Room: ARTS 241 (theater), Arts Building, University of Saskatchewan Campus, Saskatoon, SK. Map 1   Map 2,

9:00 – 9:30 Registration

9:30 – 9:40 Welcome (Jim Greer)

9:40 – 10:10 Opening Keynote (Vive Kumar)

• Mixed-Initiative Interactions and Interfaces

10:10 – 10:30 Coffee

10:30 – 11:50 Research Talks Session 1

• Robin Dunlop: Pros and Cons of IMS Packages and Simple Sequencing.
• Dong Liu: Systems Management Using Web Services
• Zinan Guo: e-Portfolios in e-Learning
• Rob Wall: eLearning Processes Using Small Technologies Loosely Joined

Session Chair: Christopher Brooks

11:50 – 1:00 Lunch (Provided)

1:00 – 2:00 Panel Discussion: Moving Advances in e-learning to Real Classrooms.

• Richard Schwier
• Sue Amundrud
• Griff Richards
• Dragan Gasevic

Moderator: Julita Vassileva

2:00 – 2:15 Coffee

2:15 – 3:20 Research Talks Session 2

• John Ylioja: Improving Information Access for the Blind
• Yao Wang: Trust and Reputation Systems in Computer-Mediated Environments: A Survey
• Julia Yang: Ontological Reasoning for e-Learning
• Rupi Panesar: A Web-based Editing Tool for Learning and Teaching (Short Talk)

Session Chair: Ralph Deters

3:20 – 3:35 Coffee

3:35 – 4:15 Research Talks Session 3

• Gale Parchoma and Mary Dykes: Virtual Learning Communities as Apprenticeships for
  Distributed Communities of Practice
• Jurika Shakya: Capturing and Disseminating the Principles of Self-Regulated Learning in an Ontological Framework

Session Chair: Mike Winter

4:20 – 4:50 Closing Keynote (Griff Richards)

• Trends and Topics in e-learning

Contact: Mike Winter (306) 966-4741 email: mike.winter@gmail.com