On Thursday, May 16 the Higher Education Group at OISE joined the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (MTCU), as well as the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO) to host a free, one-day symposium. The event addressed key policy research issues facing Ontario's post-secondary system including student mobility, institutional differentiation and learning outcomes.
Here are the sessions with PPT slides and Video Recordings:
10:00-11:20 Panel 1: Credit Transfer and Student Mobility: Research and Policy Implications
• Chair: Stacey Young (Ontario Council on Articulation and Transfer)
• Sam Andrey & Jennifer Da Silva: Life After High School - PPT Slides
• Deanne Fisher: Pathways and Barriers to Undergraduate Education: The Case of Art and Design
Programs - PPT Slides
• Dan Lang: Deciding to Transfer: A Study of College to University Choice - PPT Slides
Watch Video Part 1 Part 2
11:20-11:40 Break
11:40-1:00 Panel 2: Institutional Diversity and Differentiation in Ontario Higher Education
• Chair: Sharon Li (University of Toronto)
• Michael Skolnik : An Historical Perspective on the Idea of Institutional Diversity and
Differentiation in Ontario Higher Education
• Pierre Piche : Measuring Diversity in Ontario’s university sector: 1994 – 2010 - PPT Slides
• Kevin Ramdas : An Examination of Institutional Change at two Ontario Colleges: 2002-2012- PPT Slides
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1:00-1:40 Lunch
1:40 – 3:00 Panel 3: Learning Outcomes: Enhancing Quality in Post-secondary Education
• Chair: Liwana Bringelson (MTCU)
• Mary Catharine Lennon: Supporting Higher Education Learning Outcomes. - PPT Slides
• Kirsten Madsen: Tuning Project: Identifying and Measuring Sector-Based Learning - PPT Slides
• Brian Frank: Engaging Learning Outcomes Across a Discipline and in Institutions - PPT Slides
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3:00-3:30 Moving Towards an Ontario Higher Education Research Network
• Lucia Padure (MTCU)
• Richard Wiggers (HEQCO)
• Glen Jones (University of Toronto)
Watch Video
