teachology
Spring 2014 Edition
A Message From Lisa Ciardulli
Lisa Ciardulli
A Academic Technologies
VP,
I’ve now been at
Santa Fe for just
over 9 months,
and a lot has happened in this short amount
of time. First, the college switched to a new
learning management system (LMS), in what
seemed like a blink of an eye. That’s because
all the decisions, preparations, and much of
the training had already taken place by the
time I arrived. I must say that I’m utterly
amazed that such a small group of people –
Steve, Gloria, Debbie, and Zona (see the
Meet Our Staff page), with much assistance
from Dr. Dave Yonutas – could accomplish so
much to get this college ready for such a
significant undertaking.
Second, two new instructional designers
have been added to our staff, Olysha in June,
and Jason in December. Their presence has
allowed the Center for Academic
Technologies to broaden its faculty
development efforts to include in-class
teaching and learning in addition to online
learning and LMS workshops. And they have
wasted no time. Already they have launched
an entire certificate program (see page 13).
Olysha and Jason bring more than 27 years
of combined teaching and instructional
design experience to the department, and
both are advancing their education in a
doctoral program at UF focusing on
instructional design, so I am confident they
will make a great contribution to enhance
professional development at SF.
This online magazine marks another
milestone. It underscores our commitment
to foster communication and collaboration
among all faculty and staff. The Canvas Clues
and Cues Newsletter was just a first attempt
to keep people informed. This magazine will
allow us to not only answer questions and
make announcements, we can use it to
highlight some of the notable teaching and
learning taking place at the college. In this
issue, you’ll hear from two such faculty
members who we have had the honor to
work with recently.
This magazine also gives me an opportunity
to highlight the great work of the
Educational Media Studio, one of the best
kept secrets at SF (until now). The Media
Studio is everywhere but rarely “out” there.