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Volunteer researchers are
providing expertise and mentorship to network-enabled communities interested in building their capacity
as
learning communities or knowledge building communities. Together, they form the International Scientific Committee
on Communities of Learners and Knowledge building Communities (IsCoL_KbC).
Researchers participated in symposia
and coordination meetings held in Orlando, Florida (March 2001), Barcelona (October 2001),
Berlin (December, 2001), Boulder, Colorado (January 2002), Nashville (March, 2002), New Orleans (April 2002),
Ottawa (May, 2002), and Toronto (August, 2002). In Canada, other meetings were held in Mississauga. Ontario
(October 2001), Vancouver (November 2002),
Toronto (July 2002), and Mississauga (October 2002), and face-to-face as well as online mentoring activities have
been conducted, especially within SchoolNet Network of Innovative Schools.
The vision of interconnected learning communities was put forward first in a Vision Statement of Learners
in the 21st Century (SchoolNet, 1996), and in the education programme's 10th theme, New media and communication
technologies, of the Universal Forum of Cultures (2000).
Most IsCoL researchers have expertise
in learning communities that integrate information and communication technologies (ICTs).
The Committee
includes:
. Alain Breuleux, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
. NiKi Davis (Society for
Information Technology and Teacher Education,
. Ann FitzGibbo, Trinity College,
Ireland
. Thérèse Laferrière, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
. Memfred
Lang, University of Kiel, Germany
. Bob Moon, Open University, United Kingdom
. Gaston Mialaret,
University of Caen, France
. Jane Mitchell, Queensland University (Ipswitch), Australia
. Mireia
Montané, Universal Forum of Cultures Education Former Program Coordinator, Barcelona, Spain
. Paul
Resta, University of Texas (Austin), United States
. Mark Schlager (SRI), California,
United States
Researchers with extended expertise in
knowledge building communities (KbC) are:
. Mary Lamon, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University
of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
. Marlene Scardamalia, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The
following researchers provided
expertise through streaming videos:
. Carl Bereiter, Institute for Knowledge Innovation and Technology,University
of Toronto
. Katherine Bielaczyc, Harvard University
. Alain Breuleux, McGill University
. Louis Gomez,
Northwestern University
. Roy Pea, Stanford University
. Margaret Riel, SRI, Menlo Park, CA
. Mark Schlager
(SRI), California, United States
IsCoL has a Canadian chapter advising
schools on learning and knowledge building communities.
IsCoL Canada includes the following
persons:
Chair:
Thérèse Laferrière, Laval University
Secretary:
Tel: 416-923-6641 Ext. 2571
Alain Breuleux, Mcgill University
Tel: 1-514-398-6952
Galeen Erickson, University of British
Columbia
Tel.: 1-604-822-2733
Margaret Haughey, University of
Alberta
Tel: 780-492-7609
Mhairi(Vi) Maeers, University of
Saskatchewan
Tel: 306-585-4601
Sandy McAuley, University of Prince Edward
Island
Tel: 902-566-0944
Elizabeth Murphy, Memorial
University
Tel: 709 579 9221
Marlene Scardamalia,
OISE/UT
IsCoL activities in the United States
are coordinated by
James Gray, SRI, coordinator,
Tel: 650/859-3129