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
Report Review – The Implications of Virtual Teaching and Learning in Ontario’s Publicly Funded Schools, K-12
On Monday we posted a quick note about two reports that were released by the Ontario Teachers’ Federation (OTF) – see Continuing to Confound – Ontario Teachers’ Federation Research Reports – and in that entry we indicated that we would
Report Review – Schools, Austerity & Privatization in the Pandemic Era
Yesterday we posted a quick note about two reports that were released by the Ontario Teachers’ Federation (OTF) – see Continuing to Confound – Ontario Teachers’ Federation Research Reports – and in that entry we indicated that we would attempt
Continuing to Confound – Ontario Teachers’ Federation Research Reports
Last week the Ontario Teachers’ Federation (OTF) issued a press release entitled Research reports condemn mandatory virtual learning, Ontario Government’s pandemic education policies – Recovery strategies for student learning needed. In that release, the OTF discussed the findings of two
Annual Ontario School Survey 2021–22: A perfect storm of stress
This past Friday one of our researchers received the latest issue of the MindShare Learning Report and noticed this item (see below). View this email in your browser Click Here to Subscribe Now! Top 10 Issue #296, March 25, 2022
Report – Tracking the Impacts of the Pandemic on Digital Learning in Ontario 2021
This month eCampus Ontario released the following report and infographic. Tracking the Impacts of the Pandemic on Digital Learning in Ontario 2021 The 2021 Ontario Report on the annual National Survey of Online and Digital Learning focuses on the ongoing
Virtual Learning 2022-23
So today is the deadline to sign up for virtual learning for the coming 2022-23 school year in the Toronto District School Board. The information was posted as: Virtual Learning 2022-23 The Toronto District School Board is asking families interested in
Ontario’s first fully virtual high school
Earlier this week, The Queen’s University Journal published an article entitled “Ontario’s first fully virtual high school hints at the future of public education.” In the article, the reporter described the creation of Ontario’s first fully public e-learning school that
Does Innovation Drive Use or Does Use Drive Innovation?
This title is a bit clunky, but it is designed to get at the chicken vs. egg idea behind whether policymakers should wait until all of the infrastructure is in place before embarking on innovative projects or if the announcement