Canadian Network for Innovation in Education (CNIE) Conference - Ottawa, Ontario

Ever get that feeling that you are TOTALLY over extended -constantly compromising quality for quantity?

Too many conferences, too much travel and too many competing demands on my time!!

Anyways, it was great to be able to visit Ottawa in the spring during the tulip festival. The reason for the trip was to attend the Canadian Network for Innovation in Education (CNIE) annual conference. Fiona Villamar (a student at Mount Royal) and I facilitated a session on our Student Engagement and Interactive Learning Technologies study and Mike Power (from Laval University) and I presented on our Blended Online Learning Design research. The conference was held at the Chateau Laurier Hotel and it was a wonderful experience presenting both sessions in the ballroom with thoughts of all the famous people and former Prime Ministers who have presented in this room.

As usual, I created a set of notes from the conference and here a few of the highlights from my perspective.

George Sieman's Keynote Session and his list of resources.

Phil Ice's session on Using Online Collaborative Document Editors to Enhance Student Satisfaction and Cognitive Presence Outcomes and the introduction of a couple of collaborative online writing tools - Adobe Buzzword and Zoho Writer.