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 […]
October 2021 Newsletter
Fall colours invite us to take time to reflect on transitions of seasons, time, and the changes surrounding us we have little influence over. In education we serve the needs and interests of our students and their parents, we respond to the shifting world surrounding us and do our best to help make it better. As […]
Digital Learning Symposium ’22 Launch
19th Annual Digital Learning Symposium April 6 to 8, 2022 at the Delta Burnaby! = NEW BEGINNINGS = NEW LANDSCAPE = More information here! Join us for a flexible program with fast-paced, interactive options to build connections through discussion, dialogue, and social networking Featuring: DL to OL – […]
September 2021 Newsletter
This day, September 30, 2021, marks Canada’s first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation designated to honour the lost children and survivors of residential schools, their families, and communities. The coloured cloths placed on the trees above reflect Canada’s social solidarity and rich diversity that is yet to fully embrace orange – the colour of the […]
CANeLearn Leadership Summit
Pandemic Successes ~ Lessons Learned Friday, September 24 – Online Can’t attend live? Register for exclusive access to archives! Join us as we share pandemic experiences and insights from Canadian education leaders and researchers. Get first access to our latest pandemic pedagogy research report with documented insights and successes. See all five previous pandemic […]
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 […]