Barbara Berry, M.A. Adult, Administrative and Higher Education, UBC, B. N. Sc. Queen’s University

Biography: 

Barbara Berry received her MA in Adult, Administrative and Higher Education from the University of British Columbia, Faculty of Education. Her research explored the factors facilitating and hindering the work of seniors community action groups involved in health promotion at the local level. She received a Bachelor of Nursing Science from Queen’s University in Kingston. Her professional health roles have included clinical practitioner, Public Health Nurse, Healthy Communities Network of BC Coordinator, Community Development Consultant and Acting Director of Health Promotion. Barbara has over ten years of instructional experience with health care providers and allied health professionals at the college level.

As an Adult Educator, she has worked extensively as an Educational Consultant in strategic planning, program planning and evaluation, adult learning and development, instructional design and work-based performance in government, non-profit and the high tech industry. Her areas of expertise include learning design, the use of Web 2.0 technologies for learning, communities of practice and work-based learning.
Barbara currently applies her knowledge of adult education, health and the use of technologies in her consulting role with the Faculty of Health Sciences. She also supports interdisciplinary instructional teams in TechOne at the Surrey Campus. She also teaches course design and assessment in the Graduate Certificate Program at Simon Fraser University.