Standards, Systems and Interoperability
LORNET Research Symposium Speakers
His current research interests are in the area of ontology development, Semantic Web, interoperability, learning technologies, integration between software engineering and knowledge engineering techniques. So far, he has authored/co-authored more than 90 research papers, several book chapters, and one book. He has been a referee for several international conferences as well as international journals. He can be reached at http://www.sfu.ca/~dgasevic.
Griff Richards, Simon Fraser University
Griff Richards concerns himself with the convivial use of technology to promote the creation, management and transfer of human knowledge. With a Concordia Ph.D. in Educational Technology Griff has been active in the research, development and implementation of computers in education and training for 25 years. A leader in the Canarie POOL and eduSource projects, he architected distributed systems for learning object repositories and champions interoperability between diverse systems. His research group at SFU Surrey currently collaborates in a number of R&D efforts funded by Canarie, SSHRC INE, NSERC, LORNET and the Mellon Foundation. He teaches online into Athabasca Unversity's Master of Distance Education Program.Richard Schwier, University of Saskatchewan
Richard Schwier is a professor of educational communications and technology at the University of Saskatchewan where he is coordinator of the graduate program. His current research program addresses issues of instructional designers as agents of social change and virtual learning communities.Sue Amundrud, Saskatchewan Learning
- 24 years in education
- All teaching has been in rural areas, mostly grades 9 through 12, with some forays into grades 2 and 3
- Have worked for Saskatchewan Learning for 12 years - 7 as Regional Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction in the Melfort regional office; 4 as Director of the Learning Technology Unit in Regina; and for the last year have been Executive Director of the E-Learning Branch in Saskatchewan Learning
- Focus of the E-Learning Branch is on the use of technology to support teaching and learning, spanning learning from kindergarten through post-secondary.
- Have a long standing interest in how technology can be used to support teaching and learning - from the early days of one computer in the school to a completely networked lab; and from a computer specialist in the school to teachers and faculty actively using technology to meet the objectives of their curricula
- Masters thesis focused on professional development required by teachers in order to effectively use technology in the classroom