Network for the Evaluation of Training and Technology    

TUESDAY, MAY 30TH

4:00 PM Meet and Greet

6:00 PM (Supper)

WEDNESDAY, MAY 31ST

8:30 TO 9:30 AM

Session # 1: Workshop # 1: Qualitative Data Analysis Using Computers (Hands-On Nud.ist Lab)

• Introduction to NUD*IST: Qualitative Solutions and Research - Andrea Kalmin (McMaster University)
     Abstract

Session # 2: Language and Literacy
Chair: Margaret Procter (University of Toronto)

• Maria Myers (Education, Queen's University)
  "The Development of Specialized Vocabulary with the Aide of Computer Software"    
      Abstract  
  
• Ruth Reynard (Centre for Language Training and Assessment, Mississauaga)
  "Integrated Language Support for Online Learners"   
     Abstract   
  
• Maria Myers (Education, Queen's University) "Feedback on the Use of Multi-Media in L2 Programs"
     Abstract  

9:30 TO 9:45 AM -- BREAK

9:45 TO 11:00 AM

Session # 3: Web Tools and Learning - I: Calculus, Maple, and Questionnaires
Chair: Richard Schmid (Concordia University)

• Steven Rosenfield and Helena Dedic (Mathematics and Physics, Vanier College, Montreal)
  "Do I Really Hafta? An Initial Report on Student Reaction to WebCal"
      Abstract  
  
• Eli Prisman (York University, Toronto)
  "Pricing Derivative Securities (on-line version) with MAPLE - An Interactive Dynamic Environment for Advanced Learning (IDEAL) powered by MAPLE V and MATLAB"
      Abstract   See: http://www.yorku.ca/faculty/academic/prisman/
  
• Brian Campbell (Mount Allison University, New Brunswick)
  "Paper versus the Web: An examination of post-secondary student reactions through an analysis of the variation in the responses of students to paper versus web questionnaires"
      Abstract  
  

11:00 TO 11:15: BREAK

11:15 AM TO 12:30 PM

Session # 4: Training With Technologies
Chair: Stephen Rosenfield (Vanier College)

• Richard Schmid (Concordia University) & Jacques Lacavallier (Mentor Group)
  "Flexible On-Line Learning Strategies for Process Training in a Small Consulting Enterprise"
     Abstract

• William J. Egnatoff, Hilda Carmichael, John R. Kirby, Sue Maki, Elaine van Melle and Christopher K. Knapper (Queen’s University)
  "Computers and Lifelong Learning: Postsecondary Graduand Profiles"
     Abstract

12:30 TO 1:30 PM - LUNCH

1:30 TO 2:45 PM

Session # 5: Virtual Secondary Schooling

Convenor: Sam Lanfranco (York University)
Kathryn Barker (President, FutureEd)

• "Virtual Secondary Schools in Canada"
     Abstract  

2:45 TO 3:00 PM -- BREAK

3:00 TO 4:15 PM

Session # 6: Evaluation with Technologies
Chair: Delsworth Harnish (McMaster University)

• Joseph Potvin, Sam Lanfranco, David Balson (Bellanet International Secretariat )
  "ICT-IAF (ICT Impact Assessment Framework) : A Conceptual Map for Studies of Community Impacts Arising from the Introduction and Use of ICTs" (http://www.bellanet.org/ict_res_pol/index.cfm)
     Abstract
  
• Gary Boyd (Educational Technology, Concordia University)
  "Illuminative Evaluation, A Cybersystemic Perspective"
     Abstract   
  

THURSDAY, JUNE 1ST

8:30 TO 9:30 AM

 Session 7: WORKSHOP # 2: Evaluation Guidelines

• Contributing to Canada's Quality On-line Learning Guidelines
  - Dr. Kathryn Barker (President, FutureEd)
     Abstract  

9:30 TO 9:45 AM -- BREAK

SSHRC Research Presentations (by invitation only) (9:00 AM to 12:30 PM)

9:45 TO 11:00 AM

Session # 8: Instructional Design
Chair: Gary Boyd (Concordia University)

