Pre-service teachers using the Le@rning Federation's digital resources

This work in progress paper describes research that is investigating the use of learning objects, created by, and digital resources, negotiated by The Le@rning Federation and their use in a technology unit in pre-service teacher education as well as investigating how these learning objects are being used by the pre-service students while out in schools during their practicum. This involves approximately 700 students across two campuses of The University of Notre Dame Australia which are located in Sydney and Fremantle. The study uses a qualitative research methodology and involves questionnaires as the primary data collection tool. This paper provides a literature review and describes the study as well as the research questions it hopes to address.