Mark BullenMark Bullen is the associate dean of the Learning & Teaching Centre (LTC) at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) in Vancouver, Canada. His main areas of responsibility are curriculum and instructor development and educational researchand innovation. Before joining BCIT in 2005, Dr. Bullen spent 23 years at the University of British Columbia where he was involved in distance education course development and e-learning research as director of the Centre for Managing & Planning E-Learning and assistant, associate, and acting director of the Distance Education & Technology Department. He has extensive international consulting experience related to online course development and the planning and management of e-learning. He has taught workshops on developing and delivering online instruction around the world, and has been a consultant on distance education projects several countries. Bullen is an adjunct professor in the Master of Distance Education at Athabasca University and in the Master of Educational Technology at the University of British Columbia. He has a Ph.D. in adult education, a master’s degree in educational psychology, and a BEd from the University of British Columbia. Read More Read Less