Leadership issues and challenges in telelearning and teacher education

The purpose of this article is to examine technology leadership issues and challenges with an emphasis on TeleLearning Professional Development Schools. A qualitative analysis of professional educators' practices as early adopters of information and communication technologies (ICTs) was conduct...

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Published in:Journal of information technology for teacher education 2002-10, Vol.11 (3), p.335-354
Main Authors: Laferrière, Thé rèse, Breuleux, Alain
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:The purpose of this article is to examine technology leadership issues and challenges with an emphasis on TeleLearning Professional Development Schools. A qualitative analysis of professional educators' practices as early adopters of information and communication technologies (ICTs) was conducted. Ethnographic data were gathered from a broad variety of activities organized or supported by the TeleLearning Network of Centres of Excellence (Canada, 1995-2002). Research results point to 1. themes indicating that substantive technology leadership is manifest (leadership for partnership, leadership for learning to teach with ICTs, and leadership in research for innovation), 2. leadership issues at different levels of integration of ICTs, and 3. creative tensions and related challenges
ISSN:0962-029X
DOI:10.1080/14759390200200141