Applied sciences continuing education at Simon Fraser

1987 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-143
Author(s):  
Donald A. George ◽  
June R. Landsburg
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Academic Departments ◽  
Engineering Science ◽  
New Faculty ◽  
University Continuing Education ◽  
The University ◽  
Simon Fraser University

At Simon Fraser University, continuing education activities are developed and administered by the division of Continuing Studies working in association with the university's academic departments. The Applied Sciences Program, a Continuing Studies unit, was formed in early 1986 to parallel the new Faculty of Applied Sciences established in 1985 in a major reorganization of the University. This faculty is composed of the Schools of Computing Science, Kinesiology and Engineering Science plus the Department of Communication and the Natural Resources Management Program. The article focuses on the School of Engineering Science and their collaborative work with industry in continuing education.

scholarly journals About Us: Reflection and Dialogue on the Purpose of University Continuing Education in Canada

2013 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lois Gander
Keyword(s):  
Continuing Education ◽  
Reference Point ◽  
University Of Alberta ◽  
Legal Studies ◽  
Full Circle ◽  
University Continuing Education ◽  
The University

This article is a response to Scott McLean’s (2007) CJUCE Forum article “About Us,” which set out the claims that university continuing education (UCE) units make about themselves on their websites. Using the activities of the Legal Studies Program of the Faculty of Extension at the University of Alberta as a reference point, this article suggests that the activities of UCE units may not be as bland as their purpose statements suggest. The ability of those statements to represent the visions of UCE units is questioned, as is the adequacy of the processes by which such statements are generated. In doing so, the author exposes the need to catalogue what UCE units are actually doing and reflect on why we seem to need to downplay some of those activities. The article concludes with the suggestion that in presenting a synthesis of the units’ purpose statements, McLean takes UCE units full circle to the debate he set to the side: What should UCE units do?

scholarly journals Creative Retirement: Survey of Older Adults' Educational Interests and Motivations

2013 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Atlanta Sloane-Seale ◽  
Bill Kops
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Adult Learners ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Older Adult ◽  
Barriers To Learning ◽  
Select Group ◽  
University Continuing Education ◽  
Continued Learning ◽  
The University ◽  
Older Adult Learners

The University of Manitoba's Continuing Education Division (CED) and Creative Retirement Manitoba (CRM) formed a partnership to promote applied research on lifelong learning and older adults, to develop new and to complement existing educational activities, and to explore new program models and instructional methods to meet the educational needs of older adult learners. A survey, the first in a larger research project of this partnership, was undertaken to identify the learning interests and motivations of a select group of active older adults who participate in CRM's activities. The results indicate that these learnersprefer to learn only for interest, in non-educational settings or on their own;are interested, motivated, and physically and financially capable;confront situational and institutional barriers to learning; andconsider learning important to their lifestyle.These findings are consistent with the notion that an active lifestyle, including continued learning, may lead to improved quality of life, and better health and wellness for older adults. University continuing education (UCE) has a role to play in developing and supporting learning opportunities and programs for older adult learners, albeit a measured one.

Excellence in Virtual Education

2012 ◽  
pp. 509-524
Author(s):  
Ángeles Bosom ◽  
Elisa Fernández ◽  
María José Hernández ◽  
Francisco José García ◽  
Antonio Seoane
Keyword(s):  
Continuing Education ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Virtual Education ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Training Methodologies ◽  
The University ◽  
Globalized World ◽  
Scientific Team

It is a fact that the notion of education has been changing over the last years, mainly because of information and communication technologies (ICTs). In this globalized world, people are swamped by information, and the key issue is to surf it and choose the appropriate bit. This wealth of information and the need of constantly updating knowledge in order to carry out work society demands: turn learning into lifelong self-training. This chapter aims to present the experience of collaborative work in a virtual learning scenario held by the University of Salamanca, Clay Formación Internacional, and Asociación Logo in the continuing education and specialist course Technologies and networked training methodologies: Tutor online. As former students, now the authors belong to the tutor and scientific team. The Tutor online project (TOL) is an instance of how to make quality continuing education more common and give freer access to it. Its asynchronous nature allows each individual to adapt it to their own particular time and space needs.

scholarly journals Changes and Emerging Trends in the CE Function on University Campuses

2013 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert A. Einsiedel, Jr.
Keyword(s):  
Continuing Education ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
University Campuses ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
University Continuing Education ◽  
Traditional Service ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The University

The paper describes emerging strategies employed by extension and continuing education units as they adapt to changes in the university and the larger community. The cost-recovery, entrepreneurial model of continuing education, relatively greater emphasis on continuing professional development programs, less emphasis on the traditional service function, the application of distance education techniques, and the marketing of programs globally are among the strategies that are changing the definition of extension and university continuing education.

