Dean of The School of Academic Foundation and Human Services Dr. Jackie Stokes  Jackie has been with CNC for 5 years, initially as an instructor in the Social Service Worker Program. During that time, she has completed her doctorate in educational leadership and is enjoying her expanded responsibilities as the Dean of the School of Academic Foundation and Human Services. Along with her management experiences from government and health, she always endeavours to work from a collaborative, strengths - based perspective. Always striving for balance, Jackie also enjoys long distance running and adventurous holidays. ________________________________________________________ Special Projects Assistant Lily Bachand  Lily has been with CNC since 2000 working in a variety of postings in different departments. In addition to being the ILTR's Special Projects Assistant, Lily teaches courses in Applied Business Technology in with both the School of Academic Studies and CNC's Continuing Education department. ________________________________________________________ Education Technology Instructional Skills Coordinator Grace Dyck Grace has been with CNC for over 10 years. Starting with Community and Continuing Education then teaching in the CIS (Computer Information Systems Diploma Program), ABT (Administrative Assistant Certificate Program) and CNET (Computer/Network Electronics Technician Certificate Program). During this time Grace has completed her BC Provincial Instructor Diploma, Diploma in Adult Education and Certificate in Online/eLearning Instruction through Vancouver Community College. Also completing the ISW Facilitator Development Workshop at BCIT. Presently she is working on her M.Ed from SFU. Now working fulltime in the Institute for Learning, Teaching, and Research Grace enjoys the daily learning required to answer CNC employee’s questions. She enjoys facilitating Instructional Skills Workshops, getting both new and experienced instructors excited about using new methodologies in their classrooms both face2face and online. _______________________________________________________ Learning Management System Administrator, Project Coordinator Denise Hunt Denise is the Learning System Administrator/ Project Coordinator for the Institute for Learning Teaching, and Research. Denise assists faculty and students in the use of Moodle and Desire2Learn features as well as any technical problems within the management systems. __________________________________________ Multi-Media Project Coordinator Owen Siddals  A CNC alumni from the "log cabin days" Owen is back to where it all started." Owen's expertise in the production of multi-media includes three decades in the television industry. He's excited to bring his skills to the ILTR and assist CNC's faculty and staff with their production of educational assets or multi-media presentations. | Jackie says: "I have been impressed at the range of services that ILTR provides to the faculty and staff of CNC." "In addition to Moodle support, the faculty and staff in the ILTR are willing to problem solve a myriad of learning and technical issues." "The use of multi-media to develop video vignettes is a great benefit to faculty providing multiple teaching techniques." "I highly recommend faculty and staff who would like to hear more about how learning management systems or other multi-media systems can augment their teaching to contact the ILTR". Contact Lily for access to and training on our Video Conferencing equipment Moodle questions and more! Grace is the "go to" person for your questions concerning all Microsoft Office software, D2L and more! As facilitator of Instructional Skills Workshops she welcomes inquiries and enthusiastically recommends the course to new and seasoned instructors. As well as being CNC's Moodle administrator, Denise coordinates CNC events; such as, May Days, August Connections, and other employee professional development and training activities including the Provincial Instructor Diploma Program. If you are a faculty member interested in using the college’s Scantron to grade your exams, drop by the ILTR and book an appointment with Denise and she will be happy to guide you through the process. Contemplating designing a presentation or educational media to enhance your instruction? As multi-media project coordinator I can assist you! I am available for consultation, to provide training to get you started or lend a hand and expertise in producing your project. Please contact me at ext. 5575 or siddalso@cnc.bc.ca | |