I work in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada where I’m involved in all kinds of leading edge initiatives around the use of educational technology for higher education.
I’ve been involved in the use of technology for education since 1982. I started out as a school teacher working with autistic children but quickly moved to adult education specializing in use of computers to support teaching and learning. I’ve worked for a publisher of educational books & games, provided large scale training on popular graphics desktop publishing and multimedia software, worked at Canada’s national training institute, managed the international development and delivery mission critical air traffic control education programs, helped create a new technical university, been a researcher, co-developed and taught an online master degree course as adjunct faculty, and currently have an executive leadership role at BCcampus. It’s been an amazing journey in both the private and public sectors.
New start-up organizations are a central theme of my career. I have a creative flare but am also pragmatic and a work horse. I’ve had many different roles including: director, manager, teacher, trainer, student, faculty, program manager, researcher, instructional designer, software designer, online community facilitator, and web developer. I’ve been very fortunate to have been inspired by peers and even more fortunate to have worked with so many fantastic people over the years.
I’m especially interested in education from an international and global perspective. This interest began when I worked for Hughes Aircraft of Canada in the 1990′s where I was involved with projects in Switzerland, Indonesia, and China. When I transitioned into higher education I began looking for an online graduate degree with an international focus. I ended up taking a 100% online graduate program called Adult Learning and Global Change involving students and instructors from four universities around the world – University of British Columbia (Canada), Linköping University (Sweden), University of the Western Cape (South Africa), and University of Technology, Sydney (Australia).
Education around the world remains a special interest and after graduating from Adult Learning and Global Change I enthusiastically welcomed the opportunity to become an Associate Faculty member at Royal Roads University where I co-developed and taught an online International and Global Distance Education course for the Master of Arts in Learning and Technology program.
Rounding out my online learning experiences as a student and instructor is my current work as a Director at BCcampus. At BCcampus we provide education technology services for the entire public post-secondary system of British Columbia including all twenty five universities and colleges. We focus on generating inter-institutional partnerships and collaborations providing services that no one institution can do on their own. At BCcampus I lead curriculum development and delivery, communities and academic growth, communication and marketing, and stakeholder relations.
My complete CV is available at:
Paul’s Complete Curriculum Vitae
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