Barbour, M. K. (2013, October). Canadian e-learning network. A presentation at the annual meeting of the Provincial and Territorial Distance Education Association, Ottawa, ON.

1. Canadian eLearning Network
http://CANeLearn.net

2. 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

3. CANeLearn Timeline
July
FEB
JULY
2012
2013
2013
Summer Summit
BC DL Meeting
Summer Summit
Participants from across
Canada met in Toronto
Participants met in
Vancouver
Participants from across
Canada met in Montreal
July 2012
Oct 2012
Feb 2013
May 2013
Jul 2013
iNACOL Meeting
ADLC Meeting
AGM
Participants met in New
Orleans .
Participants met in
Edmonton.
Participants meet in
Kamloops, BC for the AGM.
OCT
MAY
MAY
2012
2013
2014
May 2014

4. 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.

5. CANeLearn is committed to networking
through:
Building
Relationships
Building
relationships
Communication
Sharing
Innovation
Enhancing
communications with
members
Sharing resources and
best practices
Encouraging
innovation
Communicatio
n
Sharing
Innovation

6. CANeLearn is committed to research by:
Staying
Current
Promoting
Opportunities
Disseminating
Results
Staying current and participating in
Research
studies
Promoting research opportunities
Promotion
Disseminating research results
Sharing

7. CANeLearn is committed to collaboration by:
Partnerships
Professional
Learning
Finding
Efficiencies
Partners
Supporting Partnerships
Sharing Professional Learning
Opportunities
Pro-D
Finding efficiencies through
technologies and shared
services
Technology

8. CANeLearn is committed to championing by:
Post-secondary
Institutions
Working with postsecondary institutions to
connect pre-service and inservice teachers to online
and blended learning
Policy and
Standards
Informing policy and
professional standards
regionally, provincially
and nationally
Educating and
Promoting
Educating stakeholders
and promoting online
and blended learning to
all

9. Founding Directors
• Michael Canuel, CEO of LEARN (President) - QC
• Vince Hill, CEO/Executive Director Credenda Virtual High School Inc. (Vicepresident) - SK
• Terri Reid, Learning Service Coordinator Blackgold School Division No.18:
Black Gold Online Program (Secretary) - AB
• Howard Burston, Director, IT Manitoba First Nations Education Resource
Centre (Treasurer) - MB
• Michael Barbour, Director of Doctoral Studies Sacred Heart University
(Director) - ON
• Greg Bitgood, Superintendent Heritage Christian Schools (Director) - BC
• Kevin Wttewaall, Director of Technology for Learning Rocky View School
Division (Director) - AB

10. Initial Activities
Initial Launch
•Create strategies to support
pooling and sharing of resources,
including creating a repository to
support this
•Fall Summit October 29, 2013 as
part of an iNACOL presentation
•Fostering professional
development specific to blended
and online learning
•Inaugural organizational
memberships available
•Finding new ways to measure
learning success
•First AGM May 2014
•Planning to create affiliations with
iNACOL and CNIE (Canadian
Network for Innovation in
Education)

11. Contact Information
• Randy LaBonte
– Acting/Executive Director
– rlabonte@canelearn.net
• Verena Roberts
– Acting/Chief Innovation Officer
– verenaroberts@canelearn.net
http://CANeLearn.net

12. Contact Information
Director of Doctoral Studies
Isabelle Farrington College of Education
Sacred Heart University
mkbarbour@gmail.com
http://www.michaelbarbour.com

13. THANK YOU
http://CANeLearn.net