Concurrent Programs
Below are some of the 130 fascinating, and varied, concurrent sessions offered during the 14th World Conference on Cooperative Education. Read the topics, look at who is presenting, and let your mind wander! Imagine what you can learn from the presenters, and from your colleagues, during four days of exploration, illumination, and growth.
For a complete list of speakers, and the topics that are presenting, click on the links below.There are approximately 15 speakers presenting during each session, so you are sure to find some exciting topics in each concurrent session. If you have a question send it to aeoc@waceinc.org.
| Concurrent A | Concurrent B | Concurrent C | Concurrent D |
| Concurrent E | Concurrent F | Concurrent G |
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“Developing a Corporate Feedback System for Use in Curricular Reform”
Kettil Cedercreutz, Associate Provost
Director, Pedagogic Division of Professional Practice
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati , Ohio USA
Professor Cheryl Cates
Division of Professional Practice
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati , Ohio USA
“University-Industry Partnership and the Development of Technopreneurship in Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria ”
Mr O.R. Olawuni
Director of Industrial Training
University of Ibadan
Nigeria
Professor O. A. Bamiro
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
University of Ibadan
Nigeria
"U.S. High School Guidance Counselor Co-op Survey"
Frank Linnehan, Ph.D
Associate Professor of Management
Associate Dean
LeBow College of Business
Drexel University
Paul J Stonely, Ph.D.
President
National Commission for Cooperative Education
Christy Harris Weer, Ph.D.
LeBow College of Business
Drexel University
“Building Networks”
Amelou Benitez-Reyes, Ph.D.
President
Philippine Women's University
Manila , The Philippines
“Co-op Education: Moving Towards Mode 2 Knowledge Production”
Garnet Grosjean, Ph.D.University of British Columbia
Vancouver , Canada
“Looking Forward While Looking Back: The Use of Electronic Portfolios for Curriculum Improvement, and Reflection in Cooperative Education Programs”
Mark Erickson
Associate Co-op Coordinator
Department of Cooperative Education
Northeastern University
Boston , MA USA
Melvin Simms
Associate Professor
Department of Cooperative Education
Northeastern University
Boston , MA USA
Kostia Bergman
Associate Professor
Biology
Northeastern University,
Boston, MA USA
Veronica Porter
Assistant Professor
Department of Cooperative Education
Northeastern University
Boston , MA USA
“Competency Deficiencies in Graduates: New Zealand Employers' Views On Bridging the Gap Between Academia and Industry”
Dave Hodges
Associate Dean, Undergraduate Division
Unitec , New Zealand
Noel Burchell
Associate Head, School of Management and Entrepreneurship
Unitec , New Zealand
“Continuing Professional Education and Work-Integrated Learning – A Necessary Condition for Nurses' Professional Development”
Prof. D. Micetic-Turk
University College of Nursing Studies
University of Maribor
Slovenia
Professor P. Kokol
University College of Nursing Studies
University of Maribor
Slovenia
Assistant Professor Z. Turk
University College of Nursing Studies
University of Maribor
Slovenia
“Opportunities and Challenges: Industry-Based Projects in the Final Year Industrial Design Course”
Dr Erik Bohemia, Senior Lecturer
Head of Industrial Design and Industrial Design Engineering programs
School of Engineering and Industrial Design
College of Science , Technology and Environment
University of Western Sydney
Australia
"Development of Project Competences in Community-based Educational Projects Through Cooperative Education: An Argentina - United Kingdom Collaborative Study"
Dr Neil I. Ward
ICP-MS Facility, Chemistry
School of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences
University of Surrey
Guildford, Surrey, UK.
Aurelie Thoulet
Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes
Rennes, France
Andrea L. Marcilla
Patagonia BBS S.R.L.
General Roca
Río Negro , Argentina
Mariela Rocca
Escuela del Valle
General Roca
Río Negro , Argentina
“Training for Our High-Tech Global Community”
Gene Stodolak.
Director, Centre for Cooperative Education
Graduate & Student Employment
Mohawk College
Hamilton , Ontario
Canada
“Curriculum on Global Peace Support Operations; A Work-Integrated Learning model for African Higher Education Institutions and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research.”
