Member Profile

Rita Zuba Prokopetz

Other Disciplines:

Primary Affiliation:: Red River Community/Technical College (Education, Community/Technical College, MB, Canada)
Secondary Affiliation:: Athabasca University (Education, 4 Year/4 Year + Grad, AB, Canada)

Humanities / World Languages / ESL or EFL / Business ESL (Advanced)
Designed, developed and facilitated Business English courses to international students (launched the very first trial of an online course using Sakai Learn in 2005).
Business / Marketing (Advanced)
Over two decades of office management in a private business setting and in an educational institution (coordinated and managed language programs)
Humanities / English / Language (Advanced)
Over three decades as an ESL educator (designed, developed and piloted the first blended ESL course in a five-module format)

Association for Authentic, Experiential, and Evidence-Based Learning (AAEEBL).
Member 08/2015 – Current
TESL Canada
Member 12/2000 – Current
Teaching English as a Second Language in Manitoba (TEAM)
Past President / Vice-President/ Secretary /Fundraising Chair/Advocacy Chair 06/1992 – Current

Doctor of Education Distance Education (2015 - 2019) (Current)
Athabasca University - Canada
Master's Degree Educational Technology (05/2013)
Central Michigan University - United States
Bachelor of Arts Psychology (06/1980)
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - Brazil

Intensive English as a Second Language (Current)
- Red River College – ESL
- Blended Intensive ESL five-month program
Certificate in Adult Education (Fall 2015)
- Red River College – Course Implementation
- Course Implementation in the Certificate in Adult Education diploma program

TEAM Teacher Award | TEAM: Teachers of English as an Additional Language for Adults in Manitoba (09/2014)
Presented with a TEAM Teacher Award for her innovative ways to teach ESL using online educational tools
TEAM: Teachers of English as an Additional Language for Adults in Manitoba | TEAM Life Member Award (05/2011)
Presented with “TEAM Life Member Award” for her more than two decades of services to her professional organization

Online Language Learning Enhanced via Educational Technology, 10/30/2015
TESL Canada Conference 2015
Empirically speaking, 09/15/2015
Athabasca University EDDE801 - Adobe Connect presentation
Industrialization of Distance Education, 08/20/2015
Athabasca University EdD Orientation 2015