Instructional technology professor co-authors report for Canadian e-Learning Network
Charles Hodges, Ph.D., professor of instructional technology in the Department of Leadership, Technology and Human Development, participated in the completion of a report written for the Canadian e-Learning Network addressing P-12 online learning.
“While written for Canada, others involved with P-12 online learning may find it useful,” said Hodges.
The report was announced on the State of the Nation: K-12 e-Learning in Canada project website and addresses differences in online learning versus emergency remote learning for P-12 schools as well as infrastructure and policies concerns that have surfaced during the necessary and sudden switch to remote learning.
“Unfortunately, the sudden move to, and reliance on, online learning has highlighted issues of concern such as the need for better high-speed internet access for the world’s population, teacher workloads, teacher preparation for designing, developing, and facilitating online learning, and societal structures for supporting learning online from home,” Hodges writes in the foreward of the report.
“Evidence is presented in this report that K-12 online learning should not be under indictment. The skills and knowledge are readily available to prepare for K-12 online learning at scale. It is clear from this report, and our lived experience in 2020, that much more attention is needed toward teacher preparation, infrastructure, education policy, and society to be able to maintain instructional continuity during a crisis.”
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