Research Interests

• Interactive Narrative
• Critical Analysis of Interactive Experience
• The Craft Of Game Design
• Production Aesthetics for Large Flat-screen Video Display
• Educational Technology and Distributed Learning

Biography

• M.S., Comparative Media Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA, 2001
• B.A., Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, 1968 Faculty, Media Resources Program, Capilano College, North Vancouver, BC, 1971 to 2001
• Senior Program Manager, Educational Technology, Centre for Curriculum, Transfer and Technology, Victoria, BC, 1996 to 1999 (full-time secondment) Chair, Standing Committee on Educational Technology, BC College and Institutes, 1994 to 1996 (half-time secondment)
• International training and consulting assignments, Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, BC, 1991 to 1993, 1997

Industry Positions

• President, Canadian Association for Distance Education (2001-2002)
• Board Member, Association of Canadian Community Colleges (1998-2002)
• Board Member, Telelearning Network of Centres of Excellence (1996 – 2002)
• Network of Experts, Office of Learning Technologies, HRDC (1996 – 2002)
• Advisory Board, Canadian Institute for New Media Research and Development (1997 – 2000)
• Advisory Board, Media and Graphics Interdisciplinary Centre (MAGIC), UBC, (1993-1995)

Publications

• "Ceremony of Innocence and the Subversion of Interface: A Case Study in Interactive Narrative", paper presented at Media in Transition conference, Cambridge MA, May 2002 * "Interactive Narrative and Knowledge Stewardship", Workshop at ACM/SIGCHI Conference 2001, March 2001 (with Tom Carey and Karel Vredenburg)
• "Charting a New Course and Educational Technology", Learning Quarterly, Vol. 3, Issue No. 2, Summer, 1999, Centre for Curriculum, Transfer, and Technology, BC Ministry of Education (with Adrian Kershaw)
• "The development of British Columbia post-secondary policy on distributed learning environments", Communique, Vol. 12, No. 3, May 1997, Canadian Association for Distance Education
• Access and Choice: The future of distributed learning in British Columbia, May 1997, Centre for Curriculum, Transfer and Technology (with Adrian Kershaw)
• "The Next Step: Access, Technology and the BC College, Institute and Agency System", Learning Quarterly, Vol. 1, Issue No. 2, May 1997, Centre for Curriculum, Transfer, and Technology, BC Ministry of Education (with Amanda Harby)
• An Open Door to Learning: The Context for the Development of Educational Technology for the British Columbia College & Institute System, December 1995, Standing Committee on Educational Technology
• Networking in the BC Colleges and Institutes, January 1995, Standing Committee on Educational Technology
• "Birth of a Notion", WRITE Conference Proceedings, June 1995, University of British Columbia (with Justine Bizzocchi and Michael Quinlan)
• "Capilano College: Fish Culture Technician Program", Distance Education in British Columbia: Selected Papers and Case Studies, 1993, Open Learning Agency of British Columbia
• "Dialogue"; Journal of Distance Education / Revue de l’enseignement à distance; Vol. 8.1 (1993); (with Liz Burge, Erin Keough, Therese Lamy, Barbara Spronk); Canadian Association for Distance Education
• "Storyboards", Blinkity Blank, Vol. 6, No. 2, Spring 1992, National Film Board of Canada
• Electronic Communication Systems: An Assessment of the Current Status at BC Colleges and Institutes, Research Report No. 2, November 1991, Standing Committee on Educational Technology (with Randy Bruce and Michael Quinlan)

Media Production

• "Size Matters" large flat-screen video project (co-production with Banff Centre New Media Institute - work in progress) * "Aquaculture Training" (1992-95, video/print course)
• "Capilano College Forum: Child Abuse" (1987, video, 60 min)
• "Fisheries: Trial Procedures" (1987, video, 2 x 20 min)
• "Planning Your Retirement" (1986, video, 6 x 30 min)
• "Fisheries: Water Sampling" (1985, video, 25 min)
• "Vancouver Folk Festival" (1985, TV commercial)
• "Questioning" (1983, TV broadcast)
• "Lesson Planning" (1983, video)
• "Video" (1983, video)
• "Small Groups" (1982, video)
• "Treaty 8 Country" (1982, 16mm, colour, 44 min)
• "Hat Creek" (1980, 16mm, colour, 29 min)
• "Dene Nation" (1979, 16mm, colour, 30 min)
• "Bella Coola Dancing" (1979, video, 20 min)
• "Sinumwak: Bella Coola Oolichan Run" (1978, 8/16mm, colour, 20min)
• "We’ll Do Our Fishing" (1978, 8/16mm, colour, 7 min)
• "I Was Born Here" (1976, 16mm, colour, 20 min)
• "May 1968" & "Dialogue On A Hillside" (1974, slide-tape, 15/20 min)
• "Cabin" (1973, 16mm, colour, 22 min)

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