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
Taking on a new role at the University of Victoria
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
Developing an Assignment Redesign Program to Promote Open Pedagogy
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
Principles of Good Practice in Publication: The Inside Track for Educational Developers
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.
Digital, connected, and open learning
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
World Conference for Online Learning 2017
I attended the World Conference for Online Learning 2017 in Toronto this past October. This conference is organized by the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) and runs biennially in an international location. Since the conference landed in Canada this
Reflections from the Global Open Education Graduate (GO-GN) Network
Early in March I had the pleasure to join the Global Open Education Graduate Network (GO-GN) for their annual meeting in Cape Town, South Africa. The meeting was held in advance of the Open Education Global Conference also being held
Preparing for the Open Education Global Conference 2017
I am so fortunate to be able to attend the Open Education Global Conference 2017 in Cape Town, South Africa next month. Thanks to a generous grant by the Global OER Graduate Network I am able to not only attend the
Visualizing Academic Writing: Beyond the Bibliography
After writing a significant piece of work, I have in the past tried to create visualizations of the citation patterns within the writing. This may be done by drawing upon the citations in the literature and their linkages to sections of
Reflections on PhD Candidacy Examinations
I initiated my candidacy examinations this month and on November 2nd received two writing prompts which I had to respond to, each via a 20 page paper. One of the prompts focuses on the literature while the other asks the