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IRLT Events
The IRLT hosts a variety of talks and presentations approximately three to four times per year. Here is information about the most recent or upcoming event:
Latest IRLT Event
Lecture Capture:
Faculty Experiences at York and What the Research Says
On Monday May 2, 2011, a faculty panel explored the topic of lecture capture. Lecture capture involves the recording of an instructor’s presentation and making the recording available for students on the Web. The technology is rapidly gaining a foothold in universities around the world and some faculty at York are now routinely using it. Students welcome the technology, but what are the implications for student attendance, grades, and faculty workload?
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Past IRLT Events
Listed below are links to past IRLT events, or you can use Quick Links above to retrieve a more recent presentation. All presentations are in PDF 
format, and you will need Acrobat® Reader® 
to view them.
- Suzanne de Castel ¦ January 2011
- Suzanne discussed Challenges and Opportunities in Virtual Worlds Research (2.3 MB )
- Enza Antenos-Conforti ¦ November 2010
- Enza gave a talk on Education 140: Twitter for Teaching & Learning ⇒
- Jutta Treviranus ¦ September 2010
- Jutta, Director of the Inclusive Research Design Centre ⇒, spoke on the topic of Inclusive Learning in a Digital Economy
- Ron Owston and Robert Martellacci ¦ April 2010
- Back by popular request, Ron and Robert presented a hands-on interactive workshop called Twitter Redux: A Hands-on Workshop
- Jean Adams and Ron McClean ¦ March 2010
- Ron and Jean presented Transforming Classroom Learning using New Technologies: A Blended Learning Case Study (6 MB )
- Ron Owston ¦ October 2009
- Ron talked about Twitter: Trivial Pursuit or Serious Academic Tool (900 KB )
- John Bonnett ¦ April 2009
- John discussed the Implications of the Topographic Revolution for the Digital Humanities
- Shelley Hornstein ¦ April 2009
- Shelly led a panel that explored the impact Google Earth, YouTube, and Twitter have made on what we took to be fixed notions of what is local and global; the Zoom, Grab, Click, Twitter: Technologies Transforming Space and Place panelists were Laura Berazadi, Rodolphe El-Khoury, and Reesa Greenberg
- Blended Learning Panel ¦ April 2009
- Video segments of the panel discussion on Blended Learning for Advancing Education & Workplace Learning
are available online. - Brian Goldfarb ⇒ ¦ October 2008
- Brian gave a presentation entitled "Networks for Redefining Disorder: Internet-based Public Health Intervention Projects"
- Roger Austin ¦ May 2008
- Roger spoke about Using ICT to Build Educational Bridges " (2.8 MB)
- Laurie Wilcox ¦ January 2008
- Laurie talked about "Personal Space in Virtual Reality " (848 KB)
- Mike Elledge ⇒ ¦ November 2007
- Mike gave two presentations: (1) An Introduction to Accessibility (254 KB), and (2) Assessing Accessibility (300 KB)
- Karen Anderson and Ros Woodhouse ¦ January 2007
- Ros and Karen talked about Using technology to enhance the integration of research, teaching and learning: a case study of an introductory sociology course
- Lynn Johnson ¦ December 2006
- Lynn's presentation was about Podcasting in University Courses (2.5 MB)
- Stephen Chen ¦ October 2006
- Stephen talked about Gesture Friendly Interfaces and other Tools to Help Teachers Teach with Gesture
- Jean Adams ¦ May 2006
- Jean's presentation was about Second Generation e-learning--New Mindsets
- Sara Diamond ¦ January 2006
- Sara talked about Collaborative Practice in New Media Arts
- David Kaufman ¦ October 2005
- David's presentation was about the pan-Canadian SSHRC-funded research project entitled Simulation and Advanced Gaming Environments (SAGE) for Learning
- Evelyne Corcos and Peter Paolucci ¦ February 2005
- Evelyne and Peter's description was on Project Tracker --a software tool for academic researchers who do not have time to learn complex project management software
- Bill Muirhead ¦ January 2005
- Bill's discussion was about "How UOIT planned for information and communication technology to support enhanced learning outcomes? (The Faculty and Student Story)"
- Heather Lotherington ¦ November 2004
- Heather's presentation was about Netspeak: How English is changing online
- Ron Owston and Kathryn Cook ¦ October 2004
- Ron and Kathryn's research was on Blended Learning: How Faculty at Eight Canadian Universities Redesigned Their Courses
- Mary Leigh Morbey ¦ March 2004
- Mary Leigh described Shadows of Cybercolonialism in the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia, and the Louvre Museum, Paris, France
- Graham Orpwood ¦ February 2004
- Graham talked about Home Renovations: rethinking
post-secondary education in an era of technology enhanced learning
- Curt Bonk ¦ December 2003
- Curt's abstract of his presentation was about "Active Learning with Technology: Myths, Magic, or Just a lot of Bonk"
- Tom Carey ¦ April 2003
- Watch and listen to Tom's talk on It's About Time: Enhancing Learning and Teaching Through Technology
