Designing Case-Based Teacher Education Modules To Promote Constructivist Pedagogical Activities With Information Technology: The GIDE

Jonghwi Park; Robert Bracewell

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 2508–2511

This paper proposes case-based teacher education modules, called GIDE, to promote the effective use of information and communication technology (ICT) in constructivist pedagogical activities. The GIDE modules constitutes the following four...

Topics: Educational Technology, Teachers, Students, Information Communication Technologies

The Emerging Contribution of Online Resources and Tools to K-12 Classroom Learning and Teaching

Alain Breuleux; Robert Bracewell; Therese Laferriere

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 2478–2482

This paper presents the emerging ecological contribution of online network technologies on student learning. Significant effects of the use of ICTs were gathered from documentary reviews. An organizing framework was developed in order to make sense...

Topics: Networking Technologies, Classrooms

Design Processes Involved in the Creation of Computer Based Learning Environments: Preliminary Results

Steve Wakeham; Robert Bracewell

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2000 (2000) pp. 1767–1768

This short paper describes dissertation work in progress investigating the cognitive processes and social practices involved in the creation of computer based learning environments (CBLEs). Unfortunately, knowledge regarding the actual design...

Topics: Cognition, Instructional Design

Collaborative Inquiries into the Networked Classroom

Therese Laferriere; Alain Breuleux; Robert Bracewell

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 852–857

This paper points to the teacher professional development practices in a networked classroom that become reality with the use of advanced telecollaboration tools such as Virtual-U and KnowledgeForum. Those tools support, extend, and strengthen the ...

Topics: Educational Technology, Professional Development, Information Communication Technologies, Collaboration, Networking Technologies

TeleLearning Professional Development Schools (TL•PDSs): Emerging Patterns of Time Management Within and Between Sites

Thérèse Laferrière; Alain Breuleux; Robert Bracewell

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 1860–1864

This paper is a report on the findings of an on-going research program on teachers' learning of new pedagogies supported by telelearning tools. Computer-supported learning communities that involve high school learners, preservice teachers,...

Topics: Teachers, Interaction

Networked Learning Communities in Teacher Education

; Robert Bracewell

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 1182–1187

Faculties in schools of education are challenged to prepare educators for a changing world. The world of learning is changing and there are numerous possible scenarios for the future of education. In Canada, a growing number of educators are...