Les enfants adoptés à l’étranger ont souvent connu des conditions de vie précaires dans leur pays d’origine. La plupart d’entre eux n’a pas reçu les soins médicaux appropriés et a souffert de malnutrition, d’un manque d’hygiène et de stimulation. Ces expériences de privation peuvent avoir (…)
Le débat sur l’efficacité d’une mesure comme la réduction de la taille des classes a fait couler beaucoup d’encre dans la communauté scientifique car son effet exact est difficile à estimer et les coûts associés à cette politique sont importants. De plus, la diminution de la taille des classes (…)
mardi 29 novembre 2022 par Mohamed Ally, Weiyuan Zhang
This special issue of the Canadian Journal of Learning Technology contains articles presented at the Rethinking Online Education in the Knowledge Society with Emerging Technology Symposium jointly hosted by Beijing Normal University, Athabasca University, and Chongqing Open University in (...)
mardi 29 novembre 2022 par Mohamed Ally, Kirk Perris
There has been increasing interest in the use of Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies such as artificial intelligence to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Recently, multilateral organizations have sponsored initiatives to make countries aware of the benefits of using (...)
mardi 29 novembre 2022 par Aga Palalas, Rebecca E. Heiser, Ashley Gollert
Time seems to be moving at lightning speed with busyness unsustainably being “celebrated” and not allowing for sufficiently deep interaction with learning content, others, and the experience of which we are part, including our interactions in videoconferencing sessions. One benefit of (...)
mardi 29 novembre 2022 par Hongxin Yan, Fuhua Lin, Kinshuk
Self-paced online learning provides great flexibility for learning, yet it brings some inherent learning barriers because of the nature of this educational paradigm. This review paper suggests some corresponding strategies to address these barriers in order to create a more supportive (...)
The use of technology and need for connection across distance permeates all education environments; nowhere is this more important than in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Broadband and telecommunications issues within the Northwest Territories are complex due to its vast geographical area and (...)
mardi 29 novembre 2022 par Jingxin Jiang, Fei Victor Lim
Online learning has gained increasing attention during the COVID-19 pandemic. Teachers face social exigencies to design ways of knowledge dissemination in online instruction. We posit that understanding how knowledge can be represented in successful online academic genres can inform teachers (...)
mardi 29 novembre 2022 par Vivekanandan Kumar, Mohamed Ally, Avgoustos Tsinakos, Helmi Norman
Over the past decade, opportunities for online learning have dramatically increased. Learners around the world now have digital access to a wide array of corporate trainings, certifications, comprehensive academic degree programs, and other educational and training options. Some organizations (...)