THE CIDER SESSIONS
WEBINAR SERIES FOR DISTANCE EDUCATION RESEARCH
The CIDER Sessions are an online, open and free seminar series through which researchers or research groups can present their work to a broad audience of fellow researchers, practitioners, and students from across Canada and around the world. If you have recent research for our CIDER audience, contact Dan Wilton.
UPCOMING SESSIONS
May 6, 2026
State of the Nation 2025: K-12 E-Learning in Canada
Michael Barbour, Randy LaBonte
The 2025 issue of the State of the Nation: K-12 E-Learning in Canada report marks its eighteenth year, and the thirteenth year of the Canadian eLearning Network's (CANeLearn) support of this research. The report continues to be Canada's own...
State of the Nation 2025: K-12 E-Learning in Canada
Michael Barbour, Randy LaBonte
The 2025 issue of the State of the Nation: K-12 E-Learning in Canada report marks its eighteenth year, and the thirteenth year of the Canadian eLearning Network's (CANeLearn) support of this research. The report continues to be Canada's own...
September 16, 2026
Reframing Disability in the Online Writing Centre: How Photovoice and Generative AI Inform the Practice of Parasupport
Cara Violini
A higher representation of students with disabilities choose to learn online because of accessibility, flexibility, the privacy to disclose disability or not, and the affordance to schedule around interruptions in health or challenges exacerbated by...
Reframing Disability in the Online Writing Centre: How Photovoice and Generative AI Inform the Practice of Parasupport
Cara Violini
A higher representation of students with disabilities choose to learn online because of accessibility, flexibility, the privacy to disclose disability or not, and the affordance to schedule around interruptions in health or challenges exacerbated by...
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