The TeleLearning
PDS supports innovative pedagogy using information and communication
technologies (ICT). It is a shared space devoted to the understanding
of teaching and learning in network-enabled classrooms, schools, and
university-school partnerships. Collaborative reflection on practice,
inquiries into learning to teach with ICT, and knowledge building are
the main activities. Pre-service teachers, in-service teachers, graduate
students, and teacher educators conduct network-enhanced activities
at different local sites. They participate in local and regional professional
development workshops as well as in major international scientific meetings.
The professional
development model put forward begins with the actor's consciousness
of the network phenomenon and his or her willingness to develop the
knowledge and skills in order to master new available tools for learning
and teaching. Access issues (level of electronic connectivity, choice
of software, etc.) must be faced in order for a teacher or a teacher
candidate to see new pedagogical possibilities, and innovate in one's
teaching. TeleLearning Network of Centres of Excellence R & D activities
(Theme: Educating Educators, 1995-2002) have emphasized sense-making,
intentionality, and meaningful use of ICTs. From different sites across
Canada, researchers inquired into thoughtful and effective uses of ICTs.
With each new grant, they are moving to more complex teacher learning
goals, and advanced research designs.
With TL-NCE
funding having been extended until march 31st, 2004, this page offers
an opportunity for a closer look at our activities:
Designing
the TL-PDS Phase III (2002-2004): Collaborative knowledge building activities
by and for teachers
Designing the TL-PDS Phase II (1999-2002): Learning to teach in the
networked classroom through collaborative inquiry
Designing the TL-PDS Phase I (1995-1999): A virtual community of support
and communication for pre-service teachers
- Student
teachers' online
collaborative journal writing and reflective practice (early field
experiences and student teaching in associated schools) (1997, 1998,
1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
- Student
teachers' online collaborative knowledge building (student teaching
in associated schools) (2002, 2003, 2004)
- Student
teachers' integration seminar & porfolios (see PROTIC
Classrooms)
- Student
teachers' collaborative
inquiries in networked classrooms (supported by VGroups (Virtual-U)
and Knowledge Forum)
- Graduating
and graduate students' design of virtual tours related to innovative
use of new technology for teaching, learning, and knowledge building
(2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
- Inservice
teachers' professional development supported by VGroups (Virtual-U)
and Knowledge Forum
- Graduate
students' and teacher educators' writing of case studies (on-site
and on-line ethnographical work)
- Researchers'
designs: human interaction for learning and knowledge building with
Internet-based tools that support collaboration
Blended
Graduate and Undergraduate Courses and Teaching Practica
Institutes
- McGill
TeleLearning Institute (August '98, August '99, August 2000, August
2001, August 2002, August 2003)
- OISE/UT
Knowledge Building Institute (August '98, August '99, August 2000,
August '01, August '02, August '03)
- École
d'été en téléapprentissage pour enseignants
et stagiaires d'écoles associées à l'Université
Laval (August '96, '97, '98, '99, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)
- Memberships
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Consultation
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Canadian Association of Deans of Education (January 2004)
- Alberta
Commission on Learning (February 2003)
- Saskatchewan
School Boards Association (2002)
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Ontario Knowledge Learning Network (2000)
- Conseil
supérieur de l'éducation, Quebec (1999)
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Presentations 2003-2004
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Laferrière, T., & Breuleux, A. (March, 2004). Knowledge
building: Innovative practice in network-enabled classrooms. Poster
session at SITE 2004, Atlanta, USA.
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Laferrière, T. (February, 2004). Society for Information
Technology and Teacher Education (SITE). National Symposium on
the Integration of Information and Communication Technologies
(ICT) in Faculties of Education in Canada, University of Calgary.
- Laferrière,
T. (December, 2003). Virtual practica in teacher education. University
of Hong Kong.
- Laferrière,
T. (October, 2003). Connectivity – A Lever for Whole School
Change. Network of Innovative Schools, Calgary.
Presentations
2002-2003
- Campos,
M., Laferrière, T., Messas, & Allaire. (2003). Analysing
argumentation procedures of electronic conference transcripts of student
teachers: A conceptual tool. Paper presented at the annual meeting
of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago.
