IV. ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF PRIVATE, PUBLIC AND NON- PROFIT SECTOR PARTNERS

1. ADDICTION RESEARCH FOUNDATION (ARF)

» Project 3A

  • 33 Russell Street
  • Toronto, ON M5S 2S1
  • J. Murray Richmond, Assistant Director, Training & Education, 416-595-6020
  • E-mail: jchen@arf.org
  • WWW: http://www.arf.org
  • Who:
    Non-profit organization specializing in research and educational treatment of addictive behaviour.
    Contribution:
    For information, please consult the Program Leader.
    Interest:
    Comparative research on alternate learning and teaching methods, developing and disseminating new course material.

    2. ANDERSEN CONSULTING

    » Project 1 / Training Committee

  • 500-185 The West Mall
  • Etobicoke, ON M9C 5L5
  • Thomas M. Healey, Consultant, 416-695-5015
  • WWW: http:// www.ac.com/
  • Who:
    An international consulting firm with private and public sector clients worldwide
    Contribution:
    Expertise which includes consultations with the Institute for Learning Sciences at NorthWestern University.
    Interest:
    Evaluation and implementation of information technologies and training.

    3. ASIA MONITOR RESOURCE CENTRE

    » Project 4D

    Who:
    A Hong Kong research group supporting democratic, independent labour movements in Asia.
    Contribution:
    Bring an informed critical perspective on research design, test site for the usefulness of lessons learned and dissemination/diffusion strategies.
    Interest:
    How communications and information services are being used by labour groups around the world.

    4. ASSOCIATION OF CANADIAN COMMUNITY COLLEGES (ACCC)

    » Project 1 / Stakeholder Committee

    Who: National representative body of Canada's 175 colleges, institutes of technology and CEGEP.

    Contribution:(For further information, please consult the program leader).

    Interest: Existing and emerging educational technologies and their implications, particularly on education, training, and human resources.

    5. ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY

    » Project 3B / Project 4A / Networking Committee

    Who: An open learning university specializing in offering distant education courses.

    Contribution: (For information, please consult the program leader. )

    Interest: Application of the Internet to distance education and associated logistical and pedagogical issues.

    6. ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY STUDENT UNION

    » Project 4A

    Who: An official student organization.

    Contribution: Supportive role as a stakeholder in the project researching student sub-cultures and informal learning.

    Interest: Provide guidance on informal learning, student interests and activities.

    7. BELL CANADA

    » Project 3E

    Who: Telecommunication company which specializes in high speed digital networks and distance learning.

    Contribution: (For further information, please consult the program leader)

    Interest: Ensure educational software and courseware produced is effective both technically and pedagogically, which will be used for corporate training needs and distance learning solutions.

    8. BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BANK OF CANADA (BDC)

    » Project 4C

    Who: Provide financial and non-financial support to the growth and development of Canadian small and medium-sized entrepreneurs competing in the global economy.

    Contribution:(For further information, please consult the program leader).

    Interest: Investigate CSCL as an option of increasing access for their target audiences as a method of learning.

    9. CANADA EMPLOYMENT AND IMMIGRATION UNION (C.E.I.U./P.S.A.C.)

    » Project 3A / Project 4D

    Who: A trade union component of the Public Service Alliance of Canada.

    Contribution: (For further information, please consult the program leader).

    Interest: Develop skills of their members to effectively use this new medium within CEIU.

    10. CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY TEACHERS (C.A.U.T.)

    » Project 1 / Project 2A / Project 2C

    Who: National voice of university academic staff in Canada.

    Contribution (For further information, please consult the program leader).

    Interest: Promote interests of teachers, professional librarians and researchers in Canadian universities and colleges.

    11. CENTENNIAL COLLEGE OF APPLIED ARTS & TECHNOLOGY

    » Project 3E

    Who: Canada's largest interactive multimedia centre in partnership with key information technology providers.

