Irwin DeVries

Associate faculty

Education & Technology programs

Irwin DeVries is committed to making higher education more accessible using open learning methods. DeVries undertakes research and conference presentations in distance education, open educational practices and networked learning in digital environments. He has worked in career, professional and higher education settings, in both practice and leadership roles.

 

 

Experience

DeVries’ experience includes teaching online, instructional design, curriculum development and implementing learning technologies. Most recently he was director of curriculum development and interim associate vice-president of Open Learning at Thompson Rivers University. In his early career DeVries was a course designer for the original BC Open Learning Institute. He recently completed a term as co-Editor of the International Journal of E-learning and Distance Education, a Canadian peer-reviewed open access journal.

 

 

Education

2014
PhD in Education

Simon Fraser University

1981
MA in Administrative, Adult and Higher Education

University of British Columbia

1979
BA in English

Simon Fraser University