Barber, Wendy

Wendy Barber

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, OntarioTechU

Email: wendy.barber@uoit.ca

Dr. Wendy Barber is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology in Oshawa, Canada. She recently won the UOIT Teaching Award of Excellence for 2014. She is a passionate advocate for Health and Physical Education. Her research interests lie in the areas of Teacher Development, Health Literacy, Physical Literacy, Mindfulness, Resilience and Wellbeing. In addition, she has published and presented papers internationally focused on Digital Learning Environments and Creating Authentic Online Communities.

WENDY'S PUBLICATIONS

Marchione, M., Barber, W., vanOostveen, R., & Stokes, J. (2022, November 7). Redefining Assessment and Evaluation Policies and Practices: A Canadian Perspective. ICERI2022 Proceedings. 15th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI), Seville, Spain. https://doi.org/10.21125/iceri.2022

Marchione, M., Barber, W., vanOostveen, R., & Stokes, J. (2022, October 27). Redefining Quality Assessment in Canadian K-12 Schools with Empathy, Critical Consciousness and Metacognition, , Virtual paper, Oct 27-28, 2022. ECEL2022 Proceedings. European Conference on E-Learning, Brighton, UK.

Barber, W., Harrison, R., vanOostveen, R., & Childs, E. (2021). Building better online communities in the post pandemic world. 59–XIII. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353843661_Building_Better_Online_Communities_in_the_Post_Pandemic_World

vanOostveen, R., Hunter, B., Childs, E., Barber, W., & Gerbrandt, J. (2021). Collaborative learning in co-created digital space: The Fully Online Learning Community Model. In Dhir, H. K. (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Barriers for Teaching 21st-Century Competencies and the Impact of Digitalization (pp. 197–214). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-6967-2

vanOostveen, R., Atkins, B., Babin-Larochelle, M., Barber, W., Robertson, L., Scheidler-Benns, J., & Simmons, C. (2021). Handbook - Bachelor of arts in educational studies and digital technology (V6). https://education.ontariotechu.ca/undergraduate/ba-handbook_v6_final_feb2021_rk.pdf

vanOostveen, R., Gagnon, C., Barber, W., McGuckin, D., & Childs, E. (2020, November 20). Pedagogical paradigms: Transformational professional online learning. Knowledge Building Summer Institute 2020 (Virtual Event), Toronto, ON Canada. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/349443263_Pedagogical_Paradigms_Transformational_Professional_Online_Learning

vanOostveen, R., Barber, W., & Childs, E. (2020, May 18). GELO and GreX: A framework and dashboard to investigate technology competency and culture. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.35855.71840

vanOostveen, R., Barber, W., & Childs, E. (2020, May 1). Introducing GELO and GREx: Tools to study digital technology competencies and cultural orientations. Fourth International Symposium on Higher Education in Transformation, Oshawa, ON Canada.

Barber, W., vanOostveen, R., Childs, E., McGuckin, D., & Vohra, S. (2020). Developing online courses through university professional partnerships. 613–620. https://doi.org/10.21125/edulearn.2020.0243

vanOostveen, R., Barber, W., Childs, E., DiGiuseppe, M., & Colquhoun, K. (2019). Exploring the fully online learning community model: Comparing digital technology competence and observed performance on PBL tasks. In Advances in Web-Based Learning (pp. 348–351). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35758-0_36

vanOostveen, R., Childs, E., Barber, W., DiGiuseppe, M., Percival, J., & Desjardins, C. (2019). Introducing the global educational learning observatory (GELO) and the global readiness explorer (GREx): A framework and dashboard to investigate tech competence and culture. 2019 18th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training (ITHET), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1109/ITHET46829.2019.8937340

Webb, S., vanOostveen, R., Barber, W., Percival, J., & Childs, E. (2019). Co-creation of the digital space: Examining the use of web-based tools in fully online learning community (FOLC) environments. Proceedings of EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2019, 1255–1260. https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/210135/

DiPasquale, J. P., Hunter, B., vanOostveen, R., Goodman, W., Barber, W., & DiGiuseppe, M. (2019). Assessing general technology competency and use: Correlates of confidence and experience with a range of communications devices. Proceedings of EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2019, 800–805. https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/210080/

Barber, W., vanOostveen, R., Childs, E., & Harvey, J. (2019, June 12). Situating resilience, grit and growth mindset as constructs of social presence in the fully online learning community model (FOLC). ECEL 2019, Aalborg University, Copenhagen, Denmark. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333729780_Situating_Resilience_Grit_and_Growth_Mindset_as_Constructs_of_Social_Presence_in_the_Fully_Online_Learning_Community_Model_FOLC

Webb, S., vanOostveen, R., Barber, W., & Childs, E. (2018, October 30). Examining the use of web-based tools in fully online learning community environments. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323994803_Examining_the_use_of_Web-based_Tools_in_Fully_Online_Learning_Community_Environments

