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An Extended Systematic Review of Canadian Policy Documents on e-Learning: What We're Doing and Not Doing
Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology(ISSN-1499-6677)37:3
This systematic review builds upon the work of Abrami et al. (2006) and McGreal and Anderson (2007). It seeks to provide a synthesis and discussion of publicly available government policy documents with regard to e-learning in Canada. In total, 138...
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ABRACADABRA: Progress in the development, Implementation and effectiveness of a web-based literacy resource
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education(ELEARN)2007:1
ABRACADABRA, A Balanced Reading Approach for Canadians Designed to Achieve Best Results for All (http://grover.concordia.ca/ABRA/php2006/ abracadabra.html), is a reading intervention being developed by the Centre for the Study of Learning and...
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Implementing Computer Technologies: Teachers' Perceptions and Practices
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education(JTATE)14:1, January 2006
This study investigates personal and setting characteristics, teacher attitudes, and current computer technology practices among 764 elementary and secondary teachers from both private and public school sectors in Quebec. Using expectancy- value...
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Encouraging Self-Regulated Learning Through Electronic Portfolios
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education(ELEARN)2007:1
At the Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance (CSLP) and with our partners from LEARN-Quebec, we have developed Electronic Portfolio Encouraging Active Reflective Learning Software (ePEARL) to promote student self-regulation and enhance...
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An Electronic Portfolio for Teachers:Design and Preliminary Assessment
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education(ELEARN)2012:1
An evidence-based, learner-centred digital portfolio based on the cyclical, socio-cognitive model of self-regulation was designed to accommodate teacher professional learning and development. The results of the pilot study indicate that ePEARL Level ...
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Assessing Electronic Portfolios -- Now that we have them, what can we do with them?
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education(ELEARN)2007:1
An approach to assessing electronic portfolios is developed working with two teachers and other experts, and the inter-rater reliability is explored. The assessment has two parts. First the teacher assigns holistic marks and comments to up to six...
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Fostering Quality Online Dialogue: Does Labelling Help?
Journal of Interactive Learning Research(JILR)21:2, April 2010
Despite its potential, online dialogue (online dialogue) can be superficial. Following Vygotskian (1978) and design experiment approaches (Brown, 1992), this study explores a labelling feature that allows students to tag parts of their messages....
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Assessing Online Dialogue in Higher Education
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education(ELEARN)2010:1
The aim of this study is to develop valid researcher and instructor approaches to successfully assess online dialogue. Two content analysis approaches measuring critical thinking and interactivity were applied to representative online groups of 3-4...
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Using Technology for Learning in Higher Education: What is Important?
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference(SITE)2009:1
This series of studies investigated the role that computer technology plays in transforming the learning process in higher education. We looked at the relationship between technology use, active learning, and perceived course effectiveness. The...
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ABRACADABRA: A Rich Internet Literacy Application
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications(EDMEDIA)2005:1
This article describes an Internet based early literacy project that simulates a media-element rich learning environment to enhance children's literacy skills. Currently in its first year, the software prototype has received positive feedbacks...
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The Effects of Ubiquitous Computing on Student Learning: A Systematic Review
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education(ELEARN)2007:1
As technology use in education increases, interest in and implementations of ubiquitous computing initiatives have also increased. One-to-one laptop initiatives have sprung up throughout North America at the school, district, and state or province...
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An Extended Systematic Review of Canadian Policy Documents on e-Learning: What We're Doing and Not Doing
Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology (ISSN-1499-6677) 37:3
This systematic review builds upon the work of Abrami et al. (2006) and McGreal and Anderson (2007). It seeks to provide a synthesis and discussion of publicly available government policy documents with regard to e-learning in Canada. In total, 138...
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A Follow-Up Study of the ABRACADABRA Web-Based Literacy Intervention in Grade 1
Journal of Research in Reading (ISSN-0141-0423) 35:1
This paper reports the follow-up of a randomised control trial study of the ABRACADABRA web-based literacy intervention that contrasted synthetic versus analytic phonics (Comaskey, Savage & Abrami, 2009) in kindergarten children from urban low-SES...
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The Effects of Synchronous and Asynchronous Distance Education: A Meta-Analytical Assessment of Simonson's "Equivalency Theory"
Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AFECT) 2004:1
Simonson, Schlosser and Hanson (1999) argue that a new theory called "equivalency theory" is needed to account for the unique features of the "teleconferencing" (synchronous) model of DE that is prevalent in many North American universities. Based...
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Research on Distance Education: In Defense of Field Experiments
Distance Education (ISSN-0158-7919) 27:1
This article extends the issues and arguments raised in Bernard, Abrami, Lou, and Borokhovski ("Distance Education", 25(2), 175-198, 2004) regarding the design of quantitative, particularly experimental research in distance education. A single...
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Technology and Student Achievement: What do 40 Years of Research and 25 Years of Systematic Reviews Have to Tell
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications(EDMEDIA)2010:1
This research involved a systematic quantitative synthesis procedure to answer the question: does technology use affect student achievement in formal face-to-face classroom settings as compared to traditional settings. An extensive literature search ...
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Iterative Design of a Labelling Feature: Supporting Online Learning through Structuring the User Interface
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications(EDMEDIA)2008:1
Online dialogue holds promise to support high-level dialogue by allowing for more reflective reading and writing, but can be superficial just as in face-to-face conversations. This paper describes the design of a labelling feature intended to...
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An Extended Systematic Review of Canadian Policy Documents on e-Learning: What We’re Doing and Not Doing
Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie(CJLT)37:3, Nov 18, 2011
This systematic review builds upon the work of Authors (2006) and McGreal and Anderson (2007). It seeks to provide a synthesis and discussion of publicly available government policy documents with regard to e-learning in Canada. There is general...
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Ubiquitous technology integration in Canadian public schools: Year one study
Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie(CJLT)32:1, Feb 15, 2006
The current investigation was an exploration of the first year of a multi-year project designed to provide every Grade 3 to Grade 11 student throughout an English school board in Quebec with a laptop computer. Data were collected from 403 elementary ...
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Introducing laptops to children: An examination of ubiquitous computing in Grade 3 reading, language, and mathematics
Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie(CJLT)33:3, May 23, 2008
This study examines the achievement outcomes accompanying the implementation of a Grade 3 laptop or so-called ubiquitous computing program in a Quebec school district. CAT-3 reading, language, and mathematics batteries were administered at the end...
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