Research & Publications

GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIPS

Engage: Transforming Leadership. School Administrators’ Needs. A preliminary needs assessment regarding technology integration developed for Elk Island School District (2010)

Principal Investigator: Dr. Norma Nocente (U of A)

  • Interview research participants
  • Analyze qualitative data
  • Identify key themes
  • Summarize research findings
  • Present findings to Elk Island School District

Research project: Preservice teacher education programs: guiding curricular frameworks. A review of the literature (2008)

Principal Investigator: Dr. Norma Nocente (U of A)

  • Review literature on undergraduate teacher education programs producing most employable graduates
  • Identify defining elements/characteristics (curricular framework) of successful programs
  • Summarize findings

Research Project: The instructional designer as agent of social change. SSHRC. (2002-2005)

Principal Investigators: Dr. Katy Campbell (U of A), Dr. Richard A. Schwier (U of S), Dr. Richard Kenny (Athabasca University)

  • Manage research project
  • Organize team meetings
  • Ensure research project met SSHRC requirements

Research project: Female faculty’s perceptions of technology. EFF-SAS. (2000-2003)

Principal Investigator: Dr. Katy Campbell (U of A)

  • Conduct critical literature review
  • Create electronic database of findings
  • Interview research participants

Research Project: Teacher professional development through a virtual learning space. Galileo (2001-2002)

Principal Investigators: Dr. Katy Campbell (U of A), Dr. Susan Gibson (U of A)

  • Work one-on-one with public school teachers (Rockey View Public Schools) to identify research areas that inform personal teaching practices (Participatory Action Research)
  • Through virtual learning space, support professional development initiative and facilitate distance communication
  • Support teacher’s professional development goals with research articles and resources

Research project: Peer Review of Instructional Technology Innovation (PRITI) project (2001)

Project Collaborators: John Boeglin (Faculte Saint John), Robert Aucoin (Rehabilitation Medicine), Sarah Camp (Faculte Saint Jean), Katy Campbell, Academic Technologies for Learning, Catherine Dyer (formerly Gramlich), Academic Technologies for Learning, Ann McDougall, (Faculty of Arts), Diane Millar, (Academic Technologies for Learning), Judy Norris, (Faculty of Nursing), Myrna Sears (Academic Technologies for Learning), Anna Taylor (Academic Technologies for Learning), Connie Varnhagen (Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts), Stanley Varnhagen (Academic Technologies for Learning), Grace Wiebe (Technology Learning Centre, Learning Resource Center), Marg Wilson, (University Teaching Services), Ruth Wolfe (Health Promotions)

  • Read and critically review approximately 50 research articles on peer review of teaching, learning and instructional technology in higher learning
  • Identify criteria for evaluating instructional technology innovations
  • Group and theme criteria presented in literature
  • Write white paper summarizing findings from literature review
  • Present findings to PRITI project committee

PUBLICATIONS

Campbell, K., Gibson, S., & Gramlich, C. (2005). On conversation and design. Journal of Technology and Pedagogy in Education, 14(1), 9-24.

Nocente, N., Kanuka, H., & Gramlich, C. (2000). Professional development in the online classroom. Does it really work? Report presented to the Alberta Real Estate Foundation, Calgary, Canada.

EDITING

Campbell, K. (2004). E-ffective writing for e-learning environments. Hershey, PA: Information Science Publishing.

  • Compile and edit book for publication