Awwadah, K., van Oostveen, R., Barber, W., Blayone, T., & Childs, E. (2018, October). Exploring the Digital Competency Profiler (DCP): A group-based digital competency and use assessment tool. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323994818_Exploring_the_Digital_Competency_Profiler_DCP_A_group-based_digital_competency_and_use_assessment_tool

vanOostveen, R., Digiuseppe, M., Barber, W., & Blayone, T. (2018, July 20). GELO: The global educational learning observatory. Universal Design and Higher Education in Transformation, Dublin, Ireland. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326521852_GELO_The_Global_Educational_Learning_Observatory

vanOostveen, R., Digiuseppe, M., Barber, W., Blayone, T., & Childs, E. (2018, February 11). Exploring cross-cultural digital competencies: Building the global educational learning observatory, GELO. Proceedings of EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2018. EdMedia + Innovate Learning, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323113981_Exploring_cross-cultural_digital_competencies_Building_the_Global_Educational_Learning_Observatory_GELO

Blayone, T., Mykhailenko, O., Kokhan, M., Kavtaradze, M., vanOostveen, R., & Barber, W. (2018). Profiling the digital readiness of higher education students for transformative online learning in the post-soviet nations of Georgia and Ukraine. International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 15(1), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-018-0119-9

Blayone, T., Mykhailenko, O., vanOostveen, R., & Barber, W. (2018). Ready for digital learning? A mixed-methods exploration of surveyed technology competencies and authentic performance activity. Education and Information Technologies, 23(3), 1377–1402. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-017-9662-6

Barber, W., & Blayone, T. J. B. (2018). Student perceptions of fully online flipped community learning: A case study. In R. V. Nata (Ed.), Progress in Education (Vol. 53, pp. 161–183). Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

Blayone, T. J. B., Mykhailenko, O., Kokhan, M., Kavtaradze, M., vanOostveen, R., & Barber, W. (2018). Profiling the digital readiness of higher education students for transformative online learning in the post-soviet nations of Georgia and Ukraine. International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 15(1), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-018-0119-9

Blayone, T. J. B., Mykhailenko, O., vanOostveen, R., & Barber, W. (2018). Ready for digital learning? A mixed-methods exploration of surveyed technology competencies and authentic performance activity. Education and Information Technologies, 23(3), 1377–1402. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-017-9662-6

vanOostveen, R., Barber, W., Gerbrandt, J., & Awwadah, K. (2018). Global educational learning observatory (GELO): Building digital competency foundations in a shifting technological world. The Online Learning 2018: Global Summit & EdTech Expo, Teaching & Learning in the Digital Age. https://vo-general.s3.amazonaws.com/7714ac89-b0d6-486b-8b0c-78ba1f38050e/6032d79e-5a2c-4dc0-afa6-bbf7ed17c2dc?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ4PRWO26HAX3IOCA&Expires=1655884698&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3D%222074%20-%20Roland%20%20van%20Oostveen.pdf%22&response-content-type=application%2Fpdf&Signature=WXI4dBtOp1wr8TJIjzctL8l2SIw%3D

vanOostveen, R., & Barber, W. (2017, October 27). Developing communities in fully online spaces: Exploring interactions using the Fully Online Learning Community Model. 27th International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) World Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318278002_Developing_Communities_in_Fully_Online_Spaces_Exploring_Interactions_using_the_Fully_Online_Learning_Community_Model

Barber, W., & vanOostveen, R. (2017, October 27). Critical competencies for success in digital learning environments: A comparison of actual vs. predicted competencies. 27th International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) World Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318278048_Critical_Competencies_for_Success_in_Digital_Learning_Environments_A_Comparison_of_Actual_vs_Predicted_Competencies

DiGiuseppe, M., vanOostveen, R., Childs, E., Blayone, T., & Barber, W. (2017, October 17). Assessing readiness for online learning via the digital competency profiler. 27th International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) World Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318277193_Assessing_Readiness_for_Online_Learning_via_the_Digital_Competency_Profiler

Digiuseppe, M., vanOostveen, R., Childs, E., Blayone, T., & Barber, W. (2017, June 22). Are you ready? Assessing digital competencies for online learning via the general technology confidence and use (GTCU) instrument. EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology, Washington, D.C. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318278069_Are_you_ready_Assessing_Digital_Competencies_for_Online_Learning_via_the_General_Technology_Confidence_and_Use_GTCU_Instrument

vanOostveen, R., DiGiuseppe, M., Barber, W., Blayone, T., & Childs, E. (2017). New conceptions for digital technology sandboxes: Developing a fully online learning communities (FOLC) model. In Education and Information Technology Annual 2017: A Selection of AACE Award Papers (pp. 143–150). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/180392/

Blayone, T., van Oostveen, R., Barber, W., DiGiuseppe, M., & Childs, E. (2017). Democratizing digital learning: theorizing the fully online learning community model. Int. J. Educ. Technol. High. Educ., 14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-017-0051-4

Blayone, T., vanOostveen, R., Barber, W., DiGiuseppe, M., & Childs, E. (2017). Democratizing digital learning: Theorizing the fully online learning community model. International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 14(13), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-017-0051-4

vanOostveen, R., DiGiuseppe, M., Barber, W., Blayone, T., & Childs, E. (2016). New conceptions for digital technology sandboxes: Developing a fully online learning communities (FOLC) model. 665–673. https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/173015/