The idea of crafting a Pan-Canadian E-learning Research Agenda is timely and laudable. Canada needs one.
(As a preface to my comments: I regret that my involvement in the Conference has been limited, and apologize if what I present below has already been raised by others.)
From my limited perspective, several important issues (challenges) were emphasized during the Conference.
One example ...
* Broad stakeholder awareness & engagement.
The ongoing absence (or under-representation) of teachers, students, policy-makers (and others) will seriously compromise the development (and future acceptance, funding and execution) of the Agenda or any of its components (e.g., a Declaration).
[Interestingly, this stakeholder-engagement problem is not unique to Education. Other disciplines struggle with the same issues.]
It will be crucial to figure out how best to engage these stakeholders -- from the 'beginning' of an agenda-setting process.
Producing a complete list of issues/challenges might be a useful exercise. (Many of them may have already been captured in Susan Lister's mindmap.)
Respectfully,
Peter West
