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Dr. Kathryn Chang Barker

Kathryn Chang Barker, PhD

President, FuturEd Inc.

*** – 1001 West Broadway, pod 190

Vancouver, BC V6H 4E4

phone: +1-250-***-****

fax: +1-250-***-****

e-mail: abqd7d@r.postjobfree.com

cell: +1-604-***-****

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy:

University of Alberta, 1994

Major: Educational Administration and Policy

Dissertation: A Forecast of Change in Canada’s

Education System

Master of Arts: University

of Calgary, 1983

Major: Curriculum and Instruction

Areas of emphasis: Adult education and workplace literacy

Bachelor of Education:

University of Calgary, 1975

Major: Secondary English

Bachelor of Arts: University

of Calgary, 1972

Major: English Minor: Sociology

WORK HISTORY

April 2004 - present Learning Innovations Forum,

Canada and the Americas

Founding Chair

Aug. 2002 - present QualitE-Learning Assurance Inc.,

Canada and Europe

President and eLearning quality expert

Sept. 1995 - present FuturEd Inc., Vancouver

President and chief consultant

Sept. 1993 - Sept. 1995 Canadian Labour Force Development

Board, Ottawa

Education and Training Liaison, and Senior Associate

Sept 1989 - Aug. 1993 University of Alberta,

Edmonton

Full-time graduate student (Kathryn Chang Barker)

1987 - 1993 Kathryn Chang Consulting,

Alberta

Part-time independent consultant

1983 - 1989 Medicine Hat College, Medicine

Hat, Alberta

Administrator, Community education

1973 - 1983 School Districts in Alberta and British

Columbia

Full-time/part-time teacher: English and Social Studies

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEConsulting Education Futurist, Researcher and Project

Manager

Founding President and Chief Researcher, FuturEd Consulting Education Futurists, Inc.; operating across Canada and internationally since 1995; (see www.FuturEd.com)

Working experience in all levels of education and training, and in all parts of Canada

Established leadership and expertise in innovations such as online learning (policy and quality assurance), learning systems for the future, human capital management, workforce development strategies, lifelong learning for the knowledge economy

Specializing in research, evaluation and policy development.

Skilled at written and verbal communications, project management, strategic planning, consumer-based decision-making tools.

Many published articles on education, training and the future of work; conference presentations around the worlde-Commerce Business Owner and Entrepreneur

Founding President of QualitE-Learning Assurance Inc., online enterprise with a global focus, launched 2002 (please see www.eQcheck.com)

Founding President of QualitE-Learning Assurance Inc., online enterprise with a global focus, launched 2002 (please see www.eQcheck.com)

Experience in the development of online tools and business web applications

Expanding business with franchises in the European Union

CURRENT APPOINTMENTS

Founding Chair and CEO, Learning Innovations Forum d’Innovation d’ApprentissageFormally affiliated with the European Institute for e-Learning (EIfEL)Non-profit corporation sponsoring working forums to implement innovation

Chair, Joint LIfIA – EIfEL eQuality Committee (management and global implementation of the Open eQuality Learning Standards)

Editorial Board member, Innovate (online periodical focusing on learning innovations)

Board member, Canadian Education Association

CURRENT PROJECTS AND RESEARCH PRIORITIES

(FuturEd Inc.; references

provided upon request)

eLearning quality and applications in the context of adult and workplace literacy

Return on Investment (ROI) in eLearning and other learning systems

ePortfolio implementation strategy for an eLearning institution

systematic ePortfolio implementation in Canada

ePortfolio for Human Capital Assets Management for employers

Quality benchmarks for programs serving skilled immigrants

Quality assessment of an apprenticeship program and credential

PUBLICATIONS

Barker, K. (April 2004) Open eQuality Learning Standards. Vancouver: Learning Innovations Forum. www.lifia.ca

(April 2004). Consumer’s Guide to

ePortfolio. Vancouver: FuturEd. www.futured.com

(April 2004). ePortfolio Quality Standards. Vancouver:

FuturEd. www.futured.com

(January 2002). Canadian Recommended E-learning Guidelines.

Vancouver: FuturEd for Canadian Association for Community

Education and Office of Learning Technologies, HRDC. At

www.futured.com

(February 2002). Consumer’s Guide to E-learning.

Vancouver: FuturEd for the Canadian Association for Community

Education and Office of Learning Technologies, HRDC.

