Sunday, October 25, 2026
Online Learning and Distance Education Resources — Moderated by Tony Bates, Research Associate, Contact North | Contact Nord

Corona-virus and online learning in k-12 schools: my unadvice + excellent advice from elsewhere

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I've not been blogging much because I've been a bit overwhelmed with work for obvious reasons the last month or so. However, I see...

Canadian post-secondary enrolments: the role of online learning

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Statistics Canada has published its latest report on student enrolments for the academic year 2017-2018. This coincides with the data from the latest report...

Results for 2019 survey of online learning in Canadian post-secondary institutions now available

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  Canadian Digital Learning Research Association (2019) National Survey of Online and Digital Learning 2019 National Report Halifax NS: Canadian Digital Learning Research Association CDLRA has...

The Coming Crisis in Canadian Post-secondary Education: 3 – Some strategies for survival

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The issue I have argued in earlier posts that universities and colleges (everywhere, not just Canada) need to move more quickly into digital learning for...

The Coming Crisis in Canadian Post-secondary Education: 2 – The Canadian context

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This is the second in a series of posts on this topic. The first post looked at external developments that will influence Canadian post-secondary...

Regional report on online learning in the provinces of Atlantic Canada

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Even though institutions are currently in the process of collecting and returning data for the 2019 survey of online learning in Canadian post-secondary institutions,...

Ontario: leading Canada in online learning

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A couple of months ago, the Canadian Digital Learning Research Association (CDLRA) provided eCampus Ontario, one of the survey's main sponsors, with a regional...

Who dunnit? Identifying the major online providers in Canadian post-secondary education

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The story so far In earlier posts about the Canadian Digital Learning Research Association's latest 2018 survey of online learning in Canadian post-secondary institutions, I...

Why are there few online programs in Canada’s Far North?

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What is north in Canada? In a country as vast as Canada, 'north' is always relative. Sudbury (46º N) is considered to be in Northern...

Is Western Canada falling behind in online learning?

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Reports from the 2018 survey The main public report on online and distance learning in Canadian post-secondary institutions was published last month and is available,...