Effective Instructor Feedback: Perceptions of Online Graduate Students
 

Author Biographies

Beverley Getzlaf, PhD., is Assistant Professor in the Centre for Nursing and Health Studies at Athabasca University. Beverley is a registered nurse and holds a PhD in Nursing from the University of Utah. Her research interests focus on critical pedagogy in online learning, in particular how students in health leadership programs can be supported in developing a critical perspective of their roles in creating equitable health care services. Beverley may be reached at bevg@athabascau.ca.

Beth Perry, PhD., is Associate Professor in the Center for Nursing and Health Studies at Athabasca University. The major theme of her disciplinary research is effectiveness in online teaching. Beth is particularly interested in how those professors, who are seen by learners as exemplary, manage to convey the human element in their virtual classrooms. She also pursues a research program related to excellence in nursing practice.

Greg Toffler is employed with the Ontario Association of Medical Radiation Technologists as Manager, Professional Services & Deputy CEO, overseeing the education, conference and professional practice portfolios related to Medical Radiation Sciences in Ontario. Prior to this he was a faculty member in the undergraduate Medical Radiation Sciences program at the Mohawk-McMaster Institute for Applied Health Sciences in Hamilton, Ontario. Greg’s specialties include radiographic physics, radiation biology and protection, the Canadian healthcare system and quality management. He also has extensive management and clinician experience in the public sector. Greg completed his undergraduate degree through Charles Stuart University in Australia and is currently a Master of Health Studies candidate at Athabasca University.

Kimberley Lamarche, DNP., is Assistant Professor and Program Manager of the
Master of Nursing: Advanced Nursing Practice program at Athabasca University. She recently completed a Doctorate of Nursing Practice degree with a concentration in Clinical Leadership from Case Western University. With a firm belief in the scholarship of practice, she owns and operates a primary health care nurse practitioner practice.

Margaret Edwards, PhD., is the Coordinator of Graduate Programs in the Centre for Nursing and Health Studies at Athabasca University. Margaret is a registered nurse and holds a PhD in Educational Policy and Administrative Studies from the University of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Margaret’s areas of research interest include innovative online teaching strategies and exemplary online teaching practices. She is also interested in exploring elderly care givers and their care recipients.