CONFERENCES

Publications | Conferences

* Many of these papers are also available on Ben's home page.

Carr-Harris, S., Osmond, P., Levin, B., Jao, L., Shah, S. (2013). Making Research Accessible and Useful for Educators: The challenges of developing an online database of research summaries. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association San Francisco, California, April 27 – May 1, 2013. UserFiles/File/AERA2013_OEREPaper_April2_submitted.pdf

What research do people download?: An examination of product downloads from educational websites 
Marija Glisic, Hilary Edelstein, Robyn Read
Paper presented at the 11th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education January 6-9, 2013 in Honolulu, Hawaii. [Paper]

Studying websites as vehicles for research dissemination
Hilary Edelstein, Ben Levin and Marija Glisic
[Paper; PowerPoint Presentation]
 

How Educators Access Products Online: Mapping the Online Research-based Resource Environment
Nathalie Carrier, Jacqueline Sohn, Ben Levin, and Saira Shah
[Paper; PowerPoint Presentation]
 

Developing and Launching an Online hub to Facilitate the Exchange of Research Knowledge in Education: The case of the OERE
Stephanie Tuters, Robyn Read, Shasta Carr Harris, Arif Anwar and Ben Levin
[Paper; PowerPoint Presentation]

 

Intermediaries in Education (PowerPoint)
Amanda Cooper

The International Alliance of Leading Education Institutes (IALEI) is a leading think-tank on international education issues comprised of ten members from educational institutions around the world. The IALEI hosts annual conferences on key education issues and this year's conference focused on Mobilizing Research Knowledge in Education. Canada Research Chair Professor Ben Levin from OISE was the academic coordinator and the keynote speaker was Sandra Nutley, a leading expert on knowledge mobilization from the University Edinburgh. Other attendees included education leaders from Ontario and Canada as well as senior officials from the World Bank and OECD. Researchers from each of the ten member education institutions presented papers on this year's theme.  

Please click on the International Synthesis Report or National Reports below or visit www.oise.utoronto.ca/oise/IALEI/ to learn more. 

International Synthesis Report

National Reports:

Australia

Canada

China

Denmark

Korea

Singapore

South Africa

United Kingdom

United States

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Lessons in Mobilizing Research Knowledge 
Ben Levin

Mining for Data: Assessing the Use of Online Research
Mining for Data (PowerPoint)
Hilary Edelstein, Saira Shah and Ben Levin

Issues in Conducting New Research: Challenges and Rewards
Issues in Conducting New Research (PowerPoint)
Hilary Edelstein and Ben Levin

The Ontario Knowledge Network for Applied Education (KNAER)
Ben Levin, Bob Macmillan and Amanda Cooper

Knowledge Mobilization Practices of Educational Researchers in Canada
Knowledge Mobilization Practice of Educational Researchers in Canada (PowerPoint)
Amanda Cooper, Joelle Rodway Macri and Robyn Read

Research Mediation in the Canadian Education System (PowerPoint)     
Amanda Cooper

Research-practice-policy gaps in education and evaluating impact
Amanda Cooper

Theory, Research and Practice in Mobilizing Research Knowledge in Education
Ben Levin

Strategies for mobilizing research knowledge: A conceptual model and its application
Jie Qi, Ben Levin

Use of web-based research materials in education: Is uptake occurring?
Amanda Cooper, Hilary Edelstein, Ben Levin, Joannie Leung

Strategies of Schools of Education to Disseminate Research: Preliminary Findings From an
International Study
Creso Sá, Sharin X. Li, Brenton Faubert

Increasing Research Use in Canadian Secondary Schools
Ben Levin, Amanda Cooper, Shalini Mascarenhas, Kathy Thompson

Knowledge Mobilization Intermediaries in Education
Amanda Cooper  

Cooper, A. (May 2010). Knowledge Brokers: A Promising Knowledge Mobilization Strategy to Increase Research Use in Education. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting for American Education Research Association, Denver, Colorado.
[Powerpoint Presentation; Paper]

Cooper, A. & Levin, B. (May 2010). Research Use and Its Impact on Educational Leaders in Canadian Secondary Schools. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting for American Education Research Association, Denver, Colorado.
[Powerpoint Presentation; Paper]

Levin, B. & Cooper, A. (May 2010). Understanding Knowledge Mobilization Processes to Advance Research Across Universities, Districts and Schools. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting for American Education Research Association, Denver, Colorado.
[Powerpoint Presentation; Paper]

Levin, B. & Cooper, A. (May 2010). Interventions with Educational Leaders to Improve Research Use and Its Impact in Canadian Secondary Schools. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting for American Education Research Association, Denver, Colorado.
[Powerpoint Presentation; Paper]

The Canadian Council on Learning (see links page) is a major sponsor and promoter of activities relating research to practice in education in Canada. 

