Conference Proceedings

O’Neill, D. K., D’Amico, L. & Guloy, S. (2014). High school students’ and historians’ ideas about practices of historical storytelling. In Kolikant, Y.B., Pollack, S., Fogo, B., Goldberg, T., O'Neill, D.K., D'Amico, L. Guloy, S. & Reisman. A. History Learning and Teaching Today: Learning What? Becoming What? By What Practice? A symposium in J. L. Polman,  E. A. Kyza, D. K. O'Neill, I. Tabak, W.R. Penuel, A.S. Jurow, K. O'Connor, T. Lee, and L. D'Amico (Eds.).  Learning and becoming in practice: The International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2014. Boulder, CO: International Society of the Learning Sciences.

D'Amico, L. (1996). The role of assessment infrastructures in crafting project based science classrooms.  In D. C. Edelson & E. A. Domeshek (Eds.) Proceedings of the 1996 International Conference on the Learning Sciences (ICLS ’96), July 25-27, 1996, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.  Charlottesville, VA:  Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education.

O'Neill, D. K., Edelson, D. C., Gomez, L. M., & D'Amico, L. (1995). Learning to Weave Collaborative Hypermedia into Classroom Practice. In J. L. Schnase & E. L. Cunnius (Eds.) Proceedings of CSCL '95: The First International Conference on Computer Support for Collaborative Learning, October 17-20, 1995, Bloomington, Indiana. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Edelson, D. C., O'Neill, D. K., Gomez, L. M., & D'Amico, L. (1995). A Design for Effective Support of Inquiry and Collaboration. In J. L. Schnase & E. L. Cunnius (Eds.) Proceedings of CSCL '95: The First International Conference on Computer Support for Collaborative Learning, October 17-20, 1995, Bloomington, Indiana. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Fishman, B. & D'Amico, L. (1994). Which way will the wind blow? Networked computer tools for studying the weather.  In T. Ottmann & I. Tomek (Eds.) Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 94:  world Conference on Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, June 25-30, 1994, Vancouver, B. C.  Charlottesville, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education.

Conference Papers, Posters and Presentations

van der Wey, D., D’Amico, L & Fabian, S. (2020). “This Is a Story”: Post-secondary faculty learning to disrupt colonialism through their teaching.  Roundtable paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) April 17-21, 2020, San Fransisco, CA, USA.

Amundsen, C. & D’Amico, L. (2019, June). What Is the Value of Your SoTL Program? Using Theory of Change to Inform Improvements and Talk to Stakeholders. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) 2019, June 11-14, 2018, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

van der Wey, D., Fabian, S. & D’Amico, L., (2019, June). Recursive storytelling: Developing the capacity for anti-colonial teaching by learning about, with and through Indigenous stories. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) 2019, June 11-14, 2018, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

van der Wey, D., Fabian, S. D’Amico, L., Hall, S., DeBeck, K., Lee, E. & Lesjak, C. (2019, June). Toward anti-colonial teaching:  A faculty development program.  Presentation at Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education (CSSHE) 2019, June 2-4, 2019, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 

Fabian, S. van der Wey, D., D’Amico, L. (2018, June). Decolonizing teaching through disruptive conversation: A faculty development program.  Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) 2018, June 20-22, 2018, Sherbrook, Québec, Canada.

D’Amico, L., Presnyakova, I., & Amundsen, C. (2017, October).  Nurturing Novice SoTL Scholars: Examination of the Impact of Participation in a Teaching and Learning Grants Program on the Learning and Growth of Graduate Student Research Assistants.  Paper presented at Reaching New Heights:  The annual meeting of the International Society of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL 2017), October 11-14, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Amundsen, C. & D’Amico, L. (2017, June).  Starting from What's Comfortable: Moving Institutional SoTL Networks beyond Individual Sharing.  Presentation at the Annual Meeting of Society of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, June 20-23, 2017, Halifax, Nova Socotia, Canada.

McLean, A., D’Amico, L., Amundsen, C., Presnyakova, I. & Dys-Steenbergen, O. (2016, June) Graduate student learning: An empowering (side-) effect of a teaching inquiry grants program.  A poster presented at the Annual Meeting of Society of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, June 21-24, 2016, London, Ontario, Canada.

Amundsen, C., D'Amico, L., & McFarlane, T. (2016, June). What is persuasive evidence of program impact for different stakeholders? Presentation at BCFestival of Learning, Burnaby, Canada.

Toohey, K., Neufled, P., Smythe, S., Nuij, P., Griffin, J., Lee, E., Rowbothom, S. Mundy, A., Wu, S. H., Mathers, L., Bakshi, V., Wurst, E., D’Amico, L. (June, 2008). Digital mediations for bridging home, school and community literacies, Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education, Vancouver, BC.

