Leapfrogging Pedagogy: A Design Approach to Making Change in Challenging Contexts

Susan Crichton

Electronic Journal of e-Learning Vol. 12, No. 1 (2014) pp. 3–13

At a time of substantial change, globalization, and ubiquitous access to information, educators struggle to change even the most basic aspects of their classrooms. This is especially true for those in challenging contexts where many perpetuate the ...

Topics: Change, Classrooms

Embedded or linked learning objects: Implications for content development, course design and classroom use

Gail Kopp; Susan Crichton; Susan Crichton

Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie Vol. 33, No. 2 (Jun 15, 2007)

This research explores the idea of embedding and linking to existing content in learning object repositories and investigates teacher-designer use of learning objects within one high school mathematics course in an online school. This qualitative...

The Student Experience of Distance Education: Reviews of two qualitative theses designed to explore the day-to-day experience of learners studying online.

Shelley Kinash; Susan Crichton; Susan Crichton

Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie Vol. 29, No. 1 (Feb 15, 2003)

Innovative Practices for Innovators: Walking the Talk Online Training for Online Teaching

Susan Crichton; Randy LaBonte

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 6, No. 1 (2003) pp. 70–73

Reports on inservice opportunities provided by the Canadian company Odyssey Learning Systems Inc. (Odyssey) and critically assesses how that training mirrored the learning environment created through use of its product in educational settings with...

Building E-Learning Architectures: Reconsidering the Structure of Distributed Learning Environments To Span the Digital Divide

Susan Crichton; Gail Kopp

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2003 (2003) pp. 921–924

Topics: Digital Divide

Online Professional Development for Online Educators: Does it Change Teaching Practice?

Susan Crichton; Elizabeth Childs

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 1681–1684

This paper is intended to promote understanding about effective online professional development interventions that work to build the capacity of teachers as online educators, as well as examine the potential impact that online professional...

Topics: Professional Development, Virtual Environments

The Impact of Online Professional Development on Teaching Practice: Research Summary and Final Results

Elizabeth Childs; Susan Crichton

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2004 (2004) pp. 256–263

This research investigates one online professional development program for K-12 teachers to determine if it impacted teaching practice. It reports on the findings of the five phased research agenda. This research employed the traditions of...

Topics: Professional Development, Culture, Change

Empowering Twenty-First Century Assessment Practices: Designing Technologies as Agents of Change

Deb Carter; Susan Crichton

Educational Media International Vol. 51, No. 4 (2014) pp. 295–309

The overarching questions guiding this interprofessional design-based research study are: (1) How might a suite of assessment tools help K-7 educators visualize learning in their classrooms and (2) How might these visualization approaches inform K-7 ...

Online Professional Development for Online Educators: Does it Change Teaching Practice?

Elizabeth Childs; Susan Crichton

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2003 (2003) pp. 178–181

This paper is intended to promote understanding about effective online professional development interventions used to build the capacity of teachers as online educators, as well as examine the potential impact that online professional development...

Topics: Professional Development

Personal Devices in Public Settings: Lessons Learned from an iPod Touch/iPad Project

Susan Crichton; Karen Pegler; Duncan White

Electronic Journal of e-Learning Vol. 10, No. 1 (2012) pp. 23–31

Our paper reports findings from a two-phase deployment of iPod Touch and iPad devices in a large, urban Canadian school board. The purpose of the study was to gain an understanding of the infrastructure required to support handheld devices in...

The value of eJournals to support ePortfolio development for assessment in teacher education

Susan Crichton; Gail Kopp; Gail Kopp

Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie Vol. 34, No. 3 (Apr 06, 2009)

This paper presents findings from a two-year pilot project into the use of ePortfolios as a tool for assessment in a two year, field-oriented, inquiry-based teacher preparation program. Participants consisted of five cohorts of pre-service student...

Generational Attitudes and Teacher ICT Use

Karen Pegler; Joan Kollewyn; Susan Crichton

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 18, No. 3 (July 2010) pp. 443–458

This paper explores the impact of generational attitudes on teachers’ ICT use. Findings from the preliminary research suggest that when applications have a use or purpose that extends beyond the classroom and into their social or personal sphere,...

Topics: Teaching Methods, Classrooms, Learning Management Systems, Information Communication Technologies, Schools, Professional Development, Educational Technology, Preservice Teacher Education, Training, Computers, Instructional Design, Teachers

Virtual Ethnography: Interactive Interviewing Online as Method

Susan Crichton; Shelley Kinash; Shelley Kinash

Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie Vol. 29, No. 2 (Jun 15, 2003)

Recognizing the power of the Internet to connect people, regardless of place or time, we explore the notion of a virtual form of ethnography, suggesting online, textual interactive interviews are worthy of research consideration. This paper reports...

An Innovative Online Program to Facilitate Hand Hygiene Adoption and Behavioural Change in Nurses in a Major Urban Health Region

Janet Tworek; Elizabeth Henderson; Gwyneth Myers; Susan Crichton

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2005 (October 2005) pp. 1549–1554

Previous education campaigns promoting hand hygiene behaviour among health care professionals have been effective only for as long as the campaign lasts. Instructional designers were consulted to create a modular professional development program for ...

A Review of 2000-2003 Literature at the Intersection of Online Learning and Disability

Shelley Kinash; Susan Crichton; Weol Soon Kim-Rupnow

American Journal of Distance Education Vol. 18, No. 1 (Mar 01, 2004) pp. 5–19

Literature published between 2000 and 2003 at the intersection between online learning and disability can be classified into didactic, descriptive, research, and opinion pieces. In this article, two research pieces surveying the literature are...

Deepening Understanding of Inquiry Teaching and Learning with E-Portfolios in a Teacher Preparation Program

Han Smits; HsingChi Wang; Jo Towers; Susan Crichton; Jim Field; Pat Tarr; Pat Tarr

Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie Vol. 31, No. 3 (Oct 15, 2005)

This paper describes the first stages of a project focusing on the use of preservice-teacher-generated e-Portfolios as a means of documenting and assessing inquiry-based teaching and learning. The project is designed to explore ways in which...