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From:         MICHAEL STRANGELOVE <441495@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA>
Subject:      Innovative Trends in Research Conference PART TWO

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REFRESHMENT BREAK

INNOVATIVE USES OF RESEARCH AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
II(10:30 - 11:45am)
Chair:Prof. Craig Montgomerie
Associate Professor, Department of Educational
Administration & Research Coordinator for
Telecommunications, Office of the Vice-President
(Research),
University of Alberta

Topic:"The Case for Research on Computer Assisted Instruction"
Speaker:Prof. Milt Petruk, Department of Educational
Administration,
Director, Apple Innovation Support Centre, University of
Alberta & Executive Director, Apple Canada Education
Foundation

Topic:Innovative Uses of Library Network Resources
Speakers:Mr. Doug Poff
Head, Information Technology Services,
The University of Alberta

Mr. Ernie Ingles
Chief Librarian & Director of Libraries,
The University of Alberta

Lunch:11:45 - 1:00pm

INNOVATIVE USES OF RESEARCH AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
III(1:00 - 2:50pm)
Chair: Mr. Michael Strangelove
Department of Religious Studies
University of Ottawa

Topic:"Establishment of a (North-American) Consortium to
Sponsor the Computer Network Publication of Refereed
Journals"
Speaker:Ms. Carolynne Presser
        Director, University of Manitoba Library

Time:1:30 - 2:00pm
Topic:"Getting Electronic Journals Up and Running"
Speaker:Prof. Jean-Claude Gudon
D partment de Litt rature Compar e, Universit  de Montr al
& Editeur, Surfaces

Topic:"Use of List-servers-Bulletin-boards-News-groups for
Research"
Speaker:Prof. Timothy Stephen
Associate Professor, Communications
Department of Language, Literature & Communications
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Time:2:30 - 2:50pm

REFRESHMENT BREAK

INTERNAL & EXTERNAL FACILITATION OF ALTERNATIVE MODELS
(2:50 - 5:30pm)

Chair:Prof. Olav Slaymaker
Associate Vice-President (Research) &
                                Professor, Department of Geography
University of British Columbia

Topic:Decanal & Chair Perspectives
Speakers:Prof. Ron Bond
Dean of Humanities, University of Calgary

Prof. Robert V. Kubicek
Associate Dean of Arts (Research, Promotions & Tenure)
University of British Columbia

Prof. Robert Silverman
Chair, Department of Sociology, University of Alberta

Topic:National Perspectives on Facilitating Interdisciplinary
Collaboration Within and Across Granting-Agency
Boundaries
Speakers:Prof. Louise Quesnel, D partement des Sciences
Politiques,
Universit  Laval &
President, Social Sciences Federation of Canada

Prof. Elaine Nardocchio
Vice-President, Canadian Federation for the Humanities

Ms. Catherine Armour
Program Officer (Networks),
Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council

[Medical Research Council [Speaker, TBA]

Dr. Louise Dandurand
Secretary General,
Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada

**The University of Alberta gratefully recognizes the support of
The Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada,
The Social Sciences Federation of Canada and the Canadian
Federation for the Humanities **

REGISTRATION FEE: BY NOV.13: $80.(CAN.) AFTER NOV.13 $100.
        1/2-DAY SESSIONS: $30
        STUDENTS: $35 (ALL SESSIONS) $15 (1/2-DAY SESSIONS)
        BANQUET FEE $35 [MAX. 80]
        CONFERENCE CAPACITY: 200

FOR CONFERENCE REGESTRATION MATERIAL OR FURTHER INFORMATION:
        MS. EILEEN CROOKES, COORDINATOR OF PROGRAMS
        1-3 UNIVERSITY HALL, UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
        EDMONTON, ALBERTA, T6G 2J9
        FAX: (403) 492-6446; e-mail: ECROOKES@UALTAVM.UCS.UALBERTA.CA


INNOVATIVE RESEARCH TRENDS IN THE HUMAN SCIENCES
(Session descriptions)


I.PLENARY SESSION
This Session will hear three twenty-minute presentations.  The
first, representing SSHRC, will address the growing importance
of collaborative research for the Council.  This will include
thoughts on  bridging disciplines and making the case for
research collaboration among constituents of Canada's three
Granting Councils.  The next  presentation will address newly
emergent types of research resulting from technological change -
for example, the use of hypercard for relational databases,
research on computer-assisted education, etc.  A third speaker
will review the alternatives to a traditional research model,
e.g.,  single-scholar approach, publication essentially by paper
only.  This speaker will endeavour to bring out the strengths of
the alternatives, including their Rvalue addedS in terms of
research outcomes and enabling structures.   Conversely, this
speaker will also address the putative limitations of the
alternatives, as well as the human and institutional barriers
that can be encountered in pursuing them.  Emphasis in this
presentation will be on a balanced introduction of the issues to
be addressed in the sessions to follow.

