bonstewartMay 30, 2023

Tuesday at #otessa23! very excited to hear Beyhan Farhadi's
work on crisis education policy & hybrid learning in Ontario.

she makes a clear distinction between hybrid (PP memorandum 164 - Aug 13/20) & Ontario's mandatory elearning policy

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appreciate @BBFarhadi highlighting the tension between media presentation of idealized middle classness - with space, quiet & digital resources for students learning at home - & the reality of students, during hybrid's early days
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May 30, 2023 at 2:28pmWeb
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finding: hybrid learning really challenged teachers' assessment practices, & focus groups brought out how teachers are often engaged in conversations related to practice & assessment
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additional tension that emerged in @BBFarhadi's work: hybrid created barriers & challenges for communities most impacted by societal inequity, yet at the same time racialized students were, in some districts, more likely to stay online longer
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the ways Boards enacted policy/training around hybrid learning are a core element of
Farhadi's #otessa23 presentation on the #ONTEd hybrid experience: diff attendance policies, diff training levels, etc.

+ unions' capacity to resist was overridden by crisis mode.

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key point: the context of crisis produces variables that exceed what can be captured by standardized measures. while there's a push for research into what happened in hybrid learning, this is a cautionary lesson to Boards considering experiments
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