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HEATHER MENZIES
Writer/Producer
82 Promenade Avenue
Nepean, ON K2E 5X8
hmenzies@ccs.carlton.ca

Heather Menzies is a writer, a mother, teacher, gardener, peace and social-justice activist and an adjunct professor at Carleton University (where she teaches a course called "Canada in the Global Village.") She is the author of six books, the latest being the best-selling Whose Brave New World? The Information Highway and the New Economy.




Woman-centred learning in a digital universe

Heather will begin by drawing parallels between the broad social transformations occurring with globalization and the transformation of learning that's occurring through digitization and virtual learning environments. She will end by suggesting some elements of a woman-centred learning model which can be used to critically assess the new technologies (and new monopolies of knowledge associated with them) and possibly serve as a practitioners model for action.


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