| Title | Learning About Language and Learning About Culture: A Web-based Research and Teaching project |
|---|---|
| Faculty/College/Unit | Education |
| Status | Completed |
| Duration | 3 Years |
| Initiation | 04/01/2001 |
| Completion | 03/31/2004 |
| Funding Details | |
| Year 1: Project Title | Learning About Language and Learning About Culture: A Web-based research project |
| Year 1: Project Year | Year 1 |
| Year 1: Funding Year | 2001/2002 |
| Year 1: Project Type | Small TLEF |
| Year 1: Principal Investigator | Ling Shi |
| Year 1: Funded Amount | 25,000 |
| Year 1: Team Members | Ling Shi, Language and Literacy Education (LLED) / Centre for Intercultural Language Studies, Faculty of Education |
| Year 1: Summary | Objectives:
Rationale: The Ministry of Education recommends that information and communication technology skills be part of teacher training and that teachers have greater opportunities to collaboratively plan and work with teacher-librarians. This project will engage student teachers and librarians in the practice of working with information technologies to present the results of research in a shared resource. The web resource will consolidate difficult-to-find information and materials on language structures and intercultural communication with particular groups, and add a BC/Canadian perspective to the existing body of research available. |
| Year 2: Project Title | Learning About Language and Learning About Culture: A Web-based research project |
| Year 2: Project Year | Year 2 |
| Year 2: Funding Year | 2002/2003 |
| Year 2: Project Type | Small TLEF |
| Year 2: Principal Investigator | Ling Shi |
| Year 2: Funded Amount | 20,000 |
| Year 2: Team Members | Ling Shi, Language and Literacy Education (LLED), Faculty of Education |
| Year 2: Summary | Objectives:
Rationale: The Ministry of Education recommends that information and communication technology skills be part of teacher training and that teachers have greater opportunities to collaboratively plan and work with teacher-librarians. This project will engage student teachers and librarians in the practice of working with information technologies to present the results of research in a shared resource. The web resource will consolidate difficult-to-find information and materials on language structures and intercultural communication with particular groups, and add a BC/Canadian perspective to the existing body of research available. |
| Year 3: Project Year | Year 3 |
| Year 3: Funding Year | 2003/2004 |
| Year 3: Project Type | Small TLEF |
| Year 3: Principal Investigator | Ken Reeder |
| Year 3: Funded Amount | 20,000 |
| Year 3: Team Members | Ken Reeder, Language and Literacy Education (LLED), Faculty of Education |
| Year 3: Summary | Objectives:
Rationale: The Faculty of Education’s Technology Plan mandates the integration of ICT skills into all aspects of teacher education at UBC. This project uses student-centred learning to engage students, instructors and librarians collaboratively with ICT, and present student research in the form of an original resource freely available on a long term basis to educators at UBC and beyond. |