Francis Jones

Biography

2016 - Present: Project coordinator, the UBC - UCA partnership in curriculum and course development for Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Central Asia. See also the EEScourses blog (link is external). 2014 - Present: Science Education Specialist, f2f and DE education development projects and support, primarily on grant-based funding. See also EOAS-SEI (link is external).   Past: - 2007-2014: Science Teaching & Learning Fellow, EOS-SEI (link is external) and  CWSEI (link is external). - 1996-2007: Lecturer in geophysics & research scientist / outreach coordinator with the UBC-GIF (link is external), Dep't of Earth and Ocean Sciences, UBC. - 1990-1996: Consultant and instrumentation development; environmental, engineering and mineral exploration geophysics. - 1988-1990: Geophysical instrumentation development engineer (multichannel full waveform DC/IP receiver), White Geophysical Ltd. - 1983-1987: M.Sc. student, UBC Dep't of Geophysics and Astronomy, in glaciology and instrumentation. - 1981-1983: Oil and gas well-logging engineer, Computalog Gearhart Ltd., Calgary, Alta. - 1978-1981: Electrical engineering student, including ~18mths experience in electronics testing and QC.   Qualifications: - UBC Faculty Certificate on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (2002). - P.Eng, registered professional engineer in British Columbia. - M.Sc., (Geophysics and Glaciology)1987University of British Columbia. - B.Eng., (Electrical) 1980, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 2016 - Present: Project coordinator, the UBC - UCA partnership in curriculum and course development for Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Central Asia. See also the EEScourses blog (link is external). 2014 - Present: Science Education Specialist, f2f and DE education development projects and support, primarily on grant-based funding. See also EOAS-SEI (link is external).   Past: - 2007-2014: Science Teaching & Learning Fellow, EOS-SEI (link is external) and  CWSEI (link is external). - 1996-2007: Lecturer in geophysics & research scientist / outreach coordinator with the UBC-GIF (link is external), Dep't of Earth and Ocean Sciences, UBC. - 1990-1996: Consultant and instrumentation development; environmental, engineering and mineral exploration geophysics. - 1988-1990: Geophysical instrumentation development engineer (multichannel full waveform DC/IP receiver), White Geophysical Ltd. - 1983-1987: M.Sc. student, UBC Dep't of Geophysics and Astronomy, in glaciology and instrumentation. - 1981-1983: Oil and gas well-logging engineer, Computalog Gearhart Ltd., Calgary, Alta. - 1978-1981: Electrical engineering student, including ~18mths experience in electronics testing and QC.   Qualifications: - UBC Faculty Certificate on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (2002). - P.Eng, registered professional engineer in British Columbia. - M.Sc., (Geophysics and Glaciology)1987University of British Columbia. - B.Eng., (Electrical) 1980, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Research Interest

- Improving face to face and DE courses, curriculum and instructional practices using proven pedagogies; http://blogs.ubc.ca/eoassei/ (link is external). - Curriculum development at UBC for University of Central Asia; https://blogs.ubc.ca/eescourses/ (link is external). - Developing interactive open-source resources and activities for learning and exploring the geosciences online. - Measuring geoscience learning and scientific thinking in undergraduate courses. - Using EOAS courses to increase science literacy among non-science students. - Transfer technology from geophysics research into industry practice.