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Searchable Directory of Canadian Researchers in Online, Blended and Distance Education

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AVAILABLE NOW!
SEARCHABLE DIRECTORY OF 115+ CANADIAN RESEARCHERS IN ONLINE, BLENDED AND DISTANCE EDUCATION

A growing number of faculty, instructional designers and administrators are focusing their research on effective online teaching and applications of technologies. 115 and rising!

They often work as sole researchers or in small teams, frequently partnering with other institutions. In a few cases, research is done by the private sector.

These researchers share a common commitment to improve the online learning experience for students.

An evolving directory of Canada’s researchers in online, blended and distance education

Contact North | Contact Nord created this directory of online, blended and distance learning researchers from Canada’s post-secondary and national research institutions. It features the researcher’s interests and their top 3 cited publications in the past 5 years.

We want to expand this list and hope this process brings to light others engaged in research in this area.

What the researchers are saying

“Wow, the idea for a Canadian researchers directory is AMAZING - as nothing like this exists at the moment and I think it will really help to build and enrich the online, blended, and distance research network in Canada - kudos to Contact North for putting this together.”

-Dr. Norm Vaughan, Professor, Department of Education, Mount Royal University

“I am honoured to allow my name to be included in your directory; the work of Contact North is recognized world-wide in our field. Thanks and I'll be looking forward to the directory. Great resource!”

-Dr. Dirk Morrison, Associate Professor & Graduate Chair, Curriculum Studies, University of Saskatchewan

Three criteria for an active researcher to be listed in the directory include:

  • The researcher is attached to a college, university or other institution in Canada;
  • The researcher has published at least three research items, with a focus on some aspect of online learning, distance or blended learning, in the last five years in a refereed or peer-reviewed journal or book; and
  • Others have cited their work.

Most researchers list three or four areas of interest. The top three areas of interest are:

  • New or emerging technologies
  • Pedagogical or learning issues
  • Instructional design

Contact North I Contact Nord’s five objectives for publishing this directory:

  • Highlight current Canadian research and researchers in the field of online learning;
  • Provide a resource list of expertise in the field;
  • Help establish learning communities;
  • Promote cross-institutional collaboration with researchers with common interests; and
  • Work towards a common research agenda.

The searchable directory is an ongoing Contact North I Contact Nord project where we continuously add and update researchers as faculty change positions and institutions.

From time to time, we may delete a researcher if they have retired or no longer meet the criteria listed above.

If you know of a researcher who should be in this directory, please click here to share the details.

Search the Directory

You can get information about researchers in the directory in the following ways:

  1. Click on a researcher’s name to see her/his full contact information, collaborators and top three cited papers in the last five years.
  2. Click the label “Name” or “College/University/Company Affiliation” to sort the list of researchers alphabetically by either item.
  3. Enter keywords in the box below to search for a researcher’s name, research focus, collaborators or the references to the top three cited papers in the last five years.

You can download the entire directory or your individual search results in a .CSV format by clicking the link at the bottom after the results.

 

Name Title Department College/University/Company Affiliation Research Focus
Conrad, Dianne
Professor
Centre for Distance Education
Athabasca University
Adult and distance education, online learning, continuing education, professional development, assessment, prior learning assessment and recognition.
Ostashewski, Nathaniel
Associate Professor
Centre for Distance Education
Athabasca University
Instructional design, mobile learning, teaching with technology, teacher professional development
McGreal, Rory
Professor; Director, the Technology Enhanced Knowledge Research Institute (TEKRI)
Centre for Distance Education
Athabasca University
Open educational resources (OER), open learning, mobile learning, distance education administration, instructional design, distance education
Ally, Mohamed
Professor & Program Director, Doctoral program; Researcher, Technology Enhanced Knowledge Research Institute (TEKRI)
Centre for Distance Education
Athabasca University
Mobile learning, E-learning, instructional design, online learning, distance education, workplace learning
Dron, Jon
Full Professor
School of Computing and Information Systems
Athabasca University
Online learning, educational systems and technologies, learning design, learning technology design, self-organization in online learning, learning technologies.
Ives, Cindy
Professor
Distance Education - Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies
Athabasca University
e-textbooks, MOOCs, open educational resources, course production processes, and policy development for effective teaching and learning online, higher education, educational systems design, learning design
Chang, Maiga
Full Professor
School of Computing and Information Systems
Athabasca University
Game-based learning, ubiquitous learning, learning behavior analysis, data mining, intelligent agent
Hoven, Debra
Professor
Open, Digital & Distance Education
Athabasca University
Innovative approaches to teaching and learning; intercultural perspectives on changing pedagogies; learning-centred instructional design; ecological Constructivism as learning theory; e-Portfolios and alternative assessment approaches; digital storytelling in intercultural & research contexts; indigenous research approaches; systemic change to support the learning of First Nations, Metis and Inuit students
Graf, Sabine
Professor
School of Computing and Information Systems
Athabasca University
Technology enhanced learning, adaptive learning systems, learning analytics, user modeling, mobile learning
Cleveland-Innes, Martha
Professor & Program Director
Centre for Distance Education
Athabasca University
Higher education reform, education leadership, online and blended teaching and learning, emotion and learning
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Contact North | Contact Nord respectfully acknowledges that our work, and the work of our community partners, takes place on traditional Indigenous territories across the province.

We are grateful to be able to work and live in these territories. We are thankful to the First Nations, Métis and Inuit people who have cared for these territories since time immemorial and who continue to strengthen Ontario and all communities across the province.

 

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