One of the trends we reported in the 2022 State of the Nation: K-12 E-Learning in Canada annual report was that after a significant increase in the number of students opting to study online during the 2020-21 school year (i.e.,
Surveying Interest In Virtual Schooling
This item from My Bancroft Now was interesting to me for a couple of reasons. HPEDSB gauging interest in future of Virtual School By Stephen Petrick Thursday, Mar. 9th, 2023 The Hastings & Prince Edward District School Board is doing
The Politicization of K-12 Online Learning in Ontario
One of the sentiments included in the 2022 annual report of the State of the Nation: K-12 e-Learning in Canada was that K-12 online learning has become more political in Canada than it had ever been. Part of this reality
A Canadian Education From Anywhere But…
This article from an unlikely source describes an interesting phenomenon that happens in Ontario – and as best we can tell – only in Ontario. Online courses help international students in STEM programs gain admission to Canadian universities Colin R.
News Article – School Cars: How trains brought classrooms to children in remote communities
This was an interesting item from yesterday’s Online Learning Daily produced by Stephen Downes. School Cars: how trains brought classrooms to children in remote communities | CBC Radio Alisa Siegel, CBC, 2023/01/12 I never knew about the school train program in
What is Teaching in Online Learning?
Anyone following the news this week is aware of the job action that is occurring in Ontario with CUPE members not reporting for work in response to the Government of Ontario imposing a contract and using the notwithstanding clause to
The Newest Terrible Idea- Canadian Edition
This past Thursday, John Watson of Evergreen Education Group (i.e., the folks behind the American version of this project) posted a blog entry entitled The newest terrible idea. The entry itself is about the use of non-unionized substituted teachers delivering
Ontario Teachers’ Federation Continues to Confound
So we have covered this very issue when it comes to the Ontario Teachers’ Federation (OTF) several times in the past (see here, here, and here). The OTF’s latest efforts to confound the remote learning experiences of the past two
News Article: Ontario school boards set virtual learning plans for 2022-23 year as interest drops
This article from the Canadian Press was brought to our attention in the past day or two – particular as a couple of different news outlets picked it up. Ontario school boards set virtual learning plans for 2022-23 year as
Challenges with Hybrid Learning?
This item appeared in a newsletter from the People for Education newsletter that was posted yesterday. [STUFF DELETED] New study uncovers challenges with hybrid learning and quadmesters Interviews with high school teachers conducted by researchers at the Ontario Institute for