Current Affiliations
Presentations
- Promoting Student Agency with Blended Learning: A Mixed Methods Research on the Impact of Perceived Autonomy on Course Experience
- Preparing New Faculty to Teach in a Changing Higher Education Environment: An Exploratory Convergent Mixed Methods Research
- From “it wasn’t that helpful” to “it was really good”: Proportion of Online to Face-to-Face Components and Student Experiences with Blended Learning
- "It's like sharpening a knife": Instructors' Time in Blended Learning Courses
- Student Engagement and Satisfaction Between Different Undergraduate Blended Learning Courses
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Biography
Luis Francisco Vargas-Madriz finished his MEd in Technology in Education at the University of Alberta, and his BSc (Hons) in Psychology at the University of Costa Rica. Before joining the CTL team he worked in a variety of projects such as The Lived Code/Space of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs); Motivation, Engagement and Learning in DINO 101: Students’ Lived and Perceived Experiences in a Massive Open Online Course; and Flexible Pathways to Success: Technology to Design for Diversity. His research interests include blended and online learning, 21st century skills, and assistive technology. His research studies have examined the impact of online communication on dimensions such as satisfaction, interpersonal relationships, well-being, as well as productivity; and the lived experience of closeness in online learning environments.