Ben Levin prepared and presented a background paper for an invitational symposium (held May 15-18, 2008) sponsored by the Canadian Council on Learning and the Social Sciences and Humanities research Council of Canada entitled "Thinking About Knowledge Mobilization" on the state of knowledge around how we can better connect research to policy and practice.

This paper, "Nature of school-university collaborative research" was written for the Ontario Education Research Panel who are interested in promoting more Partnerships between researchers, districts and practitioners across Ontario. 

This paper will explore the nature of collaborative research between schools and universities. Five questions will guide the investigation:

• What does collaborative research look like?
   
• What challenges are associated with collaborative research?
   
• What factors support collaborative research?
   
• What strategies can be used to advance collaborative research?
   
• What outcomes are associated with collaborative research?

2010 Levin, B. “Research, policy and practice”, Invited seminar, Faculty of Education, Auckland University, Auckland, New Zealand, March 17.

2010 Levin, B. (Moderator), Cooper, A., McAdie, P., Short, K. (Invited panel members) & “Scaling Up: Knowledge Mobilization” for MISA (Managing Information for Student Achievement) Leaders Event - Scaling Up: Using Data in Schools for Improved Student Outcomes, Ontario Ministry of Education. March 4.

2010 Levin, B. (with A Yashkina) “Collaborative research”, Keynote presentation, seminar on using data effectively, Association of Education Researchers of Ontario and Ontario Ministry of Education, Feb. 17.

Cooper, A., Levin, B. & Campbell, C. (2009).  The growing (but still limited) importance of evidence in education policy and practice.  Journal of Educational Change, 10 (2-3), 159-171.

This paper was written for the 10th Anniversary of the Journal of Educational Change. 

Abstract:
The last decade of education change has been characterized by the rise
of evidence-based policy and practice agendas. Internationally, we are witnessing efforts to increase and incorporate research use in public services. This article examines efforts in education to address the research–practice gap through an emerging field we term knowledge mobilization (KM). We explore some of the controversy surrounding the use of ‘evidence’, outline national and international KM initiatives and consider some of the issues and challenges that arise from the increased interest in evidence and research use in education. We also assess the current state and desirable future directions of efforts to strengthen the role of research and evidence in education.

Keywords:  Education, Evidence, Evidence-based decision making, Knowledge mobilization, Research use, Research impact

This poster, Research Supporting Practice in Education, was presented at the Ministry of Education symposium in Ontario.  The ministry symposium brings together practitioners and researchers from across the province in order to build partnerships and cultivate opportunities for collaborative work.

Cooper, A. & Levin B. (2009).  Mobilizing knowledge for policy and practice(Powerpoint Presentation)

Stoll, L. (2009).  Knowledge Animation in policy and practice:  Making Connection

Campbell, C. & Fulford, D. (2009).  From knowledge creation to knowledge integration: Analysis of how governments use research.

Cordingly, P. (2009).  Using research and evidence as a lever for change at the classroom level.

Cooper, A. & Levin, B. (2009). Overview of knowledge mobilization in education:  How this projects fits in the larger work (Powerpoint Presentation) 

Qi, J., Faubert, B., Edelstein, H. (2009).  Analyzing organizational strategies for knowledge mobilization (Powerpoint Presentation)

Faubert, B., Li, S. & Qi, J. (2009).  Knowledge mobilization in faculties of education (Powerpoint Presentation)

Thompson, K.  (2009).  Research use and its impact on secondary education (Powerpoint Presentation)

Mascarenhas, S. (2009).  What do secondary leaders know about practices in improving student success and how do they know it? (Powerpoint Presentation)

Cooper, A. (2009).  Knowledge brokering in education:  A promising knowledge mobilization strategy (Powerpoint presentation)

2009 Levin, B. “Mobilizing research knowledge”. Keynote for University of Ottawa regional research seminar, Ottawa, Oct. 22.

2009 Levin, B. “Research, policy and practice in education”. Invited presentation to ‘Getting to Uptake: leveraging Social Innovation for Professional Practice Change” conference, Toronto, Sept. 23.

2009 Levin, B. “Knowledge mobilization, research, policy and practice.” Keynote address, British Education Research Association, Manchester, Sept 3.