EvNet '98 Conference Schedule
(Final)

Friday, Feburary 20th, 1998
8:00 - 9:00 A.M.

• Registration & Refreshments

9:00 - 10:45 A.M.

• Session I. Keynote Address
  • 9:00 to 9:05 A.M.
    Welcome: Concordia Representative
  • 9:05 to 9:20 A.M.:
    Opening Remarks: Carl Cuneo, EvNet Director
  • 9:20 - 9:30 A.M.:
    Introduction to Dr. Norman Coombs. Dr. Catherine Fichten, Dawson College
  • 9:30 - 10:45 A.M.
    Dr. Norman Coombs, Rochester Institute of Technology
    The Underprivileged and Universal Access to Distance Learning: Disabilities and Beyond.

10:45 - 11:00 A.M.:

• Break

11:00 A.M. to 12:30 P.M.:

Session II: Disabilities, Education, and Computer Technologies
• Chair: Catherine Fichten
• Computer, Information and Adaptive Technologies: Implications for Students with Disabilities in Postsecondary Education Catherine S. Fichten (Dawson College and SMBD Jewish General Hospital), Maria Barile (Dawson College, Action des Femmes Handicapées de Montréal), Jennison Asuncion (Concordia University), Jason Lavers (Dawson College), Iris Alapin (Dawson College, Université du Québec (à Montréal)), Vince Maggiore (Dawson College, Logipac Technologies Inc.), Jean-Pierre Guimont, Fay Schipper (Mackay Centre), Bette Chambers, Philip Abrami (Concordia University)
• Selected Computer, Information And Adaptive Technologies For Students With Disabilities: A Demonstration. (Jennison Asuncion, Concordia University; Jason Lavers, Dawson College; Maria Barile, Dawson College and Action des Femmes Handicapées de Montréal; Vincent Maggiore, Dawson College and Logipac Technologies Inc.; Jean-Pierre Guimont, Dawson College; Fay Schipper, Mackay Centre; Catherine S. Fichten, Dawson College and SMBD Jewish General Hospital)

Session III: Presentation: Training the Trainers
• Chair: Cheryl Ende, Sir John A. Macdonald Secondary School, Hamilton, Ontario
• Reality Bytes? The One-Day Wonder Observational Data on One-Day Technology In-Service Workshop for Teachers in the Montreal-area South Shore School Board (Sylwia Bielec and Denise Quildon, Concordia University)
• Teachers, Motivation and Adoption of Technologies (Laura Paterson, Christine Truesdale, Philip Abrami, Concordia University)
• The Role of Needs Analysis in Teacher In-Service Training (Yael Nissan, Heidi Schnackenberg, and David Wells, Concordia University)

12:30 - 1:30 P.M.:

• Lunch

1:30 - 3:00 P.M.:

Session IV: Presentation: Web Course Design and Evaluation
• Chair: Catherine Fichten, Dawson College
• An Athabasca Challenge: Providing for Disabled Learners at a Distance (Gary Gerofsky, Athabasca University)
• Design and Development of a Website Resource for a Graduate Course in Educational Technology (Yiping Lou, Bang Ngoc Trinh, Gary Boyd, Concordia University)
• Instructional Design for the New Media: Developing for Educators a Web Course on How to Construct Web Courses under Industry Canada's Notemakers Program (Presenters: Christian Blanchette, Director, LearnOntario; Carl Cuneo, McMaster University;
  Co-authors: Deborah Fels, Wendy Freeman, Carol Lusby, Mark Branbury, Ron Rankine, Rogers Communication Centre, Ryerson Polytechnical University; Jutta Treviranus, University of Toronto; David Knowlton, Nate Horowitz, Bell Centre for Creative Communications, Centennial College; Gilles Aubry, Collège des Grands Lacs)

Session V: Roundtable: More Than a Helping Hand: Mentoring as a Professional Development Strategy for Integrating Technology into the Classroom (Presenters: Jeanette Caron, Carole Bamford, Sylwia Bielec, Concordia University) (Co-Authors: Colin Geissler, Lauren Aslin, Priscilla Comer Garrido, Philip Abrami, Concordia University, Dominic Furfaro, St.Dorothy Elementary School)

3:00 - 3:15 P.M.:

• Break

3:15 - 4:45 P.M.:

Session VI: Evaluation Theory, Design, and Methodology
• Chair and Discussant: Richard Schmid, Concordia University
• The Importance of Emergent Levels of Communication for Evaluation of Educative Systems and Software (Gary Boyd, Concordia University)
• Integrating Evaluation Study Guidance in a Workplace Technology Design Support System: The CREDIT and IDEA Systems (Mike Dobson, Janet McCracken, Bill Hunter, and Brian Gaines, University of Calgary)
• CAPSI: Relationship Student Pacing, Feedback, and Exam Performance Using a Computer-Aided PSI Program. (Darlene E. Crone-Todd and Joseph Pear, University of Manitoba)
• Integrating High Technology Tools into Everyday Learning (Maria Myers, Queen's University)

Session VII: Presentation: Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning
• Chair: Jane Webster, University of Waterloo
• Laboratory Simulation Software to Enhance the Practice of Science (Delsworth Harnish, Biology and Pathology, McMaster University)
• Student Motivation to Learn via Computer Conferencing (Eva Mary Bures, Philip Abrami, Concordia University; Cheryl Amundsen, McGill University)
• Student Collaborative Learning Communities on FirstClass: NUD.IST, SPSS, and FISH Tools: A Look at First Findings (Carl Cuneo and Christine Vanditelli, McMaster University)

5:00 to 6:30 P.M.