Lt Col PJ De Montfort
Officer in Command
Air Defense Artillery Foundation of the SANDF
Dr KJ De Beer
Director Distance Education
Central University of Technology
Free State (CUT)
Dr JW Mostert
Regional Academic Manager
University of South Africa (UNISA)
Prof HJ Langholtz
Director: United Nations Institute for Training and Research Peacekeeping
Operations Correspondence Instruction (UNITAR POCI)
"College to Career Transitions: Reducing the Need for 'Extreme Makeover' of New Grads"
Paul I Hettich, PhD
Professor of Psychology
Barat College of DePaul University
Lake Forest, IL USA
Camille Helkowski, MA
Assistant Director, Internship & Career Center
Loyola University Chicago
Chicago , IL USA
“Using Co-operative Education as a Succession Planning Vehicle”
James Gustafson
Co-op Coordinator
Co-operative Education
University of Regina
Saskatchewan
Canada
Kevin Fiessel
Co-op Coordinator
Co-operative Education
University of Regina
Saskatchewan
Canada
“Enhancing the Educational Features of Cooperative Education Programs: Working Hand-in-Hand with Employers to Build a Global Workforce”
Norah McRae
Manager, Business Co-op and Career Centre
University of Victoria
Victoria , B.C.
Canada
“Closing the Loop : Online Assessment and Learning Instruments”
Associate Professor Cheryl Cates
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati , Ohio USA
Assistant Professor Anita Todd
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati , Ohio USA
“The university coordinator: defining, developing, and understanding the principles necessary for optimal student learning”
Merrelyn Bates
“Strategic Review of Work-Integrated Learning Across
Griffith University’s Business Group: The Teaching of
International Business”
Kenneth Bennett
“Utilitarian Learning Approach the Enemy of WIL”
Bruce Calway
“Development of a Professional Bachelor of
Engineering Program- A Ten Year Project”
Rod Edwards
"Learning in a Global Environment: The Rational,
Emotional, and Spiritual Dimensions of Integrated Learning”
L. Murray Gillin
“Industry-University Partnerships: challenges, strategies
opportunities, and successes in an Australian Contest”
Judie Kay
"Problem Solving in International Cooperative Education”
Robert Laslett
“Industry Perspectives on Supporting the Development of
Professional Capabilities in Students Undertaking Industry-
Based Learning Placements in the Field of Information
Technology”
David MacKay
“Beyond assumptions: Seeking industry perspectives to
enhance experiential education in university-industry partnerships”
David MacKay
“The Development of Cooperative Education In the Tourism
and Hospitality Industry: Issues in the Context of Thailand”
Tom Baum
“Enhancing the student experience of Personal Development
Planning by learning from the workplace”
Penny Burden
“Partnerships and work-based learning: Pioneering new ways to
the older people in the community”
Lesley Moore
“Learning Through Work, Learn Direct (LtW): An evaluation of work-based learning experiences supported by an IT learning contract and resources”
Lesley Moore
“Should industrial placements be compulsory?”
Anthony Pickles
“Tailoring Work-Integrated Learning for Diverse Higher
Education Programs”
Jane Stapleford
“Personal Development Through the European Professional
Training Experience in the Chemical Industry”
Neil Ward
“Development of Personal and Social Competences (Skills)
Through European Professional Training Placement Experiences”
Neil Ward
“Development of Transferable Skills in Co-operative Education:
An Argentina-United Kingdom Collaborative Project”
Neil Ward
“Simon Fraser University’s Online Learning Community”
Quentin Beck
“The Transition from Post-Secondary Education to the Labour
Market: The Role of Cooperative Education”
Maureen Drysdale
“Insiders and Outsiders: How Co-operative Education Contributes
to Global Workforce Development”
Mark Loken
“The Legacy Group”
Bruce Lumsden
“Mentoring and Monitoring Professional Development of
Co-op Students Through Online Courses”
C. MacGregor
“The Flight to Neptune: frameworks for experiential IT learning set to the tune of a Co-op student success story”
Noor Rahman
“Co-operative Education at the Master’s and Doctoral Level”
Patricia Rowe
“New Technologies in Recruitment-A Canadian Analysis of
Current Trends”
Paul Smith
“Practicing work-integrated learning as if research on
learning really mattered”
Geraldine Van Gyn
“Global Workforce Development: Intercultural
communication skills”
June Whitmore
“Considering Culture: How to write a Canadian Resume”
June Whitmore
“The results of Japan’s first “qualitative” survey on
work-integrated learning (WIL) program and method of
its evaluation”
Asako Daimon
“From Internship to Employment: the Case of International
Students in Japan”
Tazuko Hanzawa
“Ritsumeikan’s Emergence from the Backwaters of Co-op
Education: Creating Internships As An Integral Part of
Undergraduate Curriculum”
Masatoshi Watanabe
“The Present Status of Cooperative Education in Thailand:
SUT Case Study”
Guntima Sirijeerachai
“The application of grounded theory method in the development
of equal partner- like relationship”
Majda Pajnkihar
“Integrating Theory and Practice at the University College
of Nursing Studies, University of Maribor”
D. Zeleznik
‘Integrating working experiences into nursing education
with intelligent tools”
Peter Kokol
“Opening Doors in Business Education: The need for
Relationship Education”
Angela Burge
"Life Orientated Education System”
Abdul Howlander
“Cooperative Education Experience at King Fahd
University of Petroleum and Minerals”
M.T. Abuelma’atti
“Work-Integrated Doctoral Research Schemes for
Professionals-A Decade of Experience at Bits, Pilani (India)”
L.K. Maheshwari
“ A University should serve the Needs of our Society”
Chen Neijuan
“Service learning in Public Relations Education in
South Africa”
Rene Benecke
“Cooperative Education Interventions Aimed At
Transferring New Technologies from a Developed
To a Developing Economy: German/South African
Collaboration in the Automotive Industry”
George De Lange
“Co-operative Education: A holistic academic value-
adding paradigm at the University of South Africa”
Daylan Govender
“The international student: A dilemma for cooperative
education ( A South African Case Study)”
Alpheus Maphosa
"Developing internationally marketable graduates”
Fundiswa Nofemela
“5 Stars-What does it take to be an accredited industry
experiential learning provider for hospitality management
students?”
