Project Descriptions
Effectiveness of new learning technologies in providing education to rural and isolated communities (Effectiveness study)
Lead Researcher(s): Dr. Bruce Sheppard and Dr. Tim Seifert
Main Community Partners: Memorial University (MUN), Department of Education (DOE), School Districts, College of the North Atlantic (CNA), Centre for Distance Learning and Innovation (CDLI).
Learn more...Innovative and Effective Practices in Online
Learning (Classroom Study)
Lead Researcher(s): Dr. Elizabeth Murphy
Main Community Partners: CDLI, School Districts, MUN Faculty of Education.
Learn more...OPLC and teacher preparation (New teacher study)
Lead Researcher(s): Dr. David Dibbon and Dr. Ken Stevens
Main Community Partners:
Newfoundland and Labrador Teachers Association (NLTA), Virtual
Teacher Centre, MUN Faculty of Education, School Districts.
Perceptions of distance education in Newfoundland and Labrador over a ten year period (Historical study)
Lead Researcher(s):
Dr. Trudi Johnson
Participation of high school students in the isolated aboriginal communities of coastal Labrador in web-delivered learning (Aboriginal study)
Lead Researcher(s): Dr. Dennis Sharpe and Dr. Dave Philpott
Main Community Partners:
Labrador School District, Labrador Inuit Association, CDLI.
The impact of CDLI course participation on student transition into post-secondary education and/or the workforce (Transition study)
Lead Researcher(s): Dr. Dale Kirby and Dr. Dennis Sharpe
Main Community Partners:
CNA, CDLI, MUN.
District leadership for the new learning environment (Leadership study)
Lead Researcher(s): Dr. Jean Brown and Dr. Bruce Sheppard
Main Community Partners:
School Districts, NLTA, Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of
School Councils (NLFSC), Newfoundland and Labrador School Board
Association (NLSBA).
Curricula shifts in a digital age (A philosophical inquiry)
Lead Researcher(s): Dr. Barrie Barrell and Ms. Mary Cameron
