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Schedule and Summaries
- Wednesday, May 5, 1999:
- What Do We Need to Enhance Student Learning?
| 11:30- 12:00 | Registration and Buffet lunch
Learning Commons, 5th Floor, Biological Sciences Building, University of Calgary |
| 12:00- 12:15 | Welcome Chip Scialfa, University of Calgary, and Connie Varnhagen, University of Alberta |
| 12:30- 2:00 | Keynote: Emerging Trends in Distance Collaboration
Mark Roseman, TeamWave Summary |
| 2:00- 2:15 | Break |
| 2:15- 3:00 | The Design, Development, and Maintenance of Web Sites for Introductory Psychology Courses
Louis Dingley, Keyano College Summary |
| 3:00- 3:30 | Departmental Resources Necessary for Instructional Technology Design, Delivery, and Evaluation
Tom Johnson, University of Alberta Summary |
| 3:30- 3:45 | Break |
| 3:45- 4:30 | At the Core of Introductory Psychology: A Content Analysis
Christina Simms, University of Calgary Summary || Slides || Handout |
| 4:30- 5:15 | Adding Canadian Content to the Introductory Psychology Class
John Connors, Canadian University College Summary || Slides |
| 5:15- 5:30 | Break |
| 5:30- 6:00 | Develop roundtable groups for Thursday |
| 6:00 | Wrap-up and dinner plans |
- Thursday, May 6, 1999:
- Research on Student Learning
| 8:15 | Continental breakfast Learning Commons, 5th Floor, Biological Sciences Building, University of Calgary |
| 8:30- 9:15 | Do Concept Mapping, Outlining, and Essay Writing Activities Improve
Students' Performance in Introductory Psychology Courses?
Brad Johnson, University of Calgary Summary || Slides |
| 9:15- 10:30 | An Item Analysis of Test Questions from Introductory Psychology
Chip Scialfa, University of Calgary Summary || Slides |
| 10:30- 10:45 | Break |
| 10:45- 11:15 | Conducting Research on Student Use of Technology
Don Heth, University of Alberta Summary |
| 11:15- 11:45 | Preliminary Analyses of Student Use and Usefulness of intro.psych
Connie Varnhagen, University of Alberta Summary || Slides |
| 11:45- 12:30 | A Critical Evaluation of Computer-Based Supplements for Introductory
Psychology
Bob Heller, Brian Rooney, and Dorothy Steffler, Concordia University College of Alberta Summary || Slides |
| 12:30- 1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00- 3:15 | Roundtable Discussions
Summary |
| 3:30- 4:30 | Where Do We Go From Here?
Chip Scialfa and Connie Varnhagen, discussion leaders Summary |
| 4:45 | Walk to Scurfield Hall for Teaching and Learning Technologies: Best Practices
Presentation by Mike Atkinson, University of Western Ontario Light buffet and discussion to follow (registration - $30.00) |
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