Selected Keynote Presentations
Ron Owston speaks regularly to national and international audiences on technology and elearning in schools and higher education. Here are some examples of his talks:2011 (December). Tufts University Blending to learn, learning to blend.
2010 (February). Mindshare Learning interview at York University: The secrets to professional development success.
2009 (October). King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia. Interview at the Deanship of eLearning Part 1; Interview at the Deanship of eLearning Part 2
2009 (May). King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia. Workshop on eLearning in Higher Education
2008 (December). Microsoft Form for University Presidents and CIOs, Taipei, Taiwan. Change forces: Teaching, Learning, and Technology on the Campus of the Future and Two Case Studies of Campuses of the Future
2008 (May). King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. Workshop on Teaching and Learning with the Web in Higher Education
2008 (January). King Fahd University of Minerals and Petroleum, Saudi Arabia. Teaching and Learning with the Web: Where We've Been, Where We're Headed.
2007 (October). The Learning Partnership Roundtable on Technology: York University, Toronto. 21st Century Learning: Engaging Students through ICT (streamed video).
2007 (August). ABEL Summer Institute: York University, Toronto. Teachers can make a difference! Linking teacher learning with student learning (streamed video).
2007 (June 4). York Region Workshop: Learning in a Digital World, Newmarket, Ontario. Linking blended PD with improvements in student achievement: How can it be done?
2007 (May 7). Leading and Learning Conference, Huntsville, Ontario. Teachers, Technology, and Students: Teaching Outside of the Triangle.
2007 (April 26). Panelist on TV Ontario: The Future of Education The Agenda with Steve Paikin. View streaming video.
2007 (March 31). Western New York Education Services Council, Buffalo, NY. Teachers, Technology, and Students: Teaching Outside of the Triangle. (2.7 mb can be slow to download)
2007 (March 15). Qatar Supreme Education Council Annual National Education conference. See Peninsula daily news as well as on the SEC’s Web site.
2006 (October 20). From Mosaic to Coursecasting (streamed video). University of Buffalo.
2006 (October 12). The World Wide Web Revisited. Mid-Western Educational Research Association, Columbus, OH
2004 (May). Sustaining Technology Innovation in the Classroom: What Does it Take? Intel Teach to the Future Curriculum Roundtable. Portland, OR