Ontario Online Learning

• Ontario schools shift to virtual learning amid surge in COVID-19 cases

  Students across Ontario logged on to virtual classrooms as a new school term began on Wednesday.

  Health

  Jan 5, 2022
  
• ‘It’s really disappointing’: Ontario parents, teachers brace for virtual learning

  Students, parents and teachers in Ontario are bracing for another stint of virtual education after the province announced Monday that schools would not reopen.

  Education

  Jan 4, 2022
  
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• Educators, advocacy groups raise alarm about Ontario’s online learning plan

  Ontario education unions, advocacy groups and parents are raising concerns about a government plan to offer an online learning option for the next school year.

  Education

  May 5, 2021
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• Online learning has become a COVID-19 reality. But experts say kids aren’t thriving online

  Experts argue that making remote learning a permanent solution in schools will hinder students' learning and may have unintended long-term consequences.

  Canada

  Apr 15, 2021
• Coronavirus: Delayed start for online classes as demand grows in some Ontario school boards

  Three Toronto-area boards say they've seen a surge in parents opting to keep their kids out of the classroom during the COVID-19 pandemic in the eleventh hour, further complicating the already difficult task of co-ordinating classes.

  Education

  Sep 14, 2020
• Coronavirus: Peterborough-area school boards lending devices for distance learning

  Peterborough Victoria Northumberland Clarington Catholic District School Board will loan Chromebooks and iPads to help students with e-learning amid the COVID-19 crisis.

  Education

  Apr 8, 2020
• Coursework could go on if coronavirus keeps Ontario schools closed: minister

  "We want to make this clear: no graduating student will have their ability to graduate impacted by the two-week closure and the COVID19 developments," the education minister wrote.

  Education

  Mar 22, 2020