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BA (University of Western Ontario) MBA (Wilfrid Laurier University) PhD (York University)
Special Assistant Professor - Policy Specialization
Associate Co-Director, Institute for Research on Learning Technologies (IRLT)
Area(s):
Organization Studies, Policy
E-mail:
jadams@schulich.yorku.ca
Telephone:
416 736 2100 ext 77962
Office:
Office N323 - Schulich School of Business
RESEARCH
Areas of Expertise
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- Organizational learning, Learning organizations,
- Technology enhanced learning (especially e-learning),
- Leadership, Management education, High performing teams,
- Critical thinking, Creativity and "new mindsets,"
- Action-learning research methodology |
Current Research Projects
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- Exploring the use of tablets for promoting collaborative learning in the classroom - funded by HP Technology for Learning Grant (for more details see: http://hpresearch.schulich.yorku.ca )
- Blended Learning Models for Maximizing Performance Impact in a corporate context - funded by CCL Adult Learning grant
( for more details, see: http://irlt.yorku.ca/blended/index.php )
- e-Powering Tomorrow's Leaders - Today ...
- e-Content Creation for "Second Generation" e-Learning |
TEACHING
2006 - Present
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Course Director
- Managing Contemporary Enterprise – MGMT 1000 (2006 to present) |
Teaching Area/s
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Organization Studies; Policy |
Courses Taught
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- Organization and Management Theory / Organizational Analysis - OBIR 6020 (2004-05)
- Managing Contemporary Enterprise – MGMT 1000 (2006) |
Previous Appointments
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- Leadership and Governance - MGMT 5150 (1997 - 2000) - Teaching Assistant
- Course Director - Skills for Leadership and Governance – MGMT 5150 (2006 to 2007) |
Professional and Teaching Awards
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Governor General's Gold Medal (2005) |
Executive Education
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- Essentials of Business Administration (2004-06)
- Team facilitator for Schulich-Kellogg EMBA teams (2003 to present) |
WORK EXPERIENCE
- Bell Canada (1978 to 1996) - Management experience includes: Retail Sales, Scheduling and Operations, Sales and Marketing, Employee Development and Training, Line Support & Internal Consulting, Financial Management including Capital Budgeting.
- NewMindsets Action-Learning Research Project (1998 to present): The aim of the project is to empower learners to take ownership for their own learning and performance improvement, creating demonstrable value for organizations. For more details, see: “York minds develop award-winning educational software” (Y-File, May 6, 2003). url: http://www.yorku.ca/yfile/archive/index.asp?Article=1231
PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP
Academic Awards:
- President's University-Wide Teaching Award (2009) awarded by the Senate Committee on Teaching and Learning (SCOTL) for innovative use of technology for enriching student learning (York University)
- Governor-General's Gold Medal (2005) awarded by the Senate Committee on Admissions, Recruitment and Student Assistance (SCARSA) in recognition of “the highest distinction in scholarship during graduate studies at York”
Corporate Awards:
Bell Canada
- Merit Awards - for outstanding personal performance
- Teamwork Awards - five corporate awards for inter-departmental teamwork
- ICE Award for Creativity & Innovation - three corporate awards for streamlining procedures and moving the job ahead
- Ontario West Service Award - for excellence in employee development and employee involvement in decision making
- Club of Excellence Gold Award - top sales achievement award (1979)
Other Awards:
- Lamp of Learning (1986) - recognized by the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (District 4) for contribution to the Partners In Education (Adopt-A-School) corporate program, High School Co-op participation and MacTavish Award Committee Chairperson
Community Involvement:
- Board of Directors (Recording Secretary) at Harry Sherman Crowe Co-operative (Toronto, 2004-05)
- Participaction Corporate Challenge - Building coordinator (downtown Toronto, 1994)
- United Way (Corporate) 1983-94 - Canvasser co-ordination; Canvasser training; Creation of an educational AV presentation which enabled London Ontario to achieve the highest participation rate (i.e. over 95%) in the province
- Board of Directors (Treasurer) for Tree Top Day Care at Twin Pines Cooperative (London Ontario)
- Board of Directors for the Student Day Care Centre at University of Western Ontario
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
PRINT PUBLICATIONS
Morgan, G. and Adams, J. “Pedagogy First! Making web-technologies work for soft-skills development in leadership and management education”. Journal of Interactive Learning Research (forthcoming)
Adams, J. “Rapid Talent Development”, Training & Development, Vol. 62(3), 2008: 68-73.
Adams, J. Blending “Second Generation” e-Learning to Support Self-Directed Action-Learning Projects for Soft Skills Development in Graduate and Undergraduate Business Education. In J. Clarey (Eds.). The real story: Blended learning. Brandon Hall Research: Sunnyvale, CA., 2007: 142-150.
