LaBonte, R., & Barbour, M. K. (2014, October). Canadian e-learning network. A presentation at the annual meeting of the Provincial and Territorial Distance Education Association, Winnipeg, MN.

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. 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.

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

5. CANeLearn is committed to research by:
Staying current aRnde psaretiacipractihng
in studies
Staying
Current
Promoting Promoting reseaPrchr oopmporotutniitoiens
Opportunities
Disseminating Disseminating reseaSrchh arersiunltsg
Results

6. CANeLearn is committed to collaboration by:
Partnerships Supporting ParPtnearrshtipnsers
Sharing ProfessionPal rLeoar-nDing
Opportunities
Professional
Learning
Finding efficiencies through
technologies and shared
services
Technology
Finding
Efficiencies

7. CANeLearn is committed to championing by:
Post-secondary
Institutions
Working with post-secondary
institutions to
connect pre-service and in-service
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

8. Building partnerships
• Data analytics (Junyo)
– “smart” data metrics and intuitive system
– Serves the right content to the right student at the right time
• Sharing resources (www.geniosity.ca – Nelson Education)
– free and fee-based digital content providers in one place, helps
educators find and integrate curriculum-relevant resources to
complement their individual teaching style
– Vetted content, searchable, integrates with LMS
• Sharing among members (iEdit – http://z4.zenlive.ca/ community)
– Collaborative workspace, groups and documents
– Live web-conferencing built in (Zenlive)

9. Founding Directors
• Michael Canuel, CEO of LEARN (President) - QC
• Vince Hill, CEO/Executive Director Credenda Virtual High School Inc. (Vice-president)
- 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. FEB/MAY
JULY
Oct 2012 Spring 2013 July 2013 Jul 2014 Sep 2014
July
2012
Summer Summit
Participants from across
Canada met in Toronto
2013
BC & AB Meetings
Finalized documents
2014
Ontario Symposium
Ontario networking event York U
iNACOL Meeting
Participants met in New
Orleans .
OCT
2012
Summer Summit
Participants met in
Montreal.
JULY
2013
AGM
First AGM held online.
SEP
2014
CANeLearn Timeline

11. Initial Activities
•Create strategies to support
pooling and sharing of resources
•Fostering PD specific to blended
and online learning
•Working to support pre-service
tech certificate course/program
•Consolidating and fostering
research in blended/online (State
of the Nation report, others)
•Finding new ways to measure
learning success
Initial Launch
•Fall Summit October 29, 2013 as
part of an iNACOL presentation
•BC April conference partnership
•July 2014 summit in Ontario
•First AGM Sep 2014
•Inaugural organizational
memberships available
•Planning to create affiliations
with iNACOL, CEA, CeLEA, CNIE,
and other organizations

12. State of the Nation: K-12 Online Learning in Canada
• “The State of the Nation: K-12 Online Learning in Canada has
become a key benchmark for the expanding use of technology-supported
blended and online learning in Canada.”
• Michael Barbour (online)
– Connecting data
– Representing innovation in Canada
– Vignettes
– Online research repositories
• iNACOL (http://www.inacol.org/) & Michigan Virtual
Learning Research Institute (http://www.mvlri.org/)
Research Clearinghouse (http://k12onlineresearch.org/)
• Development of our own CANeLearn repository

13. Innovation in Canada
• Four outstanding programs and educators were nominated by CANeLearn
for innovation awards presented by iNACOL (International Association for
K-12 Online Learning http://www.inacol.org/members/awards/).
• The iNACOL Innovator Awards recognize learning practices, new research
and individual achievements in the field of blended and online learning.
• CANeLearn nominees were:
– Josh Gray from the Thames Valley District School Board, London ON;
– The Navigate Program of the North Island Distance Education School,
Courtenay BC;
– Michael Barbour (Canadian researcher); and
– Maurice Barry of the Centre for Distance Learning and Innovation, St.
John NL.

14. Partnering with P/TDEA
• Where can we find synergies?
• Complementary initiatives?
• Communication and sharing?
• Recognition for innovation in Canada?
• Networking opportunities?

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

16. THANK YOU
http://CANeLearn.net