{"id":1687,"date":"2026-04-16T21:15:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T04:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/otessa.org\/2026\/?p=1687"},"modified":"2026-06-05T15:38:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T22:38:38","slug":"robert-luke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/otessa.org\/2026\/robert-luke\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Luke"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-1687\" data-postid=\"1687\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-1687 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_4dc9943 tb_first tf_w\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_nd2w943 first\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tb_mo62899\">\n\t\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-2 tb_yc93899 first\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_t89j126   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n\t<h3 class=\"module-title\">Free Learning: From Disruption and Digital Access to AI Fluency<\/h3>    <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n\t\t<div>eCampusOntario is at the forefront of innovation in education, connecting learners, institutions and employers to increase digital participation in education and the economy. Higher education in Ontario and Canada continues to experience significant disruptions, mirroring the disruptions the economy is facing due to international trade and tariffs. Within this context, digital by design options for leanring are even more important to ensure our public higher education system remains a vital component of helping to create a resilient society and economy. These digital options include Open Educational Resources and Micro-Credentials. There is significant potential in lagging Open Education and micro-learning that will help ensure all citizens are able to access key skills and competencies. This is especially true with the need for AI Fluency.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>eCampusOntario has created models for combining Open Education and micro-learning that provides learners with free learning pathways to essential skills development focused on increasing access to education amidst economic disruption while providing education institutions with new opportunities to design, develop and deliver education to a fast-changing population. The result is better learner access and credit and labour mobility, more effective program response to changes in educational demand, and better integration of innovations such as work integrated learning within the wider education system.<\/div>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-2 tb_0j36899 last\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_i61721   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n\t<h3 class=\"module-title\">Biography<\/h3>    <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Robert Luke, PhD, is Chief Executive Officer of eCampusOntario, which supports innovation, collaboration and digital by design education in Ontario\u2019s 58 colleges, Indigenous institutes, and universities.\u00a0\u00a0eCampusOntario builds bridges between education and employment by supporting\u00a0Ontario\u2019s\u00a0learners\u00a0to find the programs they need for the careers they want; enabling member\u00a0institutions\u00a0to embrace the future of teaching and learning with virtual, hybrid, &amp; experiential learning that empowers people with options; and connecting Ontario\u2019s campuses to\u00a0employers\u00a0for collaborative innovation.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free Learning: From Disruption and Digital Access to AI Fluency eCampusOntario is at the forefront of innovation in education, connecting learners, institutions and employers to increase digital participation in education and the economy. 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