{"id":42632,"date":"2016-12-14T13:39:22","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T17:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=42632"},"modified":"2016-12-14T17:19:54","modified_gmt":"2016-12-14T21:19:54","slug":"education-innovator-pushes-for-expanded-use-of-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2016\/12\/education-innovator-pushes-for-expanded-use-of-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Education innovator pushes for expanded use of technology"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the latest in a series of stories featuring Brock University\u2019s 2016 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients.<\/em><\/p>\n

When the revolutionary wave of personal computers started in the early 1980s, Brock University alumnus Dino Miele\u00a0(BA \u201904, MEd \u201910)\u00a0<\/span>was on the ground floor.<\/p>\n

Working as an electronic engineering technician, his passion was to make technology accessible. Using the skills he\u2019d learned in the technology business, he assembled a number of other like-minded individuals with the goal of keeping the momentum of technological advancement going in Ontario.<\/p>\n

It was then, in 1984, that he joined the District School Board of Niagara in the role of Chief Information Officer overseeing and advising the use of technology in schools. It\u2019s a job he still holds today.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a life-long learner,\u201d says Miele. \u201cI like to have an understanding and be learning every day.\u201d<\/p>\n

That is Miele\u2019s mentality, one that drove him to improve his education in order to approach technology from a sociological perspective. In 2010, he received his Masters of Education from Brock. Earlier this year, he was named the Faculty of Education\u2019s 2016 Distinguished Alumni.<\/p>\n

After graduating, in a continued effort to teachers and students with the technology necessary for use in lessons, he partnered with Brock to form the Educational Research and Innovation Hub (ihub) in St. Catharines.<\/p>\n

The goal of the ihub has been to connect innovators with educators, and to ease the creation and implementation of educational technologies. It serves as a space where innovators can experiment with new technologies within a school board without the risk of putting too much pressure on the education system. Through its many endeavours, the iHub creates a valuable impact on the EdTech industry, both locally and internationally.<\/p>\n

Part of Miele\u2019s passion for accessible technology is because of the perceived frustration of educators around a lack of initiative being taken to bring modern tech into classrooms.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m also passionate because the frustration I see about how little computers and technology have changed the way we educate and I know we can do better,\u201d says Miele. \u201cEducation still follows an industrial model.\u201d<\/p>\n

In spite of this frustration, Miele remains optimistic, acknowledging that things are changing, and that the new generation of teachers will bring that change.<\/p>\n

Miele is equally optimistic about the state of educational technology specifically in the Niagara region, where he says the variety of educational institutions, coupled with a proximity to the U.S. and the number of visionaries, makes for a great place to innovate.<\/p>\n

Although retirement isn\u2019t far from Miele\u2019s mind, he wants to stay involved in the industry working as a consultant or mentor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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