS […]
In The News… The Agenda with Steve Paikin: How to Learn Online
CANeLearn’s CEO, Randy LaBonte, was featured on “The Agenda with Steve Paikin” in a segment entitled “How to Learn Online.” We have uploaded the segment to our YouTube channel to allow the organization to appropriately archive it. Below we have embedded the version provided by “The Agenda with Steve Paikin” through their YouTube channel. […]
What Does Online Learning Really Look Like?
As was described earlier this week, on 15 March 2019 the Government of Ontario announced the Education that Works for You – Modernizing Classrooms proposed policy. In light of that announcement, there has been a lot of misinformation about what is online learning and what does it look like in the context of e-learning in […]
[REPOST] Ontario: e-Learning Graduation Requirement – Student Success
This entry was originally posted at https://k12sotn.ca/bloghttps://k12sotn.ca/blog/ontario-e-learning-graduation-requirement-student-success//ontario-modernizing-classrooms/ As was described earlier this week, 0n 15 March 2019 the Government of Ontario announced the Education that Works for You – Modernizing Classrooms proposed policy. Today, we wanted to examine the e-learning graduation requirement in greater detail. As a reminder, the proposal calls for: Secondary students will […]
[REPOST] Ontario: e-Learning Graduation Requirement – Scalability
This entry was originally posted at https://k12sotn.ca/blog/ontario-e-learning-graduation-requirement-scalability/ As was described earlier this week, 0n 15 March 2019 the Government of Ontario announced the Education that Works for You – Modernizing Classrooms proposed policy. Today, we wanted to examine the e-learning graduation requirement in greater detail. As a reminder, the proposal calls for: Secondary students will […]
[REPOST] Ontario: Centralized e-Learning Program
This entry was originally posted at https://k12sotn.ca/blog/ontario-centralized-e-learning-program/ As was described yesterday, 0n 15 March 2019 the Government of Ontario announced the Education that Works for You – Modernizing Classrooms proposed policy. Today, we wanted to examine the centralization of the e-learning program. As a reminder, the proposal calls for: Starting in 2020-21, the government will […]
[REPOST] Ontario: Modernizing Classrooms
This entry was originally posted at https://k12sotn.ca/blog/ontario-modernizing-classrooms/ On 15 March 2019, the Government of Ontario announced the Education that Works for You – Modernizing Classrooms proposed policy. From an e-learning perspective, the proposal calls for: E-learning The government is committed to modernizing education and supporting students and families in innovative ways that enhance their success. […]