• Mieke Delfgaauw (Assistant Professor/Academic Advisor on Learning Technologies, University of Waterloo)
  "Using Concept Maps to Make Instructional Design Explicit in an Online Course"
  Abstract   
  
• Peter Fenrich (Project Leader / Instructional New Media Designer, British Columbia Institute of Technology)
  "Designing Effective User-Interfaces for Computer-Based Training Programs"
     Abstract   
  

11:00 TO 11:15: BREAK

11:15 AM TO 12:30 PM

Session # 9: Learning With Technologies: Principles and Case Studies
Chair: Sylvia d'Apollonia (Dawson College)

• Bette Chambers, Philip C. Abrami, Katherine McWhaw, and Michel Charles Therrien (Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance, Concordia University, Montreal)
  "Developing a Computer-Assisted Tutoring Program to Help Children at Risk Learn to Read" 
     Abstract
  
• Mariam Kakkar, Lina Zitkute, Phil Abrami (Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance, Concordia University)
  "Student Learning in a Portfolio Classroom"
     Abstract  
  Philip Abrami (Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance, Concordia University)
  "Understanding and Promoting Complex Learning Using Technology"
      Abstract
  

12:30 TO 1:30 PM - LUNCH

1:30 TO 2:45 PM

SSHRC Student & Research Assistant Meeting (by invitation only) (1:30 PM to 2:30 PM)

Session #10: Student Computer Usage: Campus Surveys: Presentations and Roundable
Chair: Brian Campbell (Mount Allison University)

• Brian Campbell (Sociology, Mount Allison University), Carl Cuneo (Sociology, McMaster University), Steve Rosenfield (Mathematics and Physics, Vanier College, Montreal), and Richard Schmid (Concordia University)
  "The Student Campus Surveys: Student Use of Computer Technologies Across Four Canadian Post-Secondary Institutions"
     Abstract  
  

SSHRC Partner Meeting (by invitation only) (2:30PM to 3:45 PM)

2:45 TO 3:00 PM -- BREAK

3:00 TO 4:15 PM

Session # 11: Online Teaching
Chair: Bette Chambers (Success For All)

• Rocci Luppicini (Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance, Concordia University), Lori Wozney (Educational Technology, Concordia University)
  "Teacher Perceptions on the Integration of Computer Technologies in Teaching Activities"
     Abstract  
  
• Cynthia Weston (McGill University) & Cheryl Amundsen (Simon Fraser University) Terry Gandell (McGill University)
  "Moving Toward Identifying the Characteristics of Effective Online Teaching"
     Abstract   

Session # 12: Learning With Technologies
Chair: Helena Dedic (Vanier College)

• Elaine Van Melle, John R. Kirby, Sue Maki, William J. Egnatoff, Hilda Carmichael, and
  Christopher K. Knapper (Queen’s University)
  "Post-Secondary Students’ Conceptions of Learning and Their Experience of Using Information Technology"
     Abstract   
  
• David Zweig, Jane Webster & Heather Wiles (Department of Management Sciences, University of Waterloo)
  "An Examination of Personality Factors and the Tri-Dimensional Nature of Goal Orientation"
      Abstract  
  
• Elaine Van Melle (Faculty of Education, Queen's University) Lewis Tomalty (Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Queen's University)
  "Using Computer Technology to Foster Learning for Understanding"
     Abstract   
  

7:00 PM

EvNet Banquet

Entertainment: Dr. Elliot Soloway, University of Michigan

"They're Giving Us Techies The Ball; Time to Step Up!" 
    Abstract  

FRIDAY, JUNE 2ND

8:30 TO 9:30 AM

Session # 13: Keynote Speaker: Kathryn Barker, President, FutureEd

• "Move over, Macleans: Developing a Consumer's Guide to On-line Learning Options"
     Abstract  
  

9:30 TO 9:45 AM -- BREAK

9:45 TO 11:00 AM

Session # 14: FirstClass Computer Conferencing and Collaborative Learning - I
Chair: Brian Campbell (Mount Allison University)

