Research Assistant
Project Name: Student Feedback on Institutional Direction and Faculty Professional Development during LMS Transition
Desired Start Date: October 1, 2026
Position End Date: March 31, 2027
Salary range: $18.42 - $23.51
Bargaining Unit: BCGEU Support
Classification: Research Assistant
Type of appointment: Non-regular student
Closing date: September 30, 2026
Your Opportunity
Literature Syntheses: assist in gathering, organizing, and summarizing academic literature on educational technology adoption, faculty workload, and LMS design.
- Data Collection & Organization: help administer organize research artifacts, assist with transcribing interview audio.
- Data Analysis: assist in systematic analyzing institutional artifacts, perform thematic coding, and compile descriptive statistics.
- Knowledge Dissemination: Contribute to drafting research summaries, preparing summary tables, and formatting manuscripts and presentations.
This exploratory study seeks to explore student perceptions on specific LMS design choices they find helpful and challenging to their learning. By capturing student feedback during a technical migration audit, this research will identify design standards to inform institutional faculty development and improve online instructional quality. A descriptive research question is guiding this research, as it asks what is going on in terms of actual observable events and behaviour: How can student perceptions and feedback of effective course design captured during an LMS migration audit inform institution-wide design standards and the development professional learning for faculty and instructors?
The Research Assistant (RA) will support the research team across several key stages of the project:
Location/Schedule of Work
This is a flexible hybrid position, with bi-weekly in-person check-in with the project supervisor at the Kelowna campus. The project is funded for 100 hours; RA can expect to work between 5-8 hours per weekend, depending on project need between October 1, 2026 and March 31, 2027.
Skills/Qualities Sought
Must be a current student at Okanagan College (this is a requirement of the funding source); have strong communication skills; high attention to detail; ability to work independently.
Previous research experience is an asset.