Instructional Designers
Instructional Designers (IDs) at UAA and its community campuses collaborate both informally and through the Instructional Designers Alliance. The ID Alliance works to improve eLearning guidance and practice at UAA, coordinate resources and professional development offerings, advocate for recognition of faculty development and excellence in online and technology-enhanced teaching, and expand and promote our services to UAA faculty.
- UAA Instructional Designers Alliance
UAA Instructional Designers and Instructional Technology Specialists
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Jenna Amber, Faculty Development & Instructional Support
Jenna Amber
Instructional Media Studio Coordinator, Faculty Development & Instructional Support
907-786-4850 • jcamber@alaska.eduFocus area: media production, accessibility, supporting instructors on all UAA campuses
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Don Bickley, PWSC
Don Bickley
Instructional Design and Technology Specialist, Prince William Sound College Instructional Design and Technology
907-834-1646 • dbickley@alaska.eduFocus areas: interactive digital media development, accessibility, learning management system administration, unmanned aerial systems instruction, IT support
- Andria Cross, Faculty Development & Instructional Support
Andria Cross
Instructional Designer, Faculty Development & Instructional Support
907-786-4933 • apcross@alaska.eduFocus area: course design, supporting instructors on all UAA campuses
- Kim Frost, KPC
Kim Frost
Educational Technology Team Lead, Instructional Designer, Kenai Peninsula College
907-235-1621 • kafrost2@alaska.eduFocus areas: instructional technology, Universal Design, student engagement in online learning environments
- Ray Garcelon, Faculty Development & Instructional Support
Ray Garcelon
Instructional Designer, Faculty Development & Instructional Support
907-786-0504 • rjgarcelonjr@alaska.eduFocus areas: course design, academic technologies, supporting instructors on all UAA campuses
- Micah Muer, Mat-Su College
Micah Muer
Associate Professor of Library Science/ Information Literacy and Instructional Technology Librarian, Mat-Su College
907-745-9758 • mwmuer@alaska.eduFocus areas: libraries, information literacy, research
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Dan Norton, Faculty Development & Instructional Support
Dan Norton
Instructional Designer, Faculty Development & Instructional Support
907-786-0722 • djnorton@alaska.eduFocus areas: academic technologies, course design
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Claudia Pearson, KPC, Kachemak Bay Campus
Claudia Pearson
Instructional Designer, Kenai Peninsula College, Kachemak Bay Campus
907-235-1609 • clpearson@alaska.eduFocus areas: academic technologies, course design
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Dr. Kathryn Schild, Faculty Development & Instructional Support
Dr. Kathryn Schild
Lead Instructional Designer, Faculty Development & Instructional Support
907-786-4597 • kdschild@alaska.eduFocus areas: course and program design, inclusive online teaching, faculty development, teaching challenges, supporting instructors on all UAA campuses
- Andrew Tibor, College of Engineering
Andrew Tibor
eLearning Coordinator, College of Engineering
907-786-1884 • altibor@alaska.eduFocus areas: audio-visual, web, information technology
- Jimmy Tuttle, KPC
Jimmy Tuttle
Educational Technologist, Kenai Peninsula College
907-262-0299 • jrtuttle@alaska.eduFocus areas: academic technology support, IT support, Blackboard LMS admin
- Katie Walker, College of Health
Katie Walker
Instructional Designer, College of Health
kmwalker@alaska.eduFocus areas: engagement in online classes, universal design for learning
Instructional Designers work with subject matter experts to design and develop learning
experiences that prepare students to meet learning outcomes. We work closely with
faculty to implement inclusive teaching practices such as Universal Design for Learning and accessibility, engage
students in online and lecture courses, and choose instructional technology tools
that help meet instructional goals. Instructional Designers also evaluate campus needs for technology and training resources,
provide resources for continuous improvement of course quality, and help UAA keep
up with emerging practices and national standards.
Instructional Designers across the University of Alaska have communicated and collaborated for many years. Although UAA, UAF, and UAS provide instructional design support through different organizational structures and processes, our goals and interests coincide.
In 2011, UAA Instructional Designers (and others with interest and experience in instructional design) organized into the Instructional Designers Alliance. The ID Alliance has met regularly for ten years and grown in number and representation. The current ID Alliance has 20 members representing UAA and its community campuses, along with UAS instructional designers and liaisons from UAF’s faculty support team. In our monthly meetings we work together on identified goals and share teaching resources, accessibility practices, new technology/features, news from university committees we are members of, professional development opportunities, and more.
To join the Instructional Designers Alliance, please email uaa_design@alaska.edu. We welcome new members working in instructional technology and faculty support.
Faculty Development & Instructional Support
Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence, Academic Innovations & eLearning, and Center
for Community Engagement & Learning
Library 213 • 907-786-4496 • uaa_cafe@alaska.edu • Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.