Curriculum Vitae
Contact
Colin Madland, PhD(c)
West Kelowna, BC
colin@madland.ca
778.257.3533
Education
Degree
	Field
	Institution
	Date
	
Ph.D. (c)
	Technology-Integrated Assessment
	University of Victoria
	Expected 2026
	
M.Ed.
	Distance Education
	Athabasca University
	2014
	
B.Ed.
	Physical Education
	University of Lethbridge
	2001
	
B.A.
	Physical Education
	Trinity Western University
	1997

Certifications
•	British Columbia Ministry of Education Teacher Regulation Branch
–	Professional Certificate #L178396
•	Alberta Education
–	Permanent Professional Certificate #254651U
Employment History
Dates
	Position, Employer
	
2019 - present
	Sessional Instructor, University of Victoria
	
2026 - present
	Journal Manager, Open/Technology in Education, Society, and Scholarship Association (OTESSA) Journal
	
2023 - present
	Open Learning Faculty Member, Thompson Rivers University Open Learning
	
2024 - 2026
	Director, Technology-integrated Learning and Assessment, Trinity Western University
	
2016 - 2024
	Manager of Online Learning and Instructional Technologies, Trinity Western University
	
2019 - 2024
	Sessional Instructor, Trinity Western University
	
2016
	Coordinator for Educational Technologies, Thompson Rivers University (Sessional )
	
2015 - 2017
	Open Education Research Fellow
	
2010 - 2016
	E-Learning Facilitator, Thompson Rivers University
	
2009 - 2013
	Research Assistant, Athabasca University
	
2007 - 2010
	High School Teacher and Athletic Director, St. Ann’s Academy
	
2005 - 2007
	English Teacher, Ogaki and Nagoya, Japan
	
2001-2005
	High School Teacher, Calgary Alberta

Refereed Journal Articles
•	Madland, C., Irvine, V., DeLuca, C., & Bulut, O. (2024a). Developing the Technology-Integrated Assessment Framework. The Open/Technology in Education, Society, and Scholarship Association Journal, 4(1), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.18357/otessaj.2024.4.1.63
•	Madland, C., Irvine, V., DeLuca, C., & Bulut, O. (2024b). Technology-Integrated Assessment: A Literature Review. The Open/Technology in Education, Society, and Scholarship Association Journal, 4(1), 1–48. https://doi.org/10.18357/otessaj.2024.4.1.57
•	Madland, C., & Richards, G. (2016). Enhancing Student-Student Online Interaction: Exploring the Study Buddy Peer Review Activity. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 17(3). https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v17i3.2179
Forthcoming
•	Madland, C., Irvine, V., Bulut, O., & DeLuca, C. (In preparation). Exploring the Factor Structure of the Technology-Integrated Assessment Framework.   
Refereed Proceedings
•	Madland, C., Irvine, V., DeLuca, C., & Bulut, O. (2024, June). Evolving our understanding of technology-integrated assessment: A review of the literature and development of a new framework. Open/Technology in Education, Society, and Scholarship Association at Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities, Montreal, QC, CA. https://doi.org/10.18357/otessac.2024.4.1.393
•	Cui, H., Irvine, V., Miller, M., & Madland, C. (2024). Creating Capacity for Digital Transformation of Education: Mode and Disciplinary Barriers in the Development of Highly Qualified Personnel. Proceedings of the Open/Technology in Education, Society, and Scholarship Association Conference. Open/Technology in Education, Society, and Scholarship Association Conference, Montréal, QC. https://doi.org/10.18357/otessac.2024.4.1.421
•	Irvine, V., Paskevicius, M., Madland, C., McCue, R., & Roberts, V. (2022). Multi-Section Open Course Design: Design and Implications for Faculty, Sessional Instructors, and Learners. The Open/Technology in Education, Society, and Scholarship Association Conference, 2(1), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.18357/otessac.2022.2.1.419
•	Madland, C., Ofosuhene, M., & Adkins, J. (2022). Digital Platforms and Algorithmic Erasure: What are the Implications? Open/Technology in Education, Society, and Scholarship Association at Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities, Online. https://doi.org/10.18357/otessac.2022.2.1.137
•	Irvine, V., Paskevicius, M., Madland, C., McCue, R., & Roberts, V. (2022). Multi-Section Open Course Design: Design and Implications for Faculty, Sessional Instructors, and Learners. Proceedings of the Open/Technology in Education, Society, and Scholarship Association Conference, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.18357/otessac.2022.2.1.419
