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Ian Cowley

Associate Director, Learning Design - Sauder School of Business

University of British Columbia (UBC)

Vancouver, BC, Canada

ian.cowley@icloud.com

 

Professional Experience
 

Languages
Associate Director, Learning Design - Sauder School of Business
UBC - Vancouver, BC
2021 - present
 
Associate Dean, Melville School of Business
KPU - Vancouver, BC
2020 - 2021
Academic Chair - International Projects
SAIT - Calgary, Alberta
2019 - 2020
Program Design - Centre for Applied Education Innovation
SAIT - Calgary, Alberta
2018 - 2019
 
Coordinator, Scholarly Activity Implementation - Program Quality & Development, Office of the Vice President Academic
SAIT - Calgary, Alberta
2017 - 2018
SAIT Board of Governors - Academic Member
SAIT - Calgary, Alberta

2014 - 2019

Faculty Development Facilitator - Centre for Instructional Technology & Development
SAIT - Calgary, Alberta
2014 - 2017
 
Instructor - School of Hospitality & Tourism
SAIT - Calgary, Alberta

2009 - 2014

Culinary / hospitality instructor

Banquet Director
The Fairmont Orchid - Kona Coast, Hawaii

​2006 - 2007

 

Assistant Director - Food and Beverage
The Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise - Lake Louise, Alberta

​2004 - 2006

 

Director - Food and Beverage
Panorama Mountain Village - Panorama, BC

​2001 - 2003

 

Food and Beverage Manager
Green College UBC - Vancouver, BC

​1996 - 2001

 

General Manager / Executive Chef
Hastings House Country Inn - Salt Spring Island, BC

​1994 - 1996

 

Chef - Chartwell Restaurant
Four Seasons Hotel - Vancouver, BC

​1990 - 1993

 

Culinary Positions
1989 - 1990: L'esperance de Marc Meneau - St-Pere-Sous-Vezelay, France
1988 - 1989: Hotel/Restaurant Troisgros - Roanne, France
1987 - 1988: Hotel/Restaurant Le Petit Nice - Marseille, France
1985 - 1987: Claridge's Hotel - London, England
1984 - 1985: Four Seasons Hotel - Calgary, Alberta

 

English - native proficiency

French - professional                         proficiency

Skills

ISW/FDW Facilitator

Adult Education

Distance Education

E-learning

Instructional Design

Educational Technology

Blended Learning

Post-Secondary Governance

2010 - present

2010 - present

Education
 

University of Western Ontario
Ed.D. - Doctor of Education

2016 - 2019

Athabasca University
M.Ed. (DE) - Master of Education

2012 - 2015

 

Introduction to Distance Education and Training

Research Methods in Distance Education

Foundations of Instructional Design: Systems Analysis and Learning Theory

Instructional Design in Distance Education

Planning and Management in Distance Education and Training

Survey of Current Educational Technology Applications

Experiential Learning

Adult Education and Lifelong Learning

Trends and Issues in Instructional Design

Online Teaching in Distance Education and Training

Professional Seminar on Leadership in Education Innovation

 

Vancouver Community College
Provincial Instructors Diploma Program

2009 - 2011

 

Design of Curriculum and Instruction

Instructional Media

Evaluation of Learning

Evaluation of Instruction

Elements of Instruction

 

Southern Alberta Institute of Technology - SAIT
Professional Cooking Diploma

1982 - 1984

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