Hengstler, Julia
Educational Technologist & Instructor, Faculty of Education
- Certificate in School Management & Leadership, University of Victoria
- M.A. (Distributed Learning), Royal Roads University, Victoria, BC
- Post Degree Professional Program, University of Victoria
- B.A. (English), Amherst College, Massachusetts
Office: Education
Bldg. (#356): Room 248
Phone: 250-753-3245 (local: 2630)
Email: Julia.Hengstler@viu.ca
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jhengstler
Delicious: http://delicious.com/jhengstler
Blog: http://jhengstler.wordpress.com/
Julia is the Educational Technologist with the Faculty of Education at Vancouver Island University & as of Spring 2009 is also an Instructor in Educational Technology in the Post-Baccalaureate program. She joined the faculty in August 2007 after a number of years teaching in School District 64 (Gulf Islands). Julia has a broad instructional background teaching students from grade 6 to adult in both traditional and non-traditional contexts. Her subject area experience covers English, social studies, math, science, and Spanish courses up to the senior levels. Julia has always had a strong interest in how technology can improve both learning and teaching and developed the Distributed Learning Program at Gulf Islands Secondary. Currently, Julia supports both Education students and faculty in the use of educational technologies. She manages the department website, provides technology related workshops, & supports online course delivery through Moodle.
Julia completed her Certificate in School Management & Leadership at the University of Victoria (British Columbia, Canada). In addition, Julia holds a Master of Arts in Distributed Learning from Royal Roads University (Victoria, BC). Her current areas of interest are relational trust, the many ways learners vary, & how technology can optimize learning & teaching. Her articles, "Building Relational Trust & Community" (December 2008) & "Assessing Trust" (October 2007) were published in Adminfo (BC). A strong proponent of using open source & free software, Julia also authored "Chapter 8: Exploring Open Source for Educators: We're Not in Kansas Anymore--Entering OS" in the book & ebook, Education for a Digital World (Commonwealth of Learning, 2008). See what Julia has found, has to say or is up to on Twitter, follow the resources she's found on Delicious, or see what she has to say on her Blog
See Julia's Resume.