Patrick Devey

Dr. Patrick Devey is the Dean of the Centre for Continuing and Online Learning at Algonquin College (Ottawa, Ontario). He has over 15 years of professional experience in the leadership and management of quality learning and training experiences for students and clients in higher education, corporations, government agencies, health care, and professional associations. He has extensive knowledge in the areas of curriculum and pedagogical development, instructional design, integration of educational technologies in the learning environment, and the deployment of digital learning strategies.

Patrick has held a number of positions in the postsecondary sector as well as the private sector including Chief Learning Officer at KnowledgeOne Inc. (formerly eConcordia), lecturer in the Faculty of Education at McGill University, adjunct faculty in the Department of Education at Concordia University, and President and Founder of Devey eLearning Solutions. He earned his Ph.D. in Educational Technology from Concordia University where he studied the retention patterns of undergraduate students in online courses. His more recent research interests focus on the gamification of learning and the use of learning analytics in instructional design.