Colleen Starchuk
Learning Consultant
University of Alberta
Colleen Starchuk is the learning consultant with the U of A's Technologies in Education: Support and Solutions. She's been working on the curriculum renewal project with the School of Dentistry for the past few years, in her role at the University for the past 10 years and has supported curriculum development, course development and e-learning projects for higher education and industry throughout her career. Colleen has a M.A. specializing in Adult Education and a B.Ed. Major in Business/Computing.
"I find the curriculum revitalization project to be exciting and rewarding," says Starchuk. "I've been consistently impressed by the commitment to collaboration, quality of results that seems to be intrinsic to the work culture within the School of Dentistry. It is great to work with such a dedicated and passionate group of people."
What makes this renewal project unique is that it revolves around the commitment to collaboration says Starchuk, "The new program does more than reorganize the way that students will learn, it establishes a new paradigm. It's really exciting," she says, "Many program redesign projects rely on a small group of individuals to make the key decisions and complete the majority of the planning work. From the early stages the direction this project has taken has been established and reinforced through consultation and input."