• Marco Bellini (Account Manager, Centrinity Inc. [formerly Softarc/MC2] )
  "The FirstClass Collaborative Classroom"
      Abstract   
  
• Kathryn Cook and Trevor Davies (Georgian College)
  "FirstClass versus Blackboard: How Blackboard Compares to FirstClass in Delivering Online Courses"
      Abstract   
  
• Ruta Valaitis (Nursing, McMaster University)
  "Computer Mediated Communication: An Innovative Tool to Support Youth in a School Based Community Development Project"
     Abstract  
  David Walker (McMaster University)
  "Using FirstClass to Facilitate Collaborative Work and Community-Building in a Graduate Music Class"
     Abstract  
  

11:00 TO 11:15: BREAK

11:15 AM TO 12:30 PM

Session # 15: FirstClass Computer Conferencing and Collaborative Learning - II
Chair: Richard Schmid (Concordia University)

• Sylvia d'Apollonia and Elizabeth Charles (Biology, Dawson College)
  "Students' Understanding of Evolution as Modified by On-line Discussion Groups"
     Abstract  
  
• Kristina Trim and Delsworth Harnish (Biology and Pathology, McMaster University)
  "Gardens in the Machine: Attractors, Integrators, and Detractors"
     Abstract  
  
• Margaret Procter (Co-ordinator, Writing Support, University of Toronto)
  "The Value of Two Cents' Worth: What Students Learn in Online Conferencing"
     Abstract  
  Carl Cuneo, Delsworth Harnish, and Laila Bastedo (McMaster University)
  "Approaches to Studying with FirstClass"       
     Abstract

12:30 TO 1:30 PM - LUNCH

1:30 TO 2:45 PM

Session # 16: Web Online Learning Tools - II
Chair: David Conrath (McMaster University)

• Mark King (Director, Distance Learning, Pearson Education, Canada)
  "One Source, Many Solutions"
     Abstract    See: http://www.pearsoned.com/dl/
  
•  Ahuja Jaspreet and Jane Webster (Management Science, University of Waterloo)
  "The Effect of Web Navigation on Users' Perceptions of Disorientation and Intentions to Use a Web Site"
     Abstract   
  

Session # 17: The McConnell Foundation Studies of Learning, Teaching and Technology
Chair: Catherine Fichten (Dawson College)

• Christina De Simone (Concordia University), Richard F. Schmid (Concordia University), Heather McKenzie (Concordia University) & Philip C. Abrami (Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance, Concordia University)
  "Classroom-based Applications of Technology to Enhance and Foster Pedagogy: A Venue for Evaluation and Reflective Inquiry. The Concordia McConnell Foundation Project"
     Abstract   
  
• Carl Cuneo (Social Sciences), Delsworth Harnish (Sciences), TBA (Humanities)
  [McMaster University]
  "First Year Inquiry at McMaster University: The McConnell Foundation Project"
     Abstract   

2:45 TO 3:00 PM -- BREAK 

3:00 TO 4:15 PM

Session # 18: Higher Education Policy and Practices in Educational Technologies
Chair: Maria Myers (Queen's University)

• David Conrath (Business, McMaster University), "Case Studies of the Use of Educational Technologies by Post-Secondary Institutions"
     Abstract  
  
• Carl Cuneo (McMaster University), Brian Campbell (Mount Allison University), Laila Bastedo and Edward O'Hara (McMaster University) (Campus Computing International {Canada} ) "First Public Release of Reports on Surveys of Canadian Colleges and Universities on Information, Communication, and Learning Technologies Conducted in 1999-2000"
     Abstract  
  
• Catherine Fichten (Psychology, Dawson College, Montreal), Christian Généreux, Maria Barile, Jennison Asuncion, Myrtis Fossey, Chantal Robillard, Darlene Judd, Jason Lavers, Jean-Pierre Guimont,
  "Computer and Adaptive Computer Technologies in the Post-Secondary Environment."
     Abstract

SATURDAY, JUNE 3RD

9:30 TO Noon:

Breakfast and Checkout.

 

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