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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Miriam, In a nutshell, good statement. Thank you for sharing your insight. Dr. S. David Vaillancourt
Miriam, Well stated. The building of the ability to reason well can be greatly influenced by formal training and life experience. Of course, most our learning is informal, so the formal is a refinement of what is learned from life experience. Thank you for your contribution. Dr. S. David Vaillancourt
Bernabe, Your passion for excellence and continually working to have each student expand their thinking capacities is a tremendous value to your students and the institution for which you facilitate classes. Keep up the great work. Dr. S. David Vaillancourt
Bernabe, Excellent statement. These are all very good uses of reflective thinking. Thank you for your comments. Dr. S. David Vaillancourt
Bernabe, You have a good discussion here. In addition to the learning styles (visual, auditory, kniesthetic) are the types of intelligences like verbal, spatial, mathmatical, logical, emotional, etc. If the instrument being used or the circumstance being addressed is of a different nature than the intelligence propensity for the individual, it could appear the individual is less (or more) 'intelligent' than he/she would normally be considered to be. Thank you for your contribution. Dr. S. David Vaillancourt
Pandora, Yes, I agree that all postsecondary curricula should require critical thinking instruction. Many do this, but most are somewhat inadequate according to many professionals in the field. Thank you for your contribution. Dr. S. David Vaillancourt
Pandora, I think it is important to consider the 'mix' of the different intelligences in the context of the circumstances within which they will be implemented. Additionally, I agree that Gardner created an excellent definition towrad expanding the reality of intelligence beyond the restrictive Intelligence Quotient (IQ) that is unfortunately relied upon in circumstances where it is not the best tool to use. Thank you for sharing your insights. Dr. S. David Vaillancourt
Susan, Yes, this approach provides good support to problem solving. Thank you for sharing your insights. Dr. S. David Vaillancourt
Bernabe, Yes, it is one of the foundational components of the critical thinking process. Thank you for your contribution. Dr. S. David Vaillancourt
Susan, Good points. Thank you for your contribution. Dr. S. David Vaillancourt

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