    Contribution: (For further information, please consult the program leader).

    Interest: Applications of digital communications technology and evaluation as they relate to training and dissemination to the private sector

    12. C.I.E.M.M. (CONSEIL INDUSTRIE-EDUCATION DU MONTREAL METROPOLITAIN)

    » Project 2B

    Who: Organization with a mandate to build close ties between the school system and corporate business.

    Contribution: Provide contacts from these schools and corporations.

    Interest: Learning new technology for education and training.

    13. CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY

    » Project 4A

    Who: A unit of the Faculty of Arts & Science which develops and delivers academic courses at undergraduate and graduate levels.

    Contribution: (For further information, please consult the program leader).

    Interest: Evaluate means of delivery and instructional design associated with use of computer-based technology so they can incorporate instructional design elements to support collaborative work and learning on-line.

    14. CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY

    » Project 1

    Who: Large urban university committed to making higher education accessible to all members of society, especially those in the workforce.

    Contribution: (For further information, please consult the program leader).

    Interest: Use of effective technologies for serving the educational needs of the community.

    15. CONNAUGHT LABORATORIES LIMITED

    » Project 3C

    Who: Industrial developer & supplier of vaccine products for infectious diseases and biotherapeutics.

    Contribution: (For further information, please consult the program leader).

    Interest: Upgrade the skills of medical lab technologists through courseware mounted and run via First Class Client on LearnLink at McMaster University.

    16. DAWSON COLLEGE

    » Project 3E / Project 4B

    Who: Quebec's largest CEGEP actively pursuing its use of instructional technology.

    Contribution: (For further information, please consult the program leader).

    Interest: The development, delivery and evaluation of electronic courses on learning strategies via computer supported collaborative learning.

    17. DAWSON COLLEGE

    » Project 4B

    Who: Provides educational opportunities for over 200 students with physical, medical, psychiatric, learning and sensory disabilities.

    Contribution: (For further information, please consult the program leader).

    Interest: Learning more about computer supported delivery of educational materials which will minimize educational disruptions for students with mobility difficulties, frequent illnesses and hospitalizations.

    18. EDUPLUS, LE GROUPE CONSEIL

    » Project 1 / Project 4C

    Who: Management Consulting Company specializing in education and development in over 40 countries worldwide.

    Contribution: (For further information, please consult the program leader).

    Interest: Development and methodology in evaluating the information system and support from a distance to permit optimal learning and productivity in a communication context.

    19. ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY

    »Dissemination Committee

    Who: World's first refereed electronic journal in sociology distributed in over 40 countries.

    Contribution: Will provide workshops and advice on technical procedures on scholarly electronic refereed publishing, journal space for publication of selected special issues on education and training.

    Interest: Refereed scholarly publication on the Internet.

    20. ENVIRONMENT CANADA

    » Project 3C

    Who: Organization with particular expertise in pollutant monitoring in the environment.

    Contribution: (For further information, please consult the program leader).

    Interest: Bridge the gap between R & D and operational applications in a production environment as well as develop and maintain ?leading edge' technological capability.

    21. FERST COMMUNICATIONS INC.

    » Project 3B

    Who: Provider of Internet services.

    Contribution: (For further information, please consult the program leader).

    Interest: Application of the Internet to distance education and the associated logistic and pedagogical issues.

    22. FRONTENAC COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

    » Project 2B / Project 3D

    Who: Largest school board in the Kingston area with a number of ESL programs.

    Contribution: (For further information, please consult the program leader).

    Interest: The development of literacy and evaluation of existing software to enhance student learning.

    23. HARPER COLLINS CANADA LTD

    »Dissemination Committee / Project 3D

    Who: Educational publishing company with a special interest in technology for higher education.

    Contribution: Company's existing writing and reading software for evaluation purposes to the literacy project.

    Interest: Creating appropriate pedagogy and delivery systems to provide the best material in the most useful format.

