It was important for me to find someone who lived within Ontario, ideally close to me (within 100 kilometers) who had contributed to the field of education and technology.\u00a0 I was delighted and honoured to learn about Dr. Ron Owston.<\/p>\n
Dr. Ron Owston is University Professor Emeritus and Senior Scholar at York University, as well as former Dean of the Faculty of Education, and founding Director of the Institute for Research in Learning Technologies.\u00a0 Throughout his career he has conducted a tremendous amount of research in teaching and learning with the web, online and blended learning and teacher professional development.<\/p>\n
In 1997, he published his first article titled The World Wide Web: A Technology to Enhance Teaching and Learning?\u00a0 The article questioned if the Web could promote learning and suggested that more research must be conducted in order to validate this theory.\u00a0 Throughout his career, he was an advocate and leader for technology and learning in the field.\u00a0 In 2016, he together with Professor Kurt Thumlert and doctoral candidate Taru Malhotra, as well as two external contract researchers, were requested by the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (HWDSB) through the Ontario Ministry of Education\u2019s Technology and Learning Fund to lead the study \u201cTransforming Learning Everywhere: A study of the second year of implementation\u201d.\u00a0 The results of the study identified that inquiry-based learning with the support of 1:1 technology tools (i.e. the iPad) could positively impact student learning, increase both teacher and student engagement and increase opportunities for collaboration among teachers and students.<\/p>\n
Dr. Ron Owston held a 35-year career with York University.\u00a0 Not only has he spoken at numerous national and international conferences about blended learning, but also, he has authored\/co-authored more than 50 commissioned studies, and published over 60 articles in journals such as the Journal of Research and the Journal of Computer Based Instruction to name a few.<\/p>\n
I cannot help but consider that regardless of his contributions to research, I continue to think about his impact on education \u2013 more specifically how he as a professor, lecturer and keynote speaker inspired educators throughout the world on learning and technology. \u00a0I would suggest his contributions left an impact on anyone who met him.\u00a0 I know they certainly did for me!<\/p>\n
https:\/\/twitter.com\/ronowston\/<\/a><\/p>\n http:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/rowston\/TLE2016.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n http:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/rowston\/article.html<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=W1G_FZU_4bE<\/a><\/p>\n References<\/u><\/p>\n mullern. (2017, December 14). Research shows inquiry-based learning used with technology enhances education. [Blog Post]. Retrieved from https:\/\/research.info.yorku.ca\/2017\/12\/research-shows-inquiry-based-learning-used-with-technology-enhances-education\/<\/p>\n rosten, (n.d.), About [Blog Post]. Retrieved from http:\/\/ronowston.blog.yorku.ca\/<\/a><\/p>\n Searchable Directory of Canadian Researchers in Online, Blended and Distance Education, (n.d.) Retrieved from:\u00a0 https:\/\/teachonline.ca\/tools-trends\/searchable-directory-canadian-researchers<\/a><\/p>\n Thumlert, K.<\/a>, Owston, R.<\/a> and Malhotra, T.<\/a> (2018), “Transforming school culture through inquiry-driven learning and iPads”, Journal of Professional Capital and Community<\/em><\/a>, Vol. 3 No. 2, pp. 79-96. https:\/\/doi-org.ezproxy.royalroads.ca\/10.1108\/JPCC-09-2017-0020<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It was important for me to find someone who lived within Ontario, ideally close to me (within 100 kilometers) who had contributed to the field of education and technology.\u00a0 I was delighted and honoured to learn about Dr. Ron Owston…. Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lrnt523","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":211,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210\/revisions\/211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}