Health and Medical Informatics Education

1994 ◽  
Vol 33 (03) ◽  
pp. 246-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Haux ◽  
F. J. Leven ◽  
J. R. Moehr ◽  
D. J. Protti
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Science Program ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Academic Degree ◽  
The University

Abstract:Health and medical informatics education has meanwhile gained considerable importance for medicine and for health care. Specialized programs in health/medical informatics have therefore been established within the last decades.This special issue of Methods of Information in Medicine contains papers on health and medical informatics education. It is mainly based on selected papers from the 5th Working Conference on Health/Medical Informatics Education of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA), which was held in September 1992 at the University of Heidelberg/Technical School Heilbronn, Germany, as part of the 20 years’ celebration of medical informatics education at Heidelberg/Heilbronn. Some papers were presented on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the health information science program of the School of Health Information Science at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Within this issue, programs in health/medical informatics are presented and analyzed: the medical informatics program at the University of Utah, the medical informatics program of the University of Heidelberg/School of Technology Heilbronn, the health information science program at the University of Victoria, the health informatics program at the University of Minnesota, the health informatics management program at the University of Manchester, and the health information management program at the University of Alabama. They all have in common that they are dedicated curricula in health/medical informatics which are university-based, leading to an academic degree in this field. In addition, views and recommendations for health/medical informatics education are presented. Finally, the question is discussed, whether health and medical informatics can be regarded as a separate discipline with the necessity for specialized curricula in this field.In accordance with the aims of IMIA, the intention of this special issue is to promote the further development of health and medical informatics education in order to contribute to high quality health care and medical research.

Working at the Crossroads: A Guide for Border Crossing

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
John Mckiernan-González
Keyword(s):  
American Studies ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Border Crossing ◽  
Keynote Address ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Entry Points ◽  
Academic Labor ◽  
Boyle Heights ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

This article discusses the impact of George J. Sánchez’s keynote address “Working at the Crossroads” in making collaborative cross-border projects more academically legitimate in American studies and associated disciplines. The keynote and his ongoing administrative labor model the power of public collaborative work to shift research narratives. “Working at the Crossroads” demonstrated how historians can be involved—as historians—in a variety of social movements, and pointed to the ways these interactions can, and maybe should, shape research trajectories. It provided a key blueprint and key examples for doing historically informed Latina/o studies scholarship with people working outside the university. Judging by the success of Sánchez’s work with Boyle Heights and East LA, projects need to establish multiple entry points, reward participants at all levels, and connect people across generations.I then discuss how I sought to emulate George Sánchez’s proposals in my own work through partnering with labor organizations, developing biographical public art projects with students, and archiving social and cultural histories. His keynote address made a back-and-forth movement between home communities and academic labor seem easy and professionally rewarding as well as politically necessary, especially in public universities. 

scholarly journals The Organizational Meaning of Research

2013 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Adria ◽  
Patricia Boechler
Keyword(s):  
Continuing Education ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Life Time ◽  
Cognitive Change ◽  
Organizational Life ◽  
Organizational Models ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
University Continuing Education ◽  
Organizational Action ◽  
Extended Reflection

Practitioners and theorists have given attention recently to the role and status of research activities in Canadian university continuing education units. For individuals in units that are increasing the proportion of their organizational activities devoted to research, there will be an ongoing process of cognitive change and development as a new organizational culture emerges. Sensemaking is used in this article as a heuristic for exploring the process of incorporating and developing research activities in university continuing education units. Sensemaking is the cognitive process of justifying or legitimating a decision or outcome after the decision or outcome is already known. It is associated with organizational models that reject an exclusively rational decision-making paradigm of organizational action. Sensemaking recognizes the centrality of the following elements in the interpretation of research activities and their relationship to organizational life: time, identity construction, and the ongoing creation of context. The authors provide an extended reflection on the process of meaning-making that may be experienced by individuals as conventional research becomes a more important part of organizational life. Such a reflection may support and inform the change process as it occurs in university continuing education units.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document