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Meet the Team

Academic Consulting Team

Head and shoulders digital art of a woman with shoulder-length dark hair, blue eyes, and fair skin. She is wearing glasses and a blue shirt.Rebecca Mills
she/her/hers
Director of Teaching and Learning
(802) 651-5965
rmills@champlain.edu

Rebecca draws upon teaching and learning scholarship, instructional design expertise and practical experience to create transformational faculty development opportunities and resources.  She provides faculty support in the areas of educational philosophy, pedagogy and classroom culture.  Rebecca has her bachelor’s degree in Biology/Education and her Master’s Degree in Higher Education from Cedarville University.

Consult Rebecca about…

  • scholarship on teaching and learning
  • developing and effectively implementing your teaching philosophy
  • requesting or proposing professional development workshops, series, or reading groups

 

Head-and-shoulders digital portrait of a man with medium skin, dark eyes, and dark hair, wearing a gray buttondown shirt.Freddy Angel
he/him/his
Senior Developer
(802) 865-5456
freddy.angel@champlain.edu

Freddy develops courses for Champlain College’s undergraduate and graduate programs and provides support to faculty and students using the Canvas LMS. He has a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Polytechnic University and a Master of Science in Managing Innovation in Information Technology (MSMIIT) Degree from Champlain College.

Consult Freddy about…

  • strategies for using Canvas with your class
  • Universal Design for Learning and the Canvas environment

 

Head-and-shoulders digital portrait of a woman with shoulder-length reddish hair, dark eyes, and fair skin. She is wearing glasses and a dark shirt.Caroline Toy
she/her/hers
Learning Experience Designer
(802) 865-8987
jtoy@champlain.edu

Caroline works with faculty on course and assignment design and classroom strategies and develops content for the CLT’s website. Her interests include digital humanities in the