- Laferrière,
T. (2003). Faculty of Education,
Queen's University, April.
- Laferrière,
T. , Breuleux, A. (2002). Virtual ethnography in remote networked
schools. Fall meeting of the Association pour la recherche qualitative,
Trois-Rivières, Québec, November.
- Laferrière,
T., Lamon, M., Murphy, E., McAuley, S., & Breuleux, A. (2002).
IsCoL presentations. Meeting of the SchoolNet Network of Innovative
Schools, Mississauga, Ontario, October.
- Laferrière,
T., & Breuleux, A. (2002). Networked learning communities: Lessons
learned and future challenges. Colloquium From real to virtual: boundaries,
convergence and openings of knowledge networks, The Learned societies,
Toronto, May.
- Campos,
M., Laferrière, T., Murphy, E., Lapointe, J., and Viens, J.
(2002). Electronic conferencing: Early results in measurement and
evaluation, and related challenges", Annual Meeting of the American
Educational Research Association, New Orleans, April.
- Presentations
2001-2002
- Laferrière,
T. (2002). Integrating CSCL and the Barcelona Universal Forum of Cultures
2004. CSCL 2002. Boulder, Colorado.
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- Presentations
2000-2001
- Laferrière,
T., Breuleux, A., Erickson, G., & Lamon, M. (November, 2000).
Teacher
professional development: Integrated solutions. TeleLearning
2000/Télé-apprentissage 2000, Toronto.
- Breuleux,
A., & Laferrière, T. (October, 2000). Communities
of interpretation within the Telelearning Professional Development
Schools. CILT 2000, Washington.
- Laferrière,
T. (August, 2000). In-service education through face-to-face and on-line
interaction in learning communities.25th Anniversary of the Association
for Teacher Education in Europe (ATEE),
Barcelona. Translated.
- Poster
Presentations 2000-2001
- Benoit,
J. (November, 2000). A Community of practice
at work: CSST Case Study. TeleLearning
2000/Télé-apprentissage 2000, Toronto.
- Campos,
M., Laferrière, T., & Harasim, L. (November, 2000). Shaping
the future of higher education: Early attempts in combining face-to-face
and on-line interaction in the post-secondary networked clasroom.
TeleLearning
2000/Télé-apprentissage 2000, Toronto.
- Luk,
M., Harasim, L., Nizet, I., & Laferrière, T. (November
2000). Participation in VGroups: From measurement
to scaffolds. TeleLearning
2000/Télé-apprentissage 2000, Toronto. Second prize.
- Murphy,
E. (November, 2000). A virtual community
of teacher learners: Building new knowledge from prior conceptions.
TeleLearning
2000/Télé-apprentissage 2000, Toronto.
- Workshops
2000-2001
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- Presentations
1999-2000
- Laferrière,
T. (April, 2000). Networked communities of learners: The TL*NCE teacher
education approach to teacher education reform. (AERA),
New Orleans.
- Laferrière,
T. (April, 2000).Virtual-U Supported Networked communities of learners:
The TL-NCE Teacher Education Approach TechVision
2000, Jamaica.
- Laferrière,
T. (April, 1999). Is IT only a tool? Teachers and Education
Reform in a Networked World. American Educational Research Association
(AERA), Montreal.
- Breuleux,
A., & Laferrière, T. (April,1999). Scholarship of teaching
reconsidered; teaching and research in learning communities. CILT
'99 : Charting the Frontiers of Learning Technologies, San Jose.
- Presentations
1998-1999
- Laferrière,
T., Erickson, G., & Breuleux, A. (June, 1999). Trends in higher
education, and new avenues for teacher educators. Canadian Society
for the Study of Education (CSSE).
- Glickman,
V., & Laferrière, T. (May, 1999). Research and Measurement
Group Report. SchoolNet Advisory
Board, Ottawa.
- Laferrière,
T. (April, 1999). Is IT only a tool? Teachers and Education
Reform in a Networked World. American Educational Research Association
(AERA), Montreal.
- Web-extended
conference activities
- February,
2004
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