Search results for author:"John Findlay"
Total records matched: 7 Search took: 0.108 secs
-
Knowledge Creation Technologies (KCT) Support for the Cultural Transformation of Schools
John Findlay
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 925–932
The reluctance of teachers to employ constructivist methods of learning or use information and communications technologies (ICT) in their teaching practice has become a major impediment to the next generation being well prepared for a more complex...
Topics: Teachers, Teaching Methods, Information Communication Technologies
-
Communities of Ethical Practice: Using New Technologies for Ethical Dialectical Discourse
Linda Newman; John Findlay
Educational Technology & Society Vol. 11, No. 4 (2008) pp. 16–28
The authors report on a project in which a new experiential form of professional learning combined ethical thinking processes with a collaborative meeting technology known as the Zing team learning system (ZTLS). A new software program called ...
-
A computer-based research tool for rapid knowledge-creation
Robert Fitzgerald; John Findlay
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 1979–1984
There is growing interest in the application of computer-based tools to support higher level thinking and meta-cognitive processes to enable organisations and individuals to respond to accelerating social and technological change with practical and...
Topics: Computers, Human Computer Interaction
-
Rich design: Engaging students as capable designers and co-creators in auto-catalytic learning contexts
John Findlay; Robert Fitzgerald
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 500–506
This paper offers a cultural-historical explanation for the large gap that has developed between the home and school experiences of young people of multimedia and other technologies. Multimedia developers now face a choice of creating instructional...
Topics: Multimedia
-
Learner as researcher: Self-facilitated team investigations
Robert Fitzgerald; John Findlay
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 1205–1208
This poster reports on the trial of a collaborative research software program that helps learners develop research skills through immersion in the community of practice, not with experts in the field but by engaging with fellow neophytes....
-
Learner as designer: exploring a collaborative model of instructional design, Part 2
Robert Fitzgerald; John Findlay; Anne Forster; Linda Newman
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 3872–3878
The symposium explores a collaborative model of instructional design in which participants work in teams to transform hypotheticals or existing internet-based simulations and artefacts into engaging "edutainments". The presenters will each present a ...
Topics: Learning Outcomes, Instructional Design, Collaboration
-
Transforming pedagogies using collaborative tools
Alison Elliot; John Findlay; Robert Fitzgerald; Anne Forster
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 2565–2569
The four panelists or "interactors" will facilitate a dialogue to explore how educators can shape the concept of school and pedagogy so the learning experiences of young people are as interesting as the new media they routinely enjoy in their home...
Topics: Cognition