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Banks, Rebecca; Porchia, Starian; McCallum, Jasmine; Schiner, Nick – Childhood Education, 2023
In the wake of all that educators are navigating these days, they've proven to be not only resilient, but also innovative. They continue intentionally finding new and exciting ways to create powerful learning opportunities for all students. Reinvent the Classroom, an initiative by Digital Promise, HP, Microsoft, and Intel, supports, celebrates,…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Writing (Composition)
Asfeldt, Morten; Beames, Simon – Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, 2012
Most educators have spent many days and thousands of dollars attending academic conferences around the world, only to find themselves sitting in ballrooms, listening to speakers and watching PowerPoint presentations. In most cases, this conference format represents a profound pedagogical contradiction for outdoor and experiential educators. This…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Outdoor Education, Outdoor Leadership, Program Design
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McLean, Cheryl A.; Rowsell, Jennifer; Lapp, Diane – English in Australia, 2011
This article argues that theoretical understandings of multimodality have enormous potential for assessment purposes in secondary school contexts. Informed by the work of three researchers in three North American high schools, the article offers vignettes of the effective assessment of communicative competence in English classrooms that draws on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, North Americans, English Instruction, Learning Modalities
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
Haughey, Margaret – 1983
Since 1978, the University of Victoria has offered courses to students in British Columbia, using an interactive satellite delivery system. During that time both the system and the course design have become more sophisticated. Principles underlying program design include focusing on the learner and communication with learners, and basing televised…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Curriculum Design, Design Requirements, Distance Education
Neufeld, G. Ronald – 1985
This paper presents a definition of distance education and a rationale for it both in pragmatic, problem-solving terms and in relation to a larger view of society. The geographic, political, educational, and technological context of distance education in Canada is then discussed. Traditional correspondence courses, satellite-delivered credit and…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Costs, Distance Education, Educational Television
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Upitis, Rena – Computers and Education, 1990
Contrasts uses of electronic mail which are contrived by teachers versus uses that are based on real educational needs. Examples based on elementary school projects in Canada, the United States, and Australia are given; and uses in distance education, in school administration, with handicapped children, and to improve writing skills are described.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Disabilities, Distance Education, Educational Administration