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About Susan

Associate Professor and Director of the Innovative Learning Centre

Other Communities

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Beyond University Work

  • Consulting – Mount Royal University, Calgary, Alberta – specific contact Norm Vaughan (ICT and teacher education and ePortfolio). 2002 – present
  • Consulting – Calgary Board of Education – specific contact Brant Parker, Karen Pegler, and Duncan White (ICT, professional development and leadership). 2002 – present.
  • Consulting – Calgary Catholic School District – specific contact Barb Brown (ICT, professional development and leadership). 2004 – present.
  • Member Innovations Steering Committee – Bell eLearning Centre / Chinook’s Edge School District – 2009 – present
  • Volunteer for eLearning consultancy – CAWST – Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation (http://www.cawst.org/) 2008 – present
  • Educational Advisory Council – Mustard Seed Street Mission – Calgary 2003 – present
  • Volunteer Habit for Humanity – Woman Build Project Summer 2002
  • Learning Disabilities Association of Alberta (LDAACC) – Calgary Chapter – Board Member 2003 – 2005
  • Volunteer for Davis Cup Tennis – Calgary, Alberta Winter 2007

At the University of Calgary – 2011 – 2011

  • Elected Advisory Search Committee – Dean for the Faculty of Law 2010 – 2011
  • Elected University of Calgary Senate 2007 – 2011
  • Member of the Honours Committee – University of Calgary Senate 2007 – 2009
  • Appointed member of Faculty of Education Executive 2007 – 2009
  • Member Internationalization Committee – Faculty of Education 2007 – 2008
  • Elected member of General Faculties Council 2003 – 2009
  • Educational Technology Specialization Coordinator – 2005 – 2007
  • Faculty of Education Representative to Alberta Learning’s School Technology Advisory Council – 2003 to 2007
  • Academic Advisory Selection Committee, Science Education, Faculty of Education 2002
  • Academic Advisory Selection Committee, Applied Psychology, Faculty of Education 2003
  • Elected member of Academic Advisory Selection Committee, Associate Dean – Teacher Preparation, Faculty of Education 2003
  • Student Academic Appeals Committee – Participated in an Appeal Hearing 2002
  • Gallagher – Galileo Fellowship Scholarship Committee 2002
  • Faculty of Education Representative to CFI Planning with Arctic Institute of North America – 2002
  • Faculty of Education Representative to Engineering Faculty 2003
  • Member of Semester Two – Teacher Preparation Program – Revision Team 2003
  • Teaching Excellence Committee Winter 2005

ILC – a VERY innovative centre for learning

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It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
– Charles Darwin

The Innovative Learning Centre, housed within the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia – Okanagan, is a space for academics, educators and industry to come together and design the change they want to see for learning.  It is a learning lab to foster collaboration and imagination.

Please visit the ILC site – either physically in Engineering, Management and Education building (UBC O) or virtually at https://blogs.ubc.ca/centre/

Memberships

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  • Fellow – Centre for Commonwealth Education – University of Cambridge
  • International Institute for Qualitative Methodology – Qualitative Methodology’s Member Scholar Review Committee – 2009 – present
  • Apple Distinguished Educator – 2008 – present
  • Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) 2004 – present
  • Canadian Association of Distance Education (CADE) 2004 – 2005
  • Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education / society for Information Technology 2002 -2005
  • American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2002 – present
  • Alberta Distance Education and Training Association (ADETA) 2002 – 2010
  • British Columbia Computer Users Consortium (BC4) – 1998 – 2004
  • Canadian Federation of University Women – 2002 – 2004
  • Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) 2002 – present
  • Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) 2002 – 2003
  • Alberta Teachers’ Association Computer Council (ATACC) 2002-2003

International Experience

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  • Guest lecture at University of Cape Town, SA – Appropriate technology and the Maker Movement
  • June 2013.  Visiting professor.  Aga Khan University IED – Tanzania
    • Workshops, faculty support, and research lectures
    • December 2012.  Visiting professor.  Aga Khan University IED – Tanzania
    • Teaching, workshops, and research lectures

