Refereed Conference Participation

Symmons, J. (2015, June). How do we increase university support of professors use of OERs and social network in teaching practices? Educational Technology Users Group (ETUG), Vancouver, BC. https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/how-do-we-increase-universities-support-of-professors-oer-and-social-network-use-in-teaching-practice/52383646

Irvine, V., Paskevicious, M., Symmons, J., & McCue, R. (2015, June). Maintaining multi-access learning and open education. Educational Technology Users Group (ETUG), Vancouver, BC

Irvine, V., Symmons, J., McCue, R, & Little. T. (2015, April). Open education in the 1990s: Revisiting the history of the OER movement. 2015 Open Education Conference (OER15), Cardiff, Wales. https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/revisiting-the-history-of-open-education/47016464

Symmons, J. (2015, January). Qualitative study of Twitter use in a Canadian university. Research in Education, (Ontario Tech University), Oshawa, ON

Symmons, J. (2014, May). Qualitative study of Twitter use in a Canadian university. CSSHE Conference (Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences), St. Catharines, ON

Symmons, J. (2014, May). Understanding faculty resistance to technology. CSSHE Conference (Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences), St. Catharines, ON

Symmons, J. (2013, May). Facebook, Twitter, and personality types: Understanding social networks users for teaching effectiveness. CSSHE Conference (Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences), Victoria, BC

Symmons, J. (2013, May). Twitter in higher education: Exploring how university professors use Twitter as a teaching tool and for praxis. CSSHE Conference (Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences), Victoria, BC

Non-Refereed Conference Participation

Symmons, J. (2005, June 30). Behind the stereotype of heavy metal. Pop Culture Conference, Seneca College

Symmons. J. (2004, June 24). Media convergence: The effect on democratic news. Pop Culture Conference, Seneca College

Invited Talks

Symmons, J. (2020, February 23). Phenomenology research methodology: Reflective lifeworld research. Talked about phenomenology research to EDCI581/681 (graduate/doctoral) Advanced Research Methods students, University of Victoria.

Symmons, J. (2009, January 29). TAVIS project brief. Talked about TAVIS research to GRA 610 (sixth semester graphic arts) students for a logo design competition, Seneca College.

Symmons, J. (2001, April 5). Effective communications: An in-service presentation. Toronto East General Hospital.