MEMORANDUM
To: PDAD&C
Professionals / Managers
From: Robert Cook, Chief Information Officer
Date: September 20, 2011
Re: Laurie Harrison appointed as Director, Online Learning Strategies
I am pleased to announce the appointment, of Laurie Harrison as Director, Online Learning Strategies effective October 17, 2011. In this new role Laurie will provide leadership in the development and implementation of the university's online learning strategy. She will identify, recommend and support the coherent provision of online learning solutions, services, processes and related infrastructure required to serve the academic and administrative needs of the university. Located within the CIO portfolio, Laurie will receive direction from the Vice-Provost Academic Programs, and work in close collaboration with the Director, Academic & Collaborative Technologies in Information + Technology Services, and the Director of the Centre for Teaching Support and Innovation (CTSI), as well as other senior academic and administrative leaders across all three campuses.
Laurie is currently the Director of Information Technology at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE). A graduate of the University of Guelph and OISE's Master of Education program, she first joined the university's central learning technology staff in 1997 as a specialist in online learning and inclusive design, coordinating a range of academic technology initiatives. After a short period managing Ryerson's Digital Projects Office, Laurie returned to OISE in 2006 to manage Education Commons' services and partnership projects with government and other institutions.
Laurie is well known in the university IT community through her committee work, collaborative initiatives and advocacy in the area of accessible and inclusive design. Most recently she has undertaken a one-year part time secondment to the Office of the Vice-Provost Academic Programs to support development of online learning strategies and the university's participation in the Ontario Online Institute initiative.
Laurie will be a welcome addition to the CIO's leadership team.
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