Jane Spowart
“Experiential learning- the issue of academic throughput.
A South African dilemma?”
Susanne Taylor
“Factors determining the successful management of
Cooperative Education”
Marius Wessels
“Workforce Mentors: Do they prepare students for the cultural, technical, economic and ethical aspects of an increasing global society?”
Diane Ayling
“Students’ and Employers’ Perspectives on Migrant
Students in Co-operative Education in New Zealand”
T. Pascal Brown
“Industrial Oriented Teaching and Learning Strategies”
“A sociocultural framework for learning in cooperative
education”
James Cannan
Chris Eames
“Does social interaction affect student learning in
university based co-operative education experiences?”
Jenny Fleming
“Cooperative Learning: an environmental approach”
Ron ten Kortenaar
“A survey of the significance of industry projects to the
companies who sponsor them”
Chris Manford
“Practicum, Partnership and Practices: A New Zealand
Case Study”
Andy Martin
“The Workplace eLearner: Designing and delivering
eLearning into the workplace”
Keith Tyler-Smith
“Satisfying Accreditation Standards. Comparing Clinical-
based Model and Apprenticeship-based Model
Internship Programs”
Jim Backman
“Digital Portfolios: Using Technology to Promote
Meaningful Integration of Liberal Arts, Professional,
And Practice Orientated Learning in a Physical Therapy
Curriculum”
Betsy Blackmer
“The Double Edged Sword of Preparing ‘Millenial” Students for the Global Workforce”
Charlie Bognanni
“The History and Evolution of an International
Cooperative Education Department in a Changing
World: From Telex to Internet 1985-2004”
Elizabeth Cameron
“Creating, Delivering, and Assessing an Online
Internship Course”
Lynne Copp
“The Benefits of Coop to Employers”
Bryan Dansberry
“Bridging the Gap: Education and Industry”
Justin Driscoll
“Developing Cross-Cultural Competencies through
International Co-op Programs”
Gayle Elliott
“Integrated Learning Model for International Education”
Peggy Fletcher
“Two Models of Active Learning: Classroom-based Experiential Education and Cooperative Education”
Ann Galligan
“The Administration of a Cooperative Education
Program”
Stephen Kane
“Experiential Education Capstones: Courses as Catalysts
for Communication, Critical Cognition, Cultural
Competency, and Civic Collaboration”
Seanna Kerrigan
“The Value of GPA as an Indicator of Co-op Job
Performance”
Darnice Langford
“The Eastern European/North American International
Professional Practice Training Program for University
Student ‘Scholars’ ”
Frank Larkins
“Travels to Trollhattan”
Freyda Lazarus
“Performance Measurement and Co-op”
Lynn Lyford
“Individuals with Disabilities: An Untapped
Global Resource”
Veronica Porter
“International Students in the Labor Force (Challenges
for International Students Obtaining Employment in US)”
Ketty Rosenfeld
“‘Whistle While you Work’ an inside look at the
Disney World College Program”
Walt Russ Rothamer
“Using Job Shadowing Experience in the International
Arena”
Isabela Varela
“The Marriage of Technology, Civic Education and
Internships”
Francine White
"A Debate in Intentional Work-Integrated, Learning"
Richard Porter
Joe Raelin
Jim Stellar
"Challenges for Academics Associated with Education Institutions in South Africa"
Thomas Gronewald
Megan Thulukanam
"Curriculum Restructuring and the Quality Management of Work
Related Learning at Universities of Technology in South Africa"
Brian Forbes
"Practice School Programme of BITS, Pilani – A successful model of Practice Oriented Education"
V.S.Rao
S. Venkateswaran
Elizabeth Fletcher Foy
D Potgeiter
"The Nexus: Ivory Towers and Muddy Trenches - Studying Maintenance
Management by Distance Education at Postgraduate Level at Central
QueenIsland University, Australia"
Patrick Keleher
Malcolm Wieck
Practice-Oriented Education
The Third International Conference on Practice-Oriented Education runs concurrently with the 14th World Conference on Cooperative Education. This unique dimension of the WACE world conference features more than twenty programs focused specifically on practice-oriented education. Delegates to the world conference may select to attend any or all of these programs as part of their regular registration fees. The theme of the POE track is "Exploring the Land In Between: Into the Brink of Experience and Back Again."
