Contributors

In addition to the wonderful team we have at Gemini, over the years a diverse group of professionals have provided expertise in the following areas:

Special Acknowledgements

Dr. Marlene Jones
Project Manager

Marlene was a Senior Scientist in the Alberta Research Council's (ARC) Advanced Computing and Engineering Department. She was the Program Leader for the Advanced Media and Learning Technologies Group. Marlene has more than a decade of experience in applied research in the field of Adaptive Learning Environments and is internationally recognized as an expert in the field. She has extensive experience in the management of high-risk projects such as R&D endeavors. She was the Project Manager for the ARC/Gemini Large Joint Research Venture.

Marlene was co-director of the first NATO Advanced Study Institute in the area of educational technology, which was held in Canada in July 1990. She was a member of the Federal Government's Sectoral Advisory Group on International Trade: Telecommunications and Computer Services (September 1991 - September 1994). Prior to joining the ARC in January 1987, Marlene was a tenured Associate Professor at the University of Waterloo. Her qualifications include a M.Sc. and Ph.D. Computer Science from the University of Toronto and a M.Ed. Education of Exceptional Children from the University of Saskatchewan.

Carl Gutwin
Technical Leader

Carl has extensive experience in the development of ALEs, with a M.Sc. computer science. He brought a background in AI in Education as well as several years of R&D experience focused on the development of instructional systems. Carl was a Sr. Programmer for the first SWIFT release and a contributing author of the award winning paper entitled, "Brings ITS to the Marketplace... "

Elliot Kimber, Sr.
Consultant, ISOGEN Corp.

Elliot has over 10 years of experience designing and building industrial-strength publishing systems based on the principles of generic markup and information re-use. He has developed systems for customers in a variety of industries including: IBM, Intel, Tandem Computers, Ameritech, International Correspondence Schools (ICS), and Cisco Systems. He was involved in the original SGML Document Type Definition (DTD) built into earlier versions of SWIFT.

Carla Corkern
Technical Consultant

Carla was President of ISOGEN Corp. before taking a Senior Vice President position with DataChannel. She has designed and managed the development of Online Technical Documentation Systems for customers in the Telecommunications Industry, the Air Transport Industry, the Defense Industry, and the Publishing Industry. Carla was involved in the original SGML Document Type Definition (DTD) built into earlier versions of SWIFT.

Dr. Phil Winne
Expert Consultant

Phil is a Professor at Simon Fraser University. Phil is one of Canada's leading educational psychologists with expertise in motivation and feedback theory, and is internationally known for research in these areas. He has recently turned his attention to the design of ALEs. He provided his consulting expertise to the original SWIFT project specifically related to the adaptive learning environment.

John Moore
Expert Consultant

John holds a B.Sc., B.Ed., and a M.A. in Educational Psychology specializing in "Instructional Design for Higher Education." He has extensive experience in distance education, educational technology, and instructional design. John provided his expertise in the overall development of the original SWIFT interface and multimedia support requirements.

Dr. Tom Keenan
Post-Secondary Interface Expert Consultant

Tom was the leading consultant for the Post-Secondary Interface Design Project for SWIFT. Tom is a Professor and Dean in the Faculty of Continuing Education at the University of Calgary. He holds an Ed.D. in Higher and Adult Education, a M.A. in Higher and Adult Education, a M.Sc. in Mathematical Methods and Operations Research and a B.A. in Mathematics (Dean's Honour List).

Dr. Jim Greer
ALE Expert Consultant

Jim is an associate professor of Computer Science at the University of Saskatchewan. Jim is a leading researcher in AI and Education, Intelligent Tutoring, Diagnosis, and Student Modeling. He is one of the founders of the Laboratory for Advanced Research in Intelligent Educational Systems (ARIES) and a co-inventor of granularity-based diagnosis, a method that was investigated as a potential approach for SWIFT. He provided consulting advice to the Gemini team related to the SWIFT Adaptive Learning Environment.

Ruby Loo
Technical Leader

Ruby was Associate Research Officer in the ARC's Advanced Computing and Engineering department. In addition to a M.Math Computer Science, she has ten years of technical experience in a variety of computer science areas. She played an integral role in code development and oversaw the technical team from 1995 to 1996.

Chris Hughes
Secondary School Consultant

Chris brought practical teaching experience to the project along with specialized skills in CBT development and use. He has a B.Ed. and B.A. (honours) in psychology and has done post graduate work at McMaster University and the University of Calgary. Chris conducted extensive usability studies in school environments with SWIFT and provided valuable feedback and direction to the team based on these findings.

Stuart Williams
Technical Advisor

Stuart holds a B.Sc. in Physics, a B.Sc. in Mathematics/Computer Science, and a M.S. in Computer Science. He has several years of experience providing technical training, project management, and programming experience including extensive work in object-oriented language design. Stuart provided valuable technical input and feedback to the team and led the design for the original SWIFT DTD written in SGML.

Terry Yasui
Project Manager

Terry was responsible for the overall management of the SWIFT project upon Marlene Jones' departure from 1995 to 1996.

Terry has over fifteen years experience in the design, development and management of high-technology projects. He has also acted as an applications specialist transferring technological developments to utility companies, military organizations, communication companies, resource companies, transportation departments and other government agencies for such companies as Hughes Aircraft, Coles Gilbert Associates, Auto-Trol Technology, Intergraph, Harris Corporation, and Computer Automation.

Dr. Sherman Huang
ITS Expert

Sherman brought years of experience in research and development of advanced learning systems, focusing on the following areas: Adaptive Testing, Adaptive Learning Environments, Artificial Intelligence and Education, user Modeling and Knowledge Representation to the SWIFT project. Sherman also provided his skills in object-oriented design and programming.