2017 canelearn symposium: elearning roundup
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Canadian e-Learning Roundup: Sharing Program Spotlights & Research
Randy LaBonteCanadian eLearning Network
http://CANeLearn.net
Take a Walk on the Digital Side - How Purposeful Use of Tech and Program Design Improves Learning
Canadian models integrating online & blended learning
About the Canadian eLearning Network
• CANeLearn is a pan-Canadian network of K12 online and blended learning schools and organizations
• Focus is on sharing resources, PD, research• Intent is to leverage our Canadian collective to
promote online and blended learning• http://CANeLearn.net
CANeLearn Board of Directors• Michael Canuel, CEO of LEARN (Chair) - QC
• Terri Reid, Learning Services Coordinator, Black Gold Regional (Vice-Chair) – AB
• Kevin Wttewaall, Director of Technology for Learning, Rocky View Schools (Treasurer) – AB
• Brett Cooper, Director, Alberta Distance Learning Centre (Director) - AB
• Alison MacDonald, Principal, Wapaskwa Virtual Collegiate (Director) – MB
• Todd Pottle, Coordinator, Ontario eLearning Consortium (Director) – ON
• Sue Taylor-Foley, Director of Learning Resources and Technology, Nova Scotia Education and Early Childhood Development (Director) - NS
• Bruce Weitzel, Lead for BC Learning Network (Director) – BC
• Paul Lachance, CAVLFO – ON francophone
Why we are here (the promise…)• Join this discussion session to learn how
schools are shifting practice to create flexible and personal learning...
• A synthesis of successful principles from the programs will be the base for a discussion about how to improve your own program [practice].
What you will do different because of today?
Around the room….• From? Role?• Why here?• Your takeaway would be…
State of the Nation in Canada Report
Mix of province-wide & district-basedOnline Programs
Province-wide Province-wide & District District-based
YT AB BC
NB MB SK
NS QC ON
NL
PE (uses NB) FMNI Band-based
NU (uses AB) ON (2)
NT (uses AB) MB & AB (SK closed)
Completion Rate BC Public School Students
• (For students who take at least one DL course)
School Year Students taking 1 or more DL Course
Students not taking DL Course
% %
2009-10 80.9% 88.3%
2010-11 85.0% 86.6%
2011-12 86.5% 85.0%
2012-13 89.8% 85.3%
Innovation in Canada
The Inquiry Hub
e-Learning is…• Learner-centric• Instructor facilitates• Technology supports• From time constant
to mastery constant,• To quote Lisa Read
– pedagogy drives– technology accelerates
iNACOL Innovative Blended and Online Learning Practice Award Recipients ->
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
QC -> AB -> BC -> ONhttp://canelearn.net/category/inacol-innovation-awards/
CEA Innovation Awards
Trending…1. Blended and online practices are blurring – it is more about learning
within flexible structures2. Transition from online to blended more difficult than from classroom3. Personalization and flexibility critical drivers in Canada4. Competency-based emerging in new curriculum5. Research focus on better data and exploring pockets of innovation
Online Blended Classroom
Personalized Blurred Partnerships
• BC: Navigate/NIDES, @KOOL/AVS embedded teachers, consortia/BCLN & AB• AB: Argyll/Palliser sync, ADLC partnerships, Moodle Hub sharing• ON: Centralized resources/tech and support, consortia & sharing• QC: LEARN shifting sync to async & gamification• NS/MB/NL: Centralized approaches, local partnerships
It is Just Learning After All…
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IssuesChallenges
InnovationLEADERSHIP
Conference Board of Canada Essential Skills
• Ability to think critically;• Communicate effectively;• Seek and manage information while solving
problems;• Adapt and continue to learn continuously; and• Work as part of a team in a project-based
focus.
http://www.conferenceboard.ca/topics/education/learning-tools/employability-skills.aspx
1. Roadblocks – List your top 52. Leveraging Curriculum Change – How? – Name 13. Organizational Models – What works in your
context? 4. Learning Resources & Design – What? Where?
How? Who?5. Supporting Teacher Practice – How? When?
Where?• Technological skills / Pedagogical skills
6. Strategies for Change – Name 3 you can do now
Table Talk: So how do you get there???
Blended – not Stirred…
• Blended– Campus migration to include online– Virtual only migration to face2face– Competency not time as THE Measure– Textbooks to digital assets– Teacher’s role from disseminator to facilitator– Bureaucratic silos to open practice– New paradigms of control and practice
• Stirred– Policy, Curriculum & Assessment– Funding Models– Top-down Leadership
• CC by 2.0 marketingmommy
Go forth and master the learning!
• The difference between a master and a beginner:– The master has tried and failed more times
than– The beginner has tried
TRY! FAIL! LEARN!!https://www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/
Canadian e-Learning Roundup: Program spotlights & research
Randy LaBonteCanadian eLearning Network
Take a Walk on the Digital Side - How Purposeful Use of Tech and Program Design Improves Learning
Canadian models integrating online & blended learning
Thank you!