Adams, J. and G. Morgan. “‘Second Generation’ E-Learning: Characteristics and Design Principles for Supporting Management Soft-Skills Development.” International Journal on E-Learning, Vol. 6(2), 2007: 157-185.
Morgan, G. and J. Adams, Instructor Manual to Accompany Images of Organization, (Resource book published in CD format). Thousand Oaks CA: Sage Publications, 2006
Adams, J. and G. Morgan, G. “Blended Learning: Four Models for Integrating Work and Learning for Improved Job Performance.” Schulich School of Business Working Paper, York University, 2006.
Adams, J. and G. Morgan, G. “The ‘Soft-Skill’” Learning Triangle for Management Education and Leadership Development.” Schulich School of Business Working Paper, York University, 2006.
Adams, J. “Second Generation” e-Learning: An Action-based Exploration of Design and Implementation. Unpublished Dissertation, York University. Dec, 2004.
Morgan, G. and J. Adams. "Book Reviews: ABC of Action Learning." Action Learning: Research and Practice, Carfax Publishing, Vol. 1(1), 2004: 119-122.
Bradshaw, P. and J. Adams. "Using a 'Second Generation' e-Learning System at a Graduate and Executive Level: Supporting Profound Learning" in T. Werner (ed.), Excellence in E-Learning 2002 Best Practices Report. brandon-hall, 2003.
Adams, J. "E-Learning about E-Learning: The journey continues." in Experience e-Learning: An Online Expedition - Report of the efmd e-Learning Group. Nov, 2002: 14-53.
Adams. J. and M. Eccles. School Councils: Working through Conflict. 2001 (Funded through a research grant from the Ontario Principals' Council).
Eccles, M. and J. Adams. "Global Thoughts and Local Acts." OPC Register. Vol. 3(1) 2001: 30-33.
Morgan, G. and J. Adams, excerpts from Learning Organizations: Meeting the challenge of a knowledge economy used in MBA introductory course, Schulich School of Business, 1999.
CASES:
Adams, J., “Team Scenarios” - case studies for Team Learning session in the Kellogg-Schulich EMBA program, April 2003.
Morgan, G., and J. Adams, “Hytech.biz” - a case study for the Leadership and Governance course in the Schulich MBA program, September 2002.
Morgan, G. and J. Adams, “I want to meet the CEO’s mandate, but …” case study for the Leadership and Governance course in the Schulich MBA program, September 2002.
Adams, J. and P. Bradshaw, “All’s well that ends well,” case study for the Leadership and Governance course in the Kellogg-Schulich EMBA program, January 2002.
ONLINE PUBLICATIONS
Matesic M. and Adams J. “Provocation to Learn – A study in the use of Personal Response Systems in Information Literacy Instruction”, Partnership: the Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research, Vol. 3(2), 2008. [Online]. Available: http://journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/perj/article/view/327/802
Adams, J. “Thinking about learning as a bonusable objective …” Learning Circuits. ASTD. 7(8), 2005. [Online]. Available: http://www.learningcircuits.org/2005/sep2005/adams.htm
Adams, J. “No time for collaboration? Consider using an I-C-E-C-A-P model.” Learning Circuits. ASTD. 7(7), 2005. [Online]. Available: http://www.learningcircuits.org/2005/aug2005/adams.htm
Adams, J. “Today’s challenge: Slowing down, to get results up to speed.” Learning Circuits. ASTD. 7(6), 2005. [Online]. Available: http://www.learningcircuits.org/2005/jul2005/adams.htm
Morgan, G. and J. Adams, “Organizational Development: Ideas and Tools.” ONLINE NewMindsets. See “table of contents” at: http://gnome.schulich.yorku.ca/ This site is password protected. Please contact jadams@schuich.yorku.ca for Username / Password.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Name
Jean Adams
Rank
- Special Assistant Professor - Policy Specialization
- Acting Associate Director, Institute for Research on Learning Technologies (IRLT)
Status
CLA
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy - Schulich School of Business (York) (2005)
- Certificate of Adult Education - St. Francis Xavier University (1997)
- Certificate of Human Resources - Fanshawe College (1997)
- Master of Business Administration - Wilfrid Laurier University (1991)
- Bachelor of Arts - University of Western Ontario (1982)
- Teachers’ Certificate - London Teachers’ College (1970)
Research Funding
$150,000 HP Technology for Teaching Leadership grant (2008-2010) to continue the pedagogical innovation research project underway in the undergraduate program
$70,000 Canadian Council on Learning (CCL) Adult Learning Research Grant (2007-08) for a project involving 400 Scotiabank employees in a program designed to explore: "Blended Learning for Soft Skills Development: Testing a four-level model integrating work & learning to maximize personal practice & job performance"
For more details, see: http://irlt.yorku.ca/blended/index.php )
SSHRC Small Grant (York Universtiy) - Blended Learning (2007)
$80,000 HP Technology for Teaching Higher Education Grant (2007-2009) designed to encourage pedagogical innovation in the classroom for improving student learning and success.
