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

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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
Moisey, Susan
Professor Emeriti
Centre for Distance Education
Athabasca University
Instructional design, learning objects, community building, distance Education for students with disabilities, inclusive education
Mitchell, Gail J.
Professor, School of Nursing
Faculty of Health
York University
Complexity pedagogy and eLearning; knowledge translation; Stigma and Dementia; Research-Based Theatre--http://crackedondementia.ca/
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
McAuley, Alexander
Associate Professor
Faculty of Education
University of PEI
Technology in education, knowledge building, media and the arts, bilingualism, and diversity, and congruent research methodologies, specifically participatory action research and narrative inquiry.
MacDonald, Ronald Joseph
Dean of Education; Associate Professor
Faculty of Education
University of PEI
possible gender differences in attitude toward science brought about when technologies are integrated in the classroom; how New Learners (first year university students) learn with new technologies; and how to improve the link between university coursework and the practicum.
Lotherington, Heather
Professor, Associate Dean of Research
Faculty of Education
York University
Multimodality; multilingual and plurilingual education; language, literacy and technology; pedagogical innovation
Lock, Jennifer
Professor; Vice Dean of Teaching and Learning
Werklund School of Education
University of Calgary
E-learning; distributed learning; educational technology; integrating technology in education; STEM pedagogy
Levinson, Anthony J.
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences
McMaster University
E-learning; Geriatric medicine
Lauricella, Sharon
Associate Professor
Communication And Digital Media Studies
Ontario Tech University
Communication, laptops in higher education
Lakhal, Sawsen
Professor
Faculty of Education
Université de Sherbrooke
Education technology, acceptance and use of technology, online and blended learning, persistence in distance courses in higher education, quality assurance in higher education.
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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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