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Dr Gale Parchoma
Lecturer
Degree: B.Ed. (great distinction), B.A. (high honours) Literature, University of Saskatchewan, M.A. Education, University of Victoria, PhD Education, University of Saskatchewan
Associated research centres and groups: Centre for Technology Enhanced Learning
Current Teaching
I am a practitioner and a researcher in technology enhanced learning, and have been active in this field since the 1990s. I have designed e-learning environments for a range of academic disciplines and researched the effectiveness of those environments. In 2004, I received a national award for demonstrating advancement of e-learning in Canada. In December 2009, I was an invited speaker at Online Educa Berlin: 15th International Conference on Technology Supported Learning & Training.
I am a lecturer in the e-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) doctoral programme. My TEL teaching areas include (1) in ED.S821: Research Methods in Education and Social Science Settings - sessions on grounded theory and commensurability in research designs; (2) all sessions in ED.S 822 Development of Professional Practice; and (3) all session in ED.S 824 - Groups and Communities: Researching Technology Enhanced / Networked Learning Communities.
I lecture in PiNE 100 and PiNE 313 on topics associated with digital technologies, identities, and learning.
Watch a video - Gale Parchoma 'On Affordances'
Research Interests
Current research projects:
Supervising the Doctorate Experience (with Jeffrey Keefer) - (Underway)
This small-scale study is examining threshold crossings in professional and traditional doctorate studies from the perspective of doctoral supervisors. A focus of the study is the complexity of supervision at a distance and the use of information technologies to support distance supervisions.
A complete description of this study is available on Jeffery's Silence and Voice Blog.
An extensive bibliography on threshold concepts is available at: Threshold Concepts: Undergraduate teaching, postgraduate training and professional development
Knowledge Transfer Project with the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals: Simulation Education (with Maria Zenios & Armineh Shahoumian)- (Underway)
This Technology Transfer Board, ESRC, and Trust funded project examines innovative uses of simulation-based medicaleducation to meet undergraduate, post-graduate, and professional development needs. A goal of the project is to build upon existing expertise and facilities to expand the use of simulation education within and beyond the Trust.
Some recent research projects:
Use of Technologies for Educational Purposes at an NHS Trust - A CSALT Project - (with Maria Zenios & Armineh Shahoumian) 2009-2010
This Trust-funded project examined the uses of technologies for educational purposes, opportunities for expansion of use, and barriers to use. Cultural contexts within an NHS Trust were found to influence variations inlevels of technology adoption across Trust organizational units.
Examining the Development of Learning Communities in e-Learning Environments in Higher Education, 2008-2009.
This REF-funded seminar series brings together educational researchers (who design, develop, and study e-learning environments), computing scientists (who research and develop e-learning tools), and linguists (who analyze ICT-mediated social and educational discourses), into an interdisciplinary inquiry into supporting the development of communities of learners in e-learning environments. This programme provides an opportunity for researchers whose sets of expertise have previously been focused on discipline-specific research programmes to collaboratively explore shared research interests.
Animal Health League of Canada - Grant #6: Research and Development award for Reducing the Use of Live Animals in Veterinary Teaching, 2006 - 2007.
This project was undertaken in collaboration with Dr. Jonathan Naylor, Ross Veterinary College, West Indies, and Dr. Katharina Lohmann, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan. The purpose of this study was to identify invasive laboratory exercises, which traditionally have required the use of live animals in teaching demonstrations, and to design and produce virtual laboratories to replace these demonstrations. An evaluation of the educational effectiveness of the virtual laboratories is currently underway.
Province of Saskatchewan: Technology Enhanced Learning Research Grant, e-Portfolio Research Study, 2006 - 2007.
This project was undertaken in collaboration with a group of 12 researchers from the Departments of Computer Science, Dentistry, Drama, Education, and Extension, as well a members of the Divisions of Media and Technology and Information Technology Services, University of Saskatchewan. The purpose of this study was to (1) conduct a needs analysis for the use of e-portfolios across the disciplines of Computer Science, Dentistry, Drama, and Education; (2) identify to benefits to students, instructors, and the institution; (3) identify challenges for students, instructors, and the institution; and (4) explore underpinning pedagogical, curricular, assessment, and technological issues that may influence the viability and sustainability of an e-portfolio implementation.
Association of Media and Technology in Education in Canada (AMTEC) Trust - Research Award for Measuring the Effectiveness of Accommodating Learning Styles for 3rd Year Small Animal Clinical Science Students in Veterinary Medicine, 2005 -2006.
