I am Canada Research Chair in E-Learning Practices at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.

The Basics:

• My Curriculum Vitae
• A Short Bio

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:

• 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 soon-to-be formalized 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 Media Transatlantic Conference (with Prof. Richard Cavell, UBC)
• Co-Editor for the international journal, Phenomenology & Practice
• Co-Editor for the journal E-Learning and Digital Media
• Director of the CanCore Initiative, whose guidelines for the implementation of Learning Object Metadata have been adopted internationally

Fun:

• Music for Airports 2/1
• The Idea
• Distant Relations (MPEG movie; 5.6 Mb)