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Dr. Hlynka's research lies at the intersection of technology, culture, and postmodernism. His 1991 book Paradigms Regained. The uses of illuminative, semiotic and post-modern criticism as modes of inquiry in educational technology is considered one of the seminal texts attempting to put a postmodern focus on educational technology.

His various papers reflect these interests. His technology / postmodern focus is exemplified in papers such as

  • Hlynka, D. (2004). Postmodernism in Education: Update. (1996-present). In D.H. Jonassen (Ed.), Handbook of Research for Education Communications and Technology, 2nd Ed. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  • Hlynka, D. (2003). The cultural discourses of educational technology: A Canadian perspective. Educational Technology, July-August. 41-45.
  • Hlynka, D. (2000). A virtual desktop for academics. University of Manitoba Bulletin. February 24.
  • Hlynka, D. & Crone, E. (2000). Looking backward: Using the past to examine the future. Fifth Annual Teaching in the Community Colleges Online Conference. April 12-14.
  • Hlynka, D. (1998). The kettle began it: A postmodern perspective linking cognition and affect. Educational Technology 38 (6), 13-15.
  • Hlynka, D. & Mason, R. (1998). Powerpoint in the classroom: Where is the power? Educational Technology 38 (5), 42-45.
  • Hlynka, D. & Mason, R. (1998). Powerpoint in the classroom: What is the point? Educational Technology 38 (5), 45-48.
  • Hlynka, D. (1997). The shifting discourses of Opening Speech: A meander in the mainstream of educational technology. Tech Trends 43 (1), 58-60.
  • Hlynka, D. (1996). Postmodernism. In Jonassen, D. (Ed.), Handbook of Research in Educational Technology. New York: Macmillan.
  • Hlynka, D. (1995). Six postmodernisms in search of an author. In G. Anglin (Ed.), Instructional Technology: Past, Present and Future. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited.

In the field of culture, he concentrates on Canadian and Ukrainian-Canadian topics, often with a technology base, and within a postmodern context. Included in these works are

  • Hlynka, D. (2004). The Mazeppa Legend. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in Canada (Uvan), Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. May 29.
  • Hlynka, D. (2004). The Barbarian and the Lady. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in Canada (Uvan), Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. May 29.
  • Hlynka, D. (2004). Celebrate Canadian identity and Ukrainian heritage. Ukrainian News April 14-27, 2004.
  • Hlynka, D. (2003). A day in Hollywood, a night in Ukraine... with a stopover in Calgary. (A variant of this lecture was presented in Vancouver, Toronto, Edmonton, Saskatoon, and Regina). Canadian Studies, Faculty of Communication and Culture, University of Calgary. November 13.
  • Hlynka, D. (2003). A day in Hollywood, a night in Ukraine... with a stopover in Winnipeg. 10-th Annual J.B. Rudnyckyj Distinguished Lecture, University of Manitoba. October 17.
  • Hlynka, D. (2002). Taras Shevchenko in world music: Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Rachmaninov and Prokofiev. Annual Taras Shevchenko Lecture. Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences. Ukrainian Cultural and Education Centre. Winnipeg MB. March 10.
  • Hlynka, D. (2001). Music of the Ukrainian Avant-Garde. Ukrainian Avant-Garde Symposium. St. Andrew's College, University of Manitoba. Winnipeg MB. October 13.

Dr. Hlynka is on the editorial board of the Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, a contributing editor of Educational Technology, and has contributed chapters to the Handbook of Research for Educational Communications and Technology, both the 1996 and 2004 editions. He acts as a reviewer for SSHRC Canada and he is listed in the 2004 edition of Who's Who in Canada.

Denis Hlynka, Ph.D.
Email: dhlynka@cc.umanitoba.ca
Website: umanitoba.ca/centres/ukrainian_canadian/hlynka

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