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On Tuesday, 16 January, members of Branch 25 (San Francisco) of the Royal Canadian Legion - along with her family and friends - celebrated the 100th birthday of Joan Para. Joan Para is Branch 25’s last remaining World War II veteran. She was born in 1924 in Lowestoft, England. Following aptitude testing in Honiton, Devon to determine which jobs they would be best suited, Joan was assigned to Army Communications during World War II. She then went on Bradford, near Leeds, for training and was eventually stationed in London, near Buckingham Palace. Joan served from 1942 to 1946.
For more pictures, please visit royalcanadianlegionus25.com/2024/01/17/joan-paras-100th-birthday-gathering
On Tuesday, 16 January, members of Branch 25 (San Francisco) of the Royal Canadian Legion - along with her family and friends - celebrated the 100th birthday of Joan Para. Joan Para is Branch 25’s last remaining World War II veteran. She was born in 1924 in Lowestoft, England. Following aptitude testing in Honiton, Devon to determine which jobs they would be best suited, Joan was assigned to Army Communications during World War II. She then went on Bradford, near Leeds, for training and was eventually stationed in London, near Buckingham Palace. Joan served from 1942 to 1946.
For more pictures, please visit royalcanadianlegionus25.com/2024/01/17/joan-paras-100th-birthday-gathering
![LLOL 067 - Associate Professor Michael Barbour [Personal Archive]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/l0Uucrrqg3o/mqdefault.jpg "LLOL 067 - Associate Professor Michael Barbour [Personal Archive]
Originally posted at https://onlinelearninglegends.com/podcast/067-associate-professor-michael-barbour/
Description on original website:
Associate Professor Michael Barbour is a specialist in K12 education, and the potential for asynchronous online education to make successful graduates. His scholarship is cited around the world and his work in policy, based on a practitioner’s perspective, continues to make a positive difference.
Interview: https://episodes.castos.com/onlinelearninglegends/8cc32333-e6b7-4be4-8f45-a9b7263efbb8-069-Michael-Barbour-Final.mp3 | recorded February 2022
Michael’s profile: https://www.michaelbarbour.com/
Nominated publications (free to access):
Barbour, M. K. (2019). The landscape of K-12 online learning: Examining the state of the field. In M. G. Moore & W. C. Diehl (Eds.), Handbook of distance education (4th ed.) (pp. 521-542). Routledge. Can be freely accessed at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330275960_The_Landscape_of_K-12_Online_Learning_Examining_What_Is_Known
Arnesen, K. T., Hveem, J., Short, C. R., West, R., & Barbour, M. K. (2019). K-12 online learning journal articles: Trends from two decades of scholarship. Distance Education, 40(1), 32-53. Can be freely accessed at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329533946_K-12_online_learning_journal_articles_trends_from_two_decades_of_scholarship
Barbour, M. K. (2020). Misbehaving toddler or moody teenager: Examining the maturity of the field of K-12 online learning. Revista de Educación a Distancia, 64(20). https://revistas.um.es/red/article/view/412821/286721
Barbour, M. K., LaBonte, R., Kelly, K., Hodges, C., Moore, S., Lockee, B., Trust, T., Bond, A., & Hill, P. (2020). Understanding pandemic pedagogy: Differences between emergency remote, remote, and online teaching. Canadian eLearning Network. https://k12sotn.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/understanding-pandemic-pedagogy.pdf
Barbour, M. K., LaBonte, R., & Nagle, J. (2008-2021). State of the nation study: K-12 e-learning in Canada. Canadian eLearning Network. https://k12sotn.ca/
Nominated work (requires purchase):
Clark, T., & Barbour, M. K. (Eds.) (2015). Online and distance education in schools: Global perspectives on policy and practice. Stylus Publishing.
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