    24. INSTITUTE OF CANADIAN BANKERS

    » Project 4C

    Who: Supports the network of Canadian banks to educate and train employees, offering programs, including some courses at a distance.

    Contribution: In-kind contributions including staff support in designing, developing and administering the evaluation tools for the Internet pilot, its distribution to bank employees, gathering of data and the use of facilities.

    Interest: How they can increase the effectiveness of delivery of their courses.

    25. INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES

    » Project 4D / Stakeholder Committee

    Who: Research institute in the Netherlands with over ten years experience researching labour's use of electronic networks for social process.

    Contribution: Contribute time and services including access to 3000 item bibliographic database for the Virtual Workspace Project.

    Interest: Development of distance learning using computer communications and other relevant methodologies.

    26. IRWIN PUBLISHING

    »Dissemination Committee

    Who: Canadian publishing company that develops learning materials for elementary and secondary school markets, academic texts for colleges and universities. Operates a separate legal publishing entity called Irwin Law.

    Contribution: Will actively participate on the Dissemination Committee and advise on commercialization of courseware.

    Interest: How interactive computer-based technologies can meet professional training needs for teachers and lawyers, and how new instructional technologies can meet the needs of children and adult learners in developing countries.

    27. JEWISH GENERAL HOSPITAL (AGING PROJECT)

    » Project 4B

    Who: Primary research goal is wellness and successful aging with particular emphasis on college and university seniors' groups in the Montreal area.

    Contribution: Will provide portions of their laboratory, computer facilities, research team support and access to their research data.

    Interest: Learning how seniors learn, cooperate and interact with classmates from home.

    28. KINGSTON IMMIGRANT SERVICES (K.D.I.S.)

    » Project 3D

    Who: Service Organization providing language training to new immigrants.

    Contribution: (For further information, please consult the program leader).

    Interest: Development of literacy and evaluation of existing programs to enhance client/student learning.

    29. KNOWLEDGE CONNECTION CORPORATION

    » Training Committee / Project 1

    Who: A non-profit organization supported by the Ontario Sector Partnership Fund and a membership of private companies and public institutions.

    Contribution: (For further information, please consult the program leader).

    Interest: Opportunity of sharing their model and methodologies for educational software evaluation.

    30. LDF PUBLISHING INCORPORATED

    » Project 3E

    Who: Published a book and software entitled "Making Your Mark" which deals with college life, notetaking, study skills, writing papers and examinations.

    Contribution: (For further information, please consult the program leader).

    Interest: Adaptations of the "Making Your Mark" software for commercial purposes.

    31. McGILL UNIVERSITY

    » Training Committee

    Who: Multi-disciplinary university in Quebec

    Contribution: Will be a representative on the Training Committee.

    Interest: Ensure Training Committee develops best practices and create practical training products for educational and non- educational sectors.

    32. MCMASTER UNIVERSITY (EVNET HOST)

    » Management Committee / Training Committee / Networking Committee / Project 1 / Project 4A

    Who: Medium-sized research-intensive university in South- Western Ontario with an international reputation in Health Sciences.

    Contribution: In-kind contribution of $459,125 in the form of teaching release, facilities, Internet services, financial administration services, cash contribution of $15,000 for a web server, dissemination expenses and development of on-line courses.

    Interest: Support for administrative centre of EvNet as well as research into technology-based learning.

    33. MCMASTER UNIVERSITY - CCE

    » Project 3A

    Who: Delivers non-degree credit certificates and diploma courses in a variety of topics.

    Contribution: In-kind contribution of $14,500 in the form of staff, curriculum development and consultation and $1,500 in materials.

    Interest: Comparative research on alternate learning and teaching methods as well as developing and disseminating new course material.

    34. MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND

    » Project 4B

    Who: Coordinates on-campus services for students with disabilities and is a member of the Higher Education and Research on Disability Network (HEARD)

    Contribution: Facilitate multi-university distribution of an evaluation researching the effects of CMC on learning among students with physical disabilities.

