Bill Muirhead
PhD

Bio

Dr. Muirhead was the founding Associate Provost, Academic at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. As a founding academic administrator of the university, he was responsible for developing Canada’s largest Technology Enriched Learning Environment, the Teaching and Learning Center, the Academic Success Center, the Health Education Technology Research Unit, the University Information and Technology Services and is currently a founding researcher of the EILAB in the UOIT Faculty of Education. Dr. Muirhead has overseen the development of university policies and governance structures pertaining to all aspects of the undergraduate curriculum and quality assurance. Prior to the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, he was the founding Executive Director of the Alberta Online Consortium (AOC) and served as a senior advisor to the department of Alberta Learning in areas of e-learning, professional development, and all aspects of policy involving online learning, online schooling and emerging information and communications technologies (ICT) in public and post-secondary education sectors in Canada and Australia.  Dr. Muirhead’s research interests included professional practices in online education; design of hybrid learning environments; policy support for developing and implementing learning object repositories; and the development and management of technological infrastructures in postsecondary institutions. An internationally recognized speaker, he has been the recipient of numerous awards for leadership and innovation in e-learning.

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