Introducing laptops to children: An examination of ubiquitous computing in Grade 3 reading, language, and mathematics

Robert Bernard; Edward Bethel; Philip Abrami; C Wade; C Wade

Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie Vol. 33, No. 3 (May 23, 2008)

This study examines the achievement outcomes accompanying the implementation of a Grade 3 laptop or so-called ubiquitous computing program in a Quebec school district. CAT-3 reading, language, and mathematics batteries were administered at the end...

Ubiquitous technology integration in Canadian public schools: Year one study

Jennifer Sclater; Fiore Sicoly; Philip Abrami; C Wade; C Wade

Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie Vol. 32, No. 1 (Feb 15, 2006)

The current investigation was an exploration of the first year of a multi-year project designed to provide every Grade 3 to Grade 11 student throughout an English school board in Quebec with a laptop computer. Data were collected from 403 elementary ...

Portfolios: A tool for reflective thinking in teacher education?

Rahima C Wade; Donald B Yarbrough

Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies Vol. 12, No. 1 pp. 63–79

Portfolios have often been promoted as a tool for reflective thinking, yet few studies have examined the use of portfolios in reflective teacher education programs. This exploratory study uses interviews, essays, and survey data to examine 212...

Language: English

Information Technology for Career Assessment on the Internet

Paul A. Gore; Wade C. Leuwerke

Journal of Career Assessment Vol. 8, No. 1 (2000) pp. 3–19

Gives an overview of new technologies--Internet, World Wide Web, and multimedia--including their problems and limitations. Presents implications for career assessment. (SK)

Technologically Enriched and Boundaryless Lives: Time for a Paradigm Upgrade

Paul A. Gore; Wade C. Leuwerke; John D. Krumboltz

Counseling Psychologist Vol. 30, No. 6 (2002) pp. 847–857

Computers and other communication technologies have irrevocably changed the nature of work, the workforce, and interpersonal relationships. This article suggests that these changes have resulted in a blurring of the distinction between life roles...

Electronic Portfolios in the Classroom: Factors Impacting Teachers' Integration of New Technologies and New Pedagogies

E J. Meyer; P C. Abrami; A Wade; R Scherzer

Technology, Pedagogy and Education Vol. 20, No. 2 (2011) pp. 191–207

This article presents the findings of a study on the use of an electronic portfolio (EP) in 16 elementary classrooms across Canada. Using a mixed-methods approach, data were collected to understand how teachers used EPs in their classrooms, to what...

The Effects of Ubiquitous Computing on Student Learning: A Systematic Review

Edward C. Bethel; Robert M. Bernard; Philip C. Abrami; C. Anne Wade

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (Oct 15, 2007) pp. 1987–1992

As technology use in education increases, interest in and implementations of ubiquitous computing initiatives have also increased. One-to-one laptop initiatives have sprung up throughout North America at the school, district, and state or province...

Using Educational Technology to Develop Early Literacy Skills in Sub-Saharan Africa

Philip C. Abrami; C. Anne Wade; Larysa Lysenko; Jonathon Marsh; Anthony Gioko

Education and Information Technologies Vol. 21, No. 4 (2016) pp. 945–964

The research explores the impact of interactive, multimedia literacy software (ABRA) on the reading skills of early elementary students in Kenya. Twelve grade two English teachers and their students from six schools were randomly divided in half: an ...

Improving literacy and metacognition with electronic portfolios: Teaching and learning with ePEARL

Elizabeth Meyer; Philip C. Abrami; C. Anne Wade; Ofra Aslan; Louise Deault

Computers & Education Vol. 55, No. 1 (August 2010) pp. 84–91

Can an electronic portfolio that is both a multimedia container for student work and a tool to support key learning processes have a positive impact on the literacy practices and self-regulated learning skills of students? This article presents the...