•	Madland, C., & Restoule, J.-P. (2021). Self-Determination in Indigenous Online Education. The Open/Technology in Education, Society, and Scholarship Association Conference, 1 (1), 1–7. https://doi.org/10.18357/otessac.2021.1.1.147
Refereed Presentations
•	Madland, C., & Mitchell, J. (2025, June 5). Assessment for Equity: Openness and DEI in your Grading Architecture [50-min Workshop]. Open/Technology in Education, Society, and Scholarship Association Conference, Victoria, BC. https://cmadland.github.io/slides/posts/otessa25-grading/#/title-slide
•	Madland, C., Irvine, V., DeLuca, C., & Bulut, O. (2025, June 6). Technology-integrated Assessment Scale [20-min Presentation]. Open/Technology in Education, Society, and Scholarship Association Conference, Victoria, BC. https://cmadland.github.io/slides/posts/otessa25-scale/#/title-slide
•	Madland, C., Irvine, V., DeLuca, C., & Bulut, O. (2024, June). Evolving our understanding of technology-integrated assessment: A review of the literature and development of a new framework. Open/Technology in Education, Society, and Scholarship Association, Montreal, QC, CA. https://cmadland.github.io/blog/posts/deck-otessa24/#/title-slide
•	Madland, C. (2023, June). Research? Which Research? Technology, Assessment, and Higher Education in Tension. Open/Technology in Education, Society, and Scholarship Association, Online.
•	Madland, C. (2022, May). Assessment and Digital Technology in Higher Education: A Review of the Literature. Open/Technology in Education, Society, and Scholarship Association, Online. https://cmadland.github.io/decks/otessa22---assessment-and-digital-technology-in-higher-education.html#otessa22---assessment-and-digital-technology-in-higher-education
•	Irvine, V., Paskevicius, M., Madland, C., McCue, R., Roberts, V. (2022, May). Multi-Section Open Course Design: Design and Implications for Faculty, Sessional Instructors, and Learners. OTESSA 2022, Online. https://otessa.github.io/2022/wedesday-may-18-2022.html#parallel-session-11.1-transitions-of-online-learning-and-teaching-pse-open
•	Marjanovic, K., Golland, B., Madland, C. (2022, May). Share Access! Using Bookdown to Remove Barriers and Open Up Learning. OTESSA 2022, Online. https://otessa.github.io/2022/friday-may-20-2022.html#share-access-using-bookdown-to-remove-barriers-and-open-up-learning
•	Madland, C., Ofosuhene, M., and Adkins, J., (2022, May). Digital platforms and algorithmic erasure: What are the implications? OTESSA 2022, Online. https://otessa.github.io/2022/tuesday-may-17-2022.html#digital-platforms-and-algorithmic-erasure-what-are-the-implications-practice-oriented
•	Madland, C. (2021, September). Assessment Approaches in Higher Education. Let’s Talk about Teaching, Victoria, BC.
•	Clark Gray, B., & Madland, C. (2021, June). Resisting Surveillance Technology. OTESSA 2021, Online. https://otessa.org/2021/abstracts/resisting-surveillance-technology/
•	Madland, C., & James, H. (2021, June). Experiencing a cognitive apprenticeship in the context of co-designing and co-teaching an undergraduate course. OTESSA 2021, Online. https://otessa.org/2021/abstracts/experiencing-a-cognitive-apprenticeship-in-the-context-of-co-designing-and-co-teaching-an-undergraduate-course/
•	Madland, C. (2021, May). Humanizing Assessment in Online Higher Education. OTESSA 2021, Online. https://otessa.org/2021/abstracts/humanizing-assessment-in-online-higher-education/
•	Madland, C. (2021, May). Indigenous Digital Self-Determination. OTESSA 2021, Online. https://otessa.org/2021/abstracts/indigenous-digital-self-determination/
•	Chan, K., Irvine, V., & Madland, C. (2020, July). Decentralized Synchronous Learning Pods For Learner Discourse and Community-Building: An Alternative to Breakout Rooms. Let’s Talk about Teaching, Victoria, BC.
•	Irvine, V., James, H., Madland, C., & McCue, R. (2020, July). Teaching in the Open: Supporting Open Access Designs for Social Justice. Let’s Talk about Teaching, Victoria, BC.
•	James, H., & Madland, C. (2020, July). Co-Designing and Co-Teaching an Online Course. Let’s Talk about Teaching, Victoria, BC.
•	Madland, C., & Irvine, V. (2020, April 17). Self-Determination in Indigenous Online Education [Roundtable Session]. AERA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. (Conference Canceled). http://tinyurl.com/vp8h3q8
