Staff Directory
Director
Michael R. Meyer
Director - William G. Jackson Center for Teaching and Learning
Specialties
Directs and coordinates center activities with those of other campus units
Holds pedagogical consultations with faculty and staff from all departments
Promotes new faculty development tools, training, and opportunities
Coordinates initiatives to support teaching and learning, such as the university testing
center
Holds joint appointment as physics senior lecturer
Staff Listing
Chad Arney
Director, Strategic Initiatives
Specialties
Campus lead for the partnership with Keypath Education
Advocate for the development of high-quality online degree programs
Faculty outreach, training, and support
Specialties
Provides administrative and clerical support to Jackson CTL Director, Staff and Faculty
Forecasts and reconciles department budgets
Coordinates and organizes department-related reimbursements and budget transfers
Processes Employment Forms
Processes Purchase Orders
Jean Straw DeClerck
Instructional Design & Assessment Specialist MS in Rhetoric & Technical Communications,
Michigan Technological University
Specialties
Designs and delivers workshops in instructional technologies, pedagogical practices
and course design
Assists faculty and programs in assessment plans that enable evidence-based action
for meeting learning goals
Promotes collegial, knowledge-sharing initiatives to improve instructional practices
across disciplines
Thomas Freeman
Sr. Instructional Designer, Online Learning Specialist, Adjunct Instructor M.Ed, The
George Washington University
Specialties
Specializes in the design, development and improvement of online learning courses
Provides instructional design services and teaches current best practices for teaching
and learning online
Specializes in and assists with the development and improvement of online learning
degree and certificate programs
Conducts training sessions and designs and delivers workshops and instructional materials
covering online learning course design and development and Learning Management Systems
use
Specialties
Specializes in the design and development of webpages
Assists with creating CTL website pages
Provides updated CTL website pages
Specialties
Oversees operations of Michigan Tech Testing Center
Manages a base of graduate student proctors
Manages the teaching awards process and organizes the annual banquet
Jeff Toorongian
Associate Director and Sr. Educational Technologist, Accessible Technology Coordinator M.
Educational Technology, Boise State University Graduate Certificate, Online Teaching,
Boise State University
Specialties
Specializes in development and production of video content for instructional contexts
Provides advanced support for the Canvas Learning Management System, Panopto-Huskycast
video platform, and iClicker classroom response systems
Identifies and leverages technologies in support of course-level and university-wide
learning goals
Campus Accessible Technology Coordinator
Provides instructional design services and promotes pedagogies to support online and
blended teaching practices
Campus administrator, Panopto-Huskycast video platform
Supervises eLearning student academic support team
Linda S. Wanless
Educational Technologist PhD Post-Secondary and Adult Education, Capella University
Specialties:
Provides advanced support for the Canvas Learning Management System, Panopto-Huskycast
video platform, and iClicker classroom response systems
Assists with Student Rating of Instruction
Enjoys researching emerging learning environments and pedagogical approaches.
Specialties
Specializes in the design and development of asynchronous online courses
Provides instructional design services based on best practices of online teaching
and Quality Matters standards
Assists with creating accessible online course content
