Browsing by Author "Morrison, Laura"

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    Online Teacher Education During COVID: Emerging Futures for Pre-service Teacher Education
    (2021-08) Morrison, Laura; Jacobsen, Michele; Lock, Jennifer; Spring, Erin
    The purpose of this study was to explore and analyze promising online pedagogical practices that enhance engagement and learning in one course of an Ontario-based pre-service teacher (PST) education program. The study used a multiple methods Design Based Research (DBR) approach and was framed by the theoretical perspectives of social constructivism, Communities of Inquiry, TPACK (technological, pedagogical and content knowledge) and a flipped classroom model (FCM). Data was collected from the perspectives of three students and one instructor. Data analysis focused on themes related to student engagement and learning, including additional considerations for online PST education. Key findings included: (a) the importance of timely, positive and personal teacher feedback for student way-finding, motivation and rapport building; (b) the importance of professional learning networks (PLNs) for social and cognitive presence development; (c) the importance of a FCM and choice (in content and responses) for cognitive and social presence development; (d) the importance of authentic learning experiences for deeper learning and (e) additional considerations for PST online education. Future research possibilities include replication of the study’s research design in other contexts in order to build an understanding of the practices that transcend contextual boundaries with an eye toward theory-building.
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    Supporting Teachers’ Understanding of Innovative Maker Pedagogies During a Pandemic Through the Design of Ethical and Relational Online Professional Learning
    (Canadian Association for Teacher Education, 2022-12-04) Morrison, Laura; Becker, Sandra; Hughes, Janette; Jacobsen, Michele; Schira-Hagerman, Michelle
    This qualitative research explores the challenges involved in designing online professional learning (OPL) for teachers with a focus on innovative pedagogies, specifically maker-centred practices. This OPL was designed in response to teachers’ expressed need for support to the government mandated pivot to emergency remote teaching (ERT) during the 2020 pandemic. The research question addressed is: What are the many ways in which we create the conditions for meaningful, authentic, and respectful professional learning focused on innovative practices, such as making, in an online environment? In this study, the conceptual model considers human-centred design and Nodding’s (2013) relational practice in the context of the Ontario College of Teachers’ (OCT) four-part conception of professional ethics. Implications include that designers: (a) can enhance teacher learning by highlighting the connection between empathy, perspective-taking, and techno-pedagogical competence with making; (b) should focus the sessions on common tools, as well as transferable activities and curriculum, to support early success; and (c) design with teachers, which requires the intentional design of conditions for teacher learning, targeted supports and scaffolds for learning, awareness of resources needed, and provision of appropriate instructional guidance and expertise.