SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
ENGAGING THE WORLD
PROGRAM
LEARNING TOGETHER CONFERENCE 2012
Collaboration As A Path To Transformation
Faculty of Education, SFU
Day 1 – Friday, May 4
8am – 8:45
8:45 – 9:00
9:00 – 10:00
10:00 – 10:15
Main Lobby
Fletcher
Challenge
Theatre
(room1900)
Fletcher
Challenge
Theatre
(room1900)
Room 1520
Room 1600
Room 2270
11:00 – 11:15
11:15 – 12:00
Concurrent
Sessions
Welcome and Orientation
Opening Address:
Strength Through Diversity
Dr. Mario Pinto, Vice-President, Research, SFU
Networking Break
(refreshments)
Main Lobby
Room 1315
10:15 – 11:00
Concurrent
Sessions
REGISTRATION
(refreshments)
Suspending Scholarly Conventions:
A Walk into Transformation
Dr. Celeste Snowber, Dr. Vicki Kelly,
Dr. Lynn Fels and Julia Lane
Pushing the Edges
(first half)
Dr Jan MacLean and Tina Farmilo
nStudy: Software for Collaborations in
Researching How to Improve Learning
Dr. Philip H. Winne and Dr. John C. Nesbit
Reciprocity in International Volunteering
Moses Muthoki, Noble Kelly, Maureen Hillman,
Dr. Judith McBride, Mali Bain, Emily Mbugua,
and Munga Wanguya
Networking Break
(refreshments)
Main Lobby
Room 1315
The importance of listening in learning through
discussion: Considerations from an online perspective
Simone Hausknecht, Yuting Zhao and Dr. Alyssa Wise
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ENGAGING THE WORLD
Room 1520
11:15 – 12pm
Concurrent
Sessions
Room 1600
Room 2270
20 minute
sessions
12:00 – 2:15
2:15 – 3:00
Concurrent
Sessions
Pushing the Edges
(second half)
Dr Jan MacLean and Tina Farmilo
Collaborative learning: How does it work
at open and distance education universities
Dr. Rob McTavish and Mr. Ojat Darojat
Exploring the experiences of faculty-led teams
in conducting SFU Teaching and Learning
Development Grant projects
Qi Zhang and Dr. Cheryl Amundsen
Facilitating Language Learning through Reshaping
Imagined Community Of Adolescents
Zest Zhang
Main Lobby
Networking Lunch
(sandwich buffet)
Room 1315
Negotiating Identities in Multiple Spaces
Olivia Zhihua Zhang, Meilan Ehlert and Yujia Jiang
Room 1520
Room 1600
Room 2270
3:00 – 4:00
Poster
Session
PROGRAM
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION:
An ITEM China Perspective
Robert Swansborough (20 minute session)
Telling our story: Collaborative Online Narrativebased Case Studies for Medical Education
Robyn Schell and Dr. David Kaufman
International Language Courses at B.C. Public
Schools: (Dis)Empowering Linguistic Minority
Students
Naghmeh Babaee
MoCSSy: The Essence of Interdisciplinary Teaching
and Learning – by Andrew A. Reid, Philippe J.
