Disciplinary Interests: Instructional Design

Alyson Vogel
Academic program developer, coach and project manager with significant expertise in course design, curriculum planning, online teaching, training, coaching & mentoring and major event logistics & execution. In depth knowledge of media education and of integrating the Internet and new media into teaching & learning. Researching, developing, administering and evaluating large and small scale adult education courses, conferences, seminars and study tours. Design and teach workshops for teachers on web and data mining, document publishing, grant writing and the use of social media tools. My experience in course programming and media education spans nearly 10 years. Most recently I was a Program Development Specialist for Teachers College, Columbia University until our organization was closed as a result of restructuring. At Teachers College I liaised with faculty and administration to research, develop, administer and evaluate hundreds of large and small scale adult education courses, conferences and study tours. I am best known for my soup to nuts approach to academic project management, and I add a unique blend of coaching and mentoring support to thought leaders in their field who want to communicate for ultimate impact with their students in the new millennium.
Cristian Opazo
Cristian Opazo is the Senior Academic Computing Consultant at Vassar College, where he started working in 2000. He develops and manages various research and teaching projects working alongside fellow faculty, students and college administrators. He administers the college's Scientific Visualization Laboratory, overseeing and mentoring student staff. He also holds an adjunct teaching positions in the Departments of Physics/Astronomy and Chemistry, where he teaches computational methods, modeling and simulations.
Paula Vincini
Paula Vincini is the Instructional Design Specialist for Academic Technology in the University Information Technology (UIT)Department at Tufts University. She received her Ed.S. from the Instructional Systems Technology program at Indiana University.
Sharon Gander
Sharon Gander has her B.A in Special Education/Elementary Education from the University of Northern Colorado (Greeley)and her M.ED in Educational Administration and Curriculum Development from Montana State University (Bozeman). She has taught publich education and adult education in government, non-profit, and corporate segments. She has published articles and is a conference presenter. In 2005, she received the ISPI certification, CPT (Certified Performance Technologies.)
Paula Hodgson
Paula Hodgson joined the Academic Development Team in the Centre for Professional Development, University of Auckland, in September 2004. Paula, who is a graduate of the University of Newcastle (UK) in counselling in education and of the University of Manchester (UK) in human resource development, worked in the Educational Development Centre of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University from 1997 to 2004. She consults with academics to identify their needs and assists them in the design of action plans for integrating technology into their learning and teaching programmes.