Thursday, 5 April 2018

Algonquin BoG Nominee Bio

Kathlyn Bradshaw, EdD in Educational Technology
Professor, School of Business 
Her area of specialization is in business communications. In addition, she teaches online for Oxford University. For over two years Kathlyn chaired the General Education Committee and served on the Essential Employability Skills Committee. Kathlyn’s current research interests include educational technology, open educational resources, cultural historical activity theory, and course design. She has presented at educational conferences in the U.S. and Canada, and has published articles related both to teaching at Algonquin as well as her own research.

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Wednesday, 4 April 2018

Academic Bio



Dr. Kathlyn Bradshaw (English professor, Algonquin College School of Business) designs, develops, implements, and evaluates face-to-face, blended, and fully online courses. In addition, she teaches Effective Online Tutoring for Oxford University. Her doctorate in Educational Research technology specialization (University of Calgary) involved research into open educational resources (OER), specifically cultural historical activity theory and massive open online course (MOOC) design.

Dr. Bradshaw’s academic publication and presentation accomplishments include

2017   Conceptualizing Formal and Informal Learning in MOOCs as Activity Systems (co-authors Gale Parchoma and Jennifer Lock), Quarterly Review of Distance Learning V18(3) http://www.infoagepub.com/qrde-issue.html?i=p5a8eb8bd309df
2017   Conceptualizing Formal and Informal Learning in MOOCs as Activity Systems, University of Athabasca CIDER Session, https://landing.athabascau.ca/groups/profile/289790/canadian-initiative-for-distance-education-research-cider/tab/359765/sessions
2017   MOOC Pedagogy and Design, Cohere Conference http://cohere.ca/conference-2017/2017-conference-program/
2017   Emerging Pedagogies and Designs for Online Learning, World Conference on Online Learning http://onlinelearning2017.ca/en/speakers-content/bradshaw-kathlyn/
2017   Accounting for Taste: Learning by Doing in the College Classroom, College Quarterly, http://collegequarterly.ca/2017-vol20-num02-spring/accounting-for-taste-learning-by-doing-in-the-college-classroom.html
2017               Boundary Crossing and MOOC Design, Doctor of Education Thesis http://theses.ucalgary.ca/handle/11023/3555?mode=full
2015  Crossing Boundaries between Formal and Informal E-learning, Conference on Higher Education, Virginia Tech, http://www.cider.vt.edu/conference/proceedings/2015ConferenceProceedings.pdf
2014   The Frankenstein Bicentennial Project Workshop, Arizona State University
2013   MOOCs and Colleges, AECT Conference, Anaheim California, October 2013
2013  Higher Education Teaching and Learning Conference, University of Central Florida, https://www.hetl.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/HETL_Conference_Schedule.pdf
2011  Virtual Learning in a 3D World, CALL Conference, Algonquin College
2010  Virtual Learning in a College Course, Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference, March 2011 Second Life, file:///C:/Users/Kathlyn/Downloads/2-2-PB.pdf



Dr. Bradshaw has research interests and application in the use, integration, and evaluation of OER and MOOC, as well as research, design, development, and evaluation of programs and courses (including face-to-face, fully online, and blended). Her professional communications teaching expertise includes working with faculty, staff and senior administrators on specialized departmental projects. 

Boundary Crossing and MOOC Design, Doctor of Education Thesis




Sunday, 31 December 2017

Academic Article Published

Conceptualizing Formal and Informal Learning in MOOCs as Activity Systems (co-authors Gale Parchoma and Jennifer Lock), Quarterly Review of Distance Learning V18(3) 
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