About Me

I have been at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) since 2005 as Associate Dean and Dean of the Learning & Teaching Centre.

Before joining BCIT I was Associate and Acting Director of the Distance Education & Technology department at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and the Director of the Centre for Managing & Planning E-Learning (MAPLE). MAPLE research projects focused on institutional planning and management issues, policy, and social and educational impacts of e-learning.

I have extensive international consulting experience related to online course development and the planning and management of e-learning. I have taught workshops on developing and delivering online instruction and the planning and management of e-learning in Mexico, Malaysia, Taiwan, Bhutan, Croatia and Canada and I have been a consultant on distance education projects in Mongolia, Indonesia and Bhutan.

I am an adjunct Professor in the UBC Master of Educational Technology program and in the Athabasca University Master of Distance Education.

I am the editor of the Journal of Distance Education.

I have a Ph.D. in Adult Education (1997), a Masters degree in Educational Psychology (1989) and a B.Ed. (1982) from the University of British Columbia. I also hold a Diploma of Technology in Broadcast Journalism (1977) from BCIT.