Outreach & Membership, Past President

Wayne Blair B.Sc., M.Ed.
President and Senior Consultant
The ALTIS Group
(The Advanced Learning, Technology and Information Solutions Group)

Wayne Blair lives in Edmonton, Alberta. He and his wife have six children and five grandchildren.

He is a successful results-oriented independent professional educator with extensive experience in K - Grade 12 and post-secondary education. He has training and experience in strategic planning, curriculum development, management and a wide variety of media and information technologies such as: print, radio, film, television, computer software, telecommunications, libraries, distance education, media education and information systems.

Wayne's proven skills include: leadership, management, consultation, strategic planning survey methods, questionnaire design, curriculum development, training, teaching, and visioning of educational features. His formal education includes course and institutes in Film Study (Edmonton); Media Education/Literacy (Toronto); Strategic Planning (Edmonton); Survey Methods (Edmonton) and School Library Programs (Calgary). He holds the degrees of:

• M.Ed. in community colleges, curriculum development, media and educational technology (1975, University of British Columbia)

• B.Sc. in Zoology and Mathematics (1965, University of British Columbia)

• Teacher Certification for Alberta

• Teacher Certification for British Columbia

He has recently completed Three Year District Educational Technology Plans and/or Audits for ten Manitoba, Alberta and B.C. School Districts, conducted a provincial survey of all school superintendents for Alberta Education on the topic of multimedia needs for the next 3 - 5 years, and conducted over 30 two-day Technology Planning Workshops across Alberta.

He speaks at 2 - 3 major educational conferences per year. Check his website www.planet.eon.net/~wblair for a complete listing of workshops conducted over the past 5 years.