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Publication Date: 2019
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Sense of Irony or Perfect Timing: Examining the Research Supporting Proposed e-Learning Changes in Ontario
Barbour, Michael K.; LaBonte, Randy
International Journal of E-Learning & Distance Education, v34 n2 2019
Only weeks before the 2019 annual meeting of the American Education Research Association (AERA) was held in Toronto, Ontario, the provincial government announced a major reform of education for that province entitled "Education that Works for You -- Modernizing Classrooms". From an e-learning perspective the proposal called for a centralization of e-learning, a graduation requirement of four elearning courses, and increasing the class size limit for e-learning courses to 35 students. The AERA call for submissions for the 2020 meeting issued a challenge for scholars to 'connect with organizational leaders to examine collaboratively continuing educational problems... [and] programmatically engaging with educational organizations.' This article accepts that challenge and describes a collaboration between scholars and a pan-Canadian organization to examine the research behind each of these proposed elearning changes. Based on that collaboration, the authors explore the existing system of e-learning in Ontario and highlight the concerning lack of details in many aspects of the proposal, as well as a lack of research to support the proposed actions
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Blended Learning, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Centralization, Online Courses, Educational Research, Evidence Based Practice, Distance Education, Graduation Requirements, Class Size
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Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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