Shaken Blended, not Stirred…Leadership Perspectives from Canada

The Canadian eLearning Network

http://CANeLearn.net

Shaken Blended – not Stirred…

• Shaken Blended– Classroom Foundations– Time as THE Measure– Textbooks– Teacher’s Role– Bureaucratic Silos– Paradigms of Control and Practice

• Stirred– Policy, Curriculum & Assessment– Funding Models

• Silver Bullet is??

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AGENDA

1. Introduction2. Room Introductions

– Name, Role, School/Program, Where3. Canadian eLearning Network Overview4. Cross Canada: Issues, Challenges, Innovation5. Contact information (ours and yours)6. Closing

– What suggestions would you have for us?

Canadian K-12 Online and Blended Learning Association

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 collective to promote

online and blended learning opportunities• http://CANeLearn.net

Mission:

CANeLearn's mission is to provide leadership that champions student

success in online and blended learning and provides members with

networking, collaboration, and research opportunities.

CANeLearn Networking events

DONE:iNACOL –

CANeLearn is committed to research by:

Graham, L., LaBonte, R., Roberts, V., O’Byrne, I., & C. Osterhout. (in press). Open learning in K-12 online and blended learning environments. In R. Ferdig & K. Kennedy’s Handbook of Research on K-12 Online and Blended Learning. Pittsburgh, PA: ETC Press.

State of the Nation: K-12 Online Learning in Canada

• “The State of the Nation: K-12 Online Learning in Canada has become a key benchmark for the expanding use of technology-supported blended and online learning in Canada.”

• PI is Michael Barbour (First CANeLearn honorary member)– Connecting data– Representing innovation in Canada– Vignettes

• Online research repositories• iNACOL (http://www.inacol.org/)• Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute (

http://www.mvlri.org/) Research Clearinghouse (http://k12onlineresearch.org/)

• Development of our own CANeLearn repository

PartnersPartnersSupporting PartnershipsPartnerships

Pro-DPro-DSharing Professional Learning

OpportunitiesProfessional

Learning

TechnologyTechnologyFinding efficiencies through technologies and shared services

Finding Efficiencies

CANeLearn is committed to collaboration by:

Collaboration at Events

• iNACOL Symposium (2008 – 2014)• ISTE (2014)• Montréal (2013)• Toronto (2012, 2014)• Winnipeg (2014)• Edmonton (2012, 2015)• Vancouver (2014, 2015)

Membership Connections

Building partnerships

• Data analytics (Junyo)– “smart” data metrics and intuitive system– Serves the right content to the right student at the right time

• Sharing resources (www.geniosity.ca – Nelson Education)– free and fee-based digital content providers in one place, helps

educators find and integrate curriculum-relevant resources to complement their individual teaching style

– Vetted content, searchable, integrates with LMS• Sharing among members (iEdit – http://z4.zenlive.ca/ community)

– Collaborative workspace, groups and documents– Live web-conferencing built in (Zenlive)

Board of Directors

• Michael Canuel, CEO of LEARN (Chairman) - QC• Terri Reid, Learning Services Coordinator, Black Gold Regional Schools (Vice-

Chairman) – AB• Laurel Beaton, Partnerships and Innovation, Alberta Distance Learning Centre

(Director) - AB• Greg Bitgood, Superintendent Heritage Christian Schools (Director) - BC• Howard Burston, Director, IT Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre

(Director) – MB• CJ MacKinnon, Teacher/Coordinator Innovations Online, Traditional Learning

Academy Online (Director) - BC• Alison Slack, Coordinator, Ontario eLearning Consortium (Director) – ON• Sue Taylor-Foley, Director of Learning Resources and Technology, Nova Scotia

Education and Early Childhood Development (Director) - NS• Kevin Wttewaall, Director of Technology for Learning Rocky View School

Division (Director) – AB

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Across Canada…

IssuesChallenges

Innovation

State of the Nation in Canada Report

In Canada…

• In Canada Provinces and Territories are responsible for public and independent (private) school education

• The Federal government is responsible for First Nations education• Geography has driven innovative approaches• Connectivity remains an issue in some places (NWT, Aboriginal

communities)• A noted shift in classrooms to blended learning• In many cases provincially-brokered licensing of core technologies

and content (web conferencing, digital content, LMS, etc.)

