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Raj Boora
University of Alberta
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The New Paideia
Raj Boora
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2002 (2002) pp. 138–143
To travel is one of the greatest ways to learn about the world. It is the "getting there" that provides the learning experience, not so much as the destination itself. Education is also a journey, one that should last a lifetime. But for many...
Topics: Students
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Back to Basics: Hybrid Learning and Comfortable Computing.
Raj Boora
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2004 (2004) pp. 499–505
Physical classrooms have the social element that online classrooms lack. Online classrooms have the computers that physical classrooms lack. In order to improve both, one must learn from the other. Offline, the physical classroom should see the...
Topics: Classrooms, Physical Education, Computers, Distance Education
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Comfortable Computing – Ergonomics of Technology Integration
Raj Boora
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2003 (2003) pp. 398–401
Of the many factors that may play a role in the limited use of technology in pre service teacher education is the lack of access to computer labs and the physical setup of the computer lab itself. Wireless laptop labs are a solution to issues of...
Topics: Computers, Educational Technology, Physical Education, Physical Environments
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Using Elluminate as a Simple Solution for Telehealth Initiatives for Continuing Medical Education
Chris De Gara; Raj Boora
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 476–480
Recent advances in communication technologies have created video conferencing systems that are efficient, reliable and able to impressively deliver audio and video to any capable point in the world. Unfortunately, not every corner of the world can...
Topics: Video
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Converting Synchronous Instruction for Asynchronous Delivery
Raj Boora; Alan Davis; Craig Montgomerie
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 167–170
Students miss classes for a number of reasons. With emerging technology, providing asynchronous access to that class is possible. Rural Advanced Community of Learners (RACOL) is creating a new standard in delivering distance education to students...
Topics: Students, Educational Technology, Distance Education, Community
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Technology in Teacher Education Becomes More Accessible and Natural: Implementation of a Wireless Mobile Computer Lab
JoAnne Davies; Mike Carbonaro; Raj Boora
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 2095–2100
For the past year, a wireless mobile computer lab has been in service at the University of Alberta Faculty of Education. The lab consists of 32 laptops, a printer, a projector and a wireless network access point on a movable cart. This lab is...
Topics: Educational Technology, Professional Development, Computers, Faculty, Classrooms
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My Life as a Technology Professional Development Facilitator: The Challenges of Supporting Faculty Technology Integration
Kim Peacock; JoAnne Davies; Raj Boora
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 1302–1307
The Technology Professional Development group of the Faculty of Education, University of Alberta is a unique program that provides just-in-time professional development support to all faculty members, administrators, sessional instructors and...
Topics: Educational Technology, Professional Development, Faculty
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Flattening the World from the Inside: Digital Storytelling with Incarcerated Youth
Raj Boora; Diane Conrad; Susan Spence-Campbell
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 371–376
As part of an after school program in an Alberta Youth Corrections facility, incarcerated youth have had an opportunity to participate in a digital storytelling project. Incarcerated youth are perhaps not the first candidates that one would think of ...
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Implementing a Synchronous Learning System in Distance Programs: Impressions from within a Faculty of Education
Raj Boora; Kim Peacock; JoAnne Davies; Mike Carbonaro; Joyce Bainbridge; Fern Snart
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2005 (October 2005) pp. 546–559
Distance learning is becoming an increasingly important mode of delivery for many institutions. Through distance courses, institutions are able to offer adult students the flexibility they require. The University of Alberta's Faculty of Education...