Lynda Williams (born February 17, 1958) is a science fiction author and blogger.Williams' fiction is centered around a series of ten novels set in the fictional Okal Rel Universe and published by Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing. Additional works by Williams and votary authors writing in her universe are published by the Absolute XPress imprint of Hades Publications, Inc.She is the founder of the online journal Reflections on Water.Williams lives in Burnaby, British Columbia where she is a Learning Technology Analyst and Manager, Teaching and Learning Centre, Simon Fraser University where she researches and reports on existing and emerging learning technologies and supports institutionally selected learning technologies.Lynda has extensive experience in learning technologies and instructional design. She has worked with information technology professionals and instructors from many disciplines at the post-secondary level, first at the University of Northern British Columbia's Centre for Teaching and Learning and later at the College of New Caledonia and the BC Institute of Technology. She has also worked as a newspaper reporter and has published research papers in the field of learning technology as well as a series of science fiction novels. She is the recipient of the BC Interior, North and Yukon Today's Woman Award for Internet-based promotions; received an honorary mention in the first WebCT Exemplary Course Award (International) for her design of a computing course; and received the Nancy Bennett Award for Library Leadership in connection with her FreeNet leadership on the local, provincial, and federal levels in the early 1990s.Lynda holds two master's degrees (MSc computation, McMaster University; MLS, University of Toronto) and a BA (liberal studies, University of Victoria). Most recently, she completed the Chair Academy for Post-Secondary Leadership (2011).
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