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

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...

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 ...

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...

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...