Canadian Research

Canadian Digital Learning Research Association/ Association canadienne de recherche sur la formation en ligne

Bay View Analytics was one of the founding partners of Canadian Digital Learning Research Association/ Association canadienne de recherche sur la formation en lign in 2017. Since then, Bay View Analytics has worked with CDLRA/ACRFL every year to conduct a pan-Canadian survey of Online and Digital Learning, and publish national and regional reports of the results. In 2020, Bay View Analytics partnered with CDLRA/ACRFL to expand its research initiatives with short pulse surveys to faculty and administrators at Canadian post-secondary institutions throughout the year.

Prior to 2017, there had been no such tracking of online learning in Canada. In 2017, Dr. Tony Bates and a team of researchers partnered with Bay View Analytics and the Western Co-operative for Educational Technology (WCET) for the first Canadian National Survey of Online and Digital Learning. Since then CDLRA/ACRFL has tracked changes in online offerings, learning technologies, and digital strategies at publicly-funded, post-secondary institutions across the country.

Bay View Analytics has been a central part of CDLRA/ACRFL since the beginning, developing and administering the surveys, conducting the data analysis, and authoring reports in partnership with others at CDLRA/ACRFL.

2025

2025 Pan-Canadian Report (PDF: Opens in a new window) / Rapport pancanadien 2025 (PDF: Opens in a new window)

2024

2024 Pan-Canadian Report (PDF: Opens in a new window) / Rapport pancanadien 2024 (PDF: Opens in a new window)

2020

2020 National Report (PDF: Opens in a new window) / Rapport National 2020 (PDF: Opens in a new window)
2020 Ontario Report (PDF: Opens in a new window)/Rapport de l’Ontario 2020 (PDF: Opens in a new window)
TESS Conference presentation (PDF: Opens in a new window) (hosted by eCampusOntario)
Ready or Not, the Fall Semester is Here (PDF: Opens in a new window) (webinar hosted by eCampusOntario with panelists Mary Burgess and Dr. Gavan Watson)
Canadian Higher Education Fall 2020: Business as Unusual (PDF: Opens in a new window) (webinar hosted by eCampusOntario with panelists Dr. Tony Bates and Dr. David Porter)
Canadian Higher Education in Fall 2020: Multiple Online and Hybrid Learning Scenarios (PDF: Opens in a new window) (CDLRA report)
Professional Development for the 2020 Fall Semester: How to Help Faculty and Administrators Prepare (PDF: Opens in a new window) (article published in University Affairs)
How Do Faculty and Administrators Imagine the Future of Higher Education in Canada? (PDF: Opens in a new window) (article published in Academic Matters)

2019

2019 National Report (PDF: Opens in a new window) / Rapport public 2019 (PDF: Opens in a new window)
2019 National Infographic (PDF: Opens in a new window) / Rapport 2019 – infographie (PDF: Opens in a new window)
Presentation of 2019 National Results (English (PDF: Opens in a new window) / French (PDF: Opens in a new window))
2019 Ontario report (PDF: Opens in a new window) / Rapport de l’Ontario 2019 (PDF: Opens in a new window)
2019 Ontario Infographic (PDF: Opens in a new window) / Ontario 2019 – infographie (PDF: Opens in a new window)
2019 Québec report (PDF: Opens in a new window) / Rapport du Québec 2019 (PDF: Opens in a new window)

2018

2018 National Report (PDF: Opens in a new window) / Rapport public 2018 (PDF: Opens in a new window)
2018 National Infographic (PDF: Opens in a new window) / Rapport 2018 – infographie (PDF: Opens in a new window)
2018 Full Technical Report (PDF: Opens in a new window) / Rapport technique 2018 (PDF: Opens in a new window)
Canada Survey 2018: Enrollment Snapshot (PDF: Opens in a new window) / Canada sondage national 2018: Instantané d’inscription (PDF: Opens in a new window)
2018 Ontario Report (PDF: Opens in a new window) / Rapport de l’Ontario 2018 (PDF: Opens in a new window)
2018 Québec Report (PDF: Opens in a new window) / Rapport du Québec 2018 (PDF: Opens in a new window)

2017

2017 National Report (PDF: Opens in a new window) / Rapport public 2017 (PDF: Opens in a new window)
2017 Technical Report (PDF: Opens in a new window) / Rapport technique 2017 (PDF: Opens in a new window)
2017 Ontario Report (PDF: Opens in a new window) (en anglais seulement)

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