David Lawrence Burt, B.P.E., M.Ed., Ed.D

R.R. #5, Truro, Nova Scotia B2N 5B3
Phone: 902-897-6627
Email: lburt@pi-flora.com

Education Teaching Certification Awards Professional Experience Activities in Last Position Associations Publications Hobbies and Activities Community Work
EDUCATION:
1971 - 1974
(Ed.D.)		 INDIANA UNIVERSITY, Bloomington, Indiana
Ed. Doctorate, completed August 1974
Major: Instructional Systems Technology
Minor: (1) Ed. Psychology; (2) General Communications
1966 - 1967
(M.Ed.)		 UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA, Edmonton, Alberta
M.Ed., Spring 1967
Major: Audio Visual Communication (Secondary Education)
Courses in Education Administration
1965 - 1966
(Grad. Diploma)		 UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA, Edmonton, Alberta
Graduate Diploma, Spring 1966
1961 - 1962 UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA, Edmonton, Alberta
Professional Certificate
Major: Physical Education
Minor: Physical Science
1958 - 1961
(B.P.E.)		 UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA, Edmonton, Alberta
Bachelor of Physical Education
TEACHING CERTIFICATION:
Permanent Professional Certificate (secondary), granted 1965 (Alberta)
AWARDS:
  1. Canada Council Doctoral Fellowship (W73 - 1208) and (W74 - 1783) $5000.
  2. Nova Scotia Scholarship $3000.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
April 1999-2000 Consultant to Bahamas Government regarding Audio Visual Services for their Public School System
Spring 1998 Acadia University Intersession:  Computers in Education
Sept. 1997 ACADIA UNIVERSITY, Wolfville, Nova Scotia School of Education Assistant Professor, teaching Computers in Education
1970 - May 31, 1995 NOVA SCOTIA TEACHERS COLLEGE, Truro, Nova Scotia Director of Instructional Services, PROFESSOR
1994 - 1996 Developed and conducted "Train the Trainer" workshops for the Insurance Institutes of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
1969 - 1970 UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA, Edmonton, Alberta
Assistant Coordinator: Curriculum Laboratory
Established Curriculum Materials Preparation Area and acted in place of the coordinator who was on a one-year study leave.
1968 - 1969 Director of COMET (County of Mountain View Education Television Network), Alberta Pilot Project on Television in Education (one of 3 pilot projects). Directed the project's staff and operation. Reported to the Department of Education to provide input into the direction it would take in Educational Television for the province.
1968 (Summer) UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA, Edmonton, Alberta
Taught one section of Ed. C.I. 361 - 363
1967 - 1968 AUDIO VISUAL SERVICES, Medicine Hat, Alberta
District Supervisor. Established the service to the schools. Worked with an architect to plan the Learning Resource Centre for the new high school.
Medicine Hat, Alberta
Winter evening credit -- Two sections of Ed. C.I. 363
1967 (Summer) UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY Taught Ed. C.I. 363
1966 - 1967 UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA, Edmonton, Alberta
Graduate Teaching Assistant - Faculty of Education
(Faculty Consultant and Lecture Assistant)
1966 (Summer) UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA, Edmonton, Alberta
Lecture Assistant - Faculty of Education
1966 Helped organize the Alberta Pilot Projects on television in Education (wrote technical half of proposal for $2 million, two-year experiment).
1965 - 1966 UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA, Edmonton, Alberta
Services Assistant - Faculty of Education
1962 - 1965 LEDUC COUNTY and EDMONTON PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD, Alberta Classroom Teacher and Audio Visual Coordinator in the last high school in which I taught.
ACTIVITIES IN LAST POSITION:
Title: Director of Instructional Services
Job: Instructional Services includes the Library, Media Services, Televisions, and Computers. Our Learning Resources Centre, which I did the concept design of, is a multimedia, fully integrated service for our campus. I worked with my staff to establish goals, plan priorities, and then work to implement and maintain programs that accomplish our goals.

In addition to the above general duties, I was responsible for whatever television services our faculty and students require, and for Instructional computers for the campus. I also was responsible for the Administrative computers.

I taught courses in Audio Visual Media, and Computers in Education, when they were required.

Reporting: As Director, I reported to the Principal for the Administrative part of my responsibilities, and to the Vice-Principal for anything that related to the Instructional program.
ASSOCIATIONS:
Member: AMTEC, P.D.K. Elected: President-elect of Association of Media and Technology in Education in Canada (AMTEC) 1977, President 1978, and Past President 1979
Chaired: National Conference Planning Committee for AMTEC, 1981
Secretary: P.D.K. 1982,
Vice Pres./Membership 1983,
Vice-Pres./ Programs, 1984.
PUBLICATIONS:
  1. AV Signpost, AV /services Branch, Department of Education, Edmonton, Alberta.
    1. October 1966: What is an Instructional Materials Centre?
    2. January 1967: The School I.M.C. (Part II)
    3. April 1967: Instructional Materials Center (Part III)
  2. Educational Media: March - April 1969: Vol. 1, No. 1, "Closed Circuit Television in Alberta".
  3. Alberta Journal of Educational Research, September 1970, Vol. XVL, No. 3, "A Comparative Study of Different Modes of Presentation on Efficiency of Learning and Retention". (Masters Thesis Research)
  4. Co-author "AV Ideas", bi-monthly column in the Nova Scotia Teachers Union Publication, The Teacher for 2 1/2 years.
  5. Nova Scotia Sources of Free and Inexpensive Materials, published by the Atlantic Institute of Education.
  6. Teacher Educators in the Atlantic Provinces, published by the Atlantic Institute of Education.
  7. Teacher Training and Educational Technology in Nova Scotia: Report prepared for Federal and Provincial Governments as part of cooperative venture in Educational Technology.
  8. Contributing author - Summary report: Symposium on National Concerns in Educational Technology: Association for Media and Technology in Education in Canada, March 26 - 27, 1975, Toronto.
  9. Serving Two Masters: Media Message, Spring 1976, Vol. 5, No. 3
  10. A Plan in the Making: Educational Technology: N.S. Journal of Education, Spring, 1977.
  11. The Opaque Projector: Media Message, Winter 1977, Vol. 6, No. 2.
  12. Provincial AV Consultant for Resource Services for Canadian Schools, published by McGraw-Hill - Joint AMTEC and CSLA publication (Oct.1977)
  13. Education and Technology, Journal of Education, Summer, 1977.
  14. "The Sky is Falling! A Fable?", Atlantic Canada Teacher: Act 10, May 1981. A.I.E. (Atlantic Institute of Education).
HOBBIES & ACTIVITIES:
  • Designing & Building: my own cars, my own energy efficient homes
  • Computers
  • Sports: Skiing, Swimming, Playing hockey, Curling, Badminton, Tennis
COMMUNITY WORK:
Volunteer Fireman in Onslow Belmont Fire Brigade.
Co-chaired Maritime Fire Chiefs Conference '95

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