•	Madland, C. (2019, June). Indigenous and Open Education: A contradiction? CSSHE Conference, Vancouver, BC.
•	Madland, C. (2017). Flexible Infrastructure to Support the Design and Delivery of Online Learning. ICDE World Conference for Online Learning, Toronto.
•	Madland, C. (2016, November). The Open Advantage. Open Education, Richmond, VA.
•	Hendricks, C., Jhangiani, R., & Madland, C. (2016, March). Experiences, perceptions, and outcomes of BC students using open textbooks: Research from the BC OER Research Fellows. BCcampus Festival of Learning.
•	Madland, C. (2016a, February). Building Trust and Community with Initiative Tasks. Teaching Practices Colloquium, Kamloops, BC.
•	Madland, C. (2016, February). Communities of Inquiry to Ignite Learning. Teaching Practices Colloquium, Kamloops, BC.
•	Madland, C. (2016, April). Enhancing Learning through OER and Open Platforms. OER16, Edinburgh, Scotland.
•	Madland, C. (2016, April). Exploring the Remix Hypothesis. Open Education Global Conference, Krakow, Poland.
•	Madland, C. (2015, November). Open and Connected Faculty Development. Open Education, Vancouver, BC.
•	Madland, C. (2014, February). Structured Student Interactions. Teaching Practices Colloquium, Kamloops, BC.
•	Madland, C. (2014, May). Encouraging Deeper Approaches to Learning. Open Learning Faculty Members Workshop, Kamloops, BC.
•	Madland, C. (2014, May). Structured Student Interactions. CNIE Conference, Kamloops, BC.
•	Madland, C. (2013, September). Structuring Student Interactions in Online Distance Learning: Exploring the Study Buddy Activity. Athabasca University Graduate Students’ Conference, Edmonton, AB.
•	Madland, C. (2012, February). Engaging Students with Video. Teaching Practices Colloquium, Kamloops, BC.
•	Madland, C. (2012, May). Online Faculty Development. Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Faculty Showcase, Calgary, AB.
Non-Refereed Presentations
•	Madland, C. (2012, May). Outside the Box Feedback with Adobe Acrobat. Open Learning Faculty Members Workshop, Kamloops, BC.
•	Madland, C. (2011, October). Thinking Despite the Box: Designing Interaction in Blackboard. Teaching with Technology Series, Kamloops, BC.
•	Madland, C. (2010, October). Twitter in Higher Education. Teaching with Technology Series, Kamloops, BC.
Media
•	Krinsky, S., & Bosley, R. (October 8, 2024). Alt Grading in Physical Education, Canadian Grading Reforms, and Technology-Integrated Assessment: An Interview with Colin Madland (No. 65) [Podcast]. https://thegradingpod.com/episodes/65-alt-grading-in-physical-education-canadian-grading-reforms-and-technology-integrated-assessment-an-interview-with-colin-madland/
•	Greene, T. (2020). Valerie Irvine and Colin Madland [Broadcast]. [Podcast]. https://www.spreaker.com/episode/valerie-irvine-and-colin-madland--23026170
Research Dissemination
•	“Teaching, Learning, and AI”, TWU Faculty Professional Learning Seminar, January 2026.
•	“Re-imagining Assessment Choices”, TWU Faculty Professional Learning Seminar. October 2025
•	“Technology-Integrated Assessment in Higher Education”; Kigali, Rwanda; Uganda; and Pan-Africa Christian University, Nairobi, Kenya, November 2024
•	“Self-Paced Learning in Higher Education”, Pan-Africa Christian University, Nairobi, Kenya, May 2023
•	“What is Assessment”, TWU Faculty Professional Learning Seminar. March 2023
Research Funding
•	BCcampus Research Fellowship, 2022 ($6000)
•	University of Victoria Graduate Student Award, September 2019 ($5000)
•	University of Victoria Graduate Student Award, September 2018 ($5000)
•	TRU Open Learning Presentation Fund, April 2016 ($5000)
•	Open Education Resources Research Fellow, Open Education Group, 2015-16 (5000 USD)
•	Athabasca University Tim Byrne Memorial Scholarship (for academic excellence along with an outstanding thesis or project), nominated by the Centre for Distance Education, June 2014. ($1000)
•	Athabasca University Student Travel Award, September 2013. ($800)
•	Athabasca University Graduate Student Mission Critical Research Fund, April 2013. ($420)
•	Athabasca University Access to Research Tools, April 2013. ($300)
Teaching Activities
Undergraduate and Graduate - All courses and sections were taught fully online.
Year
	Course
	Title
	Credit Hours/Units
	Students
	