• Newfoundland and Labrador– single province-wide program– no regulations (currently being created)

• Nova Scotia– single province-wide and district-based programs– regulations in Provincial Teachers’ Agreement

• Prince Edward Island– uses distance education from other provinces– two Ministerial Directives

• New Brunswick– single province-wide program– series of Ministry policy documents

State of the Nation in Canada Report

Innovation in Canada: Nova Scotia

• Quebec– district-based programs (provincial level

content provider)– non-DE focused province-wide program for

sharing curricular resources that is used for DE in limited ways

– no provincial regulations

• Ontario– province-wide CMS and course content, used

by district-based programs– does allow private virtual schools– series of Ministry policy documents

State of the Nation in Canada Report

Innovation in Canada: Quebec

• E-Learning Contacts (eLCs)

• Shared goals between units

• Integrations of licenced online products with the Virtual Learning Environment

Ontario

• Yukon– utilize a program from British Columbia– referenced in legislation, largely governed by an inter-

provincial agreement with BC school district

• North West Territories– utilize a program in Alberta– several Ministry policy documents

• Nunavut– past and future plans for pilot programs (may utilize

services in Alberta)– no regulations

State of the Nation in Canada Report

• Manitoba– three province-wide programs (for online province provides CMS and course

content, used by district-based programs– Ministry policy documents currently being updated

• Saskatchewan– district-based programs (since 2009-10)– no regulations since devolution from Ministry

• Alberta– province-wide and district-based programs – limited Ministry policy documents (more extensive policies currently being

formulated)

• British Columbia– district-based and private (independent) programs– several legislative items (additional Ministry policy documents)– highest regulated

State of the Nation in Canada Report

Innovation in Canada - Alberta

Open educational resources (OER) are freely accessible, openly licensed documents and media that are useful for teaching, learning, and assessing as well as for research purposes. Although som epeople consider the use of an open file format to be an essential characteristic of OER, this is not a univeraklly acknowledged requirement.

Innovation in Canada - BC

Completion Rate for Public School Students – DL

• (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%

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Recognizing Innovation in Canada

• The iNACOL Innovator Awards recognize learning practices, new research and individual achievements in the field of blended and online learning.

• Past 2 years a Canadian has been recognized by iNACOL–

Audrey MacLaren and Peggy Drolet LEARN– Verena Roberts ADLC

• CANeLearn nominees were: – Josh Gray from the Thames Valley District School Board, London ON; – The Navigate Program of the North Island Distance Education School,

Courtenay BC; – Michael Barbour (Canadian researcher); and – Maurice Barry of the Centre for Distance Learning and Innovation, St.

John NL.

iNACOL Innovative Blended and Online Learning Practice Award Recipients ->

2012, 2013, 2014

Quebec -> Alberta -> BC

BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP

• Access to a network of organizations and educators fostering blended and online learning opportunities for K12 students in Canada and abroad through a password protected site.

• Connections to emerging research in blended and online learning in Canada and internationally through CANeLearn affiliate memberships and online resource library.

• Access to a consolidated list of professional learning opportunities related to blended and online learning.

• Reduced member registration at CANeLearn sponsored events.• Opportunity to present to the CANeLearn board of directors on topics that

can be disseminated across the country to leading elearning providers.• Invitation to participate in special projects.

http://CANeLearn.net

THANK YOUhttp://CANeLearn.net

Contact Information

• Randy LaBonte– rlabonte@canelearn.net

• Greg Bitgood

– gbitgood@onlineschool.ca

• Kevin Wttewaall– kwttewaall@rockyview.ab.ca

• Michael Canuel– mcanuel@learnquebec.ca

http://CANeLearn.net

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Innovation in Canada

• Nova Scotia– Moodle LMS hosted by Government– Teachers are seconded by Government to deliver courses

throughout province– Increased growth in online learning – since 2008 five fold

increase

Innovation in Canada

• Quebec– Leaders in Canada in Competency based Learning– Flipped Learning– English Virtual Program leads the way for French Virtual

Program

Ontario

Ontario Facts

• 60 English-language district school boards

• 12 French-language district school boards

• Student enrolment in 2012-13 was approximately 2.03 million

• In 2012-13, approximately 98,000 students were enrolled in French-language boards; approximately 1.93 million were enrolled in English-language boards.

Ontario

Innovation in Canada

• AB – Flexible Learning– Moocs– Collaborative Development– Moodle User Groups– GAFE– Curriculum Redesign

British Columbia

35,000 educators600,000 students60 school districts urban/rural

53 public DL schoolsCourses provided to Yukon (follow BC curriculum)

13 independent DL schools

Declining enrolmentOnline Choice: Open boundaries

Public and Independent Systems

60 public Distributed Learning schools16 Independent Distributed Learning SchoolsAll DL schools operate under an agreement with the

Ministry

http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/dist_learning/docs/dist_learn_agmt.pdf

or http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/independentschools/is_forms/dl_program/dl_agrmnt.pdf

PUBLIC and Independent FTE Enrolments: All Counts

2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-20130.00

2,000.00

4,000.00

6,000.00

8,000.00

10,000.00

12,000.00

14,000.00

16,000.00

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PUBLIC and Independent Headcount Enrolments: All Counts

2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-20130.00

20,000.00

40,000.00

60,000.00

80,000.00

100,000.00

120,000.00

140,000.00

160,000.00

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Two lenses for measuring

Compliance Quality•Funding•Curriculum-focused•Supervision•Assessment•Achievement•Completion

•Participation•Learner-focused•Engagement•Personal knowledge•Success•Satisfaction

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