Pandemic Planning, Policy, and Practice: A review of Canadian jurisdictional responses September 2020 to 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to significant education disruption in Ontario. This has included mass and localized school closures, multiple models of educational provision and gaps in support for students with disabilities. The unequal distribution of school closures and pandemic-associated hardships, particularly affecting low-income families in which racialized and Indigenous groups, newcomers and people with […]
CANeLearn Research Update #3
Taking the pulse of online and blended learning in Canada CANeLearn continues to build on its past research of online and blended learning and is embarking on building a base for quality in online pedagogy (see more about the design principles study here). What we have published: e-Learning research overview: https://new.canelearn.net/2019/10/02/e-learning-research-overview-ontario/ What e-learning (online […]
November 2021 Newsletter
This month those of us based in BC saw the best and worst of humanity on display again, this time cast against nature’s turbulent tapestry that is now battering the East coast. It causes one to ponder how to expect the unexpected – pandemic, wildfire, flood, road closure, power outage, gas shortage, post-pandemic hoarding… are we […]
OLDaily – Pandemic Pedagogy in Canada: Lessons from the First 18 Months
We just wanted to pass along this mention… View this email in your browser OLDaily by Stephen Downes November 18, 2021 Pandemic Pedagogy in Canada: Lessons from the First 18 Months Randy LaBonte, Michael K. Barbour, Joelle Nagle, Canadian eLearning Network, Nov 18, 2021 This report (68 page PDF) is a comprehensive overview of Canada’s response to Covid […]
CANeLearn Research Update #2
Photo credit: KissCC0 CANeLearn Research Update #2 Cross-Canada expansion of the Design Principles – we need your help –Click here to complete a short survey Research Webinar: Wednesday at 11 am Pacific (2 pm Eastern) – REGISTER HERE Scroll down for more information! We invite you to add your voice to refining the Design Principles for quality […]
CANeLearn Research Update
Photo credit: KissCC0 CANeLearn Research Update & Invitation We are pleased to announce new and upcoming research on K12 online learning: Pandemic Pedagogy in Canada – Lessons from the First 18 Months (WEBINAR); Cross-Canada expansion of the Design Principles – you are invited; Remote Learning – how did we fare? – study of satisfaction and achievement; and Post-pandemic […]
Dean Shareski Touts New CANeLearn Report Examining Preparations for the 2021-22 School Year
The current state of education in Canada might be best described as “tired.” With 18 months of a pandemic behind us, it is still uncertain as to when, or if, life will return to pre-pandemic times. (I purposely avoided the word “normal” or “new normal.”) This uncertainty has been particularly difficult for schools and educators. […]
18 Months In, Have We Learned Any Lessons?
Toggling Toward a ‘New Normal’ As the 2020-21 school year progressed, it was evident lessons that could, or should, have been learned during the rapid transition to emergency remote teaching in Spring 2020 had not been heeded in all provinces and territories. The reality was that some jurisdictions simply did not put in place the […]
Pandemic Pedagogy to Date: What We’ve Learned Thus Far
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the term ‘emergency remote teaching’ emerged to describe what was occurring in education at all levels as schools shuttered their doors to in-person learning. Hodges et al. (2020) described emergency remote teaching as: a temporary shift of instructional delivery to an alternate delivery mode due to crisis circumstances. […]
Pandemic Pedagogy in Canada: Lessons from the First 18 Months
This is the sixth report in a series, noted previously, that highlights the announcements, supports, and policy changes each Canadian jurisdiction made to continue to promote learning throughout the pandemic. The series is sponsored by the Canadian eLearning Network (CANeLearn), a leading voice in Canada for learner success in K-12 online and blended learning. Researchers […]