K-12 Online Teacher Training Program based on eCampusOntario Extend program (https://extend.ecampusontario.ca/)

1. CANeLearn Augment
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CANeLearn.net
Micro-Credential K-12
Professional Learning Program
For teaching and learning in
Online Learning Environments
May 29th – Online presentation

2. Presenters

3. About the Canadian eLearning Network
• CANeLearn is a pan-Canadian network of K-12 online and blended
learning schools, organizations, and educators
• Focus is on PD, research, sharing resources
• Intent is to leverage our Canadian collective to promote online and
blended, or e-learning
MISSION
To be the leading voice in Canada for learner
success in K-12 online and blended learning.
https://CANeLearn.net

4. https://k12sotn.ca/

5. What is Class Size??

6. Education in Canada

7. Pan Canadian Trends
Centralized or Decentralized?
Online or Classroom?
• Smaller jurisdictions centralize, larger decentralize
• No significant difference in completion rates
• Completion rates for online BC 89%, ON up to 94%
• CDLI (NL): 86.8% completion vs. 80.9% in classrooms
• Medium or model not the difference – teachers are
– The truck that delivers groceries does not change nutrition
• Researchers constantly asked does blended and online learning work?
The better question?
Under what conditions can they work?
https://canelearn.net/which-is-more-effective-centralized-or-decentralized/

8. https://canelearn.net/what-does-online-learning-really-look-like/

9. COVID-19

10. Emergency Remote Teaching
In an emergency such as this:
“Triage is not the
same as best
practice”
Dr. Tony Bates
https://www.tonybates.ca/tonys-publications/
Key leader of distance ed – Interview here https://youtu.be/OEZU89Drkj4

11. Emergency Remote Teaching: Issues
CANeLearn.net/emergency-remote-teaching/

12. Community of Inquiry
https://coi.athabascau.ca/coi-model/
Scholarly
articles cited
by thousands
of education
researchers
Garrison, D. R., Anderson,
T., & Archer, W.
(2000). Critical inquiry in
a text-based
environment: Computer
conferencing in higher
educationmodel. The
Internet and Higher
Education, 2(2-3), 87-105.

13. CANeLear
n
Augment:
Leadershi
p
for
Digital
Learning
Purpose: Why digital learning?
Preparation: What is required
to support students at a
distance?
Practice: How do you prepare
teachers for digital learning
environments? Students?
Policy: What is required to
sustain digital learning
programs?

14. Leadership
in/for Digital
Learning
Purpose: Why digital learning?

15. How do you connect with remote
Purpose: Why digital learning?

16. Preparation: What is required to support
students at a distance?

17. Leadership
in/for Digital
Learning
Practice: How do you prepare teachers for
digital learning environments? Students?

18. Policy: What is required to sustain digital
learning programs?

19. Leadership
in/for Digital
Learning
Policy: What is required to sustain digital
learning programs?

20. How do we transition from just
content?

21. By Matbury - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32442058

22. CANeLearn is partnering with eCampusOntario to support a
Micro-credential pilot program for K-12 teachers in Canada
• Leads to post-secondary credit for diploma and Masters programs
at accredited Canadian universities
• National nonprofit accredits and credentials teacher learning –
certifying for post-secondary recognition

23. Ontario Extend – funded by the province of
Ontario
https://extend.ecampusontario.ca/

24. https://extend.ecampusontario.ca/

25. This “anatomy” and the belief that the impact
on learning should be the primary motivator
for creating technology-enabled and online
learning experience

26. CANeLearn Augment

27. CANeLearn Augment

29. Evidence of Learning is Assessed

30. Micro-credential Certificate is Issued

31. Pilot Project Testimonials

32. Our goal…
• Foster effective and engaging online pedagogy
• Oversee the extension of K-12 educator’s
professional practice
• Augment teacher’s digital learning skills
• To offer a rigorous, applied, and recognized
program
• To scaffold teacher professional learning into
university degree programs

33. Next steps
1. How does the direction the
Canadian eLearning Network is
taking in Canada fit in your
context?
2. How can CANeLearn help to
address your needs?
3. What are the next steps?

34. 34
Thank You -- Merci!
Dr. Randy LaBonte et Dr. Michael Canuel
rlabonte@canelearn.net
mcanuel@learnquebec.ca
CANeLearn.net
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