Conference Papers and Presentations

Conferences provide an important opportunity to reflect on the work undertaken in WiER, and to report on new understandings as they develop. The papers in this listing have been selected from presentions at local, regional, national and international conferences. They consider WiER from a variety of perspectives, including

  • English education
  • Pre- and in-service teacher education
  • Online learning

and will likely be of greatest interest to teachers who are undertaking research into computer-mediated communication (CMC), online education, or online learning at the graduate level, or in teacher education programs.

They are listed by year.

  • 14th. International Conference on Distance Education (Oslo, 1988).
  • Educational Computing Organization of Ontario
    (Toronto, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995).
  • Learned Societies (CSSE/CATE)
    (Quebec, 1989; Kingston, 1991; Charlottetown, 1992; Ottawa, 1993).
  • Telecommunications In Education (ISTE)
    (Jerusalem, 1989; Dallas, 1993; Ft. Lauderdale, 1995)
  • Third Guelph Symposium on Computer-Mediated Communication (University of Guelph, 1990)
  • Western Canadian Association for Student Teaching
    (Edmonton, 1992; Vancouver 1993)
  • National Council of Teachers of English
    (Washington, DC, 1992)
  • European Schools Project Conference (Amsterdam, 1994)
  • Hook, Line & 'Net (Corner Brook, 1995) *
  • Mississippi Educational Computing Association (Columbus, 1995) *
  • Baffin Divisional Board of Education Conference (Iqaluit, 1995) *
  • Learning In The Fast Lane (Edmonton, 1995) *
  • Chaos & More, Alberta Teachers' Association (Calgary, 1996)
  • Making Learning Happen, National Council of Teachers of English (Boston, 1996)
  • The Internet: Beyond the Year 2000 (University of Toronto, 1996)
  • ECOO (Educational Computing Organization of Ontario, Toronto, May 1996)
  • The Institute of Educational Technology,"The Internet and the Classroom," held at (Trinity College School, Port Hope, 1996) *
  • Summer Institute on Literacy & Technology (New Brunswick Dept. of Education, Fredericton, July 3-5) *

(* Keynote Address/Featured Presentation)