Dr. S. David Vaillancourt

Dr. S. David Vaillancourt

About me

Dr. S. David Vaillancourt currently serves as the Vice President of Academic Affairs for the College of Health Care Professions based in Houston, Texas. Prior to this post he worked as an e-Learning consultant for companies across the USA. His primary research focus over the past four years has been the development of online learning Engagement Metrics. Dr. Vaillancourt’s 27 years of service in education includes multiple levels of experience in both private and public educational institutions. His professional positions include Online Campus President for Virginia College, National Dean of ITT's Online Division, Director of Education for Ultimate Medical Academy, President of a two-campus allied health college in Utah, Certified Cisco Academy Instructor, Master Certified Novell Instructor, and K-12 public school science teacher.

Dr. Vaillancourt’s BS and MS in Education were earned from Samford University in 1983 and 1989, respectively. He completed his Ed.D. in Instructional Technology and Distance Education from Nova Southeastern University in May 2004. Dr. Vaillancourt designed, founded and chaired the non-profit National Math Bee (2006-2011), which provided an online learning community for over 15,000 elementary school mathematics students in 37 states across the country.  He was a US Army soldier prior to his career in education.

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Deb, Providing students with problem solving procedures for the discipline being studied and modeling the use of those procedures is very good. Thank you. Dr. S. David Vaillancourt
Deb, This seems like a great analytic exercise. Thanks for sharing. Dr. S. David Vaillancourt
Darakshan, Many online instructors fing a short video clip introduction is helpful for this. Dr. S. David Vaillancourt
Nicole, Yes, the encouragement for specific student input is a good motivator. Affirmation of the input can help overcome this issue. Dr. S. David Vaillancourt
Amy, Very good analysis and rationale. Thank you for sharing. Dr. S. David Vaillancourt
James, Excellent observation. Thank you for sharing. Dr. S. David Vaillancourt
Nicole, Very good points. Assessment of the orientation is with a minimally required score would be a good expectation. Some schools do this, but many still do not. Dr. S. David Vaillancourt
Carla, Very good. Dialogue and clear communications are foundational for classroom management. Dr. S. David Vaillancourt
Mitchell, Yes. the end result needs to be the same. Well stated. Dr. S. David Vaillancourt
Mitchell, The encouragement is essential to go with the accurate assessment and corrective measures. Very good. Thank you. Dr. S. David Vaillancourt

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