Cortney Leigh Cox
Instructional Technology Support Consultant 

Session: Turn Students Into Instructors & Curators: Improve Group Work with Interactive Tools

Drop-In Booth (In-Person): Instructional Technology 15 Minute Walk-In Requests

About: Cortney (she/her) works with teaching staff to set up Canvas course sites and tools in ways that enable students to get the most out of their learning experience. She specializes in online exam creation, proctoring, and troubleshooting Canvas functionality.

Gabe Abrams 
Senior Software Engineer 

Session: Creating Community with Asynchronous & Synchronous Students

About: Gabe (they/them) is a Senior Software Engineer and creative problem solver who identifies challenges instructors may be experiencing in their course and builds tools to address these challenges. They are developing a tool called the Immersive Classroom, which takes a live video recording of a class and makes opportunities for engagement interactive for asynchronous students. 

J Armstrong
Harvard Library Course Reserves Manager

Session: Teaching with Harvard Library Resources 

About: J (she/her) and her team work across the Harvard Library system to help provide students with access to course materials. Send them a reading list for your course, and they will search library holdings for you. If the material is not already owned by the library in a digital format, they will work to purchase or digitize it, and they will post the digital content to Canvas. (Want the material to be made available at the library in a physical format instead? They can do that too—just let them know!) 

Jennifer Lau
Assistant Director for Program Development (PDP)

Drop-In Booth (Online): Ask Me Anything About Your Professional Development Program

About: Jennifer (she/her) leads program development for Professional Development Programs (PDP), focused on leadership development opportunities for working professionals. PDPs (on-campus and online) bring together professionals from a wide-variety of industries and backgrounds, primarily mid to senior-level managers and directors who can draw on their work experience to effectively participate in program discussions and team exercises.

Joanna Do
Instructional Technologist Canvas Course Site Designer 

Session: Turn Students Into Instructors & Curators: Improve Group Work with Interactive Tools

About: Joanna (she/her) works directly with instructors and faculty to design and implement on-line learning environments, using the entire range of Canvas tools: from rubrics and grading schemes to embedding media and communicating with course members inside of Canvas.

Jonathan Paulo
Online Learning & Reference Librarian (HES)

Session: Teaching with Harvard Library Resources 

About: Jonathan Paulo (he/him) is the Online Learning and Reference Librarian for Harvard Extension School. He and Mary Frances work together to help Extension students, faculty and staff navigate and use the plethora of resources and tools available through the Harvard Library.

Karina-Lin Murphy
Manager of Faculty Development

Session: Setting Your Students Up For Success Part I: Course Content

Drop-In Booth (In-Person): Ask Me Anything: The Syllabus Edition

About: Karina (she/her) provides faculty onboarding for new instructors, pedagogical consultations, and group training. Chat with her if you are interested in learning more about teaching online, our online course formats, or just about teaching at DCE. 

Liz Tokar
Academic Web Consultant

Session: User Testing of Teaching & Learning Website 

About: Liz (she/her) is an Instructional Technology utility player, working on migration projects, assisting with non-course site info design and production, and helping Instructors new to Canvas begin setting up their course sites. 

Mary Frances Angelini
Research Librarian (HES)

Session: Teaching with Harvard Library Resources 

About: Mary Frances Angelini (she/her) is the Research Librarian for the Extension School. She and Jonathan Paulo work together to help Extension students, faculty and staff navigate and use the plethora of resources and tools available through the Harvard Library.

Robert Koelzer
Assistant Director of Academic Administration (FEAA) 

Drop-In Booth (In-Person): Ask Me Anything: The Syllabus Edition

About: Rob Koelzer (he/him) is Assistant Director of Academic Administration for Faculty Engagement & Academic Affairs. He helps manage the review and approval of course proposals and syllabi for the Extension and Summer schools, playing a key role in shaping DCE's curricular offerings.

Sarah Ledoux
Manager of Instructional Technologies

Drop-In Booth (In-Person): Instructional Technology 15 Minute Walk-In Requests

About: Sarah (she/her) leads a team of instructional technologists working with faculty using a broad range of tools to enhance the learning experience. She serves as a liaison between DCE and the rest of the Harvard community as new tools and strategies evolve and are tested, helping to ensure that the tools are developed and deployed in a way that best suits course content and meets the needs of both DCE instructors and students.

Susan Goldstein
Online Education Web Conference Consultant 

Session: Classroom Management for All Course Formats

About: Susan (she/her) guides faculty through the process of teaching their first web conference course. Let her know if you’re thinking about teaching a class via web conference or if you’d like to discuss ways to enhance your current web conference course. 

Svetlana Grishpan
Academic Technology Consultant

Session: Classroom Management for All Course Formats

About: Svetlana (she/her) is an instructional technology leader dedicated to transforming education through the innovative use of technology to enhance teaching and learning. She is skilled at consulting with faculty and staff to identify and develop training needs and resources. Also, she is experienced at supporting one's instructional vision to design and implement engaging and effective synchronous and asynchronous online learning experiences for diverse participants. 

Zahra Ahmed
Faculty Development Specialist 

Session: Creating Community with Asynchronous & Synchronous Students

About: Zahra (she/her) leads and designs faculty trainings on pedagogy and practices for online and in-person teaching, including for the Inclusive Teaching Institute, a learning community open to faculty and teaching staff University-wide. She also develops website resources on teaching strategies. Feel free to reach out to her to schedule a coaching/consultation conversation to support you on your teaching and learning journey.