Credits

The following organisations and individuals worked on AlphaRoute.

Funders
Management Committee
Learning Activities Development
Overall Design and Development of Infrastructure
Illustrations and Graphic Design
Research Team (Pilot Study 1999)

For a copy of the Research Report, and for more information about AlphaRoute see http://www.alphaplus.ca


Funders

AlphaRoute is the result of four years of research and development, funded by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities and the National Literacy Secretariat, Human Resources Development Canada, in cooperation with Centre AlphaPlus Centre and Literacy and Basic Skills agencies.

   

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Management Committee

Pauline McNaughton, Chairperson (Field Team Manager, Centre AlphaPlus Centre), Harold Alden (Coordinator of Literacy Development, MTCU), Lynne Lalonde (Program Consultant, National Literacy Secretariat), Linda Monteith (Executive Director, Centre AlphaPlus Centre), Lean Theng Lim (Systems and Technology Manager, Centre AlphaPlus Centre), Michelle Sylvestre (Assistant to the Executive Director, Centre AlphaPlus Centre), Michael Johnny (Project Manager, Centre AlphaPlus Centre), Noël Thomas and Daniel L. Larocque (Consultants, Réseau INTERACTION Network, Inc. - members until June 2000), Yolande Clément (CFORA, as of Spring 2000).

For their vision and input, the Management Committee also wishes to acknowledge: Joan Andrew, Assistant Deputy Minister, Training Division, of the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (MTCU) and Teresa Gonzalez, Director, Independent Learning Center, of the Ontario Ministry of Education (EDU); Jane Larimer (Field Consultant and Field Team Manager, Centre AlphaPlus Centre, 1998-1999)..

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Learning Activities

Curriculum Development and Review

Centre AlphaPlus Centre:
Nancy Friday, Mentor Liaison
Trudy Kennell, Development and Production Editor

Centre FORA:
Yolande Clément, Executive Director
Laura Metay, Réviseur
Diane Charette-Lavoie, Editor
Charlotte Bédard, Editor

Leading to the implementation

ABC communautaire de la péninsule du Niagara:
Normand Savoie, Coordinator
Françoise Levesque, Content Expert
Jonathan N’Goran, Computer Technician
René-Sébastien Tardif, Illustrator

Confederation College:
Lynne Thornburg, Gestionnaire, Access and Employment Programs
Lynne Thornburg, Manager, Access and Employment Programs
Jane Dolcetti, Coordinator, Literacy and Basic Skills/Personal Career Development
Joan Coutanche, Head of English
Ed Trevisan, Head of Math
Lita Boudreau, Professor
Carol Bernhardson, Professor
Lynn Klein, Professor
Marilyn Stevenson, Professor

J’aime apprendre:
Rose Desnoyers, Curriculum Content Developer
Danielle Neil, Curriculum Content Developer
René-Sébastien Tardif, Illustrator and Technical Producer
Pierre Dufour, Technical Producer
Céline Baillargeon-Tardif, Project Coordinator

The Learning Connection – Near North District School Board:
W. Tod Andrews, Content/Web Activity Designer/Project Coordinator
Patricia Cripps, Content/Web Activity Designer
Justin Kuch, Technician/Consultant

The Thunder Bay Literacy Group:
Jean Fairbairn, Project Coordinator
Kim Falcigno, Curriculum Content Developer
Steve Falcigno, Technical Producer

The Wellington County Learning Centre:
Lindsay Kennedy, Project Manager
Mike Kelly et Peter Goulding, Content Development & Design
Jennifer Cherri, Learning Outcomes Document

YMCA Career Development & Learning Centre:
Martin-Lumsden, Project Manager/Content Developer

For the pilot

David Greig (Literacy Consultant), Nathalie Faucon (Instructional Designer, Les consultations NCF Consulting), Alfred Jean-Baptiste (Director, East End Literacy), Françoise Levesque (Content Expert, ABC Communautaire de la Péninsule du Niagara), Sébastien Gest (Literacy Consultant), Johanne Roy (Instructional Designer). Karen McGregor and Simone Lebrun (Editing) Lauren Morris and Sylvain Lapointe (Mentoring).

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Overall Design and Development of Infrastructure

From Réseau INTERACTION Network, Inc.: Daniel L. Larocque (Project Leader.), Claude Morin (Senior Technical Design), Noël Thomas and Stéphane Chénier (Research and Implementation) with the assistance of Éric Caron, Karim Belem and Antoine Ashton; Danielle Thomas (Business Manager). Voice recordings by Nicholas Mayes, Samantha Stevens, Dany Thérien and Joëlle Roger-Fournier.

From Centre AlphaPlus Centre: Lean Theng Lim (Systems and Technology Manager), Kuning Suria (Programmer)

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Illustrations and Graphic Design

Thomas Fortington et Denis Leclerc (Costa-Leclerc Design).
Jean-François Rouleau (Illustrator)
René-Sébastien Tardif (Illustrator and Web-Based Animation)
Pascale Soucy (Communications Coordinator, Centre AlphaPlus Centre)
Denyse Marion (Art and Facts Design)

Research Team (Pilot Study 1999)

Methodology and Analysis:

Dilys Collier (Consultant, Edmonton), Denise Paquette-Frenette (Consultant, Toronto), Jennifer O’Rourke (Consultant, Gabriola Island) and Daniel L. Larocque (Consultant and Research Leader, Réseau INTERACTION Network, Inc.)

Research Assistants:

Derek Bird (College of the Rockies), Marie Doucette and Françoise Levesque (ABC Communautaire de la Péninsule du Niagara), Lyne Garneau (Centre Élisabeth-Bruyère), Darren MacDonald (Read Write Center), Diane Ménard (La Magie des lettres), Linda Sheppard (Beat the Street).

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