Race Matters: Costs of Equity, Inclusion, Diversity and Allyship (March 28)
As part of the Anti-Racism in the EdTechnosphere Speaker Series March 28, 2022 | 4:00-5:00pm PST Missed the session? View the PowerPoint Slides About Dr. Carl James Carl E. James holds the Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community and Diaspora in the Faculty of Education at York University and is the Senior Advisor on […]
Anti-Asian Racism: Roots, Impacts, and the Role of Educational Technology (Jan. 20, 2022)
As part of the Anti-Racism in the EdTechnosphere Speaker Series January 20, 2022 | 4:00-5:00pm PST In this talk, I will highlight several important aspects of anti-Asian racism in Canada. First, I will discuss the intersectionality of global and local factors underlying the hate and discrimination Asian Canadian’s experiences in their everyday life. These include […]
Congratulations to the MET Graduating Class of Fall 2021!
Hearty congratulations to the MET graduating class of Fall 2021! We’re proud of you, we wish you every success in your future endeavours, and we hope you will stay in touch via the MET alumni Community. Tuum est. It is yours! Nathan Bristow, MET Derrick Cheung, MET Megan Cleaveley, MET Robert Clifton, MET Kristie Dewald, […]
MET partners with KCJ on coding workshops
As part of the MET Community webinars, a coding workshop series was recently held with Kids Code Jeunesse (KCJ), a Canadian not-for-profit organization based in Montreal, Quebec, that helps children in Canada have an opportunity to learn computational thinking through code. KCJ supports teachers, educators, and parents with workshops that explore different digital tools that […]
Statement on Commemorating Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2021
As MET (Master of Educational Technology) educators and leaders, privileged to work in the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) First Nation, we honour this place as the home of learning for the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ speaking xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) peoples since time immemorial. We will be striving to develop and reflect upon this tradition […]
Join us in welcoming Dr. Keri Ewart to the MET program!
Dr. Keri Ewart joined the MET program as full-time lecturer on September 1 and is already rolling up her sleeves and digging in; she’s teaching three courses in Winter 1 (ETEC 500: Research Methodology in Education, ETEC 531: Curriculum Issues in Cultural & New Media Studies and ETEC 540: Text Technologies – The Changing Spaces […]
Dr. Derek Gladwin publishes new book
Best wishes to Dr. Derek Gladwin on the release of his new book on Rewriting Our Stories. The book about the the power of storytelling was featured in the Vancouver Sun recently. Well done!
Dr. Samia Khan Keynote at the ISET 2021 Conference
Dr. Khan delivered a keynote address to this year’s International Science Educators and Teachers (ISET) research conference last week. Her keynote included the use of simulation technology and how this technology can be used to teach science– as though the future depends on it.
Congratulations to Dr. Michelle Stack
Congratulations to our Dr. Michelle Stack for receiving a Public Engagement Award by UBC’s Public Humanities Hub. The Public Engagement Awards were created to honour individuals who have exhibited outstanding public humanities engagement in the past two years. We are proud of you!
Please join us in welcoming new MET director Dr. Samia Khan!
Dr. Samia Khan is taking the helm as the new Director of the Master of Educational Technology (MET) program on July 1, 2021. Dr. Khan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy. An early contributor to the MET program, Dr. Khan designed and taught Technology in the Mathematics and Science Classroom […]