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Rob McBride

Publications:

Man writing on whiteboard while looking at smartphone that is sitting on a desk with a tripod, with text overlaid on image that reads Fast Forward - An Analysis of Online and Distance Education Language Training (2007)
Fast Forward - An Analysis of Online and Distance Education Language Training (2007)
Published on: June 30, 2025
This research report provides a review and analysis of online and distance education language training in Canada. The report provides a set of recommendations for the implementation of online and distance education language training, including the need for increased access to online and blended learning opportunities, the need to address integrating culture in language learning, the need to provide robust learner orientation and professional development for instructors, ongoing and multi-modal communications, technical support and the development of a centralized repository of learning objects.
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Teaching in COVID-19 Times: Challenges, innovations, solutions, and opportunities (2021)
Published on: August 20, 2021
Based on research presented at the TESL Ontario Conference in November 2020, the authors examine here the challenges, innovations, solutions, and opportunities in education that have grown out of the sudden disruption and constraints due to COVID-19.
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2016-2017 LearnIT2Teach LINC Program Impact Evaluation Report (2018)
2016-2017 LearnIT2Teach LINC Program Impact Evaluation Report (2018)
Published on: August 12, 2021
To better understand the opportunities and challenges of blended learning uptake in LINC programs, the LearnIT2teach project conducted two surveys of LINC administrators and instructors (2012 and 2016-17) focused on the implementation of learning technologies in LINC programs undertaken in Ontario and across Canada.
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Learning Technology Innovation Leadership - Course Evaluation & Lessons for the Settlement Training Sector (2018)
Learning Technology Innovation Leadership - Course Evaluation & Lessons for the Settlement Training Sector (2018)
Published on: August 12, 2021
This report provides an evaluation of Learning Technology and Innovation Leadership courses delivered between 2015 and 2017.
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Narrative and Evaluation Report - Blended Learning Innovation for IRCC Settlement Language Training (2016)
Published on: August 12, 2021
This is the evaluation report on the LearnIT2teach project to 31 March 2016. It reflects the experience of the project to March 2016, and the central role that evaluation plays in guiding  development of the project’s products and assessing its impact on Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) programs.
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