CANeLearn June Updates

An update from a pan-Canadian e-learning organization.

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Greetings from CANeLearn! 

As we look forward to the summer, and summer school or professional learning for some, this month’s email offers updates on what you can expect starting in September from our network of online education leaders, including:

• AI in Education
• New research directions
• Partner hybrid events: Toronto (October 22) and Victoria (April 30 – May 2)
• Don’t miss out on sponsorship opportunities!

Randy LaBonte, CEO Canadian eLearning Network (CANeLearn.net)

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CANeLearn Board: Research Update

The CANeLearn board finalized plans for future research and is seeking funding for research analyses and summaries publications through a new “Contributing Member” for organizational membership starting at $2500 annually.  Research is beginning on the following key topics:

1. Effective asynchronous and synchronous models, practices, strategies, and design, including how to offer them in conjunction;
2. Analysis of Distance and Online Learning literature about Indigenous students and programs; and
3. A collection of resources, papers, and strategies on the use and implications of generative AI in education (many created and curated by LEARN).

Check out CANeLearn publications here and see new blog posts and publications on the State of the Nation website.

Also, we again invite online school administrators to contribute information in support of the annual State of the Nation: K-12 e-Learning in Canada research study.

Add your online school’s data to the K-12 e-Learning Program Survey.

News and Resources

Breaking…

Do smartphones really cause mental illness among adolescents? – Ten problems with Jonathan Haidt’s book (The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness)

• Via Stephen Downes’ @OLDaily

In the AI News

AI & Education: 2023 in Review – Dr. Phil

• Popular tools for content were ChatGPT 4, Dall-e, WellSaid Labs, Synthesia & Colossyan;
• ChatGPT & Claude for brainstorming; and
• Download a PDF version of the report here.

OpenAI competitor Anthropic announces its most powerful AI yet – CNBC

• Claude 3.5 Sonnet, its most powerful artificial intelligence model yet, is free for all users

A Guide to the GPT-4o ‘Omni’ Model – GSV: AI & Education

• Limited free use available

New Research: Educators Still Struggling with Generative AI Detection, Discipline, and Distrust, Despite Increased School Guidance – Center for Democracy & Technology

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Resources

Introduction to AI in Education – a LEARN & CANeLearn Module

• CC-licensed, free to use, copy and distribute; and
• From the Teaching and Learning Online (TLO) CANeLearn course.

MVLRI Research Clearinghouse – Quarterly Update

FREE Financial Literacy Courses Online for Indigenous Communities – from IndigenousTech.ai

Check out our partner events!

The BOLTT Conference provides opportunities to learn, share, and network around promising practices, including:

• Innovative practices in online course development, delivery, assessment, communication, and student tracking and reporting in an eLearning, hybrid learning, or blended learning environment for elementary, secondary, or adult learners, or special programs;
• Impactful tools to enhance digital course instruction or assessment; and
• Unique online learning programs, projects, and initiatives.

Registration starts in September

Check out sponsorship opportunities here!

The 22nd Annual Digital Learning Symposium (#DLsymp25) hybrid event is at the beautiful Downtown Victoria Conference Centre. 

Join us April 30th – May 2nd in Victoria – Canada’s West Coast Jewel!

CANeLearn Partner Events

Stay Connected!

• Use #CANeLearn for items of interest to members. Join the conversation!
• Follow @CANeLearn, “like” us on Facebook, subscribe to our YouTube Channel
• Join CANeLearn – only $50 for associate membership!

Join today!

CANeLearn acknowledges the shíshálth Nation on whose traditional territories, here at xwilkway (Halfmoon Bay BC), where we are privileged to live, work, and play. Through our work, we are learning to incorporate Indigenous epistemologies while supporting Indigenization and systemic changes in the K-12 online learning environment of Canada.

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The Canadian eLearning Network (CANeLearn) is a Canadian registered not-for-profit society with a vision to be the leading voice in Canada for learner success in K-12 online and blended learning.  CANeLearn provides members with networking, collaboration, and research opportunities..

CANeLearn promotes effective practice in online and blended learning; fosters community and facilitates interaction among online and blended learning educators; and connects educators to online and blended learning organizations.

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