lundi 1er janvier 2018 par Jay R Wilson, Marc Gobeil
This research project examined the impact on student engagement of a makerspace approach in an all-First Nations high school. First Nations learners have many factors limiting their success in the K-12 system such as lack of connection to the curriculum, limited cultural relevance of course (...)
lundi 1er janvier 2018 par Gabriel Dumouchel, Thierry Karsenti
While Quebec’s students mainly use Web search engines like Google to find information for their studies, teachers are tasked with giving them the proper training to do it efficiently. But are future teachers well prepared to accomplish their mission? This study analyzes the information seeking (...)
lundi 1er janvier 2018 par Sandra Meza Fernández, Pascal Marquet
Cet article présente une étude qualitative de l’usage de ressources numériques d’un cours universitaire de formation d’enseignants d’espagnol au Chili. L’analyse compte 3882 traces laissées sur le site Web Didactique de Langue Castillane (DLC), sur une période de 18 semaines. Les résultats (…)
This article attempts to explore the extent to which Lecturer e-Training Program (LeP) supports lecturers in their preparation for student-centred teaching. LeP was conducted in a blended mode, that is, it involved an online self-paced learning module followed by an interactive online (...)
lundi 1er janvier 2018 par Orest Cap, Odarka S. Trosky, Barbara Wynes, Robin Cutts
This article describes how audio-visual materials were selected and used for a group of thirty unemployed young adults, ranging in ages (17-21), attending an integrated literacy-mechanical skills program. This program consisted of an initial two months of class activities followed by (...)
lundi 1er janvier 2018 par June R. Landsburg, Clair Anita Fellman
This case study on the development and presentation of a university course on a public television channel demonstrates some of the significant differences between a classroom course and a broadcast television course. The interaction between Simon Fraser University and British Columbia's (...)
lundi 1er janvier 2018 par Mariela Tovar, Nicholas Barker
Educational evaluators in general have traditionally recognized the need to incorporate data from potential users in designing evaluation studies. In the field of courseware evaluation, however, there has been a great deal of emphasis placed on expert judgment as a source of data for evaluating (…)
lundi 1er janvier 2018 par Laura R. Winer, Richard F. Schmid
The present study maintains that consistently effective leaming materials can best be generated if the prescriptions instructional designers use are founded on learning theory. It is also considered critical that cognitive processes central to the task demands and strategies employed to address (…)