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Ron OwstonProfessor of EducationTEL1029, York University, 4700 Keele St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3 416-736-5019 rowston@edu.yorku.ca |
Dr. Ron Owston is Professor of Education and Director of the Institute for Research in Learning Technologies (IRLT) and co-director of the Technology Enhanced Learning Institute(TELi)at York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In June 2007, York University awarded him the honorary title of University Professor for his "extraordinary contribution to the University as a colleague, teacher, and scholar."
He has spoken at numerous national and international conferences, and published in a variety of fields including technology in education, program evaluation, and teacher development in journals such asTeachers College Record, Research in the Teaching of English, Journal of Computer-Based Instruction, Journal of Information Technology in Teacher Education, Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, Internet & Higher Education, and Journal of Research on Computing in Education. His recent projects include: external evaluator for the Learning Connections online teacher community, a study on games to support literacy at grade 4, and methodology domain leader in the SAGE for Learning Project. His most recent project, Fluid, is aimed at increasing the accessibility and usability of academic software. In this project he is developing the Virtual Usability Lab (VULab), an open source application for remote usability testing
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