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Garvey leads the CTL in fueling the enrollment growth at the university through online course development, creating high impact student success programs using personalized and adaptive learning, promoting faculty success and scholarly teaching through innovative faculty development programs, and overseeing the provision and support of enterprise academic technologies, with a focus on high quality instruction in all teaching modes and models. The success of the CTL has made him a...
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Lynn leads the Online Course Production Team in their work with faculty in the redesign and development of blended and online courses. Lynn is passionate about working with faculty to leverage technology, learning theory, and national design standards to create innovative and successful faculty and student learning experiences. Lynn received her M.Ed. in Instructional Technology from Idaho State University and M.A. and B.A. in English Literature from Southern Illinois...
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As a post-production media specialist, Jeremy provides a variety of services to the Course Production Team and faculty with editing, motion graphics, and cinematography. With a background of independent film production, he has worked on a variety of productions spanning a multitude of industries. Jeremy is passionate about bringing your story to life frame by frame, and strives to ensure your vision is not left on the cutting room floor.
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Alex leads the media specialists on the Course Production Team as they guide faculty through the multimedia production process. With over 18 years of experience, Alex has designed and built recording studios, live entertainment venues, & commercial AV + IT systems. Alex is passionate about studio & live entertainment production, system design and integration, and overall creating high-quality media.
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Sam is a graduate of the University of North Texas, and has worked in the ID field since 2012, including experience managing a team of six Instructional Designers. He holds a B.A., and Master’s degree in Communication Studies, and enjoys exploring the intersections of design thinking, design theory, technology, user experience, and communication, particularly as applied to effective online education within Higher Ed.
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Melanie is an Instructional Designer with the Course Production Team. She has over 20 years of experience as a public librarian and has served on multiple teams and committees promoting diversity, equity and inclusion. She is skilled in designing internal and external training curriculum as well as providing tools and resources to an immediate audience.
Melanie has...
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Chris is an Instructional Designer with the Course Development Team. He has ten years of experience as an educator and has worked as a Project Manager at Duke Network Services and was an award winning teacher in Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools. He is passionate about designing student-centered learning opportunities that build engagement.
Chris received his B.A. from University of North Carolina at Charlotte and his Master of Science in Instructional Technology...
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Enoch serves as the Quality Matters / Online Learning Specialist, collaborating with faculty and academic programs. He provides faculty workshops, instructional design consultation, course development support, and online/ blended learning course review, as a part of the University’s online learning quality assurance program through Quality Matters program.
With the Quality Matters program, he serves as a Master Reviewer...
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Blair is an Instructional Designer (ID) who loves working with faculty to create student-centered and active online courses that align with Quality Matters standards. Her passions and research lie in educational research, student success, active learning, DEI in online courses, and accessibility.
Blair began working in education as a middle...
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Kory is the Instructional Media Designer with the Course Production Team. He has ten years experience as an educator, serving as a teacher liaison for the Superintendent and leading development of new STEM curriculum. ...
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Fred began teaching in 2008 and has been practicing and teaching Instructional Design since 2010, serving in a variety of faculty, staff, and leadership roles. He also provides project management, eLearning, and consulting services for corporate and non-profit clientele.
Fred holds a Ph.D. in Instructional Design, a Bachelor’s of Science in Entrepreneurship, and certifications in Project Management (PMP), Agile Project...
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Pariss Coleman is a Faculty Development Assistant with the Center for Teaching and Learning. In this role, she supports faculty development by designing and leading training, providing consultation with faculty, and developing training and support resources. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Communication from East Carolina University and a Master's Degree in Interactive Media from Quinnipiac University Online. In 2021, she earned a Post-Master's Certificate in University and College...
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Jennifer works as an Instructional Technologist in a dual role with the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) and the College of Health and Human Services (CHHS). She received her M.S. in Computer Science from UNC Charlotte and also completed Graduate Certificates in Databases and Health Informatics. She has held multiple roles at the University over the last 10+ years which help her understand different perspectives across campus. Jennifer is very passionate about...
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Kim Buch, an Industrial/Organizational Psychologist in the Psychology Department, is a Faculty Fellow. Her research is in the area of organizational and institutional change programs and their effects on individual behaviors and attitudes and on organizational structure and culture. This includes institutional and pedagogical interventions targeting student learning outcomes, about which she has published extensively. Kim has experience, as both practitioner and researcher,...
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Tracy Rock, from the College of Education, provides professional development for faculty addressing pedagogy, instructional design, and other topics that impact student learning and faculty satisfaction with their courses. She also leads the peer observation program for CTL, which emphasizes partnering with faculty on giving feedback about teaching outside of the formal evaluation process. In addition, Tracy works with...
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Kritika is a Teaching Studio Assistant with the Center for Teaching and Learning. She assists faculty in evaluating and modifying learning materials to meet the accessibility standards for online courses. She also helps in creating data findings and visualization for the course materials. She has her Master's in Information Technology with a specialization track in Human-Centered Design.
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Dr. Kiran Budhrani is the Director of Personalized & Adaptive Learning at the Center for Teaching and Learning at UNC Charlotte. She has 15 years of experience as an educator and learning professional. She enjoys collaborating with faculty and design teams to drive innovative solutions for online learning, hybrid learning, active learning, and adaptive learning modalities. Kiran’s approaches are...
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With over 22 years in higher education, Heidi has been the Director of a Center for Teaching Excellence and Innovation, a Full Professor, a Department Chair, and a QEP Co-Chair. With her primary focus on Instructional Design, Heidi comes to UNCC from NCSU, where she was an Instructional Designer with the Poole College of Management. As an Instructional Designer/Technologist II at UNCC, Heidi will focus on adaptive learning and work to create holistic learning experiences across campus...
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Jeff serves as the manager of the CTL technical systems team, with responsibilities for the university's Learning Management System and our other enterprise academic technologies. He brings a broad array of leadership skills and experiences to this position, ranging from the U.S. Air Force to his latest work at Lowes Corp. These experiences enable him to develop innovative solutions to challenges with an eye on increasing effectiveness and customer satisfaction.
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Mike provides systems analysis, systems administration, software development, and tier 3 technical support for Canvas and other instructional technologies. He is also the project manager for UNC Charlotte's ongoing migration to web-based course evaluations. Mike also holds a Master's in Information Technology after obtaining a Bachelor's in Business Administration from UNC Charlotte in 1994.
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Caryl provides technical support and training for faculty, staff, and students on the use of the current LMS and other academic technologies. She creates technical documents for the UNC Charlotte FAQ site. Caryl also works with the Adjunct Faculty Learning Community and facilitates the Canvas for Adjuncts online workshops. She is adjunct faculty with the American Studies department and uses Canvas to teach an online intensive writing course.
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As part of our Technical Systems Team, Nicole is responsible for applications programming and development. She analyzes new technologies to determine their feasibility and benefit to our campus, and then works towards implementing these technologies. She develops applications and other programmable solutions, integrating them with new and existing systems and processes. Nicole provides specialized consulting and technical support for various learning technologies. In addition to...
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Nate provides technical support and training to faculty, staff, and students on the use of Canvas and other instructional technologies. He troubleshoots and resolves problems that arise in the day to day use of the Learning Management System (LMS) and monitors support calls assigned to the Center for Teaching and Learning. He also reviews, analyzes, and documents technical processes with regard to various instructional technologies. He is the web administrator for...
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