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 […]
Congratulations to the MET Graduating Class of June 2021!
Hearty congratulations to the MET graduating class of Spring 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! Philip Barrington Marie-Soleil Beaudoin Allison Burnett Jonathan Campbell Pei Ching Chiang Aimee Chung Katie […]
MET celebrates Black History Month 2021
Black History Month is an annual observance that originated in the United States. Canada’s House of Commons has officially recognized February as Black History Month since 1995, and honoured Black Canadians. A number of other countries now also officially recognize and observe the month. Want to learn more? Black history organizations and educational resources There […]
In memoriam: Dr. Michael Marker
It is with sorrow that the MET program acknowledges the sudden passing of Dr. Michael Marker, a longtime MET faculty member and the author of ETEC 521, Indigeneity, Technology, and Education. Dr. Marker has been involved with MET since its inception. He served on the first MET Advisory Committee in 2002, and served almost continuously […]
MET welcomes Dr. Halimat Alabi as a permanent lecturer
This summer, MET welcomed Dr. Halimat Alabi as a permanent, full-time lecturer to our team. A truly interdisciplinary educator, Dr. Alabi has a background in engineering, broadcast television, video game development, and learning analytics. “I describe myself as an interactive visualization designer,” she explains. In her doctoral research she developed a “visual cognition model of […]
Congratulations to our November 2020 MET graduates!
Hearty congratulations to the MET graduating class of Fall 2020! 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! Incorporating traditions from UBC’s in-person ceremony, Chancellor Steven Point (xwĕ lī qwĕl tĕl) presided […]
MET welcomes Dr. Kisha McPherson as a permanent lecturer
The MET program has welcomed Dr. Kisha McPherson as a full-time lecturer to the team – she started in summer 2020. Dr. McPherson has well over a decade of experience teaching students of all ages, ranging from kindergarten to post-secondary. Her work centres on themes of social justice, equity in education, media, and cultural studies; […]