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Learners’ emotional engagement in synchronous online learning (SOL) is critical for improving learning persistence and performance. Nevertheless, there is currently a lack of comprehensive and systematic reviews of emotional engagement in SOL. This review synthesizes the strategies to promote emotional engagement in SOL found in published empirical studies. A total of 32 articles were systematically analyzed by following the grounded theory approach. The primary themes were grouped into four categories: (a) instructor actions (e.g., interacting informally before and after class, encouraging the expression of ideas), (b) learner behaviors (e.g., building rapport with peers, recognizing individual accountability), (c) environment characteristics (e.g., creating a supportive atmosphere, selecting communication modes), and (d) activity design (e.g., using breakout rooms, embedding diverse elements). These findings offer comprehensive understanding and guidance for promoting emotional engagement in SOL for instructors, researchers, and course developers.

Keywords: synchronous learning, emotional engagement, online learning, strategies, technology

Contemporary societies are marked by constant technological transformations, and public security forces are not immune to these changes. Police investigators, in particular, must increasingly focus on digital technologies within their roles to effectively address the growingdemands related to technological crime. For this reason, new training programs are being implemented in Quebec, and others are being revisedto better equip police investigators with respect to emerging technologies. In this article, reflections are presented to enhance understanding ofthe training context for Quebecois police investigators. Firstly, various issues related to technology in investigations are examined, criticallyassessing the Quebecois context and drawing on concepts developed in the field of decision-making studies. Subsequently, a comprehensiveoverview of the different types of currently available and relevant training for Quebecois police investigators is provided. Finally, a series of issues related to training and operational context is explained to facilitate, in conclusion, a reflection aimed at improving police training offerings.

Keywords: Police investigation, Enquête policière, Formation, training, Trace numérique, digital trace, cyber investigation, Cyberenquête, digital forensics, Informatique judiciaire, digital forensic science, science forensique numérique

The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning (IRRODL) published its first issue in 2000. This paper provides an overview of the journal’s development over its 25-year history using bibliometric indicators. We analyzed IRRODL’s performance relative to other journals in the field and have highlighted key contributing countries, institutions, and authors based on the Scopus database. Our approach used various bibliometric techniques, including the number of articles and citations, cites per paper, and the h-index. The findings reveal that IRRODL is a leading journal in open and distributed learning, attracting a diverse group of authors from institutions and countries worldwide. Currently, Athabasca University is by far the most productive university, and the United States and Canada are the most productive countries appearing in the journal. However, the journal is very diverse with publications from all over the world.

Keywords: bibliometrics, Scopus, open and distributed learning, Web of Science

With massive migratory flows observed around the world, schools are experiencing an unprecedented increase in the enrolment of children who speak multiple languages. Educators are called upon to facilitate immigrant plurilingual students’ inclusion and development of functional competencies in the target language(s), often using digital technologies (DTs) to promote language learning and plurilingual teaching practices. This research synthesis explores the research trends, methods, and findings from studies focused on the use of DTs with immigrant plurilingual language learners. The results highlight that DTs are used in heterogeneous contexts to support the development of immigrant plurilingual students’ overall language proficiency, (multi)literacies, engagement, as well as identity development. However, teachers and learners may require additional support to use DTs and plurilingual practices to their full potential. These concerns point to the need for ongoing professional learning and contextualised supports for educators at the intersection of these areas.

Keywords: technologies numériques, digital technologies, immigrants, personne immigrante, teachers, personnel enseignant, language learners, apprenants de langues, plurilingualism, plurilinguisme, bilingualism, bilinguisme

This article provides a systematic review of the literature on developmental co-teaching. Developmental co-teaching appears as an alternative practice to traditional internships wishing to better meet the current needs of the community. Developmental co-teaching involves two trainees teaching the same group of students or one trainee and the classroom teacher. The main results show that the two models of developmental co-teaching contribute to improving the initial training of trainees both during the internship and in the longer term in their professional practice. These contributions include, among other things, the development of a collaborative and reflective vision of the profession as well as the development of the professional identity of the learner, a vision that traditional internships cannot provide.

Keywords: coenseignement développemental, developmental co-teaching, revue de la littérature, literature review, teaching internships, stagiaire en enseignement, développement professionnel, professionnal development, collaboration, collaboration, co-teaching, coenseignement

