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The Educational Technology department supports Langara’s faculty and instructional staff design, develop, and deliver technology-enhanced teaching and learning. EdTech facilitates the adoption and use of innovative, practical technologies.
EdTech drop-in help (email or Zoom)
Have a technical question about Brightspace, Kaltura MediaSpace, Zoom or another supported tool? Drop in with an EdTech Instructional Assistant to get the answer.
EdTech one-on-one advising (email, Zoom, or in-person)
Have a general question about adopting or using a technology or tool? Do you need an overview of available technologies, or just don’t know where to start? Email an EdTech Advisor directly or contact our general email to set-up an appointment.
Meet our team
EdTech Advisors
EdTech Advisors assist faculty and instructional employees in the development and delivery of technology‐enhanced courses and the adoption of new instructional technologies. They also work with individual departments to customize training for their specific instructional goals. In addition, advisors investigate and test educational technology options. All advisors have post‐secondary teaching backgrounds along with knowledge of and skills in instructional design, educational technology, distance learning and computing.
Contact an Advisor directly to set-up a one-on-one meeting.
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- Diane Thompson: dianethompson@langara.ca
- Julian Prior: jprior@langara.ca
- Karen Budra: kbudra@langara.ca
- Mirabelle Tinio: mtinio@langara.ca
- Rochelle Grayson: rgrayson@langara.ca
- Susan Bonham: sbonham@langara.ca
- Brian Koehler: bkoehler@langara.ca (on leave)
- Marianne Gianacopoulos: mgianacopoulos@langara.ca (on leave)
Learning Technologist
Langara’s Learning Technologist supports faculty and instructional staff in the design and implementation of effective and engaging online and blended learning experiences for students. Our LT has expertise in established and emergent learning technologies with best practices in instructional and learning design, and digital pedagogy.
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- Briana Fraser: bfraser@langara.ca
EdTech Instructional Assistants
Instructional Assistants assist faculty and instructional employees with technical questions relating to the use of educational technologies in courses. They also test, troubleshoot, and administer Langara’s educational technology tools and pilot proposed new tools, applications, and platforms prior to adoption.
Ari Crossby, Serenia Tam, Nimmy Nelson, Daniel Fonseca, Brett Foster
Heidi Mede(Supervisor, Department Operations): hmede@langara.ca
Media Production Technologist
The Media Production Technologist assists faculty and instructional employees in developing media and integrating it into their teaching and other academic work as well as assisting in the development of solutions to unique, media‐related instructional challenges.
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- Craig Madokoro: cmadokoro@langara.ca
Assistive Technologist
The Assistive Technologist is a unique position, supporting student users of assistive technologies and offering accessibility support to all college members.
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- Luke McKnight: assistivetech@langara.ca
If you don’t see what you need on this website, please contact us, leave us a comment below, or give us a call! We’ll be glad to work with you to achieve your instructional goals.