I am the Associate Dean of the Learning & Teaching Centre at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT). My main areas of responsibility are curriculum and instructor development and educational research and innovation.
Before joining BCIT in 2005, I was the Director of the Centre for Managing & Planning E-Learning (MAPLE) at the University of BC (UBC). MAPLE research projects focused on institutional planning and management issues, policy, and social and educational impacts of e-learning.
Before joining MAPLE I was the Associate and Acting Director of the Distance Education & Technology department at UBC.
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 Distance Education.
As well, since 2006 I have been 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.
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