Background/Purpose: Medical trainee harassment is a global issue that has led to a multitude of detrimental effects. An important area of consideration is whether harassment policies are clear and available to all medical trainees globally. We aimed to develop a standardized rubric for evaluating anti-harassment policies and assess policies across Canadian medical schools and top international universities to identify strengths and areas for improvement. Methods: We constructed a rubric by synthesizing criteria from established frameworks on harassment policy effectiveness, adapting key elements to assess clarity, accessibility, and comprehensiveness in medical school policies. On March 2023, we evaluated 58 harassment policies from 16 Canadian medical schools and 31 policies from eight of the top 10 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS)-ranked universities. Our rubric, developed from four key frameworks, scored policies across three themes: (1) Policy Foundation, (2) Complaint Procedures, and (3) Resolution and Implementation. Results: Canadian universities performed well in foundational policy areas (average score 83.00% on Theme 1) but showed meaningful gaps in Complaint Procedures (48.75%) and Resolution and Implementation (39.38%). Top international QS-ranked universities similarly scored low in these latter themes, though they performed better on formal complaint processes. Key areas needing improvement include informal complaint procedures and timelines for response in Canadian universities, and policy revision commitments in top QS-ranked universities. Conclusions: This study highlights the need for enhanced anti-harassment policies, particularly in complaint and resolution procedures. Our rubric provides a structured approach for policy evaluation, enabling Canadian and potentially international institutions to improve policy clarity, accessibility, and comprehensiveness, fostering safer training environments.

Vietnam is ranked at the advanced stages in the adoption and use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in education, according to the criteria defined by UNESCO. However, most Vietnamese higher education institutions are limited to investing in technological equipment and materials to encourage individual initiatives in online teaching among lecturers, without having a comprehensive institutional policy for online training, including all the dimensions necessary for the systemic integration of ICTs. This prevents them from achieving a sufficient level of efficiency and overall coherence. This article is a study of models for the overall development of e-learning in higher education institutions, in particular that of the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU), for building a benchmarking model for e-learning institutional policy under students’ perception. This model was subject to a survey involving 460 students from four Vietnamese higher education institutions, with the result of factor analysis validating an adapted version that fits to the local context.

Keywords: online training, formation en ligne, enseignement supérieur, higher education, Vietnam, Vietnam, perception des étudiants, students’ perception, évaluation comparative, benchmarking, Association européenne des universités d’enseignement à distance, European Association of Distance Teaching Universities

This paper explores the transformative potential of feminist research-creation through the lens of krisis and collaborative world-building, positioning research-creation as both a method and an ethic of care. Revisiting the ancient Greek concept of krisis—a moment of judgment and discernment—as a framework for inquiry, the author contrasts her prior scholarly work embedded in traditional frameworks of critique, often rooted in metaphors of violence, with the reparative methodologies developed through her work with the Decameron Collective. Over four years of iterative collaboration, the Collective produced award-winning multimodal digital projects Decameron 2.0 and Memory Eternal, which use storytelling, co-creation, and curation to respond creatively to crises from the pandemic to climate change. This paper argues that research co-creation can redefine krisis as a site of generative potential, where making and theorizing intertwine to produce new forms of knowledge and connection. By centering relationality, materiality, and feminist ethics, the Collective’s work moves beyond solitary modes of inquiry to establish a collaborative, care-driven practice. Situating research-creation within philosophical traditions of theoria and contemporary feminist thought, the paper highlights a number of ways such collaborative creation and curation can sustain communities, foster epistemological innovation, and offer reparative responses to crises. The paper ultimately positions research co-creation and co-authorship integrating storytelling, digital design, and collective reflection in slow scholarship as a vital methodology for navigating complex global challenges and reimagining the role of scholarship in a world facing ongoing crises.

Professional development (PD) is a central component of school improvement, yet much of the literature on PD spending focuses on teachers. Despite the substantial resources allocated to PD, little is known about the corresponding investments made in school leaders. This article reviews the research on teacher PD spending and uses those insights to develop a set of principles for school leaders. It also addresses the current gap in evidence about PD spending for school leaders by offering guidance on how to capture and assess those expenditures.

Keywords: professional development spending, dépenses en développement professionnel, school leaders, dirigeants scolaires, school improvement, amélioration scolaire, enseignants et enseignantes, teachers

Generative AI has undergone a radical transformation, becoming a revolutionary change as important as when the internet appeared. This systematic review explores the impact of AI in higher education, using the principles of Education 4.0 to guide the analysis as a framework. This research used the “Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses” (PRISMA), based on a review of 243 articles published between 2017 and 2025, to address three main objectives: to systematically examine the existing literature, to explore the opportunities and challenges of AI integration, and to identify gaps for future research. Co-occurrence analysis and data-driven methods, including LDA, BERTTopic, and K-Means clustering, reveal that the interest of the scientific community has been growing, focusing on ethical governance, the enhancement of personalized learning, and the development of faculty AI competencies. These priorities are in line with more general worries about guaranteeing equity, openness, and inclusivity in the use of AI. The statistical analyses and administrative applications, on the other hand, have received less attention and are still ripe for investigation. The comprehension of AI's disruptive role in education is strengthened by this exploratory review, which also suggests ways to advance research and practice in higher education settings.

Keywords: Systematic Review, Artificial Intelligence, Higher Education