Language: English

Using Electronic Portfolios to Foster Literacy and Self-Regulated Learning Skills in Elementary Students

Philip C. Abrami; Vivek Venkatesh; Elizabeth J. Meyer; C Anne Wade

Journal of Educational Psychology Vol. 105, No. 4 (November 2013) pp. 1188–1209

The research presented here is a continuation of a line of inquiry that explores the impacts of an electronic portfolio software called ePEARL, which is a knowledge tool designed to support the key phases of self-regulated learning (SRL)-...

Examining the Impact of the ABRACADABRA (ABRA) Web-Based Literacy Program on Primary School Students in Hong Kong

Barley S. Y. Mak; Alan C. K. Cheung; Xin Guo; Philip C. Abrami; Anne Wade

Education and Information Technologies Vol. 22, No. 6 (2017) pp. 2671–2691

The current paper examined the effects of A Balanced Reading Approach for Children Always Designed to Achieve Best Results for All (ABRA), a web-based literacy programme developed by the the Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance (CSLP) at ...

3D Visualisation and Artistic Imagery to Enhance Interest in "Hidden Environments"--New Approaches to Soil Science

J Gilford; R E. Falconer; R Wade; K C. Scott-Brown

European Journal of Engineering Education Vol. 39, No. 5 (2014) pp. 467–482

Interactive Virtual Environments (VEs) have the potential to increase student interest in soil science. Accordingly a bespoke "soil atlas" was created using Java3D as an interactive 3D VE, to show soil information in the context of (and as ...

Topics: Virtual Environments

Novice teachers’ experiences of community service–learning

Rahima C Wade; Jeffrey B Anderson; Donald B Yarbrough; Terry Pickeral; Joseph B Erickson; Thomas Kromer

Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies Vol. 15, No. 6 pp. 667–684

This study focuses on beginning teachers’ experiences with a currently popular curriculum strategy in the US: community service–learning. To determine the personal and contextual factors influencing novice teachers’ experiences, we surveyed over 300 ...

Language: English

Encouraging Self-Regulated Learning Through Electronic Portfolios

Philip C. Abrami; Anne Wade; Vanitha Pillay; Ofra Aslan; Eva M. Bures; Caitlin Bentley

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (Oct 15, 2007) pp. 2263–2268

At the Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance (CSLP) and with our partners from LEARN-Quebec, we have developed Electronic Portfolio Encouraging Active Reflective Learning Software (ePEARL) to promote student self-regulation and enhance...

The CSLP’s e-portfolio Software for Schools: Simple Yet Powerful

Vladimir Severgine; Anne Wade; Micha Therien; Jennifer Sclater; Phillip C. Abrami

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 4066–4073

The Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance (CSLP) at Concordia University is a research-centre of excellence dedicated to actively collaborating with educational policy-makers and practitioners to develop and to disseminate evidence-based...

Topics: Portfolios

The Effects of Synchronous and Asynchronous Distance Education: A Meta-Analytical Assessment of Simonson's "Equivalency Theory"

Robert M. Bernard; Philip C. Abrami; Anne Wade; Evgueni Borokhovski; Yiping Lou

Annual Meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology 2004 (October 2005)

Simonson, Schlosser and Hanson (1999) argue that a new theory called "equivalency theory" is needed to account for the unique features of the "teleconferencing" (synchronous) model of DE that is prevalent in many North American universities. Based...

Are Interpersonal Relationships Necessary for Developing Trust in Online Group Projects?

Christine E. Wade; Bruce A. Cameron; Kari Morgan; Karen C. Williams

Distance Education Vol. 32, No. 3 (2011) pp. 383–396

Trust between group members has been suggested as an important part of small group work in online classrooms. Developing interpersonal relationships with group members may promote a sense of trust among them; however, research shows mixed results....

A Meta-Analysis of Three Types of Interaction Treatments in Distance Education

Robert M. Bernard; Philip C. Abrami; Eugene Borokhovski; C Anne Wade; Rana M. Tamim; Michael A. Surkes; Edward Clement Bethel

Review of Educational Research Vol. 79, No. 3 (2009) pp. 1243–1289

This meta-analysis of the experimental literature of distance education (DE) compares different types of interaction treatments (ITs) with other DE instructional treatments. ITs are the instructional and/or media conditions designed into DE courses, ...

