Mary Wilson is doctoral student in SFU's Curriculum Theory and Implementation program, and has an M.A. in adult education from UBC. Her research interests reflect her passion for teaching and learning. She is intrigued by the ways in which professors and instructors with different subject expertise approach teaching and curriculum development, and the extent to which their expertise influences their view of good teaching. She is especially interested in teaching online, and in developing approaches to prepare instructors for online teaching.

Mary is an Instructional Development Consultant at the British Columbia Institute of Technology, specializing in faculty development, Web-based instruction and program planning.

Boshier, R., Qayyum, A & Wilson, M. (1999) Lifelong education
and the world wide web: american hegemony or diverse utopia?
International Journal of Lifelong Education; v18 n4 p275-85 Jul-Aug 1999

Wilson, M., Qayyum, A. & Boshier, R. (1998) World wide America?
Think globally, click locally Distance Education - An International
Journal, v 19 p109-114

Wilson, M. How to waste the World Wide Web. Conference
presentation: Connections '98, Vancouver, B.C.

Boshier, R., Wilson, M. & Qayyum, A. (1997) Education and
American hegemony on the World Wide Web: old wine in new bottles. Paper
presented to the Annual Conference of the Comparative and International
Education Society (Western Region), University of Southern California,
November 15, 1997

Boshier, R., Mohapi, M., Moulton, G., Qayyum, A., Sadownik, L.
and Wilson, M. (1997) Best and worst-dressed web courses: strutting into
the 21st century in comfort and style. Distance Education: an
international journal, 18, no. 2, pp. 327-348

Wilson, M. and Huston, R. (1994) Down to Business: Business
English for Canadian ESL Students . Scarborough, Ont.: Prentice Hall
Regents Canada