Multilevel innovation in remote networked schools


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État de publication: Publiée (2010 Août )

Nom de la revue: Systemic Practice and Action Research

Volume: 23

Numéro: 4

Intervalle de pages: 285-299

URL: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11213-009-9160-x

Résumé: Small remote rural schools in Quebec face an ongoing challenge to provide similar quality educational services than bigger schools. Since 2002, the Remote Network Schools (RNS) initiative afforded schools the opportunity to reinvent their practice by using online tools to experience collaborative learning activities with other remote schools. Teachers and students experienced quality learning and demonstrated agency by implementing the RNS in their context. Measures include: diversity of learning activities, quality of online classroom interactions, changes in teacher beliefs, and shifts in teacher and student roles. Our results show that it is a viable operating method for such schools and that other schools could contemplate implementing such innovative practices.