Dr. Selia Karsten's Teaching ePortfolio

I am a professor by passion and occupation.  I was with Seneca College from 1985 until my retirement from full time teaching in December 2006. MY last decade at Seneca was in the School of Marketing and eBusiness.  At the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto (OISE/UT) I am Sessional Lecturer Level II, teaching in the Curriculum Teaching and Learning Department, with a research focus in Computer Applications and Holistic and Arts-Based Education. My online course, Holistic Approaches to Information Technology was last delivered in Spring 2010 and Foundations of Curriculum (online) in the fall of 2008 and The Holistic Curriculum face-to-face Summer 2010.

At astralsite.com, find examples of my work as a Web-based instructional designer and consultant for educational publishers and find links to the many projects and sites developed in regards to my interests as an educator and artist. One of my te.aching missions is to guide learners in self-actualizing processes. I began my participation as a full time student in the three-year Art Centre program in September 2007 and graduated in June 2010.

Accomplishments include graduation with "high honours" for a certificate in Designing Curriculum Using Instructional Technology, Seneca College Spring 2004.  I am one of the editors for Holistic Learning and Spirituality in Education published by SUNY Press, spring 2005.  I have developed and taught numerous post secondary courses and have served on many committees, intiatives and projects related to alternative modes of delivery and learning management systems. I continue to be a reviewer for the British Journal of Educational Technology. I present at conferences such as the Technology, Colleges and Community online conference.