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.

1. State
of
the
Na*on
Study:
K-­‐12
Online
Learning
in
Canada
Michael
K.
Barbour
Sacred
Heart
University

2. State of the Nation:
K–12 Online Learning in Canada
®
Written by
Michael K. Barbour,
Wayne State University

3. http://canelearn.net/state-of-the-nation-k-12-online-learning-in-canada/

5. Methodology

6. Na-onal
Overview
-­‐
Ac-vity

7. Na-onal
Overview
-­‐
Ac-vity

8. Na-onal
Overview
-­‐
Ac-vity

9. Na-onal
Overview
-­‐
Ac-vity
2013-14 2012-13

10. 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

11. 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.

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13. Your
Ques-ons
and
Comments

14. Director
of
Doctoral
Studies
Sacred
Heart
University,
USA
mkbarbour@gmail.com
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