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Barter, Barbara – Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 2013
Placed within the context of rural teaching and learning and the use of new technologies, this paper presents a comparative study of three technological approaches to the presentation of curriculum in schools. Supported by three different research projects in one Canadian province, it highlights three areas of e-learning: the use of video…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Rural Schools, Comparative Analysis
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Taheri, Pooya; Robbins, Philip; Maalej, Sirine – Education Sciences, 2020
Langara College, as one of the leading undergraduate institutions in the province of British Columbia (BC), offers the "Applied Science for Engineering" two-year diploma program as well as the "Engineering Transfer" two-semester certificate program. Three project-based courses are offered as part of the two-year diploma program…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Student Projects, Teaching Methods, Active Learning
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Llewellyn, Kristina R.; Llewellyn, Jennifer J.; Roberts-Smith, Jennifer – Research in Dance Education, 2023
Central to restorative justice is a commitment to sharing and listening to first voice. This is required for the work of transitioning to just relations. The Restorative Inquiry for the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children (The Home), and its Digital Oral Histories for Reconciliation (DOHR) project, offers a significant example of the power of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dance Education, Social Justice, Oral History
Gershman, Janis; Sakamoto, Evannah – Educational Technology, 1981
Discusses a project to create and evaluate computer-assisted instruction (CAI) sequences for intermediate mathematics and a parallel project to produce and validate test items suitable for inclusion in the Ontario Assessment Instrument Pool (OAIP). Evaluation of the CAI project indicated positive effects on student achievement and attitudes. Four…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Kirman, Joseph M.; Goldberg, Jack – 1984
Two reports discuss pilot projects using the Computer Assisted Distance Education Telecommunication Project (CADET) in Edmonton, Alberta. The first describes two studies that investigated the feasibility of telephone communication between two or more microcomputer (Apple) operators using an Amdahl mainframe computer as an intermediary. The results…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computers, Distance Education
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Shivener, Rich; Da Silva, Jessica Oliveira; Rahman, Anika – Composition Forum, 2022
In this essay, we argue that Twitch is an incredible platform for cultivating discourse-based interviews (DBIs) and has yet to be addressed in DBI research involving digital tools. To demonstrate that argument, we detail the methods behind collaborative research project between two undergraduates and a faculty studying game developers on the…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Interviews, Computer Software, Barriers
Gour, Noel – 1992
In 1985, the Department of Education in Alberta (Canada) adopted policy that allows remote or rural high schools to use distance education as a method for increasing curriculum offerings and avoiding the need for school consolidation. In 1987, the Alberta Department of Education implemented the Distance Learning in Small Schools Project to address…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Computer Assisted Instruction, Correspondence Study, Distance Education
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Giles, Wenona – Journal on Education in Emergencies, 2018
This article examines some of the challenges experienced by students living in and near the Dadaab refugee camps in northeastern Kenya who were making the transition from secondary school to university programs. The students were enrolled in courses offered by two Kenyan and two Canadian universities that were partners in the Borderless Higher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Barriers, Refugees, Secondary Education
Hannaford, Marion – 1999
As several initiatives relating to integrating the use of information technologies (IT) were started in Prince Edward Island, the Faculty of Education at the University of Prince Edward Island saw a unique opportunity where the merging of some of the initiatives and collaboration among the participants might be more productive and advance the…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Programs
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Nelson, Elizabeth L.; Perry, Mia; Rogers, Theresa – Journal of Literacy Research, 2020
In this Insights essay, we propose a new concept of "offlineness" that builds on current language around digital practices, yet addresses an element of young people's experience that is not adequately represented in current research or educational discourse. This work is informed by a recent cross-national arts-based research project…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Technological Literacy, Computer Mediated Communication, Literacy
Haughey, D. G.; And Others – 1980
Designed to provide information for decision making when the current 5-year contract with the supplier of computing services to the Manitoba High School Computer Network expires in 1982, this study included both an assessment of the existing situation and the identification of alternative options for the provision of computer services to the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science Education, Data Processing
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Hogue, Andrew; Kapralos, Bill; Desjardins, Francois – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2011
Purpose: Problem/project-based-learning (PBL) approaches have traditionally been shown to be effective for learning within many professional programs that are directly related to the students' future career. The PBL approach has been adopted for over four decades in such fields as medicine and engineering and studies have demonstrated that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Science Education, Information Technology, Laptop Computers
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Bohemia, Erik; Ghassan, Aysar – American Journal of Distance Education, 2012
This article explores project-based cross-cultural and cross-institutional learning. Using Web 2.0 technologies, this project involved more than 240 students and eighteen academic staff from seven international universities. The focus of this article relates to a project-based learning activity named "The Gift". At each institution the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Projects, Distance Education, Active Learning
Froese-Germain, Bernie; Riel, Richard; McGahey, Bob – Canadian Teachers' Federation (NJ1), 2013
In May 2012 the Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF) conducted a national teacher survey on the theme of "Teachers’ Aspirations" as part of a joint research project with the Canadian Education Association (CEA). The research project involved extensive input from over 200 teachers who participated in CEA focus groups across the country and…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Teacher Attitudes, Focus Groups, Teacher Surveys
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Bruni, Carmen; Koch, Christina; Konrad, Bernhard; Lindstrom, Michael; Moyles, Iain; Thompson, Will – PRIMUS, 2016
The Math Exam/Education Resources (MER) is an open online learning resource hosted at The University of British Columbia (UBC), aimed at providing mathematics education resources for students and instructors at UBC. In this paper, there will be a discussion of the motivation for creating this resource on the MediaWiki platform, key features of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Educational Resources, Mathematics Education
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