II.BUILDING TEAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS
The Canadian Tri-Council communique of April 24, 1992 has
emphasized the Councils' increasing commitment to a Rgrowing
trendS in interdisciplinary and collaborative research both
within and across the Councils' Rboundaries.   Successful
collaboration cannot be imposed, but rather needs to be a
"natural fit" whose advantages in terms of enriched
perspectives, critical mass, ability to undertake and complete
large tasks within a reasonable time, and educational rewards to
student participants are readily justifiable.   That the
Councils are making collaboration and networking more of a
priority should occasion researchers to explore the
possibilities for a natural fit.  This Session will emphasize
the necessary conditions for successful team research, and will
present a variety of case studies that embody the collaborative
concept and strengthen its rationale.

III RETHINKING THE RESEARCH AGENDA
This Session will relate an Alberta experience of setting up an
extensive Government-University interchange program to help share
and generate knowledge of use to the broader community.
Additionally, it will examine, the issue of finding credible and
valuable supplements to the scholarly book and article for
disseminating the results of human-sciences scholarship to
decision makers in government and the private sector, as well as
to the general public.

IV SUPERVISORY RELATIONSHIPS
An important trend in education involves fostering a
learner-centred process as distinct from an
instructor/professor-centred process.  Learner-centred education
has undoubtedly been highly characteristic of graduate studies
at their best, particularly at the doctoral level where
creativity is expected of candidates.  However, there may be
further room to move in this direction.  While some
human-sciences may be more conducive than others to promoting
collaborative supervisory approaches, and, indeed, disciplinary
constraints on collaboration will be addressed, nevertheless
collaborative relationships are conceivable for almost any
field.  Several of these  will be exemplified.

V INNOVATIVE USES OF RESEARCH AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
One can maintain that computers not only aid research, but
sometimes make new sorts of research possible.  This will be
demonstrated  on the basis the automated Index of Christian
Art and on the basis  of ICONCLASS a hierarchical, automated
classification system that allows the retrieval of information
from image data-bases in response to queries from researchers in
different fields, using unregimented natural language.
Additionally, this Session will  demonstate ways that computers
can be used for advanced research in education delivery,  and
University of Alberta Library staff will present on the
innovative use of library network resources.  Another Session
under this rubrique  will focus on the challenges and
opportunities inherent in the rapid emergence of electronic
journals.  If scholars in the human sciences can meet refereeing
responsibilities, dispense with traditional dependence on paper
and be "at home" on modern high-speed networks  electronic
journals offer a cost-effective, "environmentally-friendly" way
to handle the information explosion at the speed-of-light.    In
addition to hearing about the Canadian experience with
Surfaces and strategies for getting electronic journals "up
and running",  and an American experieince with Comserve: an
on-line Disciplinary Centre for Communications Scholars
and Students, attendees will learn of  the forthcoming
Manitoba Conference to promote the  Establishment of  a
[North-American] Consortium to Sponsor the Computer
Network Publication of Refereed Journals.

VI INFRASTRUCTURAL FACILITATION OF ALTERNATIVE MODELS
As a word "networking" may still grate on some ears, but it,
along with collaboration, has become increasingly prominent in
scholarship.  This suggests that scholars have already been
resourceful in developing collaborative and networked
relationships.  It might be asked whether success has resulted
from concerted institutional support, from benign institutional
neglect or in spite of institutional barriers.  To put matters
more constructively, one can ask what institutions and/or their
sub-units need to do to facilitate scholarly collaboration and
networking.  This might be through encouraging interdisciplinary
projects, through encouraging the use of telecommunication
applications by supplying effective support-staff and training
opportunities, through having the reward system recognize
meaningful contributions to applied research aspects of
networking and collaboration, etc.  Perspectives on
institutional facilitation will be sought from two panels; panel
discussion; one in which representatives of the the Granting
Councils state their views on the importance of facilitating
collaborative research either within or acrosss Council
boundaries; a second panel of university administrators will
share their views on this subject.


Michael Strangelove
Department of Religious Studies
University of Ottawa

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