Speaker: Tammy Clark

Tammy Clark is an Instructional Designer at Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Albany, NY where she assists faculty in re-designing their instruction with empirically sound and technologically innovative design plans. Tammy’s educational background includes a PhD in Educational Theory and Practice with a specialization in Instructional Technology from the University at Albany. She also holds an M.A. and a B.A. in American history from UAlbany as well as an A.A. in Liberal Arts from Keystone College. Her dissertation centered on higher-order thinking in the middle school social studies classroom. Tammy has taught online and in-person face-to-face American History courses at the college level for the past seven years. 


Speaker: Aime DeGrenier

Aime DeGrenier is the Manager of the Community Technical Support team within Library, Information and Technology Services (LITS) at Mount Holyoke College. As a senior member of the LITS management team Aime has been committed to the growth and development of IT throughout the campus. Aime is passionate in her work which currently focuses on community needs and outreach in technical support across campus. The CTS team manages public, academic & research technology spaces, desktop systems, asset management, the Tech Help Desk, IT training, systems and account administration & student tech support for the curricular and co-curricular. Aime has been involved in the selection, deployment & support of three Learning Management Systems, WebCT, Sakai & now Moodle, supporting a successful transition to Google Apps for Education including GMAIL and GCalendar, strategic planning for desktop support for over a decade, and has been exploring newer technologies such as the cloud, social media, and creative software license management. Aime has a Master’s Degree in Education from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, has taught undergraduate courses in Social Justice Education and participates in the campus diversity initiatives as both a facilitator and a participant. Aime served with the U.S. Peace Corps in Honduras.

Speaker: Jenna Hecker

Jenna Hecker has been an Instructional Developer at the University at Albany since 2010. Previously, she was a Technology Librarian at the Morrill Memorial Library in Norwood, Massachusetts. She holds a Master’s in Library and Information Sciences from the University of Rhode Island, and an Information Literacy Instruction Certificate. Her interests include online learning, faculty support, information and digital literacies, and the intersection of libraries and technology. This past year, she was Co-Principal Investigator on an Innovative Technology Grant to develop a system of Metaliteracy badging for students across SUNY campuses, and a co-author for an Open Textbook project. She is currently teaching her first fully-online course as an adjunct to the information literacy department. 
 

Speaker: Laurie Kozakiewicz

Laurie Kozakiewicz holds a combined appointment as lecturer in the History Department at Albany and as liaison for Albany’s University in the High School Program where she collaborates with New York State high schools to develop advanced history offerings for university credit. Her research focuses on women politicians and political culture generally in early twentieth century America, giving special attention to the world of New York State politics. She is presently completing a collaborative project with the University’s Center for Women in Government & Civil Society to document the history of the women how have served in the New York State Legislature since 1919. Her teaching experience includes courses on women’s history as well as political & reform movements in America. Having returned to school after a fifteen year career in administration at Albany, Laurie received her doctorate in American History in 2006.


Speaker: David Mamorella

David Mamorella is an Instructional Developer at the University at Albany. For the last twelve years, he has supported faculty and staff on technical and pedagogical issues related to teaching face-to-face, web-enhanced, and online classes using various course management systems. He has delivered many technology training workshops and webinars and has presented at national conferences pertaining to online teaching and learning, including Sloan-C, Educause Mid-Atlantic Regional and NERCOMP. David also teaches as an Adjunct Professor in the Communication Department at the University at Albany. He has a M.S. in Instructional Design with a concentration in Distance Education and Interactive Technology and a M.A. in Speech Communication, both from Syracuse University.

Speaker: Caroline Manssino-Cohen

Caroline Manssino-Cohen is a Senior Instructional Developer at the University at Albany. In the spring 2000 semester, she began supporting online faculty and students through the SUNY Learning Network (SLN), where her love for online teaching was born. Since 2007 she has worked with UAlbany faculty to understand the pedagogical and technical issues that can arise from teaching courses on the online spectrum. In fact, she was integral in the development and, in a world of acronyms, the naming of the Online Course Development (O.C.D.) and O.C.D. FLEX programs used at UAlbany to train new fully online faculty. Caroline is the Chair for SLN Advisory Council and a member of SUNY’s DOODLE group. Caroline is an alumna of UAlbany with a B.A. in Psychology and an M.S. in Curriculum Development and Instructional Technology.


Speaker: Maree Michaud-Sacks

Maree Michaud-Sacks is an Instructional Designer at Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. She supports faculty through developing creative and innovation instructional solutions to help students engage in the learning process and course material. In addition, Maree assists faculty in implementing various instructional technologies into teaching and learning. Prior to her role at ACPHS, Maree supported technology implementation in K-12 schools and was an instructional designer/project manager who developed corporate eLearning courses that were deployed worldwide to General Electric employees. Maree holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electronic Media, Arts, and Communication from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.


Speaker: Chris Moore

Chris Moore is Manager of Faculty Technology Resources at the University at Albany. With a M.S. in Curriculum Development and Instructional Technology Chris has worked for the past 13 years to promote effective and innovative online teaching and learning through faculty development, instructional design, and course development. Chris serves as lead for UAlbany's Blackboard support team, coordinating efforts of technical and client-support professionals alike. The UAlbany team of Instructional Developers provides instructional technology support and consultation to the faculty, conducts technology workshops, and facilitates the Online Course Development program for first-time online instructors.

Speaker: Sarah Oelker

Sarah Oelker is a science librarian providing research and instructional support in a blended librarian and instructional technologist team within the merged Library/IT environment at Mount Holyoke College. She delivers innovative and dynamic research instruction in science courses at all levels, provides research support and technology consulting to students and faculty doing independent research, and collaborates with the Research & Instructional Support team on innovations in research services delivery and support of instruction across the curriculum. Sarah has recently led the faculty outreach and training effort of the campus transition to Moodle, and organized an initiative to increase the use of clickers in courses across the curriculum. She is particularly interested in library ethnography and user-centered design of research materials and spaces, active learning and agile methods in research instruction, and encouraging campus and women's involvement in Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. Sarah has a Master's in Library and Information Science from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and a Bachelor's in Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry from Yale.
 

Speaker: Judy Teng

Judy Teng, Ph.D. is the Director of the Office of Instructional Design Services at Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. With 25 years’ experience in teaching, and instructional design and development in higher education, Judy leads the Instructional Design Team to provide faculty support to both Albany and Vermont campuses of the College. Judy holds a doctorate degree on Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration on Instructional Design and Technology. Her research and practice interests involve distance education, ePortfolio, curriculum and instructional design and development, faculty development, student learning assessment, program development, and program evaluation. Judy embraces learner-centered teaching for online, blended, and face-to-face environments. She published papers of her research and practice in professional journals and presented at regional, national, and international conferences.