His career has included teaching and research at all levels of adult education, private sector management and training experience, and consulting with government and private sector clients. Presently, in addition to developing and teaching educational technology courses in the CDE, Pat coordinates the Advanced Graduate Diploma in Distance Education (Technology) program, and the CDE‘s annual Athabasca University Distance Education Technology Symposium (DETS). His research interests include online interaction media, and CMC transcript analysis. He is a former president of the Alberta Distance Education and Training Association (ADETA). He can be contacted as follows: