Dr. Alison Mann, an accomplished educator with over 25 years of experience ranging from K-12 classrooms to adult education, is dedicated to cultivating her students' critical and creative thinking skills. Her extensive public, private, and global online education background has finely tuned her understanding of diverse learning needs and commitment to inclusive teaching practices. Currently an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Bachelor of Education Program at Ontario Tech University, Dr. Mann fuses traditional pedagogical wisdom with innovative techniques, guiding teacher candidates to become confident educators. Drawing on her disciplinary background in film production,  media education, and the arts, Alison's research interests include critical media literacy, instructional video production and interactive video.