• Dean's Reception

7:00 P. M.

• Dinner, Auberge Le Saint Gabriel, Old Montreal (for those with pre-paid tickets)

Saturday, Feburary 21st, 1998
8:00 - 9:00 A.M.

• Registration & Refreshments

9:00 - 10:45 A.M.

Session VIII: Presentation: Distance Education
• Chair: David Conrath, McMaster University
• Distance Education: Structure, Cost and Pedagogy - Evaluating Change (Pat Latham, Michael Raggett, Sims Latham Associates and Phil Schalm, Ryerson Polytechnical University)
• Needs Assessment of the Transition from Print-Based Correspondence to Computer-Assisted Distance Education: Report on a 1997 Survey (Carl Cuneo and Carolyn Johns, Centre for Continuing Education, McMaster University)
• The Role of Trainee Expectations on Training Outcomes. Expectations of Trainees Towards Videoconferencing-Based Training (Derek Chapman and Jane Webster, University of Waterloo)

Session IX: Roundtable: Research Methods and Networking from the Perspective of the Research Assistant (Scott Kenney, Andrea Levy, Heather Pearson, Christine Vanditelli, McMaster University; Mandie Aaron, Concordia University)

10:45 - 11:00 A.M.:

• Break

11:00 A.M. to 12:30 P.M.:

Session X: Presentation: Tools for Training, Communicating, and Evaluating
• Chair: Sam Lanfranco, York University and Bellanet/IDRC
• The NODE: Electronic Network for Collaboration, Resource Sharing and Research in Post-Secondary Distance Education and Learning Technologies (Cathy Boak, University of Western Ontario)
• EvNet Evaluation Toolkit. Questionnaires, Slides, Software, Bibliographies, Links to Aid Evaluation Research. (Heather Pearson and Carl Cuneo, McMaster University)
• A Methodology for Software Evaluation (Priscilla Garrido and Colin Geissler, Concordia University)

Session XI: Workshop: Hands-On Computer Lab: NUD.IST - Software for Qualitative Analyses of Text
• Facilitator: Christine Vanditelli, McMaster University

12:30 - 1:30 P.M.:

• Lunch

1:30 - 3:00 P.M.:

Session XII: Presentation: Policies and Practices
• Chair: Margaret Procter, University of Toronto
• Researching Post-Secondary Policies and Practices on Technology-Based Learning: Methodology, Data and the Future (David Conrath, McMaster University)
• Policy Implications of Telelearning Technologies: Post-Secondary Education and Corporate Sectors (Richard Smith, Simon Fraser University)
• Using Technology for Learning: A Planning Guide (Eva Mary Bures, Philip Abrami, Concordia University; Deborah Gross, Ministère de l'Éducation du Québec (MEQ) )
• Reading CAT, PLeaSE: A Case-Study-in-Progress. Identifying, Evaluating, and Addressing Educational Programmes Implementation Problems Through Technology. (Scott Morrison, Lauren Aslin, Bette Chambers, Philip Abrami, Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance, Concordia University)

Session XIII: FirstClass Intranet Server and Client: Presentations, General Discussion, and Hands-On Computer Lab Workshop
• Chair: Brian Campbell, Mount Allison University
• Origins and History (Delsworth Harnish, McMaster University)
• Teaching and Learning with FirstClass at Concordia University Christina Dehler, Concordia University
• Introduction, Functionality, Integration (Laila Bastedo, McMaster University)
• Hands-On Computer Lab: FirstClass Intranet Server and Client (Facilitator: Laila Bastedo, McMaster University)

3:00 - 3:15 P.M.:

• Break

3:15 - 4:45 P.M.:

Session XIV: What Are The Main Issues? General Discussion of the Outstanding and Pressing Issues in Instructional and Training Technologies
• Facilitator: Delsworth Harnish, McMaster University

1:30 - 4:45 P.M.

XV: POSTERS AND DEMONSTRATIONS (informal interaction, discussion and circulation of delegates)
1. Demo: SASSI: Supporting Graduate Training in Statistics and Research Design through Networked Interactive Multimedia Learning Environments (Paul Cholmsky, R. Gordon, David Wells, Philip Abrami)
2. Demo: Computer-Aided Personalized System of Instruction Software (Darlene E. Crone-Todd and Joseph Pear, University of Manitoba)
3. Poster: The Virtual Mentor System: Using MAPLE and FirstClass in Calculus I (Helena Dedic, Vanier College and Concordia University)
4. Demo: McGraw-Hill Learning Architecture: Turnkey Courseware (Thom Hounsell, McGraw-Hill)
5. Poster: Collaborative Learning with Computer Technology (Yiping Lou and Philip Abrami, Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance, Concordia University)

7 - 9 PM

• Executive Committee Meeting

Sunday, Feburary 22nd, 1998

8:30 - 10:30 A.M.

Session XVI: Where Do We Go From Here? General Discussion of Action Plans, Strategy and Tactics (Open to Everyone)
• Facilitator: Carl Cuneo, McMaster University

10:45 A.M. - 1:00 P.M.

• Research Committee (Closed)
• Advisory Committees (Closed)

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