Online Courses: Communities of Learning
We see our online courses as Communities of Learning. While they can be used by individuals, they can also be used with a group of students, staff teams, or a peer group. We believe that individual reflection combined with group dialogue deepens and transforms our teaching practice. Each person can engage the modules individually then join for a conversation to share their reflections — either in-person or in a video meeting. The modules can also be used with a group in “real time” — in person, sharing a large screen, or remotely using a video call.
Each Community of Learning online course includes videos, resources, reflections, and strategies to prompt conversations and thinking among early learning educators and teachers-in-training.
Some of our Community of Learning online courses have been developed in response to our “real time” Online Conversations at Early Learning Cafe – group conversations with Canadian and international leaders and thinkers in the field of early learning.
Communities of Learning support your learning goals anytime, anywhere, in whatever format works for you.
Community of Learning Modules are:
- Inspirational spaces for early learning educators to deepen their thinking about what, why, and how we teach young children.
- Flexible professional learning that is accessible in-person, online, or as a hybrid of both in-person and online.
- Engaging learning experiences that can be easily adapted to individual and group time constraints and geographical needs.
- Valuable resources for pedagogical leaders, workshop facilitators and teacher trainers, who seek to guide and prompt thinking and conversations among early learning educators.
In each module you will find:
- Short video clips featuring leaders and thinkers in the field of early learning
- Reflective activities to deepen educators’ thinking about their teaching practice
- Practical ideas and resources to support teachers’ work with young children
- Certificate of participation
Course Bundles
Drawing as Thinking
This series of 5 learning modules introduces early learning educators, caregivers, and students to children’s drawing and mark making as a language. Purchase separately or as a bundle.
Democratic Spaces in Early Learning
This series of 4 modules with guest Suzanne Axelsson teaches early learning educators, caregivers, and students how to create democratic early learning environments.
Environments that Support Risk Taking
This series of 4 course modules with guest Susan Stacey introduces early learning educators, caregivers, and students to how managed risk-taking is essential for children’s learning.
Full Course Catalogue
CL2a-Environments that Support Risk Taking: Module 1
By Susan RamsayIn this FREE Community of Learning module, we explore the idea of risk-taking as an educator in our contexts. This mo...
CL2b-Environments that Support Risk Taking: Module 2
By Susan RamsayIn this Community of Learning module, we explore the idea of risk-taking as an educator in our contexts. This module ...
CL2c-Environments that Support Risk Taking: Module 3
By Susan RamsayIn this Community of Learning module, we explore the idea of risk-taking as an educator in our contexts. This module ...
CL2d-Environments that Support Risk Taking: Module 4
By Susan RamsayIn this Community of Learning module, we explore the idea of risk-taking as an educator in our contexts. This module ...
CL3a-Democratic Spaces for Early Learning: Module 1
By Susan RamsayAs educators we talk a lot about inclusion and belonging. Yet rarely do we talk about democracy in early learning pro...
CL3b-Democratic Spaces for Early Learning: Module 2
By Susan RamsayIn Democratic Spaces for Early Learning Module 2, Suzanne Axelsson draws our attention to the ways we communicate wit...
CL3c-Democratic Spaces for Early Learning: Module 3
By Susan RamsayIn Democratic Spaces for Early Learning Part 3, we listen closely for children’s voices, knowing that democratic spac...
CL3d-Democratic Spaces for Early Learning: Module 4
By Susan RamsayIn Democratic Spaces for Early Learning Part 4, we analyze equality and equity. With this lens we explore how to empo...
CL4a-Drawing as Thinking: Module 1
By Susan RamsayIn Drawing as Thinking Part 1, we begin to explore the experience and purpose of drawing to children. We also conside...
CL4b-Drawing as Thinking: Module 2
By Susan RamsayIn this second Drawing as Thinking module, Debi invites us to think more deeply about drawing as a language that is s...
CL4c-Drawing as Thinking: Module 3
By Susan RamsayIn this third Drawing as Thinking module, we focus on the influence of developmental stage theorists on current teach...
CL4d-Drawing as Thinking: Module 4
By Susan RamsayIn this fourth module, Debi offers insights into how educators can deepen children’s wonderings and theory making thr...
CL4e-Drawing as Thinking: Module 5
By Susan RamsayIn this final module of Drawing as Thinking we focus on the pleasures of drawing, and how educators can tap into the...
CL5-Story Power
By Susan RamsayThe stories of wonder and discovery that we create, share and tell with children each and every day shapes their enga...
CL6-Learning Stories
By Susan RamsayLearning Stories – empowering stories for early learning educators, children and their families.
This mini e...
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