    Interest: Share their experiences in the area of collaborative learning (real and virtual) for students with disabilities and to disseminate reports of the research and findings.

    35. MENTOR INC., LE GROUPE

    » Project 4C / Stakeholder Committee

    Who: A young company committed to optimizing the productivity and satisfaction of users of computer-based business applications.

    Contribution: (For further information, please consult the program leader).

    Interest: Develop new and effective ways to improve their processes, tools and ideas.

    36. MICHENER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED HEALTH SCIENCES

    » Project 3C

    Who: One of the largest providers of continuing education in applied health in Canada serving over 5000 health professionals nationally and internationally.

    Contribution: Offering their site for construction of courses for Medical Laboratory Technicians.

    Interest: Utilizing technology to develop and deliver a computer-aided instructional course to provide for collaborative learning and distance education.

    37. MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY

    » Project 1

    Who: Premier small undergraduate liberal arts university in Canada.

    Contribution: Major "test bed" facility for network products and research.

    Interest: Committed to the use of new technologies in teaching and learning.

    38. MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY - CLPT

    » Training Committee / Project 2A / Project 4A

    Who: Established at Mount Allison University to undertake research, training and product development in partnership with private sector.

    Contribution: (For further information, please consult the program leader).

    Interest: Develop cognitive approaches to designing computer mediated learning environments (situated learning, anchored instruction, cognitive apprenticeships)

    39. NBTEL

    » Project 1 / Project 2A / Project 4A

    Who: Leading firm in the delivery of commercial multimedia distance education products.

    Contribution: (For further information, please consult the program leader).

    Interest: Finding the most effective educational communications and multimedia services for different segments of the population.

    40. NELSON CANADA

    »Dissemination Committee / Project 3D

    Who: Post Secondary Product and Market Development

    Publishing Company, with specialization in English and French as a Second Language.

    Contribution: Will provide dissemination expertise in literacy software and courseware.

    Interest: Learning which kind of software and courseware materials would best serve the needs of their students.

    41. OFFICE FOR PARTNERSHIPS FOR ADVANCED SKILLS (O.P.A.S.)

    » Training Committee

    Who: An organization committed to the delivery of advanced training to Canadian industry by facilitating relations with universities.

    Contribution: Training

    Interest: Utilizing effective education technologies in the delivery of OPAS programs.

    42. ORDINATEUR DREAM SCAPE COMPUTERS

    » Project 4B

    Who: Company specializing in Internet research, software installation, creation of posters for special events, computer consulting, computer training, and Internet training.

    Contribution: (For further information, please consult the program leader).

    Interest: Computer training and adaptations for people with physical, sensory and intellectual deficits.

    43. PATHFINDER LEARNING SYSTEMS CORPORATION

    » Project 4D

    Who: Company supplying French/English learning management software and technical solutions used in skills training and education across Canada.

    Contribution: Collaboration on research information gathering and assist with the dissemination of the results and their applications.

    Interest: Learning how communications and information can be best transformed into knowledge and skills.

    44. PRENTICE-HALL CANADA INC / Allyn & Bacon Canada

    »Dissemination Committee / Project 3D

    Who: A subsidiary publishing company of Prentice-Hall.

    Contribution: Will provide company learning materials for evaluation by the Literacy Project.

    Interest: Develop computer based learning materials.

    45. PROTESTANT SCHOOL BOARD OF GREATER MONTREAL (P.S.B.G.M.)

    » Project 2B / Project 3D

    Who: School Board actively involved in bringing information technology into the classroom.

    Contribution: Provide facilities, computer equipment, software, educational consultants, training instructional materials and participation on the dissemination committee.

    Interest: How teachers and students can use technology in the most effective way.

    46. QUÉBEC, GOUVERNEMENT DU / Ministère de l'Éducation

    » Project 2B

    Who: Responsible for the education services to Quebec's English community. Active in promoting the use of technology for teachers and students such as the Small Schools Network (SSN).

