Rory McGreal

Rory McGreal is a Professor of Computer Technologies in Education and the Associate Vice President of Athabasca University – Canada’s Open University based in Alberta, Canada. He is also a UNESCO Chair in Open Educational Resources. He was previously the Executive Director of TeleEducation NB, a bilingual New Brunswick e-learning network. He previously was a supervisor at Contact North, a bilingual distance education network in Northern Ontario. He has also worked abroad in the Middle East, Seychelles (Indian Ocean), and Europe. He has been honored with the Wedemeyer Award for Distance Education practitioner. He researches the implementation and management of distance education systems and networks from technological, pedagogical, and policy perspectives. His present research interests include the use of open educational resources and standards in technology assisted learning, particularly in the development and application of learning objects. He is also researching how these would be applied and formatted on mobile devices for m-learning.

Publications

Choosing MOODLE: An Evaluation of Learning Management Systems at Athabasca University
Choosing MOODLE: An Evaluation of Learning Management Systems at Athabasca University
Brian Stewart, Derek Briton, Mike Gismondi, Bob Heller, Dietmar Kennepohl, Rory McGreal, Christine Nelson. © 2007. 7 pages.
Athabasca University—Canada’s Open University evaluated learning management systems (LMS) for use by the university. Evaluative criteria were developed in order to ensure that...