Giabbanelli and Vahid Dabbaghian
Main Lobby
Library Literacy Collaboration: Italian Immigrant
• light snacks Stories – by Mary Giovannetti and Hope Power
• refreshments Learn complex scientific concept together – by Fatemeh
• door prizes
Rostamzadeh
The Arab Spring and Social Media – by Hend
Alrasheed
Simon Fraser students engage in research that has
practical implications for society – by Zahra Lotfi
Mahyari and Aaron Strong
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ENGAGING THE WORLD
4:00 – 5:00
Engaging
Dialogue
Sessions
5:15 – 7:30
PROGRAM
Room 1315
Collaboration in the Arts
Roundtable facilitated by Julia Lane
Room 1520
Collaboration in Learning
Roundtable facilitated by Charles Scott
Room 1600
Collaboration in Teaching
Roundtable facilitated by David Kaufman
The Rogue
Restaurant
Cocktails and Dinner
(cost covered by participant)
Day 2 – Saturday, May 5
8am – 8:45
8:45 – 9:00
9:00 – 10:00
10:00 – 10:15
10:15 – 11:00
Concurrent
Sessions
REGISTRATION
(refreshments)
Main Lobby
Fletcher
Challenge
Theatre
(room1900)
Fletcher
Challenge
Theatre
(room1900)
Welcome and Orientation
Opening Address:
Pondering, mucking with data, theorizing,
and taking action: Finding solutions together
Dr. Robin Brayne, Director of Graduate Programs,
Faculty of Education, SFU
Main Lobby
Networking Break
(refreshments)
Room 1315
Teaching together in the PDP program
Dr. Allan MacKinnon, Alex Pike and Ashley Kennedy
Room 1520
Differences in Collaboration in East and West:
Exploratory Qualitative Research on Possible Differences
Gloria Guo and Dr. Charles Scott
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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
ENGAGING THE WORLD
Room 1600
10:15 – 11:00
Concurrent
Sessions
Room 2270
11:00 – 11:15
11:15 – 12pm
Concurrent
Sessions
2:15 – 3:00
Concurrent
Sessions
Emerging Curriculum:
weaving a transformative fabric (part 1)
Dr. Carolyn Mamchur, Marc Legacy,
and the Doctoral Cast of Transformers
Building a Global Village:
Networking for Collaboration and Peer Learning
Noble Kelly, Mali Bain, Moses Muthoki, Monika Hardy
and Zac Chase, and collaborators from around the globe.
Main Lobby
Networking Break
(refreshments)
Room 1315
Collaboration as Shared Reflection on Task, Over Time
Dr. Larry Johnson
Room 2270
From Subjectivity to Community:
what we can learn with Jacques Rancière
Dr. Charles Bingham and Jason Carreiro
Emerging Curriculum:
weaving a transformative fabric (part 2)
Dr. Carolyn Mamchur, Marc Legacy,
and the Doctoral Cast of Transformers
Wondering about “Wonder”
Annabella Cant, Dr. Kieran Egan and Dr. Gillian Judson
Main Lobby
Networking Lunch
(sandwich buffet)
Room 1315
LiD: A Simple Innovation that Can Transform Learning
Dr. Kieran Egan and Jason Lapenskie
Room 1520
Integrated Approach To Contemplative Practice: Mindful
And Dialogical Explorations Of Collaborative Inquiry (part 1)
Room 1520
Room 1600
12:00 – 2:15
PROGRAM
Room 1600
Sean Park, Dr. Charles Scott, Dr. Tom Culham,
Dr. Avraham Cohen and Dr. Heesoon Bai
Emerging Curriculum:
weaving a transformative fabric (part 3)
Dr. Carolyn Mamchur, Marc Legacy,
and the Doctoral Cast of Transformers
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ENGAGING THE WORLD
2:15 – 3:00
Concurrent
Sessions
3:00 – 3:15
Room 2270
Room 1520
Room 1600
Room 2270
4:00 – 4:15
From Critical Reflection to Authentic Evidence
Dr. Linda Apps, Leanne Ewen, Dr. Jocelyn Reeves,
Adema Romano and Fiona Moes
Networking Break
(refreshments)
Main Lobby
Room 1315
3:15 – 4:00
Concurrent
Sessions
PROGRAM
Intersecting Pathways: Stories of Literacy Learners,
Tutors, and Policy-Makers
Leanne Boschman and Dr. Suzanne Smythe
Integrated Approach To Contemplative Practice: Mindful
And Dialogical Explorations Of Collaborative Inquiry (part 2)
Sean Park, Dr. Charles Scott, Dr. Tom Culham,
Dr. Avraham Cohen and Dr. Heesoon Bai
Collaborative, Dialogical Approaches
to Early Learning In-Service (part 4)
Joanne Robertson
Lev Vygotsky’s Theories
and their Classroom Application
Sara McGarry and Sharon Wherland
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Conference Wrap Up
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