Dr. Mark Bullen

Associate Dean, Curriculum & Instructor Development
Learning & Teaching Centre
British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)

Phone: 604 454 2280
E-mail: mark.bullen@athabascau.ca

I am the Associate Dean of the Learning & Teaching Centre (LTC) at the BC Institute of Technology (BCIT) in Vancouver, Canada. The mandate of the LTC is to support learning and teaching at BCIT by assisting with the development of curriculum and promoting the effective use of technology for teaching and learning. The Learning & Teaching Centre has a staff of over 60 instructional designers, technical writers, graphic designers, desktop and web publishers, media producers and technical support personnel. My main areas of responsibility are curriculum and instructor development and educational research and innovation.

Before joining BCIT in 2005, I spent 23 years at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Most recently I was the Director of the Centre for Managing & Planning E-Learning (MAPLE) where I initiated, managed and conducted research on e-learning. MAPLE research projects focused on institutional planning and management issues, policy, and social and educational impacts of e-learning. I was also the assistant, associate and acting Director of the Distance Education & Technology department at UBC.

I have extensive international consulting experience related to online course development and the planning and management of e-learning. I have taught workshops on developing and delivering online instruction and the planning and management of e-learning in Mexico, Malaysia, Taiwan, Bhutan, Croatia and Canada and I have been a consultant on distance education projects in Mongolia, Indonesia and Bhutan.

In addition to my work with Athabasca, I am an adjunct Professor in the Master of Educational Technology program at the University of British Columbia.

I have been involved in distance education since 1982 when I began working at the University of British Columbia as a producer of Knowledge Network educational television programs. Before that I spent four years at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as a television news journalist.

I have a Ph.D. in Adult Education (1997), a Masters degree in Educational Psychology (1989) and a B.Ed. (1982) from the University of British Columbia. I am also a graduate of the BCIT Diploma of Technology in Broadcast Journalism (1977).

 

 

CDE - Last Updated by MK December 03, 2010