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		<title>Photocopied education – textbook publishers fear copyright changes will kill their market</title>
		<description><![CDATA[National Post article on Bill C-32 and its implications for the publishing industry in Canada
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		<link>http://cerc-ca.org/photocopied-education-textbook-publishers-fear-copyright-changes-will-kill-their-market/</link>
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		<title>How accessible is online learning in Canada?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A report on virtual education in Canada released by the International  Association for K-12 Online Learning finds that online learning is  available throughout the country, but it is typically reserved for  students who cannot access traditional schools. &#8220;K-12 online learning  has historically been viewed as a substitute to be used when [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cerc-ca.org/how-accessible-is-online-learning-in-canada/</link>
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		<title>Digital ed. counsel issues “road map” for reform</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a recently released report  , the group led by former Govs. Jeb Bush and Bob Wise shows how states  can use digital learning as a catalyst for school reform. The  report offers 10 policy suggestions that would help improve online  learning and reform other aspects of education. Enhanced online and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cerc-ca.org/digital-ed-counsel-issues-road-map-for-reform/</link>
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		<title>Copyright law threatens Canadian content</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The  following OpEd item by 2010 CERC Chair Chris Besse — on the subject  of  the current copyright reform legislation –- appeared in the Edmonton Journal on October 6th, 2010: Copyright bill threat to our identity
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		<link>http://cerc-ca.org/copyright-law-threatens-canadian-content/</link>
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		<title>“As it Happens” interview on copyright and CanCon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Greg Nordal, President and CEO of Nelson Education was interviewed on CBC’s “As it Happens” on the subject of the new copyright bill and its implications for Canadian content in learning resources. Here is that interview:
http://www.cbc.ca/video/news/audioplayer.html?clipid=1641015908
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		<link>http://cerc-ca.org/%e2%80%9cas-it-happens%e2%80%9d-interview-on-copyright-and-cancon/</link>
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		<title>Children need both print and digital books</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There need not be a battle between digital  and print books for students, writes Gabrielle E. Miller, the national  executive director for the nonprofit Raising a Reader. Each option has  benefits for young readers and both are needed to ensure that children  are comfortable with e-book technology as well as with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cerc-ca.org/children-need-both-print-and-digital-books/</link>
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		<title>What’s next for educational technology?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Past  and present directors of the federal Office of Educational Technology  discuss in this article the history of education technology and what  technology educators can expect to be using in the coming years.  Educators and experts provide insight on how digital textbooks, iPads  and social media will change education T.H.E. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cerc-ca.org/what%e2%80%99s-next-for-educational-technology/</link>
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		<title>The education paradigm shift</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A brief and entertaining overview of Sir Kenneth Robinson’s thinking on the paradigm shift that needs to happen in education: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U&#38;sns=fb
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		<link>http://cerc-ca.org/the-education-paradigm-shift/</link>
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		<title>Author points to new technology</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A window on the future
Harvard University professor and author Paul E. Peterson advocates technology as a tool for teachers to reach each student&#8217;s individual &#8220;price point,&#8221; or the difficulty of material they are ready to learn. Peterson makes his case in this opinion article for customizing instruction through more online courses and other adaptive and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cerc-ca.org/author-points-to-new-technology/</link>
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		<title>iGeneration requires a different approach to instruction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The arrival and rapid dissemination of digital technology in the last decades of the 20th century fundamentally changed our students. Today&#8217;s students represent the first generation to grow up with this new technology.
A look at the technology culture divide
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		<link>http://cerc-ca.org/igeneration-requires-a-different-approach-to-instruction/</link>
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