John Daniel appointed to Order of Canada | Photo courtesy United World Colleges
Daniel, MA (educational technology) 96, adds this recognition to a list that includes a Knight Bachelor (1994) from the United Kingdom and two Palmes académiques (Chevalier, 1986; Officier, 1991) from France.
Ottawa awards the Order of Canada to recognize “outstanding achievement, dedication to the community and service to the nation.”
Announced on December 30, 2013, Daniel’s appointment recognizes his “advancement of open learning and distance education in Canada and around the world.”
Daniel’s odyssey as an educator began while still a student at Concordia. While interning in the U.K. as part of his degree, he “saw the future of higher education and wanted to be part of it.”
His drive for open learning and distance education brought him to numerous universities and institutions around the world, including Concordia where he served as vice-rector, academic, from 1980 to 1984.
His storied career includes 340 publications, such as Mega-Universities and Knowledge Media: Technology Strategies for Higher Education (Kogan Page, 1996) and Mega-Schools, Technology and Teachers: Achieving Education for All (Routledge, 2010).
Daniel presently works as education master at China's DeTao Masters Academy, senior advisor at Academic Partnerships International and chair of the United World Colleges board.