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

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Barbour, M. K. (2013, October). State of the Nation: K-12 online learning in Canada. A presentation to the 4th Annual DE Academy 2013 Conference, Humboldt, SK.

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.

National Trends: Regulation
? Many provinces and territories have some
reference to distance education in the
Education Act or Schools Act
�C This is changing!

? regulation of K�C12 distance education is the
use of contracts with MoE or policy
handbooks

? British Columbia and Nova Scotia are major
exceptions

National Trends: Activity
? Growth of K-12 distance education is quite
uneven
�C Reported growth in some jurisdictions may be due to
better accounting

? Participation in blended learning is not
counted in most instances

National Trends
? K�C12 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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