Dr Chris Ostrowdun

Responsibilities

• Deputy Director of Research Innovation and Scholarship
• Programme Leader: MA Inclusive and Special Education

Research interests

My research and teaching focus on inclusive education, disability studies, equity, and the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), particularly in higher education.

I use sociocultural and critical theories to understand how students and educators experience education and to design more equitable learning environments. My work spans a range of interests and topics including technology and learning sciences, and draws on approaches such as design-based research, arts based research, discourse and interaction analysis, and visual methods. Much of my research is interdisciplinary and international in scope.

Qualifications

• PhD Learning Sciences, University of Calgary
• MA Education Technology, University of Calgary
• BSc Physics and Astrophysics, University of Calgary

Professional memberships

• International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS)
• International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL)
• EuroSoTL Network

Current postgraduate researchers

• Robert Averies