MEMBER

Avi Hyman (Ed.D.,Toronto)
Director, Academic Computing, Faculty of Medicine
Manager, Bell University Lab in Health Communications
Associate Faculty Member, Theory and Policy Studies, OISE/UT

Phone: 416-978-6014
Fax:     416-978-6168

Biography

Dr. Hyman’s time is divided among three significant positions. As Director of Academic Computing in the Faculty of Medicine, he manages a team of educators and technical specialists who work with Health Sciences instructors, researchers, and students on achieving their academic goals through technology. The team supports research initiatives and classroom and online teaching. Dr. Hyman’s own experience includes BlackBoard, WebKF, FirstClass, WebCT, all aspects of computing services, (e.g., support to student computing lab environments and the deployment of educational software), and he has run several large listserv communities. At the Bell University Laboratory (BUL) in Health Communications, he manages the development and implementation of innovative research projects in health informatics and electronic health communication and learning. With respect to his third position as an Associate Faculty Member in the Department of Theory and Policy Studies in Education (OISE/UT), Dr. Hyman is involved in both the graduate program and the initial teacher education program, teaching courses in organizational administration and policy analysis for educational technology and classroom technologies. With whatever spare time remains, Dr. Hyman is active on the U of T’s Academic Computing Advisory Committee (ACAC), the Webservices Reference Group, and the Resource Centre for Academic Technology (RCAT) Advisory Committee. From 2000-2002, he was Vice-Chair of OISE/UT’s Faculty Council.

Keywords
Educational technology and online learning, Organizational administration of technology, policy analysis for education technology, history of educational technology