(February, 2002). E-Learning in Three Easy Steps. School

Business Affairs. Vol. 68, No. 2, pp. 4-8.

(2001) Sustainability and Efficiency of

Prior Learning Assessment in British Columbia’s

Public Post-Secondary Education System. Victoria:

BC Centre for Curriculum, Transfer and Technology.

(Spring, 2001). Learning Systems in the Future for the

Future. Education Canada. Vol. 41, No. 1, pp. 16-19.

(Spring, 2001). A Consumers Guide to Return on Training

Investment. Vancouver: FuturEd for BC Centre for Curriculum,

Technology and Transfer. At

(August, 1999). The Electronic Learning Record:

Assessment and Management of Skills and Knowledge.

Vancouver: FuturEd (for the National Literacy Secretariat,

HRDC).

(Spring, 1999). Serving the Learning Needs of Education

Consumers. Education Canada. Vol. 38, No. 4,

pp. 25-27.

(Spring, 1999). Adult Literacy “Lessons Learned

Project” Technical Paper. Ottawa: Evaluation Services

Branch, HRDC. (at http://www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/edd/)

(Winter, 1998). New Work Order. New Work? End of Work?

You Work it Out. Realm. Issue 2, pp. 14-17.

(1998). Lifelong Learning in Canada: Visions for

the Future. Tokyo: Institute of Developing Economies.

(1998). Lifelong Learning Policy Framework for HRDC.

Vancouver: FuturEd for HRDC.

(1998). Gender and Lifelong Learning: Enhancing

the Contributions of Women to Small- and Medium-sized

Enterprises in Canada for the 21st Century. Ottawa:

North-South Institute. (at http://www.futured.com/

Human Resources Development (HRD) For Entrepreneurs

In Small- And Medium-Size Enterprise (SME) And For The

Promotion Of Regional Industry In Canada. Tokyo:

Institute of Developing Economies.

(1998). Questions to Ask When Choosing Work Skills

Analysis Tools. Kamloops: Forestry Continuing Studies

Network. (at http://www.cariboo.bc.ca/schs/bcfcsn)

(1998) Comparing Work Skills Analysis Tools.

Kamloops: Forestry Continuing Studies Network. (at http://www.cariboo.bc.ca/schs/bcfcsn)

(Spring 1998). The PLA Paradox. CAEL Forum,

vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 7-8, 37.

(1998). On-line Skills Self-Assessment Tools for

CanLearn: Design Considerations and Development Plan.

Vancouver: FuturEd for HRDC.

(1998). Doing the Right Things Right: A 1998 Quality

Audit of PLA/PLAR Implementation in British Columbia.

Victoria: Centre for Curriculum, Transfer and Technology.

(1997). FuturEd’s Training Quality Audit.

Vancouver: FuturEd.

(1997). Consumer’s Guide to Training. Vancouver:

FuturEd. (at http://www.futured.com/)

(1997). Learnware Quality Background Paper.

Vancouver: FuturEd for HRDC.

(at http://www.yorku.ca/research/dkproj/etpnet).

(1996). Skill Profiles for Higher Skill Level Occupations:

Higher Order Employability Skills and the Employability

Skills of Knowledge Workers. Vancouver: FuturEd for

HRDC.

(1996). The Learning Record: Issues And Implications

Of A Skills And Knowledge Profile. Ottawa: CLFDB.

(http://www.plar.com/)

(1996). Learning Systems in the Future for the Future.

Vancouver: FuturEd.

(1995). Background Paper: CLFDB Training Standards

Project. Ottawa: CLFDB

Chang Barker, K. (1994). A Forecast of Change in

Canada’s Education System. Unpublished doctoral

dissertation, University of Alberta.

Chang Barker, K. & Andrews, M. (1994). International

Education and Post-Secondary Education: A Framework for

Analysis. The Canadian Administrator. Edmonton: University

of Alberta.

Chang Barker, K. (1992). Adult Literacy in Canada

in 1992: Initiatives, Issues and Imperatives. Ottawa:

Steering Group for Prosperity.

(1991). A Program Evaluation Handbook for Workplace

Literacy. Ottawa: National Literacy Secretariat.

(1991). An Impact Analysis of AVC Edmonton’s

1990 Job Effectiveness Training Program at Stelco Steel.

Edmonton: Alberta Vocational College.

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