Dean's Research Grant, Schulich School of Business, York University. 2006 - present
$12,000 Research Grant (1999 – 2000) from the Ontario Principals’ Council for research about School Councils (This was the largest allocation for a research project that year).
Publications
Books
Morgan, G. and J. Adams, Instructor Manual to Accompany Images of Organization, (Resource book published in CD format). Thousand Oaks CA: Sage Publications, 2006
Chapters in Books
Adams, J. Blending “Second Generation” e-Learning to Support Self-Directed Action-Learning Projects for Soft Skills Development in Graduate and Undergraduate Business Education. In J. Clarey (Eds.). The real story: Blended learning. Brandon Hall Research: Sunnyvale, CA., 2007: 142-150.
Adams, J. "E-Learning about E-Learning: The journey continues." in Experience e-Learning: An Online Expedition - Report of the efmd e-Learning Group. Nov, 2002: 14-53.
Refereed Full Journal Papers
PRINT PUBLICATIONS
Adams, J. “Rapid Talent Development”, Training & Development, Vol. 62(3), 2008: 68-73.
Morgan, G. and Adams, J. “Pedagogy First! Making web-technologies work for soft-skills development in leadership and management education”. Journal of Interactive Learning Research (forthcoming)
Adams, J. and G. Morgan. “‘Second Generation’ E-Learning: Characteristics and Design Principles for Supporting Management Soft-Skills Development.” International Journal on E-Learning, Vol. 6(2), 2007: 157-185.
Adams, J. and G. Morgan, G. “Blended Learning: Four Models for Integrating Work and Learning for Improved Job Performance.” Schulich School of Business Working Paper, York University, 2006.
Adams, J. and G. Morgan, G. “The ‘Soft-Skill’” Learning Triangle for Management Education and Leadership Development.” Schulich School of Business Working Paper, York University, 2006.
Adams, J. “Second Generation” e-Learning: An Action-based Exploration of Design and Implementation. Unpublished Dissertation, York University. Dec, 2004.
Morgan, G. and J. Adams. "Book Reviews: ABC of Action Learning." Action Learning: Research and Practice, Carfax Publishing, Vol. 1(1), 2004: 119-122.
Bradshaw, P. and J. Adams. "Using a 'Second Generation' e-Learning System at a Graduate and Executive Level: Supporting Profound Learning" in T. Werner (ed.), Excellence in E-Learning 2002 Best Practices Report. brandon-hall, 2003.
Adams. J. and M. Eccles. School Councils: Working through Conflict. 2001 (Funded through a research grant from the Ontario Principals' Council).
Eccles, M. and J. Adams. "Global Thoughts and Local Acts." OPC Register. Vol. 3(1) 2001: 30-33.
Morgan, G. and J. Adams, excerpts from Learning Organizations: Meeting the challenge of a knowledge economy used in MBA introductory course, Schulich School of Business, 1999.
CASES:
Adams, J., “Team Scenarios” - case studies for Team Learning session in the Kellogg-Schulich EMBA program, April 2003.
Morgan, G., and J. Adams, “Hytech.biz” - a case study for the Leadership and Governance course in the Schulich MBA program, September 2002.
Morgan, G. and J. Adams, “I want to meet the CEO’s mandate, but …” case study for the Leadership and Governance course in the Schulich MBA program, September 2002.
Adams, J. and P. Bradshaw, “All’s well that ends well,” case study for the Leadership and Governance course in the Kellogg-Schulich EMBA program, January 2002.
ONLINE PUBLICATIONS
Matesic M. and Adams J. “Provocation to Learn – A study in the use of Personal Response Systems in Information Literacy Instruction”, Partnership: the Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research, Vol. 3(2), 2008. [Online]. Available: http://journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/perj/article/view/327/802
Adams, J. “Thinking about learning as a bonusable objective …” Learning Circuits. ASTD. 7(8), 2005. [Online]. Available: http://www.learningcircuits.org/2005/sep2005/adams.htm
Adams, J. “No time for collaboration? Consider using an I-C-E-C-A-P model.” Learning Circuits. ASTD. 7(7), 2005. [Online]. Available: http://www.learningcircuits.org/2005/aug2005/adams.htm
Adams, J. “Today’s challenge: Slowing down, to get results up to speed.” Learning Circuits. ASTD. 7(6), 2005. [Online]. Available: http://www.learningcircuits.org/2005/jul2005/adams.htm
Morgan, G. and J. Adams, “Organizational Development: Ideas and Tools.” ONLINE NewMindsets. See “table of contents” at: http://gnome.schulich.yorku.ca/ This site is password protected. Please contact jadams@schuich.yorku.ca for Username / Password.
