Welcome to
Ontario Extend
We use technology to enable learning experiences.
Ontario Extend is a capacity building initiative that is grounded in the belief that the impact of learning should be the primary motivator for creating technology-enabled and online learning experiences. It aims to empower educators to explore a range of emerging technologies and pedagogical practices for effective online and technology-enabled teaching and learning.
It explores the skills, knowledge, and attributes required to extend and transform our teaching and learning practices and to enrich our professional development.
The intent of these resources is to provide the basis for more deliberate course design and digital pedagogical practice.
The framework for these resources is grounded in the model for the Anatomy of 21st Century Educators as described by Simon Bates (2014) and is supported by six modules: Teacher for Learning, Technologist, Curator, Collaborator, Experimenter and Scholar and a Domain of One’s Own project.
ANATOMY OF AN EMPOWERED EDUCATOR
An understanding of how students learn and how to design effective learning activties and experiences
Sharing and enhancing one’s own educational approaches through collaborations within, across, and between disciplines
A producer and consumer of appropriate educational resources through sharing and development
An openness to try, reflect, and learn from new approaches and technologies to support student learning
Fluency using learning technology in educationally effective ways
An awareness and appreciation of effective, research-based, discipline appropriate pedagogical approaches
ANATOMY OF AN EMPOWERED EDUCATOR
An understanding of how students learn and how to design effective learning activties and experiences
A producer and consumer of appropriate educational resources through sharing and development
Sharing and enhancing one’s own educational approaches through collaborations within, across, and between disciplines
An openness to try, reflect, and learn from new approaches and technologies to support student learning
Fluency using learning technology in educationally effective ways
An awareness and appreciation of effective, research-based, discipline appropriate pedagogical approaches
Adapted from Simon Bates’ description of the 21st century educator (2014). For more on the Empowered Education, see extend.ecampusontario.ca
