Past projects

Below are described some of the initiatives that I've worked on in the past. You can get an overview of current activities either in the current projects section or in the about me section of this web site.

LCeL2002 to 2006 | a collaboration between Innovatia inc. (project lead), the National Research Council of Canada and the University of New Brunswick (~$5M project value).

From an existing preojct description, “The project contemplates the barriers to the mainstream adoption of eLearning within the technical training sector with the ultimate goal of delivering a compelling product for the e-learning market. This project has four inter-related phases using the research methodologies and end-user validation techniques drawn from the discipline of human-computer interaction (HCI). By taking a ‘human-centred design’ approach to research and ultimate product definition and development, we can identify existing and future learner needs and core values, interpolating and weaving these requirements into the product design strategies. This approach allows for the following to occur: early focus on users, integrated design, early and continual testing and iterative design. We believe our approach is both innovative and addresses a gap identified in the e-Learning industry. The objective of the developmental aspect of this proposal was to determine, locate and implement technology solutions in order to address the barriers identified through our research”.

eduSource Canada2001 to 2004 | a collaboration between 40+ organizations funded in large part by Canarie (~$8.5M project value)

From the old eduSource website (no longer being updated, however most of the sofware tools are still available here through the LICEF): “The general vision of the eduSource project is focused on the creation of a network of linked and interoperable learning object repositories across Canada. The initial part of this project will be an inventory of ongoing development of the tools systems, protocols and practices. Consequent to this initial exercise the project will look at defining the components of interoperable framework, the web services that will tie them all together and the protocols necessary to allow other institutions to enter into that framework.”

The two charts (top and right) explain the project in greater detail. They describe the work packages, collaborator roles, expected outcomes and the overall structure of the organizational effort. One of the charts focuses on the Atlantic Canada collaborators in the effort (right chart). Both charts are in PDF format and have file sizes of 4MB (project chart) and 2.5MB (Atlantic collaborators chart).

The starting flow down a step 1995 | Ph.D. work

During my Ph.D. studies, I created animations of numerical simulations of the starting flow down a step. Below is an example of such a flow (press the play button).