Faculty

Dan Berlyoung
Educational Foundations and Leadership
5100:630 Advanced Multimedia (Director)
Dan Berlyoung is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Akron. He is a part time professor at U of A teaching Advanced Multimedia, and several HTML workshops during the summer sessions. He is also a full time multimedia developer. He has also had ten years of technical support experience and ten years of multimedia development and interface design.

Dwight Bishop
Design and Development
5100:630 Advanced Multimedia (Flash)

Dr. John Hirschbuhl
Design and Development
5100:634 Visual Literacy
John Hirschbuhl has been with the University of Akron for the last 33 years. He received his BS from Temple University, his MS from Temple University also, and received his Ph.D. from the Pennsylvania State University in computer science and instructional technology. He works for the U of A as a professor and director of learning technology which includes design and development, computer based assessment and evaluation, distributed learning and software training. He has published 150 articles and 11 editions of Computers in Education: Mc Graw Hill. He presents at many different conferences in his specialized area of study in Instructional Technology.

Dr. Peg McCann
Design and Development
5100:632 Web Based Learning Systems
Peggy McCann is currently a curriculum designer and works in the learning technologies and scholar learner services for the University of Akron. She is also a part time faculty member for the College of Education. She received her BSTE, MSTE, and Ph.D. from U of A. She specializes in adult learning theory and instructional technology. She has published five different articles in the past few years and has a couple of different publications that she is currently working on. She has been working at the U of A since 1997.

Dr. John Savery
Educational Foundations and Leadership
5100:631 Instructional Design;
5100:638 Integrating and Implementing Technology;
5100:635 Emerging Technologies for Instruction
5100:639 Strategies for Online Teaching.
John Savery is currently an assistant professor in the Educational Foundations and Leadership Department of the College of Education at The University of Akron where he teaches masters level courses in instructional design, emerging technologies, and strategies for on-line teaching.
His research interests include the design of effective technology rich learning environments, and strategies to foster the development of student ownership for learning.
See Dr Savery's Personal Web Site .

Patrick Tabatcher
Design and Development
5100:634 Visual Literacy
Patrick Tabatcher is the Senior Multimedia Producer for the University of Akron. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the U of A. He has been With the U of A. for the past three years. He works in the Design & Development Services, a department within the VPCIO division. His primary function is to assist faculty who are using WebCT or otherwise incorporating multimedia into their teaching. His duties range from creating graphics and interfaces on up to the creation of interactive training modules, animations and CD-ROM development. In addition to his duties assisting faculty, He also works with various groups on campus. This includes helping create PowerPoint slideshows on up to website design and development. He specializes in interface design and usability and accessibility issues in multimedia, specifically in web design.

Educational Foundations and Leadership
Sajit Zachariah is currently an Associate Professor in the Department
Educational Foundations and Leadership in the College of Education at
The University of Akron where he teaches graduate level courses in
Planning for Technology, Technology for Administrators and Hypermedia.
His research interests include the use of Handheld technology in K-16 environments, multimedia in education and online learning environments.

 

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