Roland van Oostveen
PhD
Professor
Associate Dean, Graduate Studies
Faculty of Education
Contact information
Charles Hall
- Room 355
Downtown Oshawa
61 Charles Street
Oshawa, ON L1H 4X8
905.721.8668 ext. 2657
Roland van Oostveen – E-learning, m-learning, educational informatics
Dr. Roland van Oostveen’s research interests include: online learning curriculum development, problem-based learning (PBL) in online environments, and virtual environment creation. He is the Program Director of Ontario Tech University's Bachelor of Arts in Adult Education and Digital Technology.Bio
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 the Toronto District School Board. Dr. van Oostveen currently serves as Director of the Educational Informatics Laboratory (EILab) at the Faculty of Education, Ontario Tech U, an innovative research facility, which focusses on Human-Computer-Human Interactions (HCHI). Dr. van Oostveen also serves as the Director of the BA in Educational Studies and Digital Technology (ESDT) program in the Faculty of Education at UOIT. The program is oriented around Problem and Inquiry-Based Learning within the context of a Fully Online Learning Community (FOLC) environment.
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Courses taught
Bachelor of Arts, Educational Studies
- EDST 1100U - Problem and Inquiry Based Learning
formerly EDUC 4703U - Teaching and Learning: Problem Based Learning - EDST 4300U / 4301U: Engaged Educator Project (EEP)
formerly AEDT 4300U / 4301U - AEDT 1120U - Foundations of Digital Teaching and Learning Technologies
- AEDT 4200U / 4201U - Thesis I & II
Bachelor of Education
- CURS 4100U / 4101U - Curriculum Studies: I/S Biology
- CURS 4180U / 4181U - Curriculum Studies: I/S General Science
- EDUC 3511U - Learning with ICT (I/S)
- EDUC 3460U - Education Elective: Problem Based Learning
Master of Education
- EDUC 5303G - Technology and the Curriculum
- EDUC 5302G - Curriculum Planning and Implementation
- EDUC 5101G - Digital Tools for Constructing Knowledge
- EDUC 5102G - Educational Technology & Communication
- CSCI 5140G - Ecology of Online Learning
- CSCI 6720G - Advanced Topics in Information Science
Research and expertise
- Educational informatics
- e-Learning and m-Learning
- Online learning curriculum development
- Problem-based learning (PBL) in online environments
- Virtual environment creation