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Kendrick, Maureen; Early, Margaret; Michalovich, Amir; Mangat, Meena – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2022
This study addresses the urgent need to develop innovative pedagogies that build upon and enhance the digital literacies and representational practices of culturally and linguistically diverse youth from refugee backgrounds. In Canadian high schools, this population of students enter school with varying levels of literacy in their first…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Computer Literacy, Student Diversity
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Dolighan, Tim; Owen, Michael – Brock Education: A Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2021
This study examines secondary teachers' efficacy for teaching in a fully online teaching environment during the sudden transition to online teaching due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The study sought to identify how specific variables, teaching experience, professional development (PD) experience, and teaching supports correlate with the self-efficacy…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Effectiveness, Self Efficacy, Web Based Instruction
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Dai, Jiamin; Granikov, Vera; El Sherif, Reem; Grguric, Ekatarina; Turcotte, Emmanuelle; Pluye, Pierre – Education for Information, 2019
With an increasing volume of health information online, it becomes critical for consumers to improve their search and evaluation skills to retrieve reliable information. The Patient Information Aid (PIA) program is aimed to facilitate information seeking, potentially leading to positive outcomes of online consumer health information and the…
Descriptors: Patients, Information Literacy, Information Sources, Information Seeking
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Kelly, Patrick; Katz, Larry – International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology, 2016
Peer-to-peer (P2P) learning within two distinct groups of disadvantaged adults was studied during a two-hour computer skills workshop. Of interest was whether or not P2P learning with this population was a viable method for increasing performance and confidence. Two qualified instructors at two locations taught the same introductory…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Learning Strategies, Teaching Methods, Computer Literacy
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Fitzgerald, Scott; Beattie, Beverley; Carter, Lorraine; Caswell, Wenda – Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, 2014
Nipissing University in North Bay, Ontario, is currently the only post-secondary institution in that province to offer a part-time Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing (BScN) program for Registered Practical Nurses (RPNs) through a blended learning model. This program represents a "bridge" from the nurse's college diploma and offers a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nursing Education, Continuing Education, College Programs
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Lotherington, Heather; Ronda, Natalia Sinitskaya – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2009
This paper outlines a case study conducted in two public schools in the greater Toronto area as a complementary component of a multisite experimental study exploring educational game development as a learning activity for motivating and engaging students in curriculum-related literacy activities (Owston et al., 2007). Researchers studied children…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Sentence Structure, Geography, Grade 4
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Wood, Eileen; Lanuza, Catherine; Baciu, Iuliana; MacKenzie, Meagan; Nosko, Amanda – Educational Gerontology, 2010
Sixty-four seniors were introduced to computers through a series of five weekly workshops. Participants were given instruction followed by hands-on experience for topics related to social communication, information seeking, games, and word processing and were observed to determine their preferences for instructional support. Observations of…
Descriptors: Computer Attitudes, Workshops, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology
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Taylor, Maurice C.; Ayala, Gabriel E.; Pinsent-Johnson, Christine – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2009
This Canadian study investigated how the transfer of learning occurred in an employment preparation programme for adults with low literacy skills using a multi-site case study research design. Four different programmes involving trainees, instructors and workplace supervisors participated in the investigation. Results indicated that the transfer…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, Adult Literacy, Job Training, Computer Literacy
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Larose, Francois; Grenon, Vincent; Morin, Marie-Pier; Hasni, Abdelkrim – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2009
Most industrialised countries have adopted training strategies for pre-service teachers that place experienced teacher guidance centre stage, particularly within the context of regular pre-service field training sessions. In this article, after analysing the data taken from a longitudinal survey on the computer skills and attitudes of students…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Computer Uses in Education, Technology Integration, Longitudinal Studies
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Fichten, Catherine S.; Ferraro, Vittoria; Asuncion, Jennison V.; Chwojka, Caroline; Barile, Maria; Nguyen, Mai N.; Klomp, Ryan; Wolforth, Joan – Educational Technology & Society, 2009
This study explored e-learning problems and solutions reported by 223 students with disabilities, 58 campus disability service providers, 28 professors, and 33 e-learning professionals from Canadian colleges and universities. All four groups indicated, via online questionnaires, problems with: accessibility of websites and course/learning…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Learning Problems, Management Systems, Economically Disadvantaged
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Curriculum Branch. – 1984
This curriculum guide provides information in both English and French for the teaching of computer literacy in junior high schools in the Canadian province of Alberta. A basic introductory course developed in response to the need to acquaint junior high school students with a general understanding of computers and their use, the program for grades…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Software, Course Content, Curriculum Guides
Nordman, R.; Parker, J. – 1981
This report compares two methods of teaching BASIC programming used to develop computer literacy among children in grades three through seven in British Columbia. Phase one of the project was designed to instruct children in grades five to seven on the arithmetic operations of writing simple BASIC programs. Instructional methods included using job…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Programs, Educational Innovation, Elementary Education
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Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1984
This curriculum guide provides information in both English and French for teaching the course, Computer Literacy 10, in the high schools of the Canadian province of Alberta. A basic introductory course developed in response to the need to acquaint high school students with a general understanding of computers and their use, Computer Literacy 10…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Software, Course Content, Curriculum Guides
Morrow, Dallas; Goertzen, Sandi – 1986
The development of knowledge and skills in the areas of mathematics, science, and computers is considered to be important for all students, both males and females. These subjects are prerequisites for many postsecondary education programs. Some of the most highly paid sectors of the labor market are those which require math, science, and computer…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Elementary Secondary Education, Females, Foreign Countries
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Zhou, George; Xu, Judy – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2007
Gender differences have attracted attention in today's educational research and practice. Very few studies, however, explore the gender differences in the use of technology in higher education. The authors conducted a study on technology adoption at a large Canadian university. One of its purposes was to inform our understanding of how gender…
Descriptors: Females, Educational Technology, Gender Differences, Males
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