Teaching and Distance Education Conferences, Workshops, and Courses Attended
- Teaching Development Week, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Alberta, September 1,2, and 6, 2011.
- Thinking Qualitatively Workshop Series, Institute for Qualitative Methodologies, Edmonton, Alberta, June 20-24, 2011.
- Learning Futures Festival Online 2011: Follow the Sun, hosted by Beyond Distance Research Alliance of University of Leicester and the Australian Digital Futures Institute of the University of Southern Queensland, April 13 – 15, 2011.
- Personal Learning Environments, Networks and Knowledge, a 10 week Massive Open Online Course, taught as a connectivist course, September – November 2010
- Virtual Learning Experience – Masters, ImagiLearning, Inc, a 12 week advanced course in virtual worlds, September 2010 – December 2010
- Virtual Learning Experience – 1,ImagiLearning, Inc., a 16 week immersion into Second Life as a virtual world for teaching and learning, May – September 2010
- Social Networks and Learning, Doctoral Seminar hosted by Technology Enhanced Knowledge Research Institute of Athabasca University, Edmonton, June 21-25, 2010
- Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education, virtual, March 12-13, 2010
- Virtual Edge Summit 2010, virtual, February 22-23, 2010
- Learn Trends 2009, The Corporate Learning Trends & Innovations Conference, virtual, November 17-19, 2009
- Teaching Online (virtual, faculty development course), University of Calgary, Fall 2008
- Distance Education Technology Symposium, Athabasca University, Edmonton, June 12 – 14, 2008
- Distributed Learning Symposium 2007, Distributed Learning in the 21st Century: Shaping the Future of Learning, Edmonton, Alberta, October 17 – 19, 2007
- Distance Education Technology Symposium, Athabasca University, Edmonton, June 8 – 10, 2006
- Distance Education Technology Symposium, Athabasca University, Edmonton, May 19 – 21, 2005
- Canadian WebCT Users’ Conference and pre-conference workshops, Edmonton, June 17 – 23, 2004
- National Great Teachers Seminar in the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Alberta, June 6 – 11, 2004
- Distance Education Technologies Symposium, Athabasca University, Banff, Alberta, May 20 – 22, 2004
- Enhancing Learning Through Interactive Learning Object Design, Grant MacEwan College, presented by Dr. Tracy Penny Light of University of Waterloo, Edmonton, Alberta, May 7, 2004
- Effective Teaching with Technology in Higher Education, and Designing Effective Online Courses, Grant MacEwan College, Edmonton, presented by Dr. A.W. (Tony) Bates, April 29, 2004
- International Symposium on Educational Conferencing, combining 2nd DIVERSE International Conference on Video and Videoconferencing in Further and Higher Education, and Annual Distance Educational Technology Workshop, Centre for Distance Education, Athabasca University, Banff, Alberta, May 30 – June 1, 2002
- North American Regional Conference, New Century – New Models: New Standards for the Educational Mainstream, International Council for Open and Distance Education, and Canadian Association for Distance Education, Calgary, Alberta, May 26 – 29, 2002
- Interface 2000, a conference on educational technology applications, Edmonton, June 7-9, 2000
- Canadian Rockies Great Teachers’ Seminar, Morley, Alberta, June 13 – 18, 1999
- Distance Education Technology Workshop, Athabasca University, Edmonton, Alberta, June 8 – 11, 1999
- Distance Education Technology Workshop, Athabasca University, Banff, Alberta, May 17 – 20, 1998
- Instructional Skills Workshop, Faculty Development, Grant MacEwan College, Edmonton, Alberta, August 18 – 20, 1997
- Methods of Instruction Course, St. John Ambulance, Toronto, Ontario, June 7 – 11, 1976
