Biography

Dr. Lomas is the Director of The Learning Centre and Assistant Dean, Learning Technologies in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems (LFS) at the University of British Columbia where he oversees the integration of ICT, Instructional Support, and Teaching and Learning for the faculty. Ongoing initiatives include problem based learning, Blackboard support, and distance education. New projects include implementing student digital storytelling in core AgroEcology courses, incorporating emerging technologies into educational, administrative practices and several podcasting, digital storytelling and rich media projects.

Current projects include studying practices associated with 'social software' and student created content; the use of social tags to assist in new ways of sorting through content contained in blogs and videoblogs; the use of visual media to communicate educational content; digital storytelling, podcasting and the incorporation of this media into e-portfolios; and formal, informal and virtual learning spaces. Dr. Lomas also serves on the Advisory Group for the production of the Educause Learning Initiative’s '7 things you should know..' series on emerging technologies.

EDUCAUSE Involvement

Publications

Collaboration Tools

EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative

August 2008

ELI Discovery Tool: Guide to Blogging

EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI)

August 2007

7 Things You Should Know About Social Bookmarking

EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative

May 2005

Learning Space Design: Photos and Interviews

EDUCAUSE Review

January 2005

Design of the Learning Space: Learning and Design Princip ...

Articles

January 2005

Learning Space Design in the 21st Century: 2004 Fall Focus ...

EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative

January 2004

Presentations

Blogs