Sam Yousefifard
University of British Columbia
Instructional Technology Designer
Vancouver
Sam is an Instructional Technology Designer at the University of British Columbia, Canada. He holds a master’s degree in Media and Technology Studies Education from UBC and a significant number of certificates from Harvard, Pennsylvania, Michigan, California-San Diego, Illinois, Urbana Champaign and other top US Universities. Working alongside top researchers, practitioners and professors at four UBC Faculties and twelve Departments/Offices (e.g., Teacher Education Office; Information Technology), provided him with the opportunity of applying his instructional technology design and learning media design skills into interdisciplinary practice. Currently, he is focused on research projects on 1) Instructional Technology Design, 2) Interaction Design 3) Technology-enhanced Testing and Assessment 4) Game Design & Game-based Learning 5) Language Learning, Technology and Design 6) Media, Pedagogy and Technology Studies