Stephen Downes
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Born in Montreal, Quebec, Downes lived and worked across Canada before joining the National Research Council of Canada as a senior researcher in November 2001. Currently, he is a researcher at the NRC's Digital Technologies Research Centre in Ottawa.[5]
Downes was the winner of the Edublog Award for Best Individual Blog in 2005 for his blog OLDaily.[6] He is Editor at Large of the International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning.[7]
Downes ran for Mayor of Brandon in 1995, when he was working at the Assiniboine Community College. A member of the New Democratic Party, he ran on a platform to the left of incumbent mayor Rick Borotsik.[8]
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- ↑ International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning Editorial Board Retrieved on 2010-09-02.
- ↑ Bud Robertson, "Election-Profile-Brandon", Winnipeg Free Press, 1 October 1995, A1.
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