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Alec Couros, University of Regina

Alec Couros is a professor of educational technology and media and the Coordinator of Information and Communications Technology at the Faculty of Education, University of Regina. Alec works with undergraduate and graduate students to develop their understanding and competencies in working with technology and media in K -12 environments. He has given hundreds of workshops and presentations, nationally and internationally, on topics such as open education, social & networked learning, instructional design, digital citizenship and critical media literacy. More about Alec can be found at his popular educational blog, Open Thinking, found at http://couros.ca.

Daniel Peraya, TECFA – University of Geneva

A doctor of communications, Daniel Peraya is a university lecturer at TECFA, the educational technology department within the faculty of psychology and education, of the University of Geneva. He has been teaching there since 1986 after having been director of the education sciences audiovisual centre of the teachers’ training college, of the University of Dakar (1975-1985). He focuses his research and teaching on computer mediated educational communications, especially with respect to complete or partial distance education web-based systems, at the undergraduate and graduate levels. He has coordinated TECFA’s contribution to numerous European projects on distance education.

Since 1990, he has been actively involved with the development of distance education in Switzerland, in particular, having done studies prior to the implementation of the federal program entitled Campus virtuel Suisse. Since 2000, he has been coordinating TECFA’s contribution to this program. He is presently director of the Master MALTT (Master of Science in Learning and Teaching Technologies, TECFA) and of the Certificat de formation continue en conception et développement de projets en eLearning, a co-investigator at the Centre interuniversitaire sur la profession enseignante (CRIFPE, Québec) as an international researcher, and a member of the Groupe d'études sur la médiation du savoir (GReMS, Université catholique de Louvain).

Nora Young, CBC Broadcaster and Writer

Nora Young pursues her fascination with technology, culture, and armchair sociology, in radio, in print, on television, and online. She is the host and the creator of Spark, a technology show that airs nationally on CBC Radio, and lives online at cbc.ca/spark. She is also a technology columnist with CBC Radio.

As a journalist and speaker, Nora is interested in how new technology shapes the way we relate to each other, and to the world around us. In addition to her professional work, she’s an avid hobby podcaster, and a lazy blogger on issues about technology. When away from the computer, Nora loves teaching yoga, cycling and being in nature. She lives in Toronto.

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Deadline for submission November 20, 2009.

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