Elizabeth S. Charles
SALTISE Co-Director
Dawson College, Montreal
Faculty
ACADEMIC INTERESTS
Implementation of evidence-based instruction (design-based implementation research); design and development of “active learning” spaces (active learning classrooms); Research-Practice Partnership (RPP) models; learning communities (communities of practice); design of human and technology-supported learning environments (e.g., computer supported collaborative learning; CSCL); instructional design for productive student engagement; socio-cultural considerations influencing learning (e.g., development of agency, identity); complex system thinking; STEM education and conceptual change.
EDUCATION
- Post Doctorate, Learning Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
- Ph.D., Educational Technology, Concordia University, Montreal QC
- Active learning pedagogies
- Pedagogical design
- Active learning classroom design (Future Learning Spaces)
- Design-based implementation research
Projects:
Liz’s projects included the design and implementation of innovative pedagogies and techno-pedagogies; design of active learning classrooms; establishment and support of learning communities composed of practitioners and researchers working together to implement evidence-based pedagogical and learn from these implementations using a design-based implementation research model.
- myDALITE
DALITE is a tool designed in collaboration with the CIPhER research team. It is a web-based learning platform that provides students with an asynchronous version of peer instruction. - Innovative Learning Spaces
* PAREA grants (PAREA – Programme d’aide à la recherche sur l’enseignement et l’apprentissage program of the Quebec Ministry of Education):
2020 to present – Étayage des connaissances en contexte d’apprentissage par enquête en sciences: favoriser l’apprentissage de la démarche scientifique/ Building Knowledge in the Context of Inquiry-Based Learning in Science: Fostering the learning of the scientific process
2017 to 2020 – Gestion et régulation du flux d’information en apprentissage actif/ Managing and Regulating the Flow of Information in Active Learning
2014 to 2017 – investigating the pedagogical ecosystems created by innovative learning spaces and the outcomes of the student engagement.
* Collaboration with the CLAAC project headed by Bruno Poellhuber involving seven Quebec institutions examining the relationship between physical environments, teaching practices, and students’ learning and engagement. - Research Practice Partnerships
Leveraging new paradigms and disruptive technologies to successfully orchestrate pedagogical change, a project funded by Social Science & Humanities Research Council – College Community Social Innovation Fund (SSHRC-CCSIF). It is a multi-institutional, inter-provincial, team of researchers, practitioners and corporate partners currently investigating how best to promote the scaling of evidence-based pedagogies and leverage the affordances of educational technologies to support collaborative learning. - Funded Innovation & Infrastructure Projects
Program: SALTISE/S4 (S4=System Supporting Student Success) Funding source: Entente Canada-Quebec (ECQ) 5-year service contract (2020 to present)