I am the Coordinator, Technology-Enabled Learning for Curriculum & Faculty Development (CFD) at Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (CMCC)
in North York, Ontario. In this role, I work to operationalize CMCC’s
eLearning Strategic Goal, develop and deliver faculty development
programming, and support other curriculum development products and
processes for CFD. This includes:
- Applying proficiency in educational technologies (ex. Sakai, i>clicker) by providing just-in-time support to faculty and staff;
- Creating, developing, co-developing, or contributing to eLearning projects for students, faculty, and staff with Sakai tools, Articulate Storyline, and/or other educational technologies;
- Designing and facilitating faculty development workshops and training on topics such as pedagogically-sound implementation or technical use of educational technologies;
- Leading the organization and hosting of the first annual CMCC Teaching & Learning Conference and advising the planning committee for subsequent years;
- Performing regular learning management system maintenance and sourcing new technologies;
- Participating in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning via writing, preparation of presentations and journal articles, and presenting at conferences;
- Contributing to CMCC community, such as bringing front-end learning management system expertise to Student Information System Steering Committee, participating in institutional focus groups, etc.
To complement my professional experience, I have recently completed
the Teacher Education Program at my own institution (CMCC), and a
Graduate Diploma in Post-Secondary Education: Community, Culture, and
Policy at York University (convocation October 2014). I have also engaged in the MOOC experience; in spring 2014 I completed Inspiring Leadership Through Emotional Intelligence, offered by Case Western Reserve University and in February 2015 I began Better Leader, Richer Life, offered by The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Additionally, I am an active member of the Sakai community, having most recently served on the Planning Committee of the Sakai Virtual Conference 2014.
Prior to this role, I worked as a Program Coordination Assistant at the Schulich Executive Education Centre at York University, and Graduate Student Program Facilitator for the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology and Sessional Lecturer for the Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences at The University of British Columbia.
In these roles, I fulfilled the logistical needs of a variety of
professional development workshops, facilitated Instructional Skills
Workshops and other teaching seminars for graduate students, and taught
undergraduate courses which fall under the broad umbrella of
environmental and earth sciences.
As I launched my career in teaching and learning, I
concurrently worked to complete a M.Sc. in Biological Oceanography with
the Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences (convocation
May 2012). A life-long fascination with water, coupled with a genuine
concern for environmental health, led me to pursue a thesis project
related to an oceanographic paradigm that sits at the perfect
intersection of these two umbrellas: iron fertilization of ocean waters
as a strategy to abate climate change. Though the academic community saw
the rise and fall of this paradigm before my contributions to the field
of oceanography, questions of phytoplankton iron nutrition still remain
important to predicting the effects of climate change, such as those
addressed in Taylor et al, 2013,
the culmination of my Masters studies. While working toward this
achievement, I took on a variety of roles to complement my dual passions
for ocean science and education, including Head Teaching Assistant for a
graduate-level course titled Teaching and Learning in Earth and Ocean Sciences, School Programs Volunteer Educator at the Vancouver Aquarium,
and Graduate Council Coordinator for the Department of Earth, Ocean
& Atmospheric Sciences’ Graduate Student Council, all of which
provided me with teaching, facilitating and educational programming
experience. For a more comprehensive view of my academic, professional,
and extracurricular experience, please consult my Curriculum Vitae.
Overall, my career as a teacher, facilitator, and educational
developer has been extremely rewarding, and I continue to develop
my professional skills by expanding my knowledge of educational
technologies (ex. Articulate Storyline) and seeking out opportunities to
learn (ex. MOOCs). In addition to pursuing these passions, I am an avid
reader and am passionate about creating; currently I tap into my
creativity as a dedicated knitter/crocheter. I invite you to listen to music I wrote and recorded between 2006-2007 – a major “crafty” undertaking of yesteryears.
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