The Online Learning Consortium and Instructure Announces Partnership to Reimagine Equitable and Inclusive Digital Learning Environments
December 06, 2021 at 08:30 am EST
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The Online Learning Consortium (OLC) announced a multi-year partnership with Instructure to collaborate on research projects and utilize Canvas LMS tools to enrich, support, and connect aspects of equitable and inclusive digital learning. As leaders in online, blended, and digital education, OLC continually seeks new opportunities to implement and model creative uses of technology that highlight the evidence-based practices widely used by faculty, designers and students in their educational work. In addition to topics that are technical in nature, faculty development programs are increasingly approaching topics such as self-care and caring for students. Over the multi-year term, the partnership will include: Hosting OLC professional development courses on the Canvas Learning Management System. OLC member access to Canvas Studio, access to the subscription training portal, project consulting and support services. Instructure as a partner on OLC's Institute for Emerging Leadership in Online Learning 2021 leadership development program, providing scholarships for participants. OLC as a partner in the Instructure Edtech Collective, a recently launched community of innovative companies and educators working together using a leading learning platform to create an open and extensible ecosystem. The partnership has already made a marked impact with new projects including: Work with the Association of Public & Land Universities and Achieving the Dream, through Every Learner Everywhere, to model communities of practice for discipline communities. A digital strategy workshop in Canvas for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), built with OLC Fellow Dr. Cristi Ford and Cengage, to promote inclusive and equitable access to higher education through professional development and mentorship opportunities for higher education leaders. An Engagement Platform for the OLC Accelerate 2021 conference that is accessible for a year after the conference for those interested in "attending" the event and viewing the sessions and related content asynchronously. Canvas and OLC also collaborate on leading professional development events including OLC Innovate, InstructureCon, and Canvas Caravan.
Instructure Holdings, Inc. is an education technology company. The Company personalizes, simplifies, organizes, and automates the entire learning lifecycle through technology. Its learning platform comprises solutions, including Canvas LMS, Canvas Studio, Canvas Catalog, Canvas Network, Canvas Credentials, Canvas Student Pathways, Mastery Assessment, Impact, Elevate Data Sync, Elevate K-12 Analytics, Elevate Data Quality, Elevate Standards Alignment, and LearnPlatform. Canvas LMS is designed to give education customers of all sizes and at every level an extensive set of flexible tools to support and enhance content creation, management, and delivery of face-to-face, blended and online instruction. Canvas Studio is an online video platform that integrates with Canvas LMS, which enables customers to host, manage, edit, and deliver video learning experiences. Canvas Catalog is a course catalog and registration system. The Companyâs learning platform supports educators and learners.
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