K-12 Online Learning in Canada: Situating Newfoundland and Labrador in the National Context

Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015, 12:30-2 p.m.
ED-2030B

In their 2006 worldwide survey of departments of education, the North American Council for Online Learning indicated that “research has been done on several virtual schools in North America; however, little information is available about current K-12 e-learning initiatives across the world” (Powell & Patrick, 2006). After examining literature on K-12 online and blended learning a slightly revised quote could also have accurately apply to North America – research has been done on several virtual schools in the United States; however, little information is available about current K-12 online and blended learning initiatives throughout the rest of North America. Beginning in 2008, the annual State of the Nation: K-12 E-Learning in Canada reports have been addressing this lack of information about K-12 e-learning in Canada by examining the nature of policy and level of activity on a province-by-province, territory-by-territory basis.  This session will examine the trends from these last seven years, and situate the experience of Newfoundland and Labrador in this larger national context.

 


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