    Contribution: Access to the activities on the SSN and its expertise as well as access to field work already in development. The SSN will also be used for dissemination purposes.

    Interest: Advances in on-site and distributed learning systems which could enhance teacher's appropriate use of technology.

    47. QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY

    »Dissemination Committee

    Who: Multi-disciplinary university in Ontario.

    Contribution: (For further information, please consult the program leader).

    Interest: Research the most effective learning styles for a varied multi-cultured student population.

    48. QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY

    » Project 3D

    Who: Offers courses on English as a second language to university entrants and employee groups.

    Contribution: (For further information, please consult the program leader).

    Interest: Research the most effective learning styles for a varied multi-cultured student population.

    49. SIR JOHN A. McDONALD SECONDARY SCHOOL

    » Project 2B / Project 3D

    Who: A large inner-city school located in downtown Hamilton with over 50% of student population born outside Canada.

    Contribution: In-kind contribution in the form of access to computers and their facilities.

    Interest: Measure the effectiveness of using e-mail as a tool in developing literacy skills.

    50. SKILLS FOR CHANGE

    » Training Committee / Project 1 / Project 3D

    Who: Community agency that specializes in preparing immigrants & refugees with skills to enter the workplace.

    Contribution: Provide access to their facilities, staff and donation of materials.

    Interest: Comparing the distinctive pedagogies used in the literacy project vs. current method.

    51. SOFTARC INC.

    » Project 3C / Networking Committee

    Who: Privately held company specializing in the development of the multi-platform communications software called FirstClass.

    Contribution: (For further information, please consult the program leader).

    Interest: How to utilize existing technology to develop and deliver computer-aid instructional courses for collaborative learning and distance education.

    52. ST. LAWRENCE COLLEGE

    » Project 3D

    Who: Provide literacy training as part of technical studies on labour market upgrading courses.

    Contribution: Provide access to classrooms for observation, duplicating and administration support services, facilities and computer equipment.

    Interest: Researching effective ways of using technological aids as a learning tool.

    53. SUNRISE HIGHER EDUCATION FOUNDATION

    » Project 3B

    Who: Non-profit educational centre for native students.

    Contribution: Will provide learner support for Computer Science 200 Course to be developed and evaluated for Internet use (Project 3B).

    Interest: Development of Computer Science Course 200

    54. SYSTEMCORP PERFORMANCE SUPPORT SYSTEMS

    » Project 1 / Project 4C / Stakeholder Committee

    Who: Company specializing in the research, development and commercialization of multi-media base software products

    Contribution: (For further information, please consult the program leader).

    Interest: Advances in knowledge associated with on-site and distributed learning systems which will enhance training effectiveness and on-the-job performance.

    55. TELUS (AGT)

    » Project 3B

    Who: Alberta company specializing in telecommunications and information technology.

    Contribution: (For further information, please consult the program leader).

    Interest: Application of "Data Communications and Rapid Applications Development with Java" course to use for their corporate training and development courses for employees.

    56. TORONTO, CITY OF (PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT)

    » Project 3E

    Who: A division made up of architects, landscape architects and planners responsible for reviewing physical design plans so that they conform to site plan regulations.

    Contribution: (For further information, please consult the program leader).

    Interest: Develop applications and processes utilizing the software resources developed by the University of Toronto, Centre for Landscape Research.

    57. TV ONTARIO

    »Dissemination Committee / Project 3A

    Who: Public educational TV network in Ontario that delivers distance education to schools in Canada and abroad.

    Contribution: Will participate on the Dissemination Committee.

    Interest: Convert these courses for video delivery on TV.

    58. UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMÉRICAS PUEBLA (MEXICO)

    » Training Committee

    Who: Major university in Mexico

    Contribution: Potential international collaboration with EvNet.

