Session 21

Made in Manitoba: A Partnership Approach to Web-based Course Implementation

Session Description:

Will virtual learning displace bricks-and-mortar schools? Not in Manitoba! Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth acknowledges the importance of maintaining its traditional schools, for the educational lives of Manitoba students and for the sustainability of many community schools. At the same time, it understands students’ needs for flexible scheduling and increased learning options.

In this session, Debra Parker describes how schools and school divisions can integrate Department-developed web-based courses into existing school programming and how this cooperative, blended-learning approach helps meet social needs of adolescent learners, while taking advantage of important in-school supports. The session is of special relevance to S1 to S4 administrators and to teachers interested in on-line delivery in Manitoba.

Presenter: Debra Parker, Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth

Debra Parker is a Distributed Learning Consultant at Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth. Before joining the Department in 1999, she taught middle years and senior years learners in various rural and urban school contexts. She works out of Distance Learning and Information Technologies Unit offices in Winnipeg and Wawanesa, Manitoba, and collaborates with teachers and administrators all over the province. Debra recently completed her Masters degree in Curriculum and is now considering Post Graduate work in Educational Administration. She is a newly wed and lives with her husband and their dog in Winnipeg.