I began teaching soon after I received my Bachelor of Education Degree in 1993. My first position was with St. Michael’s College, an educational institution then located at Beardy’s Okemasis First Nation near Duck Lake, Saskatchewan. Here, until 1997, I taught a variety of classes in grades 7-12, and additionally, instructed university-level Computer Science courses at St. Michael’s through the University of Saskatchewan’s Extension Division (now called the Centre for Continuing and Distance Education).
During this same period and until 1999, I held the position of teacher/therapist with Kilburn Hall Youth Centre, a youth correctional facility run by the Government of Saskatchewan’s Social Services. Here, I taught students aged 14-18 various subjects over the summer months.
From 1997-1999, I became the Coordinator of the Computer Information Systems program at the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies. Here, I taught a number of post-secondary courses in the areas of computer programming, computer applications, business communications, and network administration.
In the overlapping period of 1996-1999, I also taught university-level computer science courses at the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College (now known as First Nations University of Canada). I worked as a sessional lecturer, typically teaching two courses per academic year.
In July 1999, I moved to Regina to accept the position of ICT Coordinator at the Faculty of Education, University of Regina. On January 01, 2007, I began my current tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor. Over this entire period (from 1999 to the present), I have averaged an academic load of five courses per academic year and thus have taught approximately 50 sections since the beginning of my employment at the Faculty. These courses, which I have also developed, primarily include ECMP 355 (Computers in Education), ECMP 455 (Computers in Education: Advanced), and EC&I 831 (Social Media & Open Education). Additionally, I have been a guest lecturer in courses for many of my colleagues in the Faculty of Education, for those at other educational institutions, and I have recently completed teaching a course as a visiting scholar at the University of British Columbia – Okanagan.
This section will describe some of the specifics of my teaching appointments over the last decade, will include evaluation & feedback, and will highlight some of the recent innovations I have incorporated into my pedagogical methods.
Teaching
During this same period and until 1999, I held the position of teacher/therapist with Kilburn Hall Youth Centre, a youth correctional facility run by the Government of Saskatchewan’s Social Services. Here, I taught students aged 14-18 various subjects over the summer months.
From 1997-1999, I became the Coordinator of the Computer Information Systems program at the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies. Here, I taught a number of post-secondary courses in the areas of computer programming, computer applications, business communications, and network administration.
In the overlapping period of 1996-1999, I also taught university-level computer science courses at the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College (now known as First Nations University of Canada). I worked as a sessional lecturer, typically teaching two courses per academic year.
In July 1999, I moved to Regina to accept the position of ICT Coordinator at the Faculty of Education, University of Regina. On January 01, 2007, I began my current tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor. Over this entire period (from 1999 to the present), I have averaged an academic load of five courses per academic year and thus have taught approximately 50 sections since the beginning of my employment at the Faculty. These courses, which I have also developed, primarily include ECMP 355 (Computers in Education), ECMP 455 (Computers in Education: Advanced), and EC&I 831 (Social Media & Open Education). Additionally, I have been a guest lecturer in courses for many of my colleagues in the Faculty of Education, for those at other educational institutions, and I have recently completed teaching a course as a visiting scholar at the University of British Columbia – Okanagan.
This section will describe some of the specifics of my teaching appointments over the last decade, will include evaluation & feedback, and will highlight some of the recent innovations I have incorporated into my pedagogical methods.