ROBERT AUCOIN
Email: /Telephone: / +1.250.361.5843
Education:
Master of Arts, Educational Technology 1995Concordia University,
Montreal, Canada / Bachelor of Science, Mathematics, 1989
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Canada
Employment Experience:
Director,Canadian Council on Learning’s Health & Learning Knowledge Centre
· Responsible for the overall strategic direction of the centre and its 4.5 million budget.
· Coordinate the work of 21 national health and learning working groups
· Serve on various working groups including technology and knowledge exchange and e-learning / 2006-
Principal Consultant,
Avant Learning http://www.avantlearning.com
· Design e-learning solutions for public and private sector clients.
· Conduct needs assessment and provide project management services. / 2003 -
Director of Distance Delivery and the ARC Learning Network
Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta
· Developed and directed the only public/private cost-recovery continuous education network for rehabilitation clinicians in Canada to be offered at a distance
· Supported the use of videoconferencing for Telehealth and won the Aventis Award for Research and Innovation in the use of e-Technologies in Health Education at the Canadian Society of Telehealth (CST) International Conference
· Designed multimedia training for municipal government officials and new entrepreneurs in Bosnia in collaboration with the University of Alberta International, the University of Sarajevo and the World Bank
/ 2001 - 2003
Coordinator of Distance Learning,
Academic Technologies for Learning, University of Alberta
· Coordinated distance learning programs for faculties throughout the university
· Conducted training needs assessments, market analyses, and faculty development workshops on topics as diverse as project management, distance learning and synchronous learning technologies. / 2000 - 2001
Coordinator of Information and Communication Technology,
Faculty of Health Professions, Dalhousie University
· Developed and evaluated on-line courses within the Faculty of Health Professions, including the world’s first online diploma in disability management
· Developed and facilitated workshops in all facets of instructional technology / 1999 - 2000
Educational Technologist and Web Site Co-ordinator,
Centre for Distance Education, Glendon College York University
· Designed, developed, implemented and evaluated distance and face to face courses using a variety of media and languages
· Developed and implemented all the technical and pedagogical workshops
/ 1995 - 1999
Teacher and Head of the Department of Mathematics, Inyati Secondary School.
World University Service of Canada (WUSC) / Zimbabwe Ministry of Education and Culture.
· Taught O- and A-Level mathematics at a school of 1500 students
· Managed five teachers and mentored other teachers and student teachers
· Managed extra-curricular activities, departmental resources and the school library
/ 1989-1992
Math Instructor
O’Sullivan College, Selwyn House School and Dalhousie University
· Taught college and K-12 level mathematics
Selected Publications:
The Pros and Cons of Outsourcing Distance Learning And Training. Accepted at the 21st Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning, Madison, Wisconsin, August 3-5, 2005.
Values-Based Design of Learning Portals as New Academic Spaces. A chapter in Designing Portals: Opportunities and Challenges, edited by Ali Jafari and Mark Sheehan. 2003. See review at: http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/eqm04113.pdf
Modern Trends in Distance Education Design and Technology: A Look at Zimbabwe and Canada. A paper published in September 1997 in The Zimbabwe Bulletin of Teacher Education. Co-authored with Dr. Fred Zindi, the University of Zimbabwe
Distance Education in Tanzania and Zimbabwe. Could this be One Way of Alleviating Economic Hardships? A paper published in February 1995, by Open Learning, the publication of The Open University, Milton-Keynes, England. Co-authored with Dr. Fred Zindi, the University of Zimbabwe.
Conference Presentations:
Other Voices. Gave the keynote address at the CCL-sponsored Other Voices Conference held in Vancouver, October, 2006 (invited)
Data Issues in Canadian School Health. Presented at The Canadian Association for School Health conference, Vancouver, May, 2006 (invited).
Health Literacy – A National Perspective. Presented at The Canadian Public Health Association Conference held in Vancouver, June, 2006.
The Alberta Rehabilitation Continuous Learning Network. Presented at the Arkansas Distance Education Conference held in Fayetteville, Arkansas, January, 2003. (Invited)
The Alberta Rehabilitation Continuous Learning Network. What has the Data Revealed? Presented at the Canadian Society of Telehealth. Vancouver, British Columbia, October, 2002.
Critical Factors for Success in Online Learning. Presented at the Arkansas Distance Education Conference held in Fayetteville, Arkansas, January, 2002. (Invited)
Co-ordinating Different Masters and Customers: Dalhousie’s Diploma in Disability Management Programme. Presented at NAWeb, 1999 held in October 1999 in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Other Interests:
Co-Chair of Halloween Events, a Victoria-based charity that raises $30,000 annually for AIDS in Africa Programs. Currently associated with The Stephen Lewis Foundation.
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