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Therese Laferriere, Laval University, Canada

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International Perspectives of E-Learning for Teacher Development: Policy and Planning Issues
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (ELEARN) 2004:1 , 2004

Therese Laferriere, Universite Laval, Canada; Mariana Patru, UNESCO, France; Evgueni Khvilon & Vladimir Tikhomirov, Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics, Russian Federation; Paul Resta, The University of Texas at Austin, United States

This panel session explores the trends, issues, and challenges in the use of e-learning for teacher development in both developed and developing countries. The panel members from UNESCO, Russia, Canada, and the United States will share their views...

Knowledge building : Innovative practice in network-enabled classrooms
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2004:1 , 2004

Therese Laferriere, Laval University, Canada; Alain Breuleux, McGill University, Canada

The objectives for the poster-demo session are to present the early results of a design experiment on teaching, learning and leading in broadband-enabled small remote schools in rural Quebec. School-based participants and university-based...

Collaborative Inquiries into the Networked Classroom
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2000:1 , 2000

Therese Laferriere, Laval, Canada; Alain Breuleux & Robert Bracewell, McGill, Canada

This paper points to the teacher professional development practices in a networked classroom that become reality with the use of advanced telecollaboration tools such as Virtual-U and KnowledgeForum. Those tools support, extend, and strengthen the ...

Developing and Researching the International Dimension in Teacher Education and Technology: A SITE Invited Panel.
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2000:1 , 2000

Wim Veen, Delft University; Therese Laferriere, Laval University, Canada; Bridget Somekh, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom; Jerry Willis & Niki Davis, Iowa State University, United States

SITE'00's theme is building bridges among professional associations so it is only right that one the panels should look at the joys and challenges of developing and researching an international dimension in teacher education. The panelists come from ...

The Emerging Contribution of Online Resources and Tools to K-12 Classroom Learning and Teaching
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2002:1 , 2002

Alain Breuleux & Robert Bracewell, McGill University, Canada; Therese Laferriere, Universite Laval, Ste-Foy, Canada

This paper presents the emerging ecological contribution of online network technologies on student learning. Significant effects of the use of ICTs were gathered from documentary reviews. An organizing framework was developed in order to make sense...

ICT Integration: A Professional Development Model That Proves to be Transformative and Viable
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2003:1 , 2003

Therese Laferriere, Laval University, Canada; Alain Breuleux, McGill University, Canada

This paper presents a professional development model that proved its practical relevance in our teaching and research work within the TeleLearning Network of Centres of Excellence (1995 to 2002; Theme Educating the Educators). Ways in which post...

The knowledge-building oriented virtual practicum
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2005:1 , 2005

Stephane Allaire & Therese Laferriere, Laval University, Canada

When preparing to do their student teaching in a knowledge building classroom student teachers must understand enough in advance of and during their time in such classrooms for their learning and for school learners to benefit. The "solution" put...

Knowledge building for teacher education and professional development: The opportunity and challenges of innovation, Part 2
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2005:1 , 2005

Therese Laferriere, Laval University, Canada; Mary Lamon, IKIT, OISE/UT (University of Toronto), Canada; Clare Brett & Nobuko Fujita, OISe/UT (University of Toronto), Canada; Stephane Allaire, Laval University, Canada

Moving beyond best practice is the thrust of the symposium that we suggest, one that is reflective of how teacher educators can take advantage of theoretical advances supported by new digital tools to better the learning environment that they create ...

Remote Networked Schools: A Case for Collaborative Knowledge Building
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2005:1 , 2005

Therese Laferriere, Laval University, Canada; Alain Breuleux, McGill University, Canada

The future of small communities in Québec and elsewhere in the world poses an ongoing challenge, one that small village schools, which must provide educational services of the same quality as bigger schools, are also facing. The challenge is all the ...

Scaffolding student teachers’ online discourse for knowledge building purposes
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2005:1 , 2005

Therese Laferriere & Stephane Allaire, Laval University, Canada

This paper focuses on pre-service teachers' use of the knowledge building principles when transformed into scaffolds to support and orient online discourse. Student teachers' inquiry was on teaching in a networked classroom. The use of the scaffolds ...

Effective Practices in Online Collaborative Learning In Campus-based Courses
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2005:1 , Jun 27, 2005

Therese Laferriere, Laval University, Canada; Elizabeth Murphy, Memorial University, Canada; Milton Campos, University of Montreal, Canada

The aim of this paper is to identify effective practices related to online collaborative learning (OCL) in campus-based courses in higher education. Three different perspectives were selected by instructors as conducive to online collaboration in...

Online collaboration for learning and knowledge building in undergraduate higher education
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2006:1 , Mar 19, 2006

Therese Laferriere, Laval University, Canada; Milton Campos, University of Montreal, Canada

There are many challenges to effective practices related to online collaboration as part of campus-based courses in higher education. The aim of this paper is to present teachers' use of hybrid learning environments to support collaboration and...

