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Direct linkHarsh, Matthew; Bernstein, Michael J.; Wetmore, Jameson; Cozzens, Susan; Woodson, Thomas; Castillo, Rafael – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2017
Despite calls to address global challenges through community engagement, engineers are not formally prepared to engage with communities. Little research has been done on means to address this "engagement gap" in engineering education. We examine the efficacy of an intensive, two-day Community Engagement Workshop for engineers, designed…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Engineering, Community Involvement, Community Development
Download full textLefebvre, Pascal; Bolduc, Jonathan; Pirkenne, Christel – Journal for Learning through the Arts, 2015
Nursery rhymes provide a unique learning context for preschoolers in regard to their emergent literacy and musical development. According to Vygotsky's social constructivist theory (1978), in order for learning to occur, children must face challenges, and adults must provide support to guide them toward mastery of new skills. The current pilot…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten, Teacher Attitudes, Nursery Rhymes
Rogers, W. Todd; Hauserman, Cal P.; Skytt, Jacqueline – Canadian Journal of Education, 2016
The impact of Cognitive Coaching? included as part of the Leader2Leader (L2L) Leadership Pilot Program for beginning principals in Alberta, Canada, was evaluated in the present study. Fifteen qualified principals (coaches) and 23 new principals completed the L2L Pilot Program that took place over 18 months. Questionnaires for coaches and new…
Descriptors: Capacity Building, Coaching (Performance), Leadership Effectiveness, Case Studies
Ravenscroft, Brenda; Luhanga, Ulemu; King, Bev – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2017
Prior research has shown that classroom-based evaluation tools are unable to adequately capture the unique aspects of online courses. To address such challenges, a mid-sized Canadian university with a broad and diverse programme of online offerings adapted a questionnaire designed to assess constructivist-compatible online teaching practices. This…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Pilot Projects, Questionnaires, Constructivism (Learning)
McRoberts, Timothy J.; Miller, Tess – Journal of Academic Administration in Higher Education, 2015
Instruments designed to track student changes in higher education are essential for monitoring program development in competitive higher education markets. As part of a developmental evaluation, a student questionnaire was developed and piloted to examine attrition rates in college programs. The purpose of the questionnaire was to explore factors…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attrition, Withdrawal (Education), Questionnaires
Lindsay, Sally; McPherson, Amy C.; Aslam, Henna; McKeever, Patricia; Wright, Virginia – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2013
Background: Although social exclusion among typically developing school-aged children has been well explored, it is under-researched for children with disabilities even though they are at a higher risk for being excluded. While there are a number of different programs available to improve social inclusion at school, the appeal of these programs to…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Social Isolation, Foreign Countries, Group Discussion
Gates, Michelle; Hanning, Rhona M.; Gates, Allison; McCarthy, Daniel D.; Tsuji, Leonard J. S. – Journal of School Health, 2013
Background: Canadian Aboriginal youth have poorer diet quality and higher rates of overweight and obesity than the general population. This research aimed to assess the impact of simple food provision programs on the intakes of milk and alternatives among youth in Kashechewan and Attawapiskat First Nations (FNs), Ontario, Canada. Methods: A pilot…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pilot Projects, Health Programs, Food
Pluye, Pierre; Grad, Roland; Granikov, Vera; Theriault, Guylene; Fremont, Pierre; Burnand, Bernard; Mercer, Jay; Marlow, Bernard; Arroll, Bruce; Luconi, Francesca; Legare, France; Labrecque, Michel; Ladouceur, Roger; Bouthillier, France; Sridhar, Soumya Bindiganavile; Moscovici, Jonathan – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2012
Introduction: Systematic literature reviews provide best evidence, but are underused by clinicians. Thus, integrating Cochrane reviews into continuing medical education (CME) is challenging. We designed a pilot CME program where summaries of Cochrane reviews ("Courriels Cochrane") were disseminated by e-mail. Program participants…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evidence, Medical Education, Physicians
Ciampa, Katia – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2012
This pilot study explores the impact of online electronic storybooks (e-books) on the reading motivation and listening comprehension of six grade 1 students (aged 7 years) from Ontario, Canada. The researcher measured participants' perceived enjoyment of the online e-book reading experience using standardized listening comprehension tests,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Publishing, Questionnaires, Observation
Jalali, Alireza; Leddy, John; Gauthier, Martin; Sun, Rong; Hincke, Maxwell; Carnegie, Jacqueline – Online Submission, 2011
Podcasting is an innovative, asynchronous communication tool. A pilot study was conducted to assess the utility of podcasting as an educational tool for undergraduate medical students. A paper-and-pencil questionnaire was developed and distributed to the 40 first-year students enrolled in the francophone stream of the medical curriculum at the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Medical Students, Short Term Memory
Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Spector, J. Michael, Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaias, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2016
These proceedings contain the papers of the 13th International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA 2016), October 28-30, 2016, which has been organized by the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS), co-organized by the University of Mannheim, Germany, and endorsed by the…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Foreign Countries, Constructivism (Learning), Technological Advancement
Lewthwaite, Brian; McMillan, Barbara; Renaud, Robert; Hainnu, Rebecca; MacDonald, Carolyn – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2010
This paper reports on several phases of a five-year science education development project in Nunavut, Canada. The project, in its entirety, was established as a Pilot Program for Nunavut schools in effort to understand school community aspirations for science education and potential contributors and impediments to fostering the realization of…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Eskimos, Foreign Countries, Educational Experience
Kernohan, Lori – College Quarterly, 2008
The pilot research project reported on here was conducted between October 2005 and March 2006 on one campus of one of Ontario's 24 colleges. The college is located in an urban centre in southern Ontario. The main focus of this pilot study was the exploration of issues of accessibility and accommodation for students with disabilities as they engage…
Descriptors: Evaluation Research, Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Peer reviewedBurningham, B. – Computers and the Humanities, 1999
Describes the survey project commissioned by the Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions and the concurrent pilot project that investigated the potential of digitizing technologies. Presents a qualitative summary of the concerns raised by the Canadian research community during the survey project, focusing on the digitization of…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Interviews
Harrison, Allyson G.; Larochette, Anne-Claire; Nichols, Eva – Exceptionality Education Canada, 2007
In 1997, the government of Ontario announced the establishment of the Learning Opportunities Task Force (LOTF) to develop and administer a series of pilot projects to enhance the transition of students with specific learning disabilities into postsecondary education, and to identify what supports, services and accommodations would assist these…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Education, Pilot Projects, Learning Disabilities
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