Using Interactive Software to Teach Foundational Mathematical Skills

Larysa V Lysenko; Steven Rosenfield; Helena Dedic; Annie Savard; Einat Idan; Philip C. Abrami; Anne Wade; Nadia Naffi

Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice Vol. 15, No. 1 (Dec 27, 2015) pp. 19–34

The pilot research presented here explores the classroom use of Emerging Literacy in Mathematics (ELM) software, a research-based bilingual interactive multimedia instructional tool, and its potential to develop emerging numeracy skills. At the time ...

An Extended Systematic Review of Canadian Policy Documents on e-Learning: What We’re Doing and Not Doing

Eugene Borokhovski; Robert Bernard; Erin Mills; Philip Abrami; C Wade; Rana Tamim; Edward Bethel; Gretchen Lowerison; David Pickup; Michael Surkes

Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie Vol. 37, No. 3 (Nov 18, 2011)

This systematic review builds upon the work of Authors (2006) and McGreal and Anderson (2007). It seeks to provide a synthesis and discussion of publicly available government policy documents with regard to e-learning in Canada. There is general...

Pattern of Task Interpretation and Self-Regulated Learning Strategies of High School Students and College Freshmen during an Engineering Design Project

Oenardi Lawanto; Deborah Butler; Sylvie C. Cartier; Harry B. Santoso; Wade Goodridge; Kevin N. Lawanto; David Clark

Journal of STEM Education Vol. 14, No. 4 (2013) pp. 15–27

The objective of this exploratory study was to describe patterns in self-regulated learning (SRL) for both high school students and college freshmen while engaged in a design activity. The main research question guiding this study was: How did high...

The effects of technology use in postsecondary education: A meta-analysis of classroom applications

Richard F. Schmid; Robert M. Bernard; Eugene Borokhovski; Rana M. Tamim; Philip C. Abrami; Michael A. Surkes; C. Anne Wade; Jonathan Woods

Computers & Education Vol. 72, No. 1 (March 2014) pp. 271–291

This meta-analysis is a study of the experimental literature of technology use in postsecondary education from 1990 up to 2010 exclusive of studies of online or distance education previously reviewed by Bernard et al. (2004). It reports the overall...

Language: English

Technology's Effect on Achievement in Higher Education: A Stage I Meta-Analysis of Classroom Applications

Richard F. Schmid; Robert M. Bernard; Eugene Borokhovski; Rana Tamim; Philip C. Abrami; C Anne Wade; Michael A. Surkes; Gretchen Lowerison

Journal of Computing in Higher Education Vol. 21, No. 2 (August 2009) pp. 95–109

This paper reports the findings of a Stage I meta-analysis exploring the achievement effects of computer-based technology use in higher education classrooms (non-distance education). An extensive literature search revealed more than 6,000...

An Extended Systematic Review of Canadian Policy Documents on e-Learning: What We’re Doing and Not Doing

Eugene Borokhovski; Robert Bernard; Erin Mills; Philip Abrami; C Wade; Rana Tamim; Edward Bethel; Gretchen Lowerison; David Pickup; Michael Surkes; Michael Surkes

Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie Vol. 37, No. 3 (Nov 18, 2011)

This systematic review builds upon the work of Authors (2006) and McGreal and Anderson (2007). It seeks to provide a synthesis and discussion of publicly available government policy documents with regard to e-learning in Canada. There is general...

How Does Distance Education Compare with Classroom Instruction? A Meta-Analysis of the Empirical Literature

Robert M. Bernard; Philip C. Abrami; Yiping Lou; Evgueni Borokhovsk; Anne Wade; Lori Wozney; Peter Andrew Wallet; Manon Fiset; Binru Huang

Review of Educational Research Vol. 74, No. 3 (2004) pp. 379–439

A meta-analysis of the comparative distance education (DE) literature between 1985 and 2002 was conducted. In total, 232 studies containing 688 independent achievement, attitude, and retention outcomes were analyzed. Overall results indicated effect ...