Refereed Conference Proceedings
CONFERENCES & PRESENTATIONS
“Best Practice: Blending Strategies for Maximizing Soft-Skills Development to Improve Management Practice” at ED MEDIA conference (Vienna, Austria / July 2, 2008)
“Best Practice: Using NewMindsets e-Learning to Support Self-directed Soft-skills Development in Undergraduate Business” at ED MEDIA conference (Vienna, Austria / July 3, 2008)
Invited to present “Blended Learning for Soft-skill Development” at CSTD (Durham Chapter / June 12, 2008)
“Transforming Classroom Interactivity using Tablet PCs for Management Soft-skills Development – Undergraduate Business” at York IT conference with Ron McClean (Toronto / May 27, 2008)
“e-Powering Tomorrow’s Leaders” at the HP Technology for Teaching Conference (San Diego, California / Feb 19, 2008)
Invited to co-facilitate an interactive "Learning Lab" at ASTD's 2007 International Conference & Exhibition (Atlanta / June 3-6)
"The Use of Personal Response Systems in Promoting Inter-active Learning and Library Research" at WILU 2007 conference with Maura Matesic (Toronto / May 17, 2007)
“Blended Learning for Soft-skills Development: A four-level model for maximizing impact” at HRPAO conference, Metro Convention Centre, Toronto (Jan 31, 2007)
"Using "Second Generation" E-Learning for Supporting Action-Based Management Education" – 90-minute Professional Development Workshop (PDW) at Academy of Management Conference, Atlanta - Aug 13, 2006.
“e-Powering Talent Development: The A-I-M Model” - Lunch Keynote, at People Skills Performance Workplace Trainers Conference organized by Workplace Education Manitoba Steering Committee (WEMSC), Winnipeg - June 13, 2006.
Invited to present “Empowering workplace learning using “second generation” e-learning” at People Skills Performance Workplace Trainers Conference organized by Workplace Education Manitoba Steering Committee (WEMSC), Winnipeg - June 13, 2006.
“Second Generation” e-Learning – Keynote speaker at York University’s Institute for Research on Learning Technologies (IRLT), Toronto - May 15, 2006.
“A Four Level Blending Model for Maximizing Performance Learning Impact” at ASTD TechKnowledge 2006 Conference & Exposition, Denver (Feb 2, 2006). Invited by the organizing committee to extend the original 90-minute proposal to 2.75 hour workshop.
“Empowering workplace learning to maximize impact using “second generation” e-learning and a tight-loose blending approach” at the Canadian Society for Training and Development (CSTD) conference, Toronto - Nov 8-9, 2005.
“Characteristics and Design Principles of Second Generation e-Learning” accepted as a full paper at E-Learn 2005 - World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education in Vancouver, Canada - Oct 24-28, 2005.
Invited to participate on an expert panel at Learn@Work: Blended Learning event sponsored by Canadian Society for Training & Development (CSTD) – Sep 22, 2005.
“Maximizing learning impact using “second generation” e-learning and a tight-loose blending approach" at the CADE Pioneers in a New Age Conference - June 1, 2004
“Using a Second Generation E-Learning System Approach for Provoking Critical Thinking” at York University’s Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) workshop with Dr. Pat Bradshaw - May 7, 2003
Invited to present at the Information Highways 2003 Conference - “Formal Learning Report Card” and “Good Practice: e-Learning for management development.” - Mar 25, 2003
Participated in the Schulich Centre for Teaching Excellence (SCTE) workshop on Teaching and Technology – “Web-based Learning: The NewMindsets Learning System” - where integrating e-learning effectively to enhance student learning was discussed – March 3, 2003
"Second Generation" e-Learning: A new work-based learning and performance support" at Ontario Society for Training & Development (OSTD) with Dr. Gareth Morgan - Feb 13, 2003
“Doing ‘The Pig’ on the Skills Course” presented at ASAC with Dr. Pat Bradshaw et al. (May 2001)
“Functional Social Loafing: An enlightened perspective” presented at ASAC May 1998 - cited by Dr. Fiona McQuarrie in “An Exploration of Social Loafing in an Academic Setting” (ASAC, 1999)
“Metaphors in Feminist theory” presented at the Feminist Colloquium (York), Mar 1998
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RESEARCH