This project was undertaken in collaboration with Dr. Sue Taylor and Dr. Cheryl Waldner, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, and Sharon Porterfield, University of Saskatchewan. The purpose of the study was to explore whether matching the design of learning materials with individual learning styles influenced learner achievement.
Province of Saskatchewan: Technology Enhanced Learning Research Grant, for Measuring Educational Effectiveness of a Self-Learning Module for Passing a Nasogastric Tube in the Horse, 2003 - 2005.
This project was undertaken in collaboration with Dr. Jonathan Naylor, and Dr. Sameeh Abutarbush, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, and Dr. Marcel D'Eon, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan. The purpose of this study was to compare the relative effectiveness of traditional demonstrations and computer-assisted learning.
Potential Doctoral Proposals
I am especially interested in proposals from potential doctoral students in the areas of networked learning, technological affordances, social negotiation and social capital in online learning environments, identities in online learning environments, formal and informal online learning communities.
Selected Publications
Awarded Paper
Parchoma, G. (2009). Toward developing teaching, learning, and technology perspectives-in-practice for networked learning. In G. Richards (Ed.), Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2009 (pp. 3061-3068). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
Recent Publications
Book
Parchoma, G. (2008). Adoption of technology enhanced learning in higher education: Influences of institutional policies and practices. Saarbrücken, Germany: VDM Verlag.
Abstract: This work reports the findings of a study of the influences of organisational structures, cultures, pedagogies, and reward systems in a traditional university for their influences on academic staff adoption of technology enhanced learning (TEL) into their teaching practices. This study was undertaken in a research-oriented Canadian university. Eight case studies of academic staff experiences over a five-year (2000-2005) government-funded TEL initiative are reported. The roles of instructional designers and media developers in supporting academic staff in TEL development initiatives are explored. Project management models are examined. Theoretical implications for organizational change in research-oriented universities to support academic staff in their adoption of TEL are posited.
Peer-reviewed Journal Articles
Parchoma, G. (under review). The contested ontology of affordances: Implications for researching technological affordances. Computers in Human Behavior. (Special Issue on Web-2.0 technologies in support of open, team-based learning and innovation).
Wright, S. & Parchoma, G. (in press). Technologies for learning? An actor-network theory informed critique of mobile learning research and the search for 'affordances'. Research in Learning Technology (Special Issue).
Koole, M., & Parchoma, G. (in press). The ethical and practical implications of systems architecture on identity in networked learning: A constructionist perspective. Interactive Learning Environments.
Parchoma, G. (2006). A proposed e-learning policy field for the Academy. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 18 (3), 230-240.
Abutarbush, S. M., Naylor, J. M., Parchoma, G., D'Eon, M., Petrie, L., Carruthers, T. (2006). Evaluation of traditional instruction versus a self-learning computer module in teaching veterinary students how to pass a nasogastric tube in the horse. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 33 (3), 447-54.
Parchoma, G. (2005). Roles and relationships in virtual environments: A model for adult distance educators extrapolated from leadership in experiences in virtual organizations. International Journal on E-Learning, 4(4), 463-487.
Naylor, J.M. (2005, May). Learning in the information age: Electronic resources for veterinarians. In G. Parchoma (Ed.), Large Animal Veterinary Rounds, 5 (5).
Parchoma, G. (2004). Learner-centered instructional design and development: Two examples of success. Journal of Distance Education, 18(2), 35-60.
Peer-reviewed Book Chapters
Koole, M,. & Parchoma, G. (In press). The web of identity: A model of digital identity formation in networked learning environments. In S. Warburton & S. Hatzipanagos (Eds.) Digital identity and social media, Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Parchoma, G. (2011). Toward diversity in researching teaching and technology philosophies-in-practice in e-learning communities. In B. Daniel (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Methods and Techniques for Studying Virtual Communities: Paradigms and Phenomena (Vol. 1, 61-86), Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Parchoma, G. (2010). Leadership strategies for coordinating distance education instructional development teams. In D. Kennenpohl & L. Shaw (Eds.) Accessible elements: Teaching science at a distance (pp. 37-60). Athabasca, Canada: Athabasca University Press.