IT and the Digital Divide Section
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2006:1 , Mar 19, 2006

Therese Laferriere, Laval University, Canada; Paul Resta, University of Texas (Austin), United States

To what extent does IT widen the gap between sexes, economic groups, ethnic groups and between countries? What are effective strategies and necessary conditions to help bridge the gap in access to technology tools, connectivity, and knowledge? What...

Information Technology in Education Worldwide, Part 2
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2006:1 , Mar 19, 2006

Joke Voogt, University of Twente, Faculty of Behavioural Sciences, Netherlands; Gerald Knezek, University of North Texas, United States; Therese Laferriere, Laval University, Canada; Paul Resta, University of Texas at Austin, United States; Cathleen Norris, University of North Texas, United States; Elliot Soloway, University of Michigan, United States; Tjeerd Plomp, University of Twente, Netherlands

This symposium will feature selected topics from the International Handbook of Information Technology in Education – a work which will be composed of 80-100 chapters in 2 volumes when published by Springer in 2007. During the first hour of the...

Networking Remote Rural Schools for Learning and Knowledge Building: Teachers’, School Learners’ and Schools’ trajectories
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2006:1 , Mar 19, 2006

Therese Laferriere, Laval University, Canada; Alain Breuleux, McGill University, Canada

This presentation will report on ICT integration trajectories in innovative remote networked settings. The design experiment involves thirteen sites. Trajectories of teachers, school learners, and schools are here considered. Data were participants' ...

Digital Divide and International Research and Development in Information Technology and Teacher Education, Part 1
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2007:1 , Mar 26, 2007

Therese Laferriere, Laval University, Canada; Paul Resta, University of Texas (Austin), United States; Niki Davis, Iowa State University, United States; Robert Mclaughlin, National Institute for Community Innovations, United States; Michael Orey, University of Georgia, United States; Geoffrey Shakwa, National Institute for Educational Development, Namibia; Todd Malone, Ministry of Education, Namibia; Hilary Wilder, , William Paterson University of New Jersey College of Education, United States; Ian Gibson, Macquarie University, Australia; Sally Beisser, Drake University, United States; Ann FitzGibbon & Eileen Brennan Freeman, Trinity College, Ireland; Jose Aires Castro-Filho, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil; Joke Voogt, University of Twente, Netherlands; Gerald Knezek, University of North Texas, United States; Connie Hargrave, Iowa State University, United States

The maturing research and development foci of SITE's International Committee have an ethical dimension. Comparative research and international collaboration are a healthy way, facilitated by communication technologies, to increase diversity within...

Digital Divide and International Research and Development in Information Technology and Teacher Education, Part 2
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2007:1 , Mar 26, 2007

Therese Laferriere, Laval University, Canada; Paul Resta, University of Texas (Austin), United States; Niki Davis, Iowa State University, United States; Robert Mclaughlin, National Institute for Community Innovations, United States; Michael Orey, University of Georgia, United States; Geoffrey Shakwa, National Institute for Educational Development, Namibia; Todd Malone, Ministry of Education, Namibia; Hilary Wilder, , William Paterson University of New Jersey College of Education, United States; Ian Gibson, Macquarie University, Australia; Sally Beisser, Drake University, United States; Ann FitzGibbon & Eileen Brennan Freeman, Trinity College, Ireland; Jose Aires Castro-Filho, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil; Joke Voogt, University of Twente, Netherlands; Gerald Knezek, University of North Texas, United States; Connie Hargrave, Iowa State University, United States

The maturing research and development foci of SITE's International Committee have an ethical dimension. Comparative research and international collaboration are a healthy way, facilitated by communication technologies, to increase diversity within...

Network-supported University-School Partnerships: The Transformation of Professional Practice in Remote Networked Schools
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2007:1 , Mar 26, 2007

Therese Laferriere, Laval University, Canada; Alain Breuleux & Sandrine Turcotte, McGill University, Canada; Stéphane Allaire, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Canada; Christine Hamel, Université Laval, Canada

This paper reports on university-school partnerships that support the renewal and enrichment of the school learning environment in remote rural areas in an educational reform context. The design experiment, which is now in its Phase III, involved...

Pre-service teachers' online reflexive discourse patterns during student teaching
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2007:1 , Mar 26, 2007

Therese Laferriere, Laval University, Canada; Stéphane Allaire, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Canada

This paper reports on pre-service teachers' use of Web-based environments to support field experiences, collaborative reflective practice and knowledge building. The goal was to identify pre-service teachers' online reflexive discourse patterns in a ...

The Use of E-Learning for Teacher Development: Global Perspectives on Trends, Issues and Challenges
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2007:1 , Mar 26, 2007

Paul Resta, The University of Texas at Austin, United States; Mariana Patru, United Nations Scientific, Educational and Cultural Organization, France; Therese Laferriere, Laval University, Canada; Niki Davis, Iowa State University, United States

The panel session will focus on key topics and issues related to the use of e-Learning for teacher development. The international group of panelists includes chapter authors of a new book commissioned by UNESCO entitled Teacher Development in an E...

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