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PTDEA 2015 - State of the nation: K-12 online learning in Canada
Barbour, M. K. (2015, October). State of the nation: K-12 online learning in Canada. A presentation at the annual meeting of the Provincial and Territorial Distance Education Association, Yellowknife, NT.
Associate Professor of Instructional Design, College of Education & Health Services
Barbour, M. K. (2015, October). State of the nation: K-12 online learning in Canada. A presentation at the annual meeting of the Provincial and Territorial Distance Education Association, Yellowknife, NT.
9.
Na-onal
Overview
-‐
Regula-ons
1. Legisla-ve
language
to
specifically
govern
DE
• NS,
BC
2. Policy
handbooks
outlining
regula-on
to
par-cipate
in
DE
• NB,
ON,
MB
3. Individual
agreements
with
DE
programs
• PE,
ON,
BC,
YK,
NT,
NV,
Federal
(some)
4. None
• NL,
QC,
SK
10.
Trends
1. K–12
distance
educa-on
con-nues
to
grow
each
year.
2. BeVer
data
collec-on
is
needed
to
be
able
to
understand
the
exact
level
of
K–12
distance
educa-on.
3. Blended
learning
is
pervasive,
but
oYen
not
recognized
as
blended
learning.
4. Few
research
efforts,
limited
research
support,
but
more
research
is
required
to
beVer
guide
policy
makers.