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Biography - Susan Crichton
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Susan Crichton
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University of Calgary |
| Susan is a wanderer and an explorer – both international and academically. She currently is an assistant professor in the Educational Technology specialization of the Faculty of Education – University of Calgary. She came to the university rather late in her career after teaching and learning in California, Queensland, and British Columbia. Susan started teaching Art in an inner city high school near Los Angeles. She taught on in 2 Aboriginal reserves in Australia, and came to Calgary after 23 years in the West Kootenays of BC.
She received her BSc from California Polytechnic University in Pomona, her MA from Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, and PhD from the University of Sydney in New South Wales. Her degrees are in Art, English, and Physical Education as well as Curriculum and Technology. Her research interests focus in appropriate technology and online / blended learning. Susan is fascinated by desktop quality digital video for content development, and she currently is researching the issue of preservice preparation for online teaching. During Summer 2005 she worked on 2 poverty alleviation projects in Western China for both the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB), both focusing on distance education for teacher education. |
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