“A Systems Perspective on Design Education”
Johann van der Merwe
Catherine Albertyn
“Smoke and Mirrors: Service Learning in the Discipline”
Beth Lynne Ritter-Guth
“Assessing the Impact of Cooperative Education on Early Experiential Learning”
Mark Yorra
Robert Blaser
"Challenge Mapping as a Method of Prospective Experiential Learning"
Frederick Jones
"Creative and Practical Community College Curriculum Design"
Anna Szabados
"Academic Programmes Structuring for Practice-Oriented Education - A Decade of Experiences at BITS, Pilani (India)"
L K Maheshwari
"On-Line Work Evaluation Program"
Debbie Lengyel
"The Changing South African fashion environment and the practice-oriented learning implications for higher education institutions offering clothing and fashion management qualifications"
Annadine Vlok
"Creating a Liberal Arts Co-op Course: An Integrative Seminar Approach"
Rita Jacobs
Daniel Bronson
"Reflective, Professional Development, Student Portfolios to Integrate Classroom and Co-operative Education Experiences in the Health Professions"
Judy Barr
Betsey Blackmer
Lorna Hayward
John Reynolds
"Work Stories/Stories Work"
Jo Tyler
"Planned Change in Higher Education: Current Lessons from Practice "
Francine Crystal,
Richard Torrac,
Phillip Clay,
Richard Freeland,
Martha Summerville,
Laura Hess
“Teaching from Practice – Pedagogies in experience-based programs”
David Moore
"Assessment for Practice Oriented Education"
Prue Howard,
David Jorgensen
“Best Practices in Online Experiential Learning Courses”
Sheri Dressler
“Community Transformation and Career Choices: A Participatory Exercise”
Katherine Kravetz
"Exploring Multiple Models of Service Learning: Naturally integrating Classroom and Workplace Learning "
Kristen Simonelli,
Elise Dallimore,
Lori Gardinier,
Susan Lowe
"From Coop to Classroom: Assessing Tax Knowledge Acquired in the Workplace and Integrated into the Classroom"
Charles Bognanni,
Diana Falsetta
"The Learning Company: An Environment in Between"
Doug Barkey
"Building Bridges from Theory to Practice: The Impact of the Internship in a Doctoral Program"
Angela Hernquist
"Internship and Problems of Transfer of Learning: Does Placement Demotivate Interns on Return to Studies?"
John Duignan
"POE-Surprise! in France: How the Compagnons Do It"
John Herzog
"Overcoming the Gap: The Case of Student Teaching"
Etta Kralovec
"Unlocking Adult Voices through Action Research: The Hyde Park Instructional Model"
Nathalis Guy Wamba
“Creating Multi-level Workshop and Learning Experiences”
Lynne Copp
“The Rashomon Dialogue: An Interdisciplinary Community of Practice Dedicated to Integrative Teaching, Learning and Scholarship”
Lorna Hayward,
Betsey Blackmer,
Pam Mabrouk,
Peter Murrell,
Tom Sherman,
Ralf Schlosser,
Peter Manning,
Joe Raelin
"At the Edge: How Purpose-Centered Models Facilitate Practice-Oriented Learning"
Ann Lopes
"Addressing Adult Learners’ Preconception: An Integration of Experiential and Academic Strategies"
Marilyn Grapin
James Hickey
"The Power of Education in Practice, A model for a Co-op Project Course"
Lena Melkonian
"Action Reflection Learning"
Tony Pearson
Beena Vilas
“Development of a New Curriculum for Surgical Trainees ("Residents") in the UK : the Significance of Workplace Learning”
Natalie Briggs,
Andrea Kelly
“Facilitating the Space Outline"
Sandra Smith
"Encounters of Cross Cultural Kind: The Uses of Oral History with Police Office Students"
Barbara Kantz
"Learning Occurs as a Community of Soul Makers"
Robert Leaver
