Diane Tepylo, BA Director

Diane is from BC's north coast and the first in her immediate family to graduate high school. She went to university at the urging of her secondary guidance counsellor who argued with my love of learning, "You should be working at a university". He was right, but it took her 35 years, and numerous jobs to realize it.  She worked in retail, aquatics, recreation, libraries and taught at the college level before teaching in K-12 for 20 years. She kept going back to school, completing her MA and PhD while working part-time and looking after her family.    Diane teaches and researches Educational Technology, especially for coding and mathematics.  

Susan Snelling, Senior Academic Advisor

FEDadvising@ontariotechu.ca

Book an appointment online at: https://calendly.com/fed-advising-susan 

To learn more about what Susan can help you with, visit Ontario Tech Education: Academic Advising

For Susan's introduction, visit the Academic Advising page.

Dr Robin Kay

Robin is currently the Dean of and a Full Professor in the Faculty of Education at Ontario Tech University in Oshawa, Canada. He has published over 160 articles, chapters, and conference papers in the area of technology in education; is a reviewer for five prominent computer education journals; and has taught in the field of computer science, mathematics, and educational technology for over 25 years at the high school, college, undergraduate and graduate level. His current projects include research on laptop use in higher education, BYOD in K-12 education, web-based learning tools, e-learning and blended learning in secondary and higher education, video podcasts, scale development, emotions and the use of computers, the impact of social media tools in education, and factors that influence how students learn with technology. Dr. Kay received his M.A. in Computer Applications in Education at the University of Toronto and his Ph.D. in Cognitive Science (Educational Psychology) at the University of Toronto.  

Roland van Oostveen

Dr. Roland van Oostveen holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum, Teaching and Learning from the University of Toronto. He spent 18 years as a science educator in private and public K-12 formal education settings, concluding as Science Curriculum Coordinator for Toronto District School Board. Dr. van Oostveen currently serves as Director of the Educational Informatics Laboratory (EILab) at Faculty of Education, UOIT, an innovative research facility, which focuses on Human Computer Human Interactions (HCHI). 

Dr Wendy Barber, Associate Professor

Wendy is an award-winning educator and lifelong advocate for Physical and Health Education. Dr. Barber is a member of the PHE Research Council of Canada, and as a contributor to the Cross Canada PHE Teacher Education Research Group, will share ideas and strategies for teaching PHE in an online environment.

Dr Bill Hunter

Dr. Bill Hunter was the founding dean of the Faculty of Education at UOIT. Prior to that, he spent 16 years as an education professor at the University of Calgary where he also served in such administrative roles as Director of the Educational Technology Unit, Academic Coordinator for the Distance Delivery Unit, Coordinator of the Educational Technology graduate area, and Head of the Department of Teacher Education and Supervision. He has taught educational technology, statistics, measurement, learning theory, human development, program evaluation, and other areas of educational psychology. His book, co-authored with Roger Austin of Ulster U., titled Online and Blended Learning for Global Citizenship: New Technologies and Opportunities for Intercultural Education, was published by Routledge in January.​ 

Dr Jia Li

Jia is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education, Ontario Technology University. She was a Canada-U.S. Fulbright Scholar at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (2011- 2012), and a John A Sproul Research Fellow at the University of California Berkeley (2018-2019). Dr. Li’s work focuses on data-driven innovative language and literacy interventions using new technologies for linguistically diverse students, i.e., urban students from low-income families, English learners and Indigenous adolescents and youth. Her research has been funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and Fulbright Canada.  Her work has been published by journals including Computers and Education, Teaching and Teacher Education, Computer Assisted Language Learning, and Language Learning and Technology.  

Dr Brenda Jacobs

Dr. Brenda Jacobs is a full-time teaching faculty member at Ontario Tech University in the Faculty of Education. She teaches in the Bachelor of Education program as well as the Bachelor of Arts in Educational Studies and Digital Technology. Previously, she taught in the Faculty of Education at York University and the School of Early Childhood Education at Seneca College in Toronto. Brenda completed her B.A. (Psychology) and B.Ed. (Primary/Junior) at the University of Western Ontario and her M.Ed., Graduate Diploma in Early Childhood Education, and Ph.D. at York University. She is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers and the College of Early Childhood Educators. She has taught elementary school-aged children in Oxford, England, Vancouver, British Columbia, and Toronto, Ontario. Brenda is the author of the forthcoming book, Self-Regulation and Inquiry-Based Learning in the Primary Classroom, published by Canadian Scholars Press.​ 

For more about what Brenda is up to, visit https://www.brendajacobs.ca/ 

Alison Mann

Alison Mann has been an educator for over 20 years and has focused on film and media education for the last 15 years. She is completing a Ph.D. in Education that focuses on film production in global online learning environments. As an online educator for secondary school students, Alison has been using instructor videos in her classes as a way to maintain engagement with students and to humanize the online learning environment.​Presently, Alison is an expert advisor for the Toronto District Catholic School board and the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education for online instructor video creation.  As an academic associate at the Faculty of Education at Ontario Tech University, Alison teaches a variety of courses including Foundations, Learning in Digital Contexts, Equity and Diversity and Independent Inquiry and Internship. 

Tricia Dwyer-Kuntz

Tricia Dwyer-Kuntz is an Academic Associate in the Faculty of Education at Ontario Tech. She is a veteran educator having previously taught in both elementary and secondary schools as well as Coordinator of Special Education and Consultant for Educational Technology. Her areas of interest include online learning (she has a Master of Distance Education), gamification, special education, and digital literacies. She is a proud Apple Distinguished Educator who enjoys pushing technology to its limits. #KnowYourStudents​ 

Janet Symmons

Janet Symmons is a sessional facilitator at OntarioTechU’s Faculty of Education. Since 2002, Janet has facilitated and designed instruction at colleges and universities in Ontario and BC and worked as an instructional designer in the private sector. She holds an M.Ed. in teaching, learning, and development and a B.Ed. in adult education, both from Brock University. Janet is currently pursuing her Ph.D. at the University of Victoria. Her dissertation is a phenomenological study of university educators’ experiences with barriers to using, sharing, and creating open educational resources. Other research interests include barriers and affordances to educational technology, personal learning networks, and social connectedness in online learning environments.

Dr Terri Jackson

Terri has been an instructor at Ontario Tech University since 2019, teaching in the BA, BEd, and MEd programs. Terri has been an educator for close to two decades in both the elementary and secondary panels. 

Rob Power

Dr. Rob Power is an educational technology and instructional design specialist with over two decades of experience in the K12, private, and post-secondary education sectors. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Education at Cape Breton University and an Adjunct Professor with the Faculty of Education at Ontario Tech University. Rob is a Past-President of the International Association for Mobile Learning, and is also the President of Power Learning Solutions. Rob's teaching and research interests focus on helping educators to create seamless, pedagogically sound learning experiences for their students, and the promotion of technology integration practices that promote Digital Accessibility and increased access to learning opportunities for all students.

Joli Scheidler-Benns

Joli is a York University PhD Candidate in health policy and equity, a researcher, and an advocate for justice. She teaches some of the social justice courses for the Faculty of Education at Ontario Tech University. Her primary role with the Lindsay Advocate is community development including several committees in the City of Kawartha Lakes. Her MA in Education was situated within critical health media literacy with an emphasis on resilience and using the tools of deconstruction of media messages in order to reconstruct messaging as a means of empowerment. She considers herself an Intrepreneur as a means of evoking change within the societal structures, including University.

Dr Todd JB Blayone, PhD

A Ukrainian-Métis Canadian in Kyiv, Todd holds a PhD (TUDublin) and two MAs (Toronto and Ontario Tech). During a 15-year hiatus from academia, he functioned for nine years as Director, Digital Biz Dev at a Canadian news-media conglomerate. His academic publications investigate human readiness for digitalised learning and work toward Industry 4.0/Society 5.0. As an online instructor in technology, learning and society, Todd orchestrates rich collaborative educational experiences. 

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Todd-Blayone

ORCID: https://orcid.org/ - 0000-0001-6965-7033 

Anna Rodrigues

Anna is an interdisciplinary educator and multimodal artist who is passionate about equity, diversity and inclusion in education. Her work explores the ways in which underprivileged communities amplify their voices through creative acts of resistance, such as art, digital media, literacy practices or through social media. As a multimodal artist, she engages in a variety of creative practices that include photography, resemiotization, video capture and editing, digital media production and collage (photomontage and assemblage). She has a PhD in Education - Language, Culture and Teaching, from York University, and a Master of Education from Ontario Tech University. Anna is currently an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Education where she teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in various programs. 

Kathleen Flynn