    Interest: New alternative teaching methods

    59. UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL

    » Project 3E

    Who: An alliance formed to evaluate the impact of technology on design education.

    Contribution: In-kind contributions in the form of facilities, provision of services and logistical support of field and laboratory work.

    Interest: Learn what the best pedagogies are in urban and environmental design by comparing traditional design studios vs. computational supported studios

    60. UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

    » Project 4B

    Who: Offers services to students with disabilities.

    Contribution: Provide advice related to their work with students with disabilities and will be a vehicle for dissemination of findings.

    Interest: Learning more about computer assisted distance communications.

    61. UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA PRESS (UBC)

    »Dissemination Committee

    Who: Publishes scholarly texts and first Canadian publisher to produce an on-line book in print catalogue.

    Contribution: Advise the network on contemporary developments on strategies for a broad global scholarly communication plan.

    Interest: Examine the future use of information technology in research and dissemination in a context of decreased resources.

    62. UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

    » Project 3E

    Who: Computational Design Lab is under the direction of Dr. Jerzy Wojtowicz, Associate Professor

    Contribution: (For further information, please consult the program leader).

    Interest: Computational Design Lab is involved in design education, multimedia development, collaborative Virtual Design Studios, and WWW development.

    63. UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA

    » Project 3E

    Who: Alliance formed to evaluate the impact of technology on design education.

    Contribution: (For further information, please consult the program leader).

    Interest: Learn what the best pedagogies are in urban and environmental design by comparing traditional design studios vs. computational supported studios.

    64. UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO - CLR

    » Project 3E / Networking Committee

    Who: Established multi-disciplinary university in Ontario.

    Contribution: (For further information, please consult the program leader).

    Interest: Learn what the best pedagogies are in urban and environmental design by comparing traditional design studios vs. computational supported studios.

    65. UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO - Information Commons

    » Project 3E

    Who: North American leader in information technology and instructional media.

    Contribution: (For further information, please consult the program leader).

    Interest: Development and training of instructional computing techniques for the faculty and the exploration of Spatial Literacy.

    66. UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

    » Project 3E / Project 3D

    Who: Multi-disciplinary university in Ontario.

    Contribution: (For further information, please consult the program leader).

    Interest: Support infrastructure of EvNet Projects 3D/3E.

    67. UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO

    » Project 2C

    Who: University in Ontario specializing in computer sciences, engineering, co-op programs and distance education.

    Contribution: Will be active participants in the study of ongoing distance telelearning taught through both compressed and full-motion video. (For further information, please consult the program leader).

    Interest: Support infrastructure of EvNet Project 2C.

    68. UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO

    » Project 3E

    Who: An alliance formed to evaluate the impact of technology on design education.

    Contribution: (For further information, please consult the program leader).

    Interest: Learn what the best pedagogies are in urban and environmental design by comparing traditional design studios vs. computational supported studios.

    69. VANIER COLLEGE - CEGEP

    » Project 2B / Project 3E

    Who: English-speaking CEGEP located in the suburbs of Montreal.

    Contribution: (For further information, please consult the program leader).

    Interest: Development of more effective distance education strategies.

    70. WEB NETWORKS

    » Project 4D

    Who: Canadian NGO, home of labornet and unionnet plus several hundred NGO and community conference areas. Technical Division bought out by Open Text Corporation in July, 1996.

    Contribution: One conference/listserv so a discussion can be carried out on research with web.net based stakeholders, support staff and maintenance.

    Interest: Studying on-line knowledge diffusion by formal and informal (labour) groups.

    71. YORK UNIVERSITY (DISTRIBUTED KNOWLEDGE PROJECT)

    » Project 4D / Networking Committee

    Who: Virtual institute and Canadian home of LABOR-L, global listserv on Labour plus 15 other conference areas.

    Contribution: (For further information, please consult the program leader).

    Interest: Develop applications and processes utilizing the software resources developed by the University for their research functions.


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