Topic outline

• ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
  

  ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

  
  

  • Conference Registration Page
  • Our Sponsors & Exhibitors Page
  • Maps
    

  • Map to hotel File
  • Getting to YorkU campus File
  • Map from Novotel Hotel to YorkU File
  • Getting to MoodleMoot - Accolade East File
  • Accolade East Rooms File
  • Getting around YorkU campus File
  • Map to Schulich Reception & Banquet File
  • Sponsors Book
  • Theme and Streams Page
  • Program Committee 2018 Page
  • Steering Committee Page
  • Promotional Information

  • Martin Dougiamas Invitation URL
  • Moot Promo 3 File
• KEYNOTES
  

  KEYNOTES

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    Martin Dougiamas, Moodle founder and CEO

    Martin Dougiamas is best known as the founder of Moodle, the popular free course management system used by millions of teachers in 200 countries around the world. As the CEO of Moodle Pty Ltd in Perth, Western Australia, he leads the team of software developers at the heart of the Moodle project and the global network of 50 Moodle Partner service companies that help provide funding for this independent open source software project. Martin has a mixed academic background with post-graduate degrees in Computer Science and Education, and continues to focus on researching how educators approach internet-based education. His major goal for the future is to improve the quality of education by encouraging social constructionist and collaborative practices within online learning communities.

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    David Porter, CEO eCampusOntario

    A long-time advocate for the benefits of adapting new technology to deliver educational opportunities, David’s extensive experience in the education and training fields has included working with both public and private sector organizations. 

    
    

    • Currently, CEO of eCampusOntario.ca in Toronto, Canada.
      
    • Formerly, Associate Vice-President - Education Support and Innovation, British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT).
      
    • Recently, Project Manager for the Task Force on Flexible Education at SFU (http://flexed.sfu.ca). 
      
    • Formerly Executive Director of BCcampus, where he was a forceful advocate for the use of open pedagogical practices and open educational resources (OER), including the implementation of Canada’s first large-scale, government-funded open textbook program for post-secondary education.
      

    
    Adjunct professor in the Master of Educational Technology program at the University of British Columbia (http://met.ubc.ca), and Advisory Council Chair for the School of Education and Technology at Royal Roads University. 
    
    Mentor for the Mongolian research team, partners in the Research on Open Educational Resources for Development (http://ROER4D.org) initiative, sponsored by the International Development Research Centre of Canada (http://idrc.ca).
    
    Board member of the Open Education Resource Foundation, a non-profit society that is the coordinating body for Open Education Universitas (http://OERu.org), a network of 30+ universities worldwide that are interested in providing low-cost access to higher education using open resources, practices, and pedagogies.
    
    Specialties: Design, development, and management of new organizational entities within higher education. Design research. Self-directed learning. Open educational practices and policies. Free range learning.

    
    

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    Stephen Downes

    Stephen Downes, Canadian Philosopher and Commentator Stephen Downes, Canadian Philosopher and Commentator

    Stephen Downes, Researcher

    Stephen Downes works in the fields of online learning and new media. Downes has explored and promoted the educational use of computer and online technologies since 1995 and continues to focus on researching how educators approach internet-based education. His major goal for the future is to improve the quality of education by encouraging social constructionist and collaborative practices within online learning communities. Stephen Downes is a Canadian philosopher and commentator in the fields of online learning and new media. Downes has explored and promoted the educational use of computer and online technologies since 1995 software project.

  • Accessible Online Learning Panel

    The different facets of accessibility for online learning. How to make your courses accessible for a variety of target groups.  Panel members will focus on: 
    

    • Ethnic
    • Physical
    • Financial
    • Course design
    • Open Content
      

    
    

    Panelist submission is still being accepted. Please contact canadamoot@gmail.com if you are interested in joining us on stage.

  • Personalizing Large Online courses (MOOCs) Panel

    Presenters from organizations that successfully rolled out large courses will share their experience in getting to course delivery.

    Panelist submission is still being accepted. Please contact canada(at)gmail.com if you are interested in joining us on stage.