Blog: 2014

On October 23, 2014, Catherine Fichten was a panel member on the topic of international collaborations in research at the Fédération des cégeps convention in Montreal.

We randomly selected a student from our sample who participated in the second phase of our current study and Krys Bullock was the lucky winner of the iPad mini! Congratulations!

Lucas Manginelli, from Cégep André-Laurendeau, was the lucky winner of one of two iPads mini in Adaptech’s latest research.

Alice Havel presents an iPad mini to Brent Devine’s student Sylvia Mondestin on behalf of the Adaptech Research Network. Sylvia was the lucky winner of one of two iPads mini in Adaptech’s latest research.

Adaptech is to present at the Accessing Higher Ground Conference in November. Catherine Fichten and Jennison Asuncion will talk about the future of information and computer technologies for students with disabilities.

One of Jill's big interests at Adaptech has to do with our technology database project. She has taken on this library, and really made it her own. This is why she is promoted to Project Manager – Free or Inexpensive Technology Database, to reflect this passion. Please join us in congratulating Jill!

Jill Budd has been awarded the Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Congratulations Jill!

Our research assistant, Alexandre Chauvin, has been awarded a Concordia Graduate Scholarship in Natural Sciences and Engineering Research and a Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music (CRBLM) Fellowship. Congratulations Alex!

Laura King has been appointed to the Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance (CSLP) executive board as a Cegep representative. Congratulations Laura!

On June 12, Laura King, Catherine Fichten and Jill Budd talked about "Inclusive Research on Inclusive E-Learning: Implications and Applications" at the SALTISE conference at Dawson College.

On June 11, Jill Budd talked about "Predicting Academic Performance Among Postsecondary Students with Learning Disabilities" at the Jewish General Hospital Department of Psychiatry Student Research Day.

On May 8th, our research assistant Jill Budd presented an EASI webinar on our Free and Inexpensive Adaptive Technology Database. Watch the presentation on the EASI website here .

Our research assistant, Jill Budd, was accepted into the PhD program in Applied/Child Psychology at McGill University. She will begin her studies in the Fall 2014. Congratulations Jill!

Jennison Asuncion has been appointed to the Advisory Council of the International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference, Center on Disabilities, California State University, Northridge (CSUN).

Natalie Martiniello was a panelist at CRISPESH’s Universal Design of Learning Symposium on March 4 at Dawson College.

Jennison Asuncion, co-director of Adaptech, was one of the spotlight speakers at the Ontario Library Association (OLA) Super Conference. His presentation was on Web accessibility.

Funded by FRQSC, this study will explore best pedagogical practices in the use of ICTs and e-learning by Cegep instructors. Take a look at the project description for more information.

We contacted students who participated in a previous study and asked follow-up questions on their academic status or employment situation. Take a look at the project description for more information.