D’Amico, L. & Riopel, M. C. (2005, May).  The existence and focus of professional community in schools across Canada.  A paper presented in Exploring the State of Professional Community in Canadian Schools, a symposium at the Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education, May 28-31, 2005, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.

D’Amico, L. (2005, April).  Design-based research:  The Center for Learning Technologies in Urban Schools.  A paper presented in Producing Useful and Usable Knowledge for the Improvement of Educational Practice, a symposium at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 10-15, 2005, Montréal, Québec, Canada.

D’Amico, L., Harwell, M., Stein M. K., & van den Heuvel, J. R.  (2001, April).  Examining the implementation and effectiveness of a district-wide instructional improvement effort.  A paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 10-14, 2001, Seattle, WA.

Stein, M. K., & D’Amico, L. (2001, April).  Providing Instructional Leadership Across Literacy and Mathematics.  Presentation made at The Role of Educational Leaders in Instructional Reform: Striking a Balance between Cognitive and Organizational Perspectives, a roundtable at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 10-14, 2001, Seattle, WA.

Stein, M. K., D’Amico, L., & Israel, N. (2000, November).  Observations, conversations, and negotiations:  Administrator support of literacy practices.  Paper presented at University Council for Educational Administration Convention 2000, November 3-5, 2000, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Harwell, M., D’Amico, L., Stein, M. K. & Gatti, G. (2000, April).  The effect of teachers’ professional development experiences on student achievement in Community School District #2.  A paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 24-28, 2000, New Orleans, LA.

Stein, M. K. & D’Amico, L. (2000, April).  How subjects matter in school leadership.  A paper to presented Policy Implementation, Cognition, and Administrative Practice: Understanding How School Leaders Face the Challenges of Reform, a symposium at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 24-28, 2000, New Orleans, LA.

D’Amico, L. (1999, April).  The implications of project-based pedagogy for the classroom assessment infrastructures of science teachers.  Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 19-23, 1999, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

D’Amico, L. & Stein, M. K. (1999, April).  The role of performance standards in the enactment of literacy instruction.  Paper presented at How Districts Can Facilitate Instructional Reform:  The Case of New York City’s Community School District #2, an interactive poster symposium at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 19-23, 1999, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 

Shrader, G., Lento, E. M., D’Amico, L., Polman, J. L., Kwon, S. & Gomez, L. M. (1999, April).  Measuring student inquiry and technology efficacy in technology facilitated project-based science classrooms.  Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 19-23, 1999, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Stein, M. K., D’Amico, L., & Israel, N. (1999, April).  Observations, conversations, and negotiations:  Administrator support of literacy practices in New York City's Community School District #2.  Paper presented at Policy Implementation and Cognition:  School Leadership and the Implementation of Instructional Policy, a symposium at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 19-23, 1999, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 

Stein, M. K., D’Amico, L. & Johnstone, B. (1999, April).  District as professional educator:  Learning from and in New York City's Community School District #2.  Paper presented at The School District as an Environment for the Improvement of Teaching, an interactive symposium at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 19-23, 1999, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

D’Amico, L. & Gomez, L. M. (1997, March).  Student beliefs about learning in project science classes.  Poster presented at the 1997 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, March 24-28, 1997, Chicago, IL.

Fishman, B., Gomez, L., Pea, R., Edelson, D., Lento, E., D'Amico, L, Gordin, D., Kwon, S. O'Neill, K., Polman, J., Shrader, G., Lachance-Whitcomb, J., & Wagner, R.  (1997, March). The CoVis Project: A National Testbed for Science Learning Reform. Symposium at the Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, March 21-14, Oak Brook, IL.

Jones, J., Tannenbaum, R., and D'Amico, L. (1996, April). Teachers as Assessors:  A Preliminary Study of the Characteristics that Define a Good Teacher-Assessor.  Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 8-12, 1996, New York, NY.

Gomez, L., Pea, R., Edelson, D., D’Amico, L., Fishman, B., Gordin, D., McGee, S., O’Neill, K., & Polman, J. (1995, April).  Learning through Collaborative Visualization.  In Building Communities of Practice.  Symposium conducted at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 18-22, San Francisco, CA.

D'Amico, L., Gomez, G., & McGee, S. (1994, May). A case study of student and teacher use of projects in a technology-supported distributed learning environment. In R. M. Kaplan & J. C. Burstein (Eds.) Proceedings of the Educational Testing Service Conference on Natural Language Processing Techniques and Technology in Assessment and Education, May 17-18, 1994, Princeton, NJ.

Pea, R. D., Edelson, D., Gomez, L., D'Amico, L., Fishman, B., Gordin, D., McGee, S., O'Neill, K., & Polman, J. (1994, April). The CoVis Collaboratory: High school science learning supported by a broad band educational network with scientific visualization, videoconferencing, and collaborative computing. In Issues in computer-networking in K-12 classrooms: A progress report of four NSF testbeds. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 4-8, 1994, New Orleans, LA.