Don Krug

Professor
Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy (EDCP)

Dr. Krug is a curriculum and pedagogy scholar; educational technology, media literacy and virtual education expert; computer science specialist; and UBC Sustainability Fellow. Significant results of his research program are critical inquiry practices and policies for early childhood – adult education. His scholarship on ecologies of learning and virtual communities pioneered pragmatic and conceptual ways of knowing and using technology integration within in/formal societal and cultural contexts.

Contributions:

Tondeur, J., Krug, D., Bill, M., Smulders , M., & Z. Chang, Z. (2015). Capacity building for ICT integration in secondary schools in Kenya: An exploratory case study. Special Issue: Learning, Media and Technology. Taylor Francis Publishers.
Krug, D. (2013). Towards new systems for schooling in the digital age, 2013 International Research Summit on ICT in Education. Washington, DC.
Krug, D. & Arntzen, J. (2010). Ecologies of learning: Efficacious learning and ICT pedagogical and technological adaptability. In Siran Mukerji and Purnendu Tripathi (Eds.). Cases on Technological Adaptability and Transnational Learning: Issues and Challenges, (pp. 74-93). IGI Global.
Krug. D. (Ed.). (2006). Art and Ecology: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Curriculum, (Second Edition). The Green Museum: An Online Museum of Environmental Art, San Francisco, California. http://greenmuseum.org/c/aen/
Krug, D. (1997-present). The ecoartnetwork is a collaborative interdisciplinary virtual space for professional artists and scientists dedicated to the practices of sustainability. Its focus is on engaging in discourse and action on the physical, biological, cultural, political, and historical aspects of ecological systems and societal policies and practices.

Keywords:

Education, curriculum & pedagogy; Educational technologies; Teacher education and professional development; Digital learning, media literacies, and embodied perception (early childhood to adult); Virtual education and professional learning communities; Computer science and computational learning; Visual culture, innovation, & aesthetics; Sustainability and experiential learning.
don.krug@ubc.ca 
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