Ph.D. (In progress), Didactique, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC
M.Sc, Engineering, Queens University, Kingston, ON
M.SW, Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Chris’ projects include the design of active learning classrooms, Physics Education Research (PER), student’s learning in Active Learning Classrooms and supporting Faculty Learning Communities. Chris has experience with implementation of active learning strategies such as: Flipped Classroom, Peer Instruction and Reflective Writing.
- DALITE
A tool designed in collaboration with the CiPHER research team. It is a web-bases learning platform that provides students with an asynchronous version of peer instruction. Please see more here. - PAREA Grant (2014-17)
Grant investigating the pedagogical ecosystems created by innovative learning spaces and the outcomes of student engagement. (PAREA – Programme d’aide à la recherche sur l’enseignement et l’apprentissage program of the Quebec Ministry of Education)
Active learning spaces: Blending technology and orchestrationFeatured Article
Author: Elizabeth S. Charles and Chris Whittaker | Source: Exploring the Material Conditions of Learning: The Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) Conference | Year: 2015
Read ArticleWhen teacher-centered instructors are assigned to student-centered classroomsFeatured Article
Author: Nathaniel Lasry, Elizabeth S. Charles and Chris Whittaker | Source: Physical Review Special Topics-Physics Education Research | Year: 2014
Read ArticleHarnessing peer instruction in and out of class with myDALITE
Author: Elizabeth S. Charles, Nathaniel Lasry, Sameer Bhatnagar, Rhys Adams, Kevin Lenton, Yann Brouillette, Michael Dugdale, Chris Whittaker and Phoebe Jackson | Source: Fifteenth Conference on Education and Training in Optics and Photonics (SPIE Digital Library) | Year: 2019
Read ArticleGood job Pat! How a physics class benefitted by providing feedback to a fictional in-class peer
Author: Rhys Adams, Phoebe Jackson, Kevin Lenton, Michael Dugdale, Chris Whittaker, Nathaniel Lasry, Elizabeth S. Charles and (SALTISE / S4 Physics Research Team) | Source: Presented at the 8th Supporting Active Learning and Technological Innovation in Studies of Education (SALTISE) Annual Conference, Montréal, Québec, Ca | Year: 2019
La co-conception pour engager collègues et étudiants dans les pédagogies actives en physique
Author: Rhys Adams, Kevin Lenton, Elizabeth S. Charles, Chris Whittaker, Michael Dugdale and Robert Cassidy | Source: Presented at the Association pour la Recherche au Collégial (ARC) colloquium at the 86e Association francophone pour le savoir (ACFAS) Conference | Year: 2018
Read ArticleLes réseaux conceptuels collectifs en enseignement et en apprentissage: L'usage de TIC pour relier la science scolaire avec la réalité extérieure
Author: Elizabeth S. Charles, Nathaniel Lasry, Kevin Lenton, Chris Whittaker, Michael Dugdale and Sameer Bhatnagar | Source: ÉDUQ archive | Year: 2014
Read ArticleLes retombées de DALITE (Distributed Active Learning Interactive Technology Environment): Un outil en ligne d'apprentissage par les pairs en physique au collégial
Author: Elizabeth S. Charles, Sameer Bhatnagar, Michael Dugdale, Kevin Lenton, Chris Whittaker and Nathaniel Lasry | Source: ÉDUQ archive | Year: 2015
Read ArticleAn analysis of peer-submitted and peer-reviewed answer rationales, in an asynchronous peer instruction based learning environment
Author: Sameer Bhatnagar, Nathaniel Lasry, Desmarais, M., Michael Dugdale, Chris Whittaker and Elizabeth S. Charles | Source: International Educational Data Mining Society. | Year: 2015
Read ArticleActive learning classroom use in college level Physics: The impact of technology design and adaptive orchestration
Author: Elizabeth S. Charles, Chris Whittaker and Nathaniel Lasry | Source: AERA - Proceedings | Year: 2014
Beyond and within classroom walls: Designing principled pedagogical tools for students and faculty uptake
Author: Elizabeth S. Charles, Chris Whittaker, Michael Dugdale, Nathaniel Lasry, Kevin Lenton and Sameer Bhatnagar | Source: Computer Supported Collaborative Learning. | Year: 2015
Read ArticleChanging classroom designs: Easy; changing instructors' pedagogies: Not so easy...
Author: Nathaniel Lasry, Elizabeth S. Charles, Chris Whittaker, Dedic, H. and Rosenfield, S. | Source: In P. V. Engelhardt, A. D. Churukian, & N. S. Rebello (Eds.), AIP Conference Proceedings | Year: 2013
Read ArticleCo-design of collaborative collective knowledge environment
Author: Elizabeth S. Charles, Tissenbaum, M., Chris Whittaker, Lui, M., Michael Dugdale and Jim Slotta | Source: 9th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning, Hong Kong, China | Year: 2011
College level active learning classrooms: Challenges of using the heterogeneous ecology
Author: Elizabeth S. Charles, Chris Whittaker, Michael Dugdale and Jonathan Guillemette | Source: In L. P. Prieto, Y. Dimitriadis, A. Harrer, M. Milrad, & J. D. Slotta (Eds.), Proceedings of the Orchestrated Collaborative Classroom Workshop | Year: 2015
Read ArticleSALTISE: Bringing pedagogical innovations into the Physics classroom
Author: Elizabeth S. Charles, Nathaniel Lasry and Chris Whittaker | Source: Physics in Canada | Year: 2014