Travis Grandy
Associate Director, Learning Research & Technology, Smith College

Travis is a technologist & educator and is committed to empowering faculty to learn and adopt new instructional technologies in ways that best meet their teaching objectives. He has experience teaching undergraduate classes in blended and fully online formats, and fosters engaged intellectual communities where students can support each other’s learning through analysis, problem-solving, and collaboration. Travis leads a cross-functional team that supports faculty and students in using instructional technologies and enables digital scholarship.

 Kristin Ziska Strange
Director, Learning Design & Technology Innovation, Tufts University

Krys is Director of Learning Design & Technology Innovation at Tufts University, where she leads a team of instructional designers, videographers, edtech specialists, and emerging technology staff who support technology-enabled teaching and learning across the university. She is an active NERCOMP board member and serves on multiple NERCOMP committees and subcommittees. With deep roots in instructional design and faculty development, she also teaches instructional design and game design courses at other institutions.