Browsing by Author "Hartwell, Amber"

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    Asynchronous Discussion Forums: Five Learning Designs
    (2021-04-30) Hartwell, Amber; Anderson, Maya; Hanlon, Patrick; Brown, Barbara
    This working document is for practitioners designing for blended or online learning modalities and using discussion forums to engage students in collaborative knowledge-building. Five learning designs and approaches for the reader’s consideration are illustrated. Each approach highlights some possibilities, requirements, challenges, possible scenarios, and related literature references. With each scenario, consideration for context (class size, location, etc.), pedagogical approach, and resource accessibility is recommended.
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    Building instructional capacity for online teaching and learning
    (2021-06-23) Hartwell, Amber; Thomas, Christy
    The goal of this systematic qualitative literature review is to inform building collective instructor capacity in online teaching and learning. Galvan’s (2006) framework of searching, reviewing, and writing was utilised as the method for this literature review. Themes related to building collective instructor capacity for online teaching and learning were used to present the results and include: (1) understanding the multiple roles in online teaching, (2) the importance of online presence, (3) intentional course design, and (4) providing targeted professional learning. The literature review begins with an introduction and is followed by the method, results, conclusion.
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    Designing for Technology-Enabled Learning Environments
    (2021-08-02) Hartwell, Amber; Brown, Barbara; Hanlon, Patrick
    This working document is for instructors designing technology-enabled learning environments. Six possible approaches for course delivery consideration are illustrated. Each approach highlights some possibilities, requirements, challenges, scenarios, and related literature references. With each scenario, consideration for context (class size, location, etc.), pedagogical approach, and resource accessibility is recommended.
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    Exploring Online Pedagogies for Social Connectedness and Advancing Professional Collaboration: Research Brief
    (2022-08) Hartwell, Amber; Nogueira, Bruna; Thomas, Christy; Brown, Barbara
    This research brief describes a research project funded by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Development Grant in 2021. The research explored how instructors from two teacher education programs designed online group work to promote pre-service teachers’ professional collaboration skills and connectedness. Data collection involved surveys, interviews, and a review of course documents related to group work in online courses.