Faculty of Education: Recent submissions
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How secondary schools transition into 1:1 bring your own device blended learning environments
(2017)Many schools have implemented one device per student (1:1) programs. While the benefits of technology in education may not be fully realized until access is ubiquitous, 1:1 programs are often unsustainable. One way to make ... -
Investigating the role of informal online communities of practice (CoPs) in professional learning: the experience of second/foreign language teachers
(2017-08-01)This study examined Ukrainian language teacher notions, attitudes, feelings, and experiences related to participation in informal online Communities of Practice (CoPs) as an alternative means of professional learning. ... -
Digital privacy in the classroom: an analysis of the intent and realization of Ontario policy in context
(2017-08-01)Digital tools are becoming more commonplace within the K-12 classroom, but with the renewed opportunities come associated risks for student privacy. Digital tool use creates a digital footprint of the user which may contain ... -
Evaluating the impact of real-time visualization on knowledge acquisition in management meetings
(2017-08-30)This thesis study examines the use of real-time visualization in management meetings to determine how visualization affects knowledge acquisition. The participants in this research are 33 business managers and visual ... -
Educators’ insights on utilizing iPads to meet kindergarten goals
(2017)This study investigates how educators plan and review the integration of iPads to meet Early Learning Kindergarten curriculum goals across the four newly-established domains of the Ontario Kindergarten Curriculum. The ... -
Readiness for digital learning: examining self-reported and observed mobile competencies as steps toward more effective learner readiness assessment
(2017-04-01)This mixed-methods study explores a digital-competencies survey tool for probing the readiness of higher-education students for digital learning, in three steps. First, it develops a methodology for capturing and analysing ... -
Exploring the use of mathematics apps in the elementary school classroom
(2017-01-01)Many reports indicate that students have difficulty in mathematics (Carr, 2012; Hinton, 2014; National Assessment of Educational Progress, 2013). Some evidence suggests that technology can help improve student performance ... -
Exploring young children’s ideas about wearable technology: a case study
(2017-04-01)This case study, which forms a part of the Kids, Creative Storyworlds and Wearables project, explores children’s perspectives on wearable technology through their stories and other creative ideas inspired by wearable ... -
Virtual communities of practice in simulation-based healthcare education: participation factors and content value assessment
(2016-01-01)This study is the first known formative analysis of simulation-based healthcare education virtual communities of practice (VCoPs). The goal of this study was to analyse the frequency of participation, factors that influence ... -
An examination of the efficacy of the plagiarism detection software program Turnitin
(2016)This research examined the effectiveness of the plagiarism detection program Turnitin in identifying clearly copied, verbatim textual material from peer reviewed and published academic journal articles. It also considered ... -
Development of a constructivist learning environment on the facial expression recognition skills of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
(2016)This paper details the development of a prototype constructivist mobile application for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), to aid them in identifying facial expressions in others. People with ASD have difficulty ... -
An investigation of adolescent girls’ critical media health literacy in a body-positive program
(2016-01-01)This Master’s thesis describes a research study that examines media artifacts created by 26 adolescent girls participating in a four-week body-positive program. Employing a qualitative case study method, this study explores ... -
An examination of laptop-based off-task behaviours in secondary school classrooms
(2016-01-01)The purpose of this study was to examine factors that affect secondary school students’ off-task behaviours in laptop-based classrooms. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected from 224 secondary school students ... -
Examining students’ attitudes toward blended learning in adult literacy and basic skills programs
(2016-03-01)Literacy and Basic Skills (LBS) programs offer adult learners, with low literacy and basic skills, opportunities to improve employment skills and pre-requisite courses for entrance into post-secondary education. Barriers ... -
Assessing the impact of a virtual lab in an allied health program
(2016-01-01)Demonstrating laboratory skills and competency in a hands-on laboratory requires effective pre-laboratory preparation, knowledge, and experience, all of which can be difficult to achieve using traditional teaching methods. ... -
A presence of obligation: cyberbehaviour, policy, and restorative practices
(2015-03-26)Ontario Safe Schools’ policies have undergone major changes over the last 15 years. Zero tolerance policies and practices of the 1990’s have given way to more progressive approaches to school discipline that include ... -
Vines of oppression: a review of the literature, educational criticism and narrative analysis of social media research in public education
(2015)This arts-based educational inquiry paper is divided into three main sections; a review of the literature, an educational criticism discussing themes arising from the review of the literature, and a narrative analysis ... -
Measuring Web 2.0 interaction: a meta-synthesis of literature on using transactional distance and social presence
(2015)In this study, the researcher created an instrument, based on a meta-synthesis of relevant literature, to measure the presence of the variables associated with Transactional Distance and Social Presence when used as a ... -
Understanding the relationship between the personal and professional use of technology by K-12 educators
(2012)Much research has been done around how and why teachers integrate technology into classroom practices. Various factors have been shown to be important including teachers’ beliefs, attitudes, comfort, knowledge and skills. ... -
An exploration of the role of smartphones: mobile technology expanding the learning environment outside of the classroom
(2012)Smartphones effectively expand the learning environment outside of the traditional classroom. Secondary school students enrolled in grade 10 and grade 11 communication technology courses were recruited to participate in a ...