The design of our ISIS-21 prototype was based on research evidence related to the teaching of competencies in information literacy, critical thinking and self-regulated learning and coupled with invaluable feedback from the field.

This prototype is the result of a concerted effort from a whole bunch of people!

Our multi-disciplinary team consisted of:

Dr. Philip Abrami (Director, CSLP), Anne Wade (Project Coordinator, CSLP), Bev White (Director, LEARN-RECIT)

CSLP Designers: Catherine LeBel (Creative Director), Jonathan Harding, Sebastien Rainville, Mimi Zhou, and JJ Hwang.

CSLP Instructional Designers: Caroline Huebner, Jennifer Phillips and Rachel Scherzer (M.A. students)

Researchers: Vivek Venkatesh (Assistant Professor), Larysa Lysenko (Research Coordinator), Laurie Henry (U. of Kentucky), Lesley Farmer (California State University)

Consultants: Shannon Babcock (MELS), Sandra Bellington (MELS), Maureen Baron (EMSB), Raphaella Dixon (LBPSB), and Michelle Larose (Manitoba Education).

We are very grateful for the active involvement and support of our partners!

• LEARN (Michael Canuel, CEO and Bev White, Director)
• EMSB (Roma Medwid, Deputy Director General, Sandra Furfaro, Director of Pedagogical Services)
• RECIT and the English and French Language Arts consultants from the English school boards
• Canadian Association of Principals (Michael Knowles, Past President)
• Foothills School District, Alberta (Denise Rose, Superintendant)
• Manitoba Education (Roz Rosalind)
• MELS (Lisa Storozuk, Action Plan on Reading)
• Quebec Library Association. School Libraries Division (Shannon Babcock, School Libraries Division)
• The teachers and students in our pilot schools: Quebec - EMSB: East Hill, Leonardo da Vinci, Parkdale, Pierre de Coubertin, and Westmount High; LBPSB: Clearpoint and Dorval Elementary; Alberta - River Heights Elementary; and the teacher-librarians from Manitoba Education.

We would especially like to thank our partners at the LEARN and Manitoba Education for permitting us to use their curriculum material and teacher resources.

We would also like to acknowledge the contributions of previous team members: Vladimir Severgine (Programmer, CSLP), Caroline Huebner (ID, CSLP), Jennifer Phillips (ID, CSLP), Laura Fontil (M.A. student, CSLP) and Rachel Scherzer (M.A. student, CSLP), Susan van Gelder (Consultant, LEARN), Cheryl Prokopanko (Consultant, Manitoba Education), )and Sharon Peters (Consultant, The Study).

And finally… thank you to our funders! The development of ISIS-21 has been made possible by financial contributions from Inukshuk Wireless, Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la société et la culture (FQRSC), the Max Bell Foundation, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, and most recently LEARN.