Parchoma, G., Taylor, S.M., Naylor, J.M., Abutarbush, S.M, & Lohmann, K. L. (2009). Integrating human-computer interaction in veterinary medicine curricula. In C. Ang & P. Zapharis (Eds.) Human computer interaction: Concepts, methodologies, tools, and applications (pp. 1656-1672). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Parchoma, G. (2008). Visualizing ICT change in the Academy. In C. Van Syke (Ed.). Information communication technologies: Concepts, methodologies, tools, and applications (pp. 3695-3715). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Parchoma, G. (2007). Visualizing HCI (Human-computer Interaction) change in the academy. In E. MacKay (Ed.). Enhancing learning through human-computer interaction (pp. 1-20). Idea Group: Hershey, PA.
Parchoma, G., Taylor, S. M., Naylor, J.M., Abutarbush, S. M., Lohmann, K., Schwarz, K., Waldner, C., Porterfield, S., Schmon, C. L., Polley, L., & Clark, C. (2007). Integrating human-computer interaction in veterinary medicine curricula. In E. MacKay (Ed.). Enhancing learning through human-computer interaction (pp. 204-220). Idea Group: Hershey, PA.
Parchoma, G. (2005). Collaborative instructional design, development, and evaluation of a computer-based module for a veterinary medical exercise. In A. Wong (Ed.), Facilitating access and flexibility in learning: An anthology of Chinese-Canadian case studies and glossary in open and distance learning (pp. 30-36). Beijing, PRC: China Agricultural Press.
Eprints Publications Repository and Bibliographic Database
Gale Parchoma has 40 selected publication records listed on this webpage. Use links to access abstracts and full text where available. View all records to sort by date, type and title. For all ePrints records go to http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk
Parchoma, Gale (2009) Leadership strategies for coordinating distance education instructional development teams. In: Accessible elements : teaching science online and at a distance. Athabasca University Press, Athabasca, AB, Canada, pp. 37-60. ISBN 9781897425473
Parchoma, Gale (2008) Adoption of technology enhanced learning in higher education : influences of institutional policies and practices. VDM Verlag, Saarbrucken. ISBN 978-3836490948
Parchoma, Gale (2008) Visualizing ICT change in the academy. In: Information communication technologies : concepts, methodologies, tools, and applications. IGI Global, Hershey, Penn., pp. 3695-3715.
Parchoma, Gale and Taylor, S. M. and Naylor, J. M. and Abutarbush, S. M. and Lohmann, K. and Schwarz, K. and Waldner, C. and Porterfield, S. and Schmon, C. L. and Polley, L. and Clark, C. (2007) Integrating human-computer interaction in veterinary medicine curricula. In: Enhancing learning through human-computer interaction. Idea Group, Hershey, Penn., pp. 204-219. ISBN 9781599043289
Parchoma, Gale (2007) Visualizing ICT change in the academy. In: Enhancing learning through human-computer interaction. Idea Group, hershey, Penn., pp. 1-20. ISBN 9781599043289
Parchoma, Gale (2006) A proposed e-learning policy field for the Academy. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 18 (3). pp. 230-240. ISSN 1812-9129
Abutarbush, Sameeh M. and Naylor, Jonathan M. and Parchoma, Gale and D'Eon, Marcel and Petrie, Lyall and Carruthers, Terry (2006) Evaluation of traditional instruction versus a self-learning computer module in teaching veterinary students how to pass a nasogastric tube in the horse. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 33 (3). pp. 447-454. ISSN 0748-321X
Parchoma, Gale (2005) Collaborative instructional design, development, and evaluation of a computer-based module for a veterinary medical exercise. In: Facilitating access and flexibility in learning: An anthology of Chinese-Canadian case studies and glossary in open and distance learning. China Agricultural Press, Beijing, pp. 30-36.
Parchoma, Gale (2005) Roles and relationships in virtual environments : a model for adult distance educators extrapolated from leadership in experiences in virtual organizations. International Journal on E-Learning, 4 (4). pp. 463-487. ISSN 1537-2456
Parchoma, Gale (2010) Toward diversity in researching teaching and technology philosophies-in-practice in e-learning communities. In: Handbook of Research on Methods and Techniques for Studying Virtual Communities: Paradigms and Phenomena. IGI Global, Hershey, PA, pp. 61-86. ISBN 978-1609600402
Associated Keywords: Education technology, E-learning, Evaluation, Higher education HE, Higher education policy, Interprofessional education, Learner voices, Learning, Pedagogical applications , Postmodernism, Professional development, Teaching and learning, Technology enhanced learning, Workplace learning
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Room: County South, D61
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