I am Canada Research Chair in E-Learning Practices at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.
The Basics:
My research interests include:
- using phenomenology and ethnomethodology to investigate experiences of engagement with e-learning technologies
- media theory and educational media
- technology and alternative pedagogies
- e-learning standardization and metadata
I have recently taught or am teaching:
- EDUC 5020: History and Philosophy of Education
- E-Learning Research and Practice (MEd Course at TRU)
- EDUC 507: Research Design and Development (MEd Course at TRU)
- Intensive seminar at Oulu University, Finland: “Bildung and North American Learning Sciences”
I serve as:
- Director of the New Media Studies Research Centre Thompson Rivers University
- Principle investigator in the “Media Transatlantic” and “Discursive Psychologies & Technologies”" Projects” SSHRC-sponsored research project (SSHRC: Social Science and Humanities Research Council))
- Organizer of the Educational Media Ecologies Conference (with Theo Hug, Innsbruck & Dorothee Meister, Paderborn)
- Co-Editor for the international journal, Phenomenology & Practice
Fun:
- Music for Airports 2/1
- The Idea
- Distant Relations (MPEG movie; 5.6 Mb)

