To create a virtual
community of support and communication for pre-service teachers was
the first phase in the existence of the TeleLearning-PDS. As Internet
became more and more visible to pre-service teachers, in-service teachers
and teacher educators, support in the thoughtful use of information
and communication technologies (ICTs) became of value to teachers.
The design of the virtual community of support and communication increasingly
focused on learning to teach in a network-enabled classroom, be it
an elementary, secondary, or post-secondary classroom (Phase II).
Furthermore, professional development for the design of knowledge
building communities was sought (Phase III).
Four
of the seven TL-NCE Educating Educators research projects had for
context technology-enabled teacher communities.
The
first three local sites chose their own means of support:
http://www.educ.ubc.ca/courses/cite/
http://www.education.mcgill.ca/olit/institute/
https://tact.ulaval.ca/
Another
partner site was one which was developing a knowledge building suite
of tools: https://www.ikit.org
Support
tools for sociotechnical designs are presented, ones developed byTL-NCE
research and development teams, and others:
- Virtual U
Knowledge
Forum
Telelearning
Teacher Portal
ISTE/NCATE Program
Standards
- SchoolNet (Staff Room)
- Vitrine
APO
- Office
of Learning Technologies
Institute for Knowledge
Innovation and Technology (IKIT)
EVNET: Network for the Evaluation of Education and Training Technologies
- Society
for Information Technology and Teacher Education
- Schools for Thought
Center
for innovative Learning Technologies
- The
center for Learning Technologies in Urban Schools
- Virtual
High School Consortium
TERC
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- General
information and education resources:
- Canadian
Education Research and Information System (CERIS)
Canadian
Education on the Web
SchoolNet
Canada
Centre
des ressources éducationnelles
- Education
Week
- ISTE
(International Society for Technology in Education)
- National
Center for Research on Teacher Learning
- New
Horizons for Learning
Marcopolo
Teach
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