The 2017 national survey of online learning in Canadian post-secondary education: methodology and results

• Published in: International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 1 - 17
• Main Author: Bates, Tony
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 30.07.2018; Springer Nature B.V; SpringerOpen
• Subjects: Bates, Tony; CAI; Canada; Colleges & universities; Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences; Computer assisted instruction; Computer Science; Computers and Education; Distance education; Distance learning; Educational Objectives; Educational Resources; Educational Technology; Higher Education; Humanities; Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet); Law; Online instruction; Online learning; Polls & surveys; Post-secondary education; Research Article; Secondary Education; Statistics for Social Sciences; Student Financial Aid; Survey methodology; The universities of the future: educational and organizational challenges; Universities; Canada; Distance education; Canada; Survey methodology; Online learning; Post-secondary education
• ISSN: 2365-9440; 2365-9440
• DOI: 10.1186/s41239-018-0112-3

Canada has a long history of online and distance education, but until 2017 there had been no comprehensive national data on online enrolments in both the university and college sectors. However, in 2017 a team of independent Canadian researchers, working in collaboration with the Babson Survey Research Group and WCET in the USA, raised the funding and conducted a national survey of online learning in all public post-secondary institutions in Canada. The results from the survey are presented and discussed, as well as plans for further studies in the future.