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Kim Peacock
University of Alberta
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Towards a Controlled Vocabulary for the AACE Digital Library
Craig Montgomerie; Kim Peacock
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 5516–5524
The Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education announced public access to its Digital Library. While currently the Digital Library allows free text searching, many information retrieval experts suggest that the use of a controlled...
Topics: Library, Educational Technology
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Does instructional medium affect verbal classroom behaviours?
Kim Nadine Peacock
(2005) pp. 1–136
This study examined the teaching behaviours of a teacher who taught the same high school math course in a videoconferencing classroom and a traditional classroom. A quantitative analysis was done to determine any statistically significant...
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Faculty Envisioning Possibilities For Technology Integration in Their Teaching
Susan Gibson; Kim Peacock
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 1798–1804
Over the 2003/2004 academic year, the Teaching with Technology in the Faculty of Education (FTTE) website [http://www.quasar.ualberta.ca/ttfe] was developed. The main objective for this project was to provide a professional development model for...
Topics: Educational Technology, Professional Development, Faculty, Learning Objects
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What Makes an Effective Virtual Learning Experience for Promoting Faculty Use of Technology?
Susan Gibson; Kim Peacock
The Journal of Distance Education / Revue de l'ducation Distance Vol. 21, No. 1 (2006) pp. 62–74
The main objective of this project was to provide a Web-based tool that included practical resources for faculty in education at one Canadian university who were seeking ways to make effective use of learning technologies to enhance learning...
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Professional Development: A Rural School District's Experience with Videoconferencing
Karen Fiege; Kim Peacock; David Geelan
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 2150–2157
Abstract: The Rural Advanced Community of Learners (RACOL) project undertook an initiative to develop broadband synchronous and asynchronous technologies to a rural school district in northern Alberta, Canada. Relying on the recently installed...
Topics: Networking Technologies, Virtual Environments, Professional Development, Educational Technology, Community
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The Aboriginal Teacher Education Program Technology Initiative: Current Progress in a One-to-One Laptop Program to Support Blended Delivery
Kim Peacock; Yvonne Norton; Michael Carbonaro
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 2324–2329
In the fall of 2007, the Aboriginal Teacher Education Program (ATEP) at the University of Alberta set out to provide infrastructure and support to a cohort of rural pre-service teachers doing their teacher education program at Blue Quills First...
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Learning Together, Virtually Present: Teacher Professional Development in the RACOL Project
David Geelan; Karen Fiege; Kim Peacock
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 3316–3320
Teachers in the Rural Advanced Community of Learners (RACOL) project in northern Alberta, Canada, are teaching geographically separate classes in up to 5 schools, some over 100 km apart, using Virtual Presence Learning Environments (VPLEs). These...
Topics: Community, Distance Education, Professional Development, Learning Outcomes, Virtual Environments
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My Life as a Technology Professional Development Facilitator: The Challenges of Supporting Faculty Technology Integration
Kim Peacock; JoAnne Davies; Raj Boora
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 1302–1307
The Technology Professional Development group of the Faculty of Education, University of Alberta is a unique program that provides just-in-time professional development support to all faculty members, administrators, sessional instructors and...
Topics: Educational Technology, Professional Development, Faculty
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Digital Opportunities within the Aboriginal Teacher Education Program: A Study of Preservice Teachers' Attitudes and Proficiency in Technology Integration
Karon Dragon; Kim Peacock; Yvonne Norton; Evelyn Steinhauer; Fern Snart; Mike Carbonaro; Patricia Boechler
Alberta Journal of Educational Research Vol. 58, No. 2 (2012) pp. 263–285
This article explores changes that occurred in preservice teachers' thinking about the use of educational technology in a post-secondary, Aboriginal, elementary teacher education program. The research explores relationships associated with changes...
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Implementing a Synchronous Learning System in Distance Programs: Impressions from within a Faculty of Education
Raj Boora; Kim Peacock; JoAnne Davies; Mike Carbonaro; Joyce Bainbridge; Fern Snart
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2005 (October 2005) pp. 546–559
Distance learning is becoming an increasingly important mode of delivery for many institutions. Through distance courses, institutions are able to offer adult students the flexibility they require. The University of Alberta's Faculty of Education...