SK DE Academy 2013 - State of the Nation: K-12 Online Learning in Canada.

Michael Barbour
Michael BarbourProfessor of Instructional Design, College of Education & Health Services
State of the Nation Study: K-12 Online
Learning in Canada

Michael K. Barbour
Sacred Heart University
SK DE Academy 2013 - State of the Nation: K-12 Online Learning in Canada.
SK DE Academy 2013 - State of the Nation: K-12 Online Learning in Canada.
Methodology
National Trends: Regulation
• Many provinces and territories have some
reference to distance education in the
Education Act or Schools Act
– This is changing!

• regulation of K–12 distance education is the
use of contracts with MoE or policy
handbooks

• British Columbia and Nova Scotia are major
exceptions
National Overview - Regulations
National Overview - Regulations
National Trends: Activity
• Growth of K-12 distance education is quite
uneven
– Reported growth in some jurisdictions may be due to
better accounting

• Participation in blended learning is not
counted in most instances
National Overview - Activity
National Overview - Activity
National Overview - Activity
National Trends
• K–12 distance education continues to grow
• Correspondence education continues to be
prevalent

• Blended learning is seen as effective ICT
• Unions remain cautiously supportive
• Several jurisdictions have made dramatic
changes over the past five years
Conclusions / Take-Aways
• Regulatory behaviour varies considerably from
no to extensive regulations
• Level of activity is increasing nationally, but to
what level we just can’t tell definitively
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Director of Doctoral Studies
Sacred Heart University, USA
mkbarbour@gmail.com
http://www.michaelbarbour.com
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