    Mentor – 2011 – present UNITAR Afghan fellows program

  • Founder – jiFUNzeni.com Team of colleagues developing solutions for problems of access and opportunity in challenging contexts (http://jifunzeni.com)
  • November 2010. Visiting professor – Cambridge University – Faculty of Education and Commonwealth Centre of Education (http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/centres/cce/). Invited to share expertise with
    • Appropriate technologies for development work
    • ICT to enhance teaching and learning – interactive teaching
    • ICT to enhance qualitative research method
  • Aga Khan University IED – Tanzania – Zanzibar Round Table and ICT consulting July 2008 – present
    • Five working visits ( 2 weeks – 1 month in duration
    • Conceptualizing professional development
    • Digital content development
    • ICT enhanced teaching and learning
  • Royal University of Bhutan – 2009 – ICT Enhanced Instruction and eLearning
  • Universidad Catholica del Maula, Chile – ICT for Improved Pedagogy – June 2008
  • Strengthening Capacity for Basic Education in Western China – Joint project with PR China, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), University of Alberta, Athabasca University, & Alberta Learning. Approximately 300 days of work from 2003 – present
    • August 2003 – Taught teachers in Urumqi, Xinjing Province, Western China
    • July – August 2004 – Taught Instructional Design, developed distance education template, and converted August 2003 training materials to distance education
    • April – August 2005 – Co-development DE Course 3 – ICT in the Classroom; developed DE platform, co-developed DE Instructional Manual and Guidelines
    • Fall 2005 – evaluation for Course 3 and DE instructional design strategy
    • April – June 2006 – Co-development DE Course 2 – Facilitating Distance Education in Learning Support Centres; continued development on DE platform; worked on DE policy documents
  • Improving Basic Education in Underdeveloped Areas through ICT.  Developed under TA 3958-PRC – Asian Development Bank (ADB). Approximately 70 days of work from May 2005 – August 2006
    • I came in at the end of the project, after the original ICT consultant had been dismissed.  In the final phases of the project, the objectives included
  • undertaking a broad assessment of and identify promising innovations and strategies for the applications of distance education and ICT in education with a particular focus on supporting access to quality UCE among disadvantaged populations including minorities, women, and remote communities; and
  • supporting and designing a very modest and targeted pilot test of promising approaches and technologies with a tight pro-equity focus. My role was to report to the ADB and guide remaining efforts from fellow consultants and resource persons, in close dialogue with MOE and other agencies and institutions to complete remaining TA activities.

Reviewer

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  • Reviewer for Institute for Research in the Sociology and Economics of Education (IREDU)
  • IASTED International Association of Science and Technology for Development) Conference Editorial Board (www.iasted.org) 2013 – presentCollege of Reviewers for Canada Research Chairs Program – 2012 – present
  • Reviewer for Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) 2012 – present
  • External reviewer for Qatar National Research Fund.  Qatar Foundation.  2010 – present
  • Reviewer Journal of the NUS Teaching Academy – Open journal of the National University of Singapore – 2012 – present
  • External reviewer for promotion – lecturer to senior lecture – Faculty of Education – Cambridge University 2010
  • External thesis examiner for Aga Khan University – Institute of Educational Development 2009 – present
  • Reviewer – Journal of Interactive Learning Environment
  • Reviewer – AERA proposals 2003 – present
  • External examiner for tenure and promotion – Faculty of Social Work – 2009 – present
  • Reviewer for On the move: Mobile learning for development 2012; Case’n’Places 2008; Bridging the Knowledge Divide: Educational Technology for Development 2007
  • Member Editorial Board – The Open Education – Bentham Science Publishers, Ltd. 2007
  • Reviewer – Sage publications – 2008 – present
  • Reviewer – Alberta Journal of Educational Research 2005 – present
  • Reviewer – CATE – CSSE conference proposals 2005 – present
  • Reviewer – Canadian Journal of Education 2003 – present
  • Reviewer – Canadian Journal of Higher Education 2003 – present
  • Reviewer – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology 2005 – present
  • Reviewer – eGallery – 2002 to present
  • Reviewer – Interchange 2004 – present
  • Reviewer – Journal for Educational Thought – 2002 to present
  • Reviewer – International Electronic journal for Leadership in Learning – 2002 – present
  • Reviewer – 2nd International Lifelong Learning Conference
  • Editorial board – Technology, Pedagogy and Education 2005 – present
  • Reviewer SSHRC Grant Proposals 2007 – present
  • Geography 695.09 Proposal Development Projects – November 2002
  • Alberta representative – Inukshuk Wireless Learning Plan – 2006 – 2010.  One of four representatives to National funding organization

