Peter Paolucci, Ph.D.

Comprised of humanist academics with high levels of technological expertise, Learn Canada synergizes the expertise of scholars and educators with web designers, database programmers, instructional designers, information architects, and other specialists; we seek the advancement of sound pedagogies for the delivery of online content.


We offer professional editorial services for scholars publishing articles or books, as well as for doctoral dissertations and master's theses. Whether you are a native English speaker or an English-as-a-second-language scholar, we can help! We have specialists in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and in education and technology. We also have writing and editing specialties in web writing, SEO, report writing, funding applications, e-publishing, technical writing, refurbishment, and communications repurposing.

We also help faculty with the development, design, and delivery of web-based courses, as well as with the pedagogy of teaching via videoconference. In fact, we have considerable expertise in the design, assessment, and testing of Web and print interfaces, as well as in the design and delivery of courses through videoconferencing. In addition to these specialization areas, Digital Architecture is our flagship course covering all aspects of online teaching and learning.

Founded in 2000 after funding for a Ryerson-Centennial College project called "Learn Ontario" unexpectedly expired, the newly emerged Learn Canada (founded by Peter Paolucci) continued with the development of an online course to help faculty develop online courses; what used to be called "Instructional Design for New Media" morphed into "Digital Architecture."

Digital Architecture (DA) is a new way of conceptualizing online content design because it integrates ID (Instructional Design), HCI (Human-Computer Interaction), database design, project management, human communication theory, and the humanist disciplines of history, psychology, cultural studies, and political economy.

DA was conceived and developed by Learn Canada with the funding support of the University of Ottawa and Canarie.

The 11 modules of this course are structured to meet a variety of different needs; the course is aimed at all educators and trainers and starts from the premise that knowledge, communication, innovation, motivation, and experimentation are common activities of all educators. Each theoretical module can be enhanced by a workshop, or the whole course can be enhanced by a practicum.