{"id":3882,"date":"2014-06-07T18:41:11","date_gmt":"2014-06-08T00:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=3882"},"modified":"2014-09-12T11:57:06","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T17:57:06","slug":"where-ive-been-online-jun-7-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2014\/06\/07\/where-ive-been-online-jun-7-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Where I&#8217;ve Been Online (Jun 7, 2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><ul class=\"diigo-linkroll\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/canada2020.ca\/increasing-innovation-and-productivity\/opinion-excellence-and-equity-in-skills-and-higher-education-in-canada\/\">Opinion: Equity and Excellence in Skills and Higher Education in Canada | Canada 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-description\">&#8220;Canada has been a strong performer in post-secondary education and skills development for many years. On key measures we are at or near the top of international rankings and highly skilled Canadians contribute to economic prosperity, social innovation, and political and community well-being.<\/p>\n<p>But there are signs that Canada\u2019s performance may be deteriorating and, despite a commitment to equality, opportunities and achievement in skills and higher education have been poorly distributed across regions and groups. A new report from Canada 2020, Skills and Higher Education: Towards Excellence and Equity, reveals that we are not doing enough to achieve the levels of excellence and equity in skills and higher education we need to sustain a prosperous economy and fair society.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-tags\">tags:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/equity\">equity,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/skills\">skills,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/higher education\">higher education,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/education\">education,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/canada\">canada<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.torrancelearning.com\/2013\/06\/12\/decisions-decisions-about-learning-media\/\">TorranceLearning \u2013 Decisions, decisions \u2026 about learning media<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-description\">&#8220;At this very moment an instructional designer somewhere in the world is making a very important decision. In a perfect world, this decision is being made near the beginning of the project. Learning &amp; performance objectives are aligned with organizational outcomes and they\u2019ve been confirmed with stakeholders. Subject matter experts and actual learners have been engaged in the project. And then the decision.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-tags\">tags:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/decisions\">decisions,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/learning\">learning,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/media\">media,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/elearning\">elearning<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"diigo-ps\">Posted from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\">Diigo<\/a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-3882'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(3882);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(3882);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(3882);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Opinion: Equity and Excellence in Skills and Higher Education in Canada | Canada 2020 &#8220;Canada has been a strong performer in post-secondary education and skills development for many years. On key measures we are at or near the top of &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2014\/06\/07\/where-ive-been-online-jun-7-2014\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,14,24],"tags":[63,281,41,57,279,15,235,145,280],"class_list":["post-3882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educational-technology","category-general","category-teaching-learning","tag-canada","tag-decisions","tag-education","tag-elearning","tag-equity","tag-higher-education","tag-learning","tag-media","tag-skills"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-10C","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4030,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2014\/07\/14\/cmec-press-releases-press-releases-detail-ministers-and-key-partners-chart-path-forward-for-education-and-skills-in-canada-ministers-and-key-partners-chart-path-forward-for-education-and-skill\/","url_meta":{"origin":3882,"position":0},"title":"CMEC > Press Releases > Press Releases Detail > Ministers and Key Partners Chart Path Forward for Education and Skills in Canada > Ministers and Key Partners Chart Path Forward for Education and Skills in Canada","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"July 14, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"CMEC > Press Releases > Press Releases Detail > Ministers and Key Partners Chart Path Forward for Education and Skills in Canada > Ministers and Key Partners Chart Path Forward for Education and Skills in Canada. 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