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Me and My duct tape wallet

Me and My duct tape wallet

These introductions certainly don’t get any easier! It is nice though, to see many familiar faces here. The ever so quick bio is as follows; I moved to Korea to teach English for a few years. Upon return I threw myself into teaching only to somehow end up in supply chain and operations for a […]

Jackson Liang – Introduction

Jackson Liang – Introduction

Hi everyone, My name is Jackson and I have been living in Vancouver for all 26 years of my life. This is the 7th course I am taking for the MET program and I am also working full time with the Vancouver School Board as a permanent TOC. This is my third year teaching and […]

Eduardo Rebagliati – Introduction

Eduardo Rebagliati – Introduction

Hello everyone, Nice to see some familiar faces and names, and happy to meet new people as well. My name is Eduardo and this is my fourth semester in the MET program. I was born in Canada and grew up in Peru, where I currently live. Throughout my life I’ve been living in these two […]

Mary Hui – Introduction

Mary Hui – Introduction

Hi everyone, Nice to meet you! I’m also happy to see some familiar faces here! My name is Mary and I am from Vancouver BC. During my spare time I enjoy exercising, cooking and watching playthroughs on youtube.ETEC 522 is my 4th/5th course. The other course I am taking is ETEC 524. Time sure is […]

Hayley’s Intro

Hayley’s Intro

Hello everyone, so nice to ‘meet’ you (or see you again, for those familiar faces)! I just recently moved to Ottawa/Gatineau after four years in the UK, which has been a bit of a weird reverse-adjustment back to Canadian life (I didn’t realize what we sounded like to the rest of the world until I […]

Greetings from John – Intro

Greetings from John – Intro

Hi everyone! Excited to see some familiar faces in this course. I’m located and grew up in Vancouver BC and this is my 5th/6th MET course (also taking ETEC 544), time really goes by fast when you’re busy! I’ve been teaching for around 7 years as a Business Lecturer/Educator that mainly focuses on teaching Management, […]

User-Centered Design

User-Centered Design

ABC Nightline – IDEO Shopping Cart – YouTube Thought I would share this 8 minute documentary with the class as it succinctly captures the essence of user-centered design and design thinking. It is an old (but gold) video from a 1999 episode of ABC Nightline that showcases David Kelly, a Stanford professor and founder of […]

Introduction: let’s start the journey

Introduction: let’s start the journey

Hi Everyone, Happy New Year ! Hope you all keeping well and had a nice break over the holiday season. My name is Saeid and this is my fourth MET course. My professional experience ranges from ten years in the Oil & Gas industry as well as a couple years in the non-profit sector; in […]

Man standing in Hobbiton

My Name is Nathan

Hello! I am Nathan and I live in Port Stanley, Ontario (about 30 minutes southwest of London). I live here with my two children, my dog, and my wife. We moved out to “the country” just over a year ago, so I have become accustomed to splitting wood to heat my home, identifying different types […]