Committees – UBC

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  • Faculty representative to Dean’s Advisory and Policy Committee (DAPC) 2013 – present
  • Faculty representative to Learning Space Committee 2012 – present
  • Faculty representative to Research Advisory Committee 2012 – present
  • Faculty representative to College of Graduate Program Committee 2011 – present
  • Faculty representative to Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program Committee 2011 – present
  • Programme Committee for International Conference on eLearning (ICEL) 2012 – present
  • Mini track chair – Appropriate Technology – International Conference on eLearning (ICEL) 2011 – present

Awards

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University of British Columbia Okanagan Teaching Excellence and Innovation
https://news.ok.ubc.ca/2014/05/09/ubc-honours-faculty-for-teaching-excellence-and-innovation/ 2014

University of Calgary, Students’ Union Teaching Excellence Award Honourable Mention – Spring 2007  http://greatteachers.ucalgary.ca/person/susan_crichton_phd    (Nominated four times previously)

Marshall McLuhan Teaching Excellence Award (1991) Awarded for innovative curriculum development for computer use in schools. http://www.mcluhanmedia.com/mamcl_awards_teach_003.html 

Canadian Computer Teacher of the Year – Toshiba Canada and Computers in Education Magazine (1991)

National Award by National Institute – Canadian Centre for Creative Technology (1990), Unfolding Technology:  Origami, Computers, and Learning.

Teaching – K – 12

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Arrow Lakes School District #10, New Denver, British Columbia (1997 – 2001*)

  • Positions held: Secondary Art teacher, site manager for an Alternative Education Center for students ages 12 -80; vice-principal.

Arrow Lakes School District #10, New Denver, British Columbia (1992 – 1996*)

  • Positions held: Director of Instruction (Technology Implementation); Teacher – Art, English, Desktop Publishing

Arrow Lakes School District #10, New Denver, British Columbia (1980 – 1991*)

  • Positions held: English and Art teacher; school librarian

Cochrane High School, Cochrane, Alberta (1978 – 1979)

  • Positions held: Social Studies teacher; volleyball coach

Orange County Unified School District, Orange, California  (1976 – 1977)

  • Position held: Resource Specialist – Multicultural Education

Bamaga and Mornington Island Schools, Queensland, Australia  (1975 –1976)

  • Positions held: Art and English teacher in two remote, northern Aboriginal reserves; basketball and track coach

Garey High School, Pomona, California  (1974 –1975)

  • Positions held: Art teacher and softball coach

Invited Teaching Opportunities

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Visiting Professor – Aga Khan University – Institute of Educational Development, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (2012 – 2015)

Workshop facilitator – Blended learning for higher education. Face to face and online workshop for faculty of Aga Khan Universities.  Face to face workshop at Karachi, Pakistan.  Sept. 19 – Oct. 30, 2011.  Online workshop via Moodle. October 2011 – April 2012.  With Azra Naseem

Visiting Lecturer – Faculty of Education – University of Cambridge – New technologies for engaged teaching and research. November 22 – December 1, 2010.

Aga Khan University – Institute for Educational Development, Eastern Africa (AGK-IED-EA).  ED 521: ICT in Education.  Co-taught with Azra Naseem and Brown Onguko.  November 2010 – March 2011.

Teaching – University of Calgary

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Courses taught – University of Calgary

EDTP 506 Case – Humanities
EDTP 512 Special Topics – Integrating Technology Across the Curriculum
EDTP 510 Field – Elementary PRAXIS
EDTP 510 Field – Secondary PRAXIS
EDTP 512 Special Topics – Distributed Learning: Teaching and Learning Online
EDTP 510 Teaching Across Borders (http://educ.ucalgary.ca/upe/teaching_across_borders)
EDER 675 Principles of Instructional Development
EDER 677 Telecommunications in EducationDistributed Teaching and Learning
EDER 679.05 Technology and Society
EDER 679.15 Inquiry into Digital FilmmakingInquiry Into Digital Content
EDER 679.91 Learning with Technology: Independent Studies with Individual Students
EDER 779.03 Tech Enabled Learning Environments –