Experience

Dr. David Porter is a long-time advocate for the benefits of adapting new technology to deliver education and training opportunities and has been involved in online, open and distance learning since the 1990s.

David served most recently as Senior Adviser – Higher Education at the Commonwealth of Learning. From 2016-2020, David was the CEO of eCampusOntario, leading initiatives across Ontario’s 45 universities and colleges to innovate in the online learning space and exploring new ideas such as micro-credentials to provide nimble pathways to workforce development. David was formerly Executive Director of BCcampus, where he and his team engineered Canada’s first government-funded open textbook program, a leading-edge development in Canadian higher education, in 2012. He has also worked as an Associate Vice-President Educational Support and Innovation at the British Columbia Institute of Technology and as Dean of Innovative Learning at Humber College

David has also worked as a project leader and consultant for international open and distance learning initiatives, including projects in Mongolia, Vietnam, and India.

In 2018, he was awarded the Canadian Network for Innovation in Education’s (CNIE) Leadership Award. In October 2019, he received an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) in British Columbia, for his work in innovating teaching and learning practices using educational technologies.

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