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Based on a need identified in the conduct of field research with the GenTech (gender/equity/technology) project (http://www.educ.sfu.ca/gentech/) on the equitable implementation of new information technologies in classroom learning activities, the ...

This study investigates the role of professional development in the implementation of computer technologies in schools across Canada and elsewhere. Three examples of professional development in Canada are examined, each functioning at a different...

The "education revolution" must be understood as a critically important part of a more general information revolution-one front in a larger campaign. Policies addressing the implementation and use of new technologies within education find themselves ...

For the two years our research has examined the implementation of computer technologies in schools across Canada, focusing on the problem of managing change within what we see as a transitional period in education. This paper will report on one...

Research that has focused on technology use in schools over the last five years has been dominated by "best practice" discourses. These discourses have tried to describe the most appropriate, or "best" uses of computer technologies might be, and to...

This paper documents the initial design and development of the first year of content for the tutorial website "Ethical and Legal Studies in Education" (ELSE), focusing in particular on the overall pedagogical choices that were made in the website...

This paper describes a newly developed, interactive online program central to a new teacher education credentialing process in the province of Ontario, Canada. We describe Ethical and Legal Studies in Education (ELSE) , emphasizing three design...

This paper describes the ways learner attention is mobilized and directed in an educational computer game, "Contagion!", co-developed by the author. Using a multimodal analysis program (MAP, online at http://www.sfu.ca/~decaste/MAP/) in conjunction...

This paper documents the design and development of an online tutorial instructing student and practicing teachers at York University, Canada in the ethical and legal aspects of the teaching practice. We focus on key design decisions, emphasizing...

This paper documents the development and small-scale implementation of "Lego Storyboard", an XML and Flash-based tool for the creation and publication of web-based, multimodal stories - particularly those around sensitive and "dangerous" topics in...

This paper addresses the practical challenges of facilitating media production projects with students. Based in the greater Toronto area, the research team comments on both the “failures” and “successes” of students’ production processes and final...

Abstract: This paper reports on an inservice, research-driven teacher professional development (PD) program in an elementary school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This study differs from other work in this area as participant teachers’ PD is driven...