Research

Recent Funded Research Projects

Feb. 2011 – Aug. 2012: Conceptualizing a technology-mediated professional development model. Alberta Education ($60,000), Co-investigator: Dr. Charmaine Brooks
August 2009 – August 2010: Examining the effectiveness of teacher professional development for the new social studies curriculum. Edmonton Regional Learning Consortium ($20,000)
August 2009 – July 2010: Preparing to teach in a digital age: Phase III. Faculty of Education SAS Grant ($4,000), Co-investigator: Teddy Moline
July 2008 – June 2009: Preparing to teach in a digital age. Alberta Advisory Council for Educational Studies research grant ($6,000), Co-investigator: Brenda Dyck
August 2008 – March 2009: Preparing to teach in a digital age: Phase II. Faculty Of Education Field Experience/School-based Technology Project Funding ($6,000), Co-investigator: Brenda Dyck
January 2005 – December 2007: Helping pre-service teachers make critical theory to practice connections: Can videoconferencing play a role? Funded by Alberta Education.
May 2004 – May 2007: Preservice teachers" historical understanding: from theory to practice. Co-investigator Dr. Amy von Heyking. Funded by Alberta Advisory Committee for Educational Studies (AACES).
September 2004 – June 2005: Assessing the impact of the Teaching with Technology in the Faculty of Education website. Funded by a Faculty of Education Professional Development Grant.
September 2003 – June 2004: Thinking differently about technology enhanced learning environments. Funded by a Faculty of Education Professional Development Grant.
September 2003 – December 2004: The nature and impact of preservice teachers’ historical understanding. Co-investigator Dr. Amy vonHeyking. Funded by Humanities, Fine Arts And Social Science Research Operating Grant.
September 2001 to August 2002: Scholarship of teaching and transformation: examining constructivist practice as transformative agent. Co-investigator Dr. Katy Campbell. Funded by the Alberta Initiative for School Improvement.
June 2001 to December 2001: Examining the thinking and experiences of teacher participants in a graduate course focused on constructivist uses of the Internet. Funded by the University of Alberta, Support for Advancement of Scholarship (SAS).
April 1999 to March 2002: The Internet in teaching and learning in Canadian schools: A study in educational change. Co-investigator: Dr. Dianne Oberg. Funded by The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
January 1999 to December 1999: Learning social studies through a virtual field trip to schools. Funded by University Teaching Research Fund, University of Alberta.