Session 22

How are we doing? Are Canadian postsecondary institutions ready for distance and distributed learning? How are we doing? Are Canadian postsecondary institutions ready for distance and distributed learning?

Abstract:

Over the last two years, the Canadian Association for Distance Education (now the Canadian Network for Innovation in Education (CNIE)) and the Office of Learning Technologies (OLT) funded three researchers, Drs. Kathleen Matheos and Bonnie Luterbach, University of Manitoba, and Raymond Guy, Collège Boréal, to complete a research project. The project goal was to identify indicators of institutional readiness for and barriers to the development and implementation of distance and distributed learning initiatives. The research culminated in the development of a bilingual, online survey to be administered to Canadian post-secondary educational institutions.

At this session the researcher will present an overview of the project, which included a literature review and interviews with senior institutional administrators across Canada, along with the preliminary survey findings. The preliminary survey findings will be used as a baseline and profile of Canadian postsecondary institutions’ readiness for the development and implementation of distance and distributed learning initiatives.

Presenter: Dr. Bonnie Luterbach

Dr. Bonnie Luterbach is the Associate Director and Senior Instructional Designer, Distance and Online Education, at the University of Manitoba. She has worked as an educator in the secondary, college, and university systems, with twenty years experience directly related to projects involving media and distance/distributed learning.

Format: 40 minute presentation and discussion

Language: English