Summer 2019
	EDCI 335
	Learning Design
	1.5
	37
	
Summer 2019
	EDCI 339
	Open and Distributed Learning
	1.5
	39
	
Summer 2019
	LDRS 663
	Transformational Blended Learning
	3
	3
	
Summer 2020
	EDCI 335
	Learning Design
	1.5
	56
	
Summer 2020
	EDCI 339
	Open and Distributed Learning
	1.5
	59
	
Summer 2020
	LDRS 663
	Transformational Blended Learning
	3
	16
	
Fall 2020
	LDRS 663
	Transformational Blended Learning
	3
	10
	
Spring 2021
	LDRS 663
	Transformational Blended Learning
	3
	7
	
Summer 2021
	EDCI 335
	Learning Design
	1.5
	40
	
Fall 2021
	LDRS 663
	Transformational Blended Learning
	3
	7 (All in Nigeria)
	
Fall 2021
	EDCI 335
	Learning Design
	1.5
	41
	
Spring 2022
	LDRS 663
	Transformational Blended Learning
	3
	11
	
Summer 2022
	EDCI 338
	Social Media and Personalized Learning
	1.5
	39
	
Spring 2023
	LDRS 663
	Transformational Blended Learning
	3
	1 (DS)
	
Fall 2023
	LDRS 663
	Transformational Blended Learning
	3
	6 (4 in Nigeria)
	
Fall 2023
	LDRS 663
	Transformational Blended Learning
	3
	4
	
Fall 2024
	LDRS 663
	Transformational Blended Learning
	3
	1
	
Fall 2024
	LDRS 463
	Transformational Blended Learning
	3
	2
	
Summer 2025
	LDRS 663
	Transformational Blended Learning
	3
	1
	
Summer 2025
	LDRS 463
	Transformational Blended Learning
	3
	4

Curriculum Development Projects
•	LDRS 101 - Learning in a Digital World
•	LDRS 663 - Transformational Blended Learning
•	EDCI 335 - Learning Design
•	EDCI 339 - Distributed and Open Learning
•	Teaching Online Effectively (TOnE)
•	Online Teaching and Learning
•	Online Facilitation Skills for Student Learning, Engagement, and Retention
•	Course Management Strategies
•	Online Student Success
Service
Reviewer
•	Open/Technology in Education, Society, and Scholarship Association (OTESSA) Conference
•	Open/Technology in Education Society, and Scholarship Association (OTESSA) Journal,
•	International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning (IRRODL),
•	Research in Learning Technology (ISSOTL)
•	Teaching & Learning Inquiry
•	International Journal of E-Learning and Distance Education
Committees
•	Founding Board Member, Open/Technology in Education, Society, and Scholarship Association (OTESSA), 2019-present
•	Faculty Professional Learning Committee, Trinity Western University, 2016-present
•	Board of Directors, Canadian Network for Innovation in Education (CNIE), 2016-2018
•	Chair, Thompson Rivers University Graduate Studies Committee of Senate, November 2015-April 2016
•	Thompson Rivers University Graduate Studies Committee of Senate, November 2012 - November 2015
•	Academic Planning and Priorities Committee of Senate, October 2015-April 2016
Awards
•	Outstanding Service Award from Thompson Rivers University Open Learning, September 2012.
Professional Learning
•	Coaching for Leaders, Smart + Savvy and Associates (2018)
•	Interculturalizing the Curriculum, Thompson Rivers University (2015)