Matthias Sturm

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My scholarship is in adult education and digital technologies with a focus on digital equity, adult literacy, second language education, and newcomer settlement. My research interest is in documenting adult learners’ experiences with digital access and use of resources and services online. Since earning a BA from Concordia University in 1999 and a MA from UQAM in 2003, I have worked for non-profits in the basic skills and newcomer settlement sectors as project coordinator, researcher, and evaluator on provincially and federally funded projects in Canada. I also work as a research consultant for blended distance learning projects in the US. I have published in English, French, and German.

Experience

  • –present
    PhD candidate in Education, Simon Fraser University

Education

  • 2003 
    Université du Québec à Montréal, Maîtrise en formation à distance
  • 1999 
    Concordia University, B.A. in Child Studies / Philosophy

Publications

  • 2024
    The missing piece to bridging the digital divide / L’éducation des adultes : Le chainon manquant pour combler la fracture numérique, IRPP Insight No. 55, Institute for Research on Public Policy / Repère IRPP no 58, Institut de recherche en politiques publiques
  • 2024
    WIOA Title II: Technology and Distance Learning Plan Update Program Years 2019-2020 to 2023-2024, Outreach and Technical Assistance Network (OTAN)
  • 2023
    Ausweitung und Unterstützung: Blended Learning für Erwachsene in Kalifornien während und nach Corona, weiter bilden - blendend lernen?, 2023(1), 53 – 56. German Institute for Adult Education. Leibniz Centre for Lifelong Learning (DIE)
  • 2022
    La fracture numérique, le marché de l’emploi et la formation des adultes / The digital divide, the labour market, and adult learning, Perfectio, printemps, 19-22. La Coalition ontarienne de formation des adultes (COFA)
  • 2021
    Le télétravail : Protégera-t-il nos foyers et nos droits? / Telework: Will it Protect our Homes and our Rights?, Perfectio, hiver 2021, 38-39. Coalition ontarienne de formation des adultes (COFA)
  • 2021
    Quand le numérique nous divise : L’accès inéquitable est une pandémie / Digitally Divided: Access Inequalities are Pandemic, Perfectio, hiver 2021, 10-11. Coalition ontarienne de formation des adultes (COFA)
  • 2021
    The Digital Divide: An Ongoing State of Emergency in Adult Literacy Programs, Teaching in the Post COVID-19 Era: World Education Dilemmas, Teaching Innovations and Solutions in the Age of Crisis (in press)
  • 2021
    LearnIT2teach: Online Learning for Newcomers in Times of Crises., Teaching in the Post COVID-19 Era: World Education Dilemmas, Teaching Innovations and Solutions in the Age of Crisis (in press)
  • 2021
    Digitalität als Ort der Ausgrenzung und sozialer Gerechtigkeit, Hessische Blätter für Volksbildung (HBV), 2021(2), 85–94
  • 2020
    Language Teaching and Settlement for Newcomers in the Digital Age: A Blended Learning Research Project, Migration and Language Education 1(1), 31-48
  • 2019
    An Interview with Elizabeth de Freitas, SFU Educational Review, 12(1), 45–50
  • 2013
    Cloud computing and adult literacy: How cloud computing can sustain the promise of adult learning, Cloud Computing and Digital Media: Fundamentals, Techniques and Applications, 359 -393
  • 2009
    The pedagogical implications of Web 2.0, The Handbook of Research on Language Acquisition Technologies, 1536-1553

Grants and Contracts

  • 2020
    Doctoral Fellowship
    Role:
    Applicant, Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
  • 2016
    Ontario Human Capital Resource and Innovation Fund (OHCRIF)
    Role:
    Applicant, Associate Researcher
    Funding Source:
    Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development (MAESD)

Professional Memberships

  • Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) Ontario
  • Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
  • British Columbia Teachers of English as an Additional Language (BC TEAL)
  • Alberta Teachers of English as a Second Language (ATESL)

Research Areas

  • Continuing And Community Education (130101)
  • Humanities And Social Sciences Curriculum And Pedagogy (Excl. Economics, Business And Management) (130205)
  • Other Language, Communication And Culture (2099)

Contact Matthias for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision