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Knowledge building : Innovative practice in network-enabled classrooms
Therese Laferriere; Alain Breuleux
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 2928–2930
The objectives for the poster-demo session are to present the early results of a design experiment on teaching, learning and leading in broadband-enabled small remote schools in rural Quebec. School-based participants and university-based...
Topics: Schools, Learning Objects
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ICT Integration: A Professional Development Model That Proves to be Transformative and Viable
Therese Laferriere; Alain Breuleux
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 1471–1474
This paper presents a professional development model that proved its practical relevance in our teaching and research work within the TeleLearning Network of Centres of Excellence (1995 to 2002; Theme Educating the Educators). Ways in which post...
Topics: Educational Technology, Professional Development, Information Communication Technologies, Networking Technologies, Post Secondary Education
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Networking Remote Rural Schools for Learning and Knowledge Building: Teachers’, School Learners’ and Schools’ trajectories
Therese Laferriere; Alain Breuleux
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 3167–3171
This presentation will report on ICT integration trajectories in innovative remote networked settings. The design experiment involves thirteen sites. Trajectories of teachers, school learners, and schools are here considered. Data were participants' ...
Topics: Interaction, Integration, Information Communication Technologies, Schools
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Remote Networked Schools: A Case for Collaborative Knowledge Building
Therese Laferriere; Alain Breuleux
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 933–938
The future of small communities in Québec and elsewhere in the world poses an ongoing challenge, one that small village schools, which must provide educational services of the same quality as bigger schools, are also facing. The challenge is all the ...
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Teacher Online/Onsite Collaboration in the Knowledge Building International Project
Therese Laferriere; Alain Breuleux
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 2886–2888
This paper describes teacher collaboration enabled by digital platforms. The Knowledge Building International Project (KBIP 2007-2014) operates on the basis of locally based networks of innovation distributed around the globe. Pedagogical and...
Topics: Creativity, K-12 Teachers and School Leaders Related, New Possibilities with Information Technologies
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Teaching as a visible activity in remote networked schools: A socio-cultural perspective
Therese Laferriere; Alain Breuleux; Stéphane Allaire
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (Oct 15, 2007) pp. 6846–6852
This paper addresses socio-cultural possibilities and obligations related to teaching as visible when teachers engage K-12 learners in the use of collaborative technologies over large bandwidth in small remote rural schools. A systemic initiative...
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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
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Innovative Models of Web-Supported University-School Partnerships
Therese Laferriere; Gaalen Erickson; Alain Breuleux
Canadian Journal of Education Vol. 30, No. 1 (2007) pp. 211–238
This study explored how the Internet bridges theory and practice. Teacher educators, teachers, and prospective teachers used collaborative technologies to design networked communities embedded in three distinct perspectives: the networked learning...
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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
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Global Perspectives on Trends, Issues and Challenges in E-Learning for Teacher Development
Paul Resta; Therese Laferriere; Alain Breuleux; Niki Davis
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (Oct 15, 2007) pp. 2234–2240
The panel session will focus on key topics and issues related to the use of e-Learning for teacher development. The international group of panelists includes chapter authors of a new book commissioned by UNESCO entitled Teacher Development in an E...
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Network-supported University-School Partnerships: The Transformation of Professional Practice in Remote Networked Schools
Therese Laferriere; Alain Breuleux; Sandrine Turcotte; Stéphane Allaire; Christine Hamel
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 843–849
This paper reports on university-school partnerships that support the renewal and enrichment of the school learning environment in remote rural areas in an educational reform context. The design experiment, which is now in its Phase III, involved...
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Engaging the conversation with stakeholders on an expansive definition of e-learning
Paul Resta; Mariana Patru; Alain Breuleux; Therese Laferriere; Niki Davis
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 2470–2474
The panel session will introduce a new UNESCO book entitled Teacher Development in an E-Learning Age: A Policy and Planning Guide. The international group of panelists includes chapter authors. They will present the four strands that constitute the...
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Infrastructure Support for Boundary Crossing and Teacher Professional Development: An Activity Theory Perspective
Therese Laferriere; Alain Breuleux; Allaire Stéphane; Christine Hamel; Sandrine Turcotte
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 892–895
We apply cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT) to analyze an enduring university-school-government (SUNG) partnership. Teacher professional development was the result of shifts in action resulting in the co-design of collaborative learning...
Topics: Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies, Technology Leadership, New Possibilities with Information Technologies