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Nominated for American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2019 Best Paper Award
The TLC lab paper “Mathematics apps in the App Store: Low transparency impedes educator’s ability to find quality apps” was accepted for presentation in an AERA Technology as an Agent of Change in Teaching and Learning (TACTL) SIG session for the ...
Post · November 06, 2024
AERA-SRCD Early Career Research Fellowship in Middle Childhood Education and Development
Congratulations for Dr. Adam Dubé being selected to receive the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and the Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD) Early Career Research Fellowship in Middle Childhood Education and Developmen...
Post · November 06, 2024
Understanding Tablets from Early Childhood to Adulthood: Encounters with Touch Technology
Post · November 06, 2024
Tablets as Elementary Mathematics Education Tools: Are They Effective and Why
More parents and teachers are referring tablets as mathematics learning tools. Are they effective in terms of improving elementary mathematics? Find out TLC Lab's latest systematic review of the tablets' effectiveness in Mathematical Learning and ...
Post · November 06, 2024
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)'s Industry Guidelines on Digital Learning: Discussion Draft
TLC lab is proud to announce that Dr. Dubé was invited by UNESCO to write a guideline on digital learning. This guideline provides a holistic system of characteristics and skills that are important in delivering engaging learning through digital e...
Post · November 06, 2024
2020 Games For Change Virtual Festival
At the virtual Games For Change Festival 2020, Robin co-presented design examples for developing digital curriculum around commercial-off-the-shelf games for building Social-Emotional Skills. The session titled ‘Gamestorming Curricula’ also discus...
Post · November 06, 2024
Learning from home: How to record a presentation using zoom
In response to COVID-19, conferences and classes are moved to online. If you have no idea how to present your work virtually, please check out this video. Dr. Dubé has made a guide outlining how you can record your own presentations from home usin...
Post · November 06, 2024
TLC Lab Collaboration with Ubisoft Discovery Tour Game
Since January 2021, Chu Xu and Robin Sharma, under the direction of Adam Dubé, have collaborated with Ubisoft’s Discovery Tour game development and web development teams to create curriculum guides for Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece, Ancient Egypt...
Post · November 06, 2024
Schools are closing: How to spot a good elementary educational app for your child?
This study was done to evaluate the quality and effectiveness of educational phone and tablet apps for children. A survey was sent out to parents and caregivers, asking them to judge 10 popular apps and decide which ones should be downloaded for e...
Post · November 05, 2024
2020 Faculty of Education Teaching Awards
TLC lab is proud to announce that Dr. Adam Dubé is the winner of 2020 Faculty of Education Distinguished Teaching Award! Dr. Adam Dubé has been recognized for his engaging learning environment in different forms, including large lectures and semin...
Post · November 05, 2024