ICT Help Desk serves as our point of contact for all operational issues and general queries.
Located in room W2051 of the Marine Institute’s Ridge Road Campus
Telephone: 709-778-0628 Email: servicedesk@mi.mun.ca
Ask ICT Help Desk on Microsoft Teams (8:30am - 4:30pm)
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Office of Research and Development
Leaders in the ocean and maritime sectors
Dr. Pendergast enjoys combining his environmental science background with his extensive work experience managing technology. Dr. Pendergast primarily supervises student projects in the Master of Technology Management Program.
Shawn graduated from UNB with a B.Sc from the Faculty of Forestry & Environment Management and completed a graduate diploma in Information Technology, followed by an M.Ed at Memorial University. Shawn’s doctorate studies at the University of Calgary focused on educational technology within higher education, specifically, how new technologies such as 3D printing and the Makerspace concept can help improve student engagement at the post-secondary level. He has a Post-Secondary Instructor Certification from the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador's Department of Advanced Education, Skills and Labour, and is currently working on a Masters in Environmental Science from Memorial University.
Shawn teaches a variety of courses at the graduate and undergraduate levels in the BTECH and MTM programs. Some courses that he has taught include:
Pendergast (2020). “Ep 31: Student Engagement and Technology.” Get Schooled Podcast. Accessed January 17, 2025. https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-the-mungetschooledpodcasts-43085008/episode/ep-31-student-engagement-and-technology-68768614/.
CaNOE. (n.d.). 2018 Ocean Literacy Conference. Retrieved April 10, 2019, from http://oceanliteracy.ca/2018-ocean-literacy-conference/
Gill, D., Tuff, J., Kennedy, T., Pendergast, S., & Jamil, S. (2022). PATT on the Edge, Technology, Innovation, and Education: Proceedings of the 39th PATT conference.
LeBris, R., Bell, T., Devillers, R., Copeland, A., & Pendergast, S. (2007, June 4). Seabed mapping of Nachvak and Saglek fjords, Northern Labrador. Geomatics Atlantic 2007 Conference, St.John’s, NL.
Pendergast, S. (n.d.). Web-based Learning (27). Retrieved May 6, 2020, from https://mungetschooledpodcast.podbean.com
Pendergast, S. (2012). From staff member, to student, to part-time researcher? The Morning Watch, 40(1–2). http://www.mun.ca/educ/faculty/mwatch/fall12.html
Pendergast, S. C. (2020). Makerspaces in Higher Education: Student Engagement. http://hdl.handle.net/1880/112943
