About CELT

Brian Lamb is serving as Interim Director of CELT, in addition to his ongoing role as Director of Learning Technology and Innovation. He is a co-founder of the OpenETC, which is a cooperative network sharing open technology infrastructure, and sits on many committees and working groups across the province and internationally. Brian has more than twenty-five years of experience working with instructors and students in a wide range of roles, and has been at TRU since 2012. He has a special passion for open educational practices and using the open web to foster learning, communication and collaboration. He blogs at Abject.

Carolyn (she/her) holds an MA in English (University of Saskatchewan). She is a former faculty member in English at MacEwan University and at TRU, and she has also held previous roles as Academic Integrity Officer, Academic Quality Assurance Manager, Curriculum Planning and Development Coordinator, and Interim Director of the Centre for the Advancement of Faculty Excellence at MacEwan. Her current work focuses on evidencing value of educational development work, decolonizing academic integrity, and open pedagogical practices. Recent work also includes open educational resources for faculty for course design and for students engaging in competency-based Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR). As a Métis and neurodiverse faculty member, she cares deeply about making space for multiple perspectives in learning spaces.

Diane holds a PhD in Higher Education with a focus on research methodologies, learning theory, and e-learning (University of British Columbia), an M.Ed. in educational technologies and communications (Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador), and an MBA with a specialty in Community Economic Development (Cape Breton University). Her career has spanned 5 provinces and has incorporated teaching, administration and leadership. Her research and professional interests include Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), transformative communities of practice, e-strategic planning, faculty development, collaborative online pedagogy, e-research, program evaluation, mentoring, and instructional design. Her most recent published works include a focus on mentoring women leaders, reconciliation as design, and faculty techno-resiliency via communities of practice. Diane is looking forward to working with you to explore how she can support your classroom teaching and learning – F2F, blended and/or online, as well as your SoTL research.

Wei holds a PhD in Education, an M.Ed., both focusing on Assessment and Evaluation (Queen’s University), an M.A. in Linguistics (Yonsei University, South Korea), and a B.A in English Language Teaching (Yanbian University, China). His research focuses on assessment for teaching and learning, large-scale testing, program evaluation, and students’ success. His work has earned prestigious awards such as SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship and TIRF Doctoral Grant and has been presented at domestic and international conferences and published in high quality journals in the field.

Wei has been an educator for more than 20 years. Most of his work experiences involved teaching, research, curriculum design and implementation, and educational administration at postsecondary institutions. He has taught English, Mandarin Chinese, and Korean as a foreign language to various age groups, and trained teacher candidates on practical teaching in China and how to work with English Language Learners in Canada. He values experiential learning and makes every effort to create meaningful experiences for students to learn and grow.

Prior to joining TRU, Wei worked with Queen’s Health Sciences for their curriculum development and program evaluation. At TRU, Wei centers his work around a) supporting multicultural and multilingual faculty; b) advancing educational outcomes for multilingual learners, and c) promoting an inclusive classroom for all learners. Wei have been awarded as one of the 2024-25 TRU and TRUFA EDI fellows, which he will focus on the advancement of EDI and anti-racism literacy at TRU in the upcoming academic year.

Alexis holds a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction with a focus on critical pedagogies, decolonizing education, and culturally sustaining and revitalizing pedagogies (University of Victoria); an MEd in Language and Literacy (University of Victoria); a Professional Post-Degree in Secondary education specializing in Social Studies and English Language Arts (University of Victoria); and a B.A. in Ancient and Medieval History (University of Calgary). She is the recipient of a SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship, a Vancouver Foundation Systems Change Grant, and a National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation Grant.

Alexis has taught in both post-secondary and K-12 settings within British Columbia for 14 years. At the post-secondary level, Alexis has worked with both undergraduate and graduate level learners in Education programs. Her K-12 background has included working with youth in urban, rural, and alternative school settings.

Alexis is passionate about curriculum development and the relationship between the teaching and learning experiences. Her professional interests include developing curriculum, teaching, and learning practices centered on equity, diversity and inclusion; cultural responsiveness; and decolonization. She is looking forward to working with you to support your classroom teaching and learning, and scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) research.