Faculty
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Earl Woodruff (HDAP Associate Chair)
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Keywords
Cognition and learning; sociocognitive knowledge building; technology in education
Research Projects/Activities
For more information on Dr Woodruff's research activities see http://fcis.oise.utoronto.ca/~ewoodruff
Research Interests
Cognition and learning; developmental issues in children's knowledge building; technology in education; computer-supported discursive environments for mathematics and science education; design research
Applied/Clinical Interests
preservice education and the development of the teacher as a practitioner/researcher.
Specialty Courses
CTL1923S is a course designed to look at the role technology plays in the context of learning and knowledge-building.
Representative Publications
Woodruff, E., Nirula, L., (in press) Design Research in the Elementary School Classroom. In C. Howard, J. Boettcher, L. Justice and K. Schenk (editors) Encyclopedia of Online Learning and Technology Information Science Publishing.
Nason, R., & Woodruff, E. (2004). Online collaborative learning in mathematics: Some necessary innovations. In T. Roberts (Ed.), Online collaborative learning: Theory and practice (pp. 103-131). London: Infosci.
Fong, C., & Woodruff, E. (2003) Web-Based Video and Frame Theory in the Professional Development of Teachers: Some Implications for Distance Education. Distance Education 24(2), 195-211.
Andrews, G., Woodruff, E., MacKinnon, K., & Yoon, S. (2003). Introducing "thinking tags" to kindergarten children through a dental health simulation. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 19, 209-219.
Woodruff, E. (2002). CSCL communities in post-secondary education and cross-cultural settings. In T. Koschmann, R. Hall, & N. Miyake (Eds.), CSCL II: Carrying forward the conversation (pp. 157-168). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.