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About ITDS

Instructional Technology and Design Services (ITDS), a subdivision of Academic Affairs, is comprised of Instructional Designers, Technology Training Specialists, Instructional Technologists, and Multimedia Specialists. 资讯科技发展小组致力为大学提供教育科技及教学设计方面的支援和服务.  We achieve this through technology workshops, faculty development programs and initiatives, and course design practices. We strive to cultivate and promote collaborative, inclusive and innovative educational experiences to enhance teaching and learning outcomes.

What ITDS does includes, but is not limited to: 

  • 研究和探索创新和引人入胜的技术,并指导他们融入教学
  • Providing instructional technology training via group or private classes
  • 提供1对1的课程设计和有效教学策略的技术咨询, assessment methodologies, and appropriate technologies to achieve teaching and learning goals
  • 制定和促进教师发展计划和专业发展活动,以促进一个合作社区,教师和员工同事可以相互分享和发展最佳教学实践
  • Offering high-quality course design services for all teaching modalities (in-person, (混合和在线)基于学习科学的最新趋势,同时利用最新的教学技术来支持学生的学习和参与 

Staff Directory

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Dr. Yanling Sun
Associate Vice President
973-655-4091
suny@hebhgkq.com

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Robin Walker
Administrative Assistant
973-655-5449
walkerr@hebhgkq.com

罗宾·沃克是ITDS部门的项目助理,在过去的12年里一直在密歇根州立大学的IT部门工作.  She aids the AVP and entire team by managing all administrative tasks, as well as fielding incoming queries and requests from the entire campus community.  Robin has a BA from Syracuse University.

Instructional Designers

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Joe Russo
Director of Instructional Design and Faculty Development, Team I
973-655-5458
russoc@hebhgkq.com

Joe Russo is a Director of Instructional Design and Faculty Development on the ITDS team. He has worked at Montclair State in a variety of roles for more than fifteen years, and has taught a number of classes as an adjunct. He has an MA in Modern History and Literature from Drew University, as well as an MS in Library and Information Science, from the Pratt Institute.

Carolyn Demefack

Carolyn Demefack
Director of Instructional Design and Faculty Development, Team II
973-655-3175
demefackc@hebhgkq.com

Carolyn is a Director of Instructional Design and Faculty Development on the ITDS team. 她于2011年加入密歇根州立大学,担任教学设计师,并与教职员工合作设计和改进了数百个在线课程, hybrid, and in-person courses. She leads faculty development initiatives and has taught several classes as an adjunct. Carolyn has an M.A. in Educational Communications and Technology from the NYU Steinhart School of Education.

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Dr. Jinxia He
Lead Instructional Designer
973-655-4027
hej@hebhgkq.com

Jinxia is a Lead Instructional Designer on the ITDS team. She received her Ph.D. 中佛罗里达大学教学系统设计专业毕业. 她的研究兴趣集中在在线教学和学习中使用教学策略, building online learning communities and team-based learning especially virtual teams, as well as integrating emerging technologies in education.

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Patrick Scioscia
Lead Instructional Designer
973-655-7811
sciosciap@hebhgkq.com

Patrick is a Lead Instructional Designer on the ITDS team. With more than a decade of experience in higher education, his current responsibilities include instructional design, implementing emerging technologies, LMS management, etc. 除了他在ITDS的角色,他也是一年级写作系的讲师. Patrick earned his MA in Instructional Technology and Media from Columbia University.

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Keith Adams
Instructional Designer
973-655-7849
adamsma@hebhgkq.com

Keith Adams is an Instructional Designer with ITDS. In addition to this role, Keith teaches Photography in the College of Art. 他拥有梅森格罗斯艺术学院的艺术硕士学位和纽约大学的艺术与人文教育硕士学位.

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Christopher Petrillo
Instructional Designer
973-655-3206
petrilloc@hebhgkq.com

Chris Petrillo是ITDS团队的教学设计师,也是密歇根州立大学的校友(生物科学学士)。. 一些职责包括与教师一起为在线项目设计教学上合理的课程, 利用互动和协作平台开展讲习班,提高学生对课程的参与度, administrating the MSU Canvas environment, and supporting faculty use of Canvas and other instructional technologies.

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Qian (Lora) Yao
Instructional Designer
973-655-3436
yaoq@hebhgkq.com

Qian (Lora) is an Instructional Designer on the ITDS team. 她在不同的本科和研究生在线课程上与教师合作,并为在线课程设计提供咨询, hybrid and face-to-face courses, as well as designs faculty development courses and workshops. Qian holds a M.A. in Public and Organizational Relations from Montclair State University.

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Joseph Yankus
Instructional Designer
973-655-3086
yankusj@hebhgkq.com

Joe是ITDS团队的一名教学设计师,在高等教育领域有大约10年的经验. He collaborates with faculty to design courses for undergraduate and graduate programs, and enjoys ideating and facilitating various faculty development initiatives. Joe has a B.A. in Communication Studies & Sociology and a M.A. in Instructional Design & Technology, both from Seton Hall University. He is also a part-time faculty member at Rutgers University, where he teaches an undergraduate Public Speaking course.

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Joaly Garcia
Instructional Designer
973-655-3752
garciajo@hebhgkq.com

Joaly has worked in higher education since 2004, 她是ITDS团队的教学设计师,也是十大博彩推荐排名州立大学西班牙语和拉丁裔研究系的教授. She is passionate about the teaching and learning process, 并成功地在在线和F2F课程中融合了技术策略和引人入胜的技巧. Joaly earned her M.A. Et in Adult Learning and Distance Learning from Inter American University of Puerto Rico, School of Education and Professional Conduct.

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Gina Policastro
Instructional Designer
973-655-3662
policastrog@hebhgkq.com

Gina Policastro是ITDS的教学设计师,也是密歇根州立大学(MSU)的校友(英语教育学士)。. As a Montclair State student, 吉娜在大四时是足球队的队长,并作为球队的守门员打破了多项记录. 她热衷于在网络环境中建立社区,并提供有关混合学习参与策略的指导. Gina拥有Rutgers University的图书馆和信息科学硕士学位以及Drexel University的教学设计研究生证书.

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Jean Moreno-Lassalle
Instructional Designer
973-655-3205
morenolassje@hebhgkq.com

Jean Moreno-Lassalle是十大博彩推荐排名州立大学ITDS团队的一名教学设计师. 他的工作主要是协助教学设计团队进行课程设计和在线程序开发. In addition to this, his responsibilities include training faculty members on Canvas, running workshops on educational technologies, co-managing the ITDS website, and designing visual projects for the group.

Technology Trainers

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Pam Fallivene
Lead Technology Trainer
973-655-5106
fallivenep@hebhgkq.com

Pam Fallivene是ITDS集团的首席技术培训师,在十大博彩推荐排名州立大学工作了22年,她对教学和帮助他人提高技能充满了热情. 她在Canvas上支持校园社区以及其他教学和学习技术.

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Abigail Hunte
Senior Technology Trainer
973-655-6932
huntea@hebhgkq.com

Abigail Hunte是一名高级技术培训师,拥有超过15年的经验,为企业和高等教育环境中的成人学习者提供技术培训. 她喜欢成为ITDS团队的一员,并帮助服务于更大的十大博彩推荐排名州立社区.

Multimedia Specialists

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Rose Lamela
Multimedia Specialist
973-655-3759
lamelar@hebhgkq.com

Rosi has been the Multimedia Specialist for ITDS since 2017. She has been involved in video, 她在密歇根州立大学获得广播学学士学位后,在过去的十年里一直致力于多媒体和摄影. 她曾在伯克利学院营销与传播系担任视频专家和摄影师, and in the University Communications and Marketing Department at Montclair State. One of her key efforts is producing all video content for the Online MBA program and ITDS.

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Felix Bautista
Multimedia Specialist
973-655-3076
bautistaf@hebhgkq.com

Felix is a Multimedia Assistant and recently joined the ITDS team in 2021. 从在洛克菲勒中心为MSNBC的Rachel Maddow做实习生到在纽约一家媒体制作公司做视频编辑, he has a background in Pre and Post-production for Television and Film. Since graduating from MSU in 2019 with a B.A. in TV and Media Production, he has worked in many different production settings as a PA, Production Coordinator, Editor and Videographer. Felix很高兴将他在多媒体方面的经验带给团队,为教师和学生提供高质量的视频制作.

Instructional Technologists

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Dan Stratthaus
Manager, Instructional Technology Support
973-655-4242
stratthausd@hebhgkq.com

Daniel Stratthaus is the Lead Instructional Technologist of the ITDS team. 他在信息技术领域拥有20年的经验,其中包括担任系统工程师, Team Lead and previous experience with systems administration, data migrations, various data integrations, development and technology training. Daniel has been with MSU IT for 11 years holding various positions. He is currently the primary administrator of Canvas, all of its integrations, as well as the other systems that the ITDS group manage.

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Terry Steckowich
Instructional Technology Specialist
973-655-6930
steckowicht@hebhgkq.com

Terry is an Instructional Technology Specialist within ITDS. He assists both faculty and students with Canvas and other software and campus technologies. Terry还举办了关于Canvas和其他校园技术的培训课程,并喜欢让每个人都感到轻松和自信地使用它们来促进在线学习. He received his BA in Communications/Media Studies from UNC-Chapel Hill.

Student Technology Assistants

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Alayia Francis
Instructional Technology Assistant
973-655-3662
francisa9@hebhgkq.com

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Radhika Kumavat
Graduate Instructional Technology Assistant
kumavatr1@hebhgkq.com