I am so pleased to share the results of a project I’ve been working on for the past several years. in collaboration with Michelle Harrison from Thompson Rivers University, Irwin DeVries from Royal Roads University, and early foundational help from
I recently wrapped up my Global OER Graduate Network (GO-GN) fellowship project. The fellowship has been a wonderful experience and has allowed me to conduct research into my area of interest while getting thoughtful feedback from the network. During the fellowship
I recently facilitated the following session on conducting literature reviews using technology offered to graduate students in our faculty of education. The session was offered both to online learners and students gathered in a room on campus and I am
I recently offered the following workshop for graduate students in our department. The workshop was intended to encourage students to consider a reference management tool to support their research and writing. Zotero is the open source solution that I use
This years’ Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences conference was held online while hosted by the University of Alberta. This was the inaugural year for the new Open/Technology in Education, Society, and Scholarship Association (OTESSA) association, with a focus on
Digital storytelling is a form of digital media production that allows individuals to tell a story with video by combining visual digital media and a narrative presented via audio or text. These may be in the form of personal monologues
I am very happy to share that I will be taking on a new role at the University of Victoria starting in January 2019! I will be joining the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the Faculty of Education. This
In September 2017 I was the lead facilitator of a three-part assignment redesign program to support open educational practices at Vancouver Island University. The goal of the program was to support faculty in redesigning a current or creating a new
This year the Educational Developers Conference was held at the University of Victoria, hosting nearly 200 educational developers from across the country. I have been to this conference once before and found it to be an excellent professional development opportunity.
Currently, I am writing a proposal for my second empirical study of open educational practices as part of my Ph.D. program. The study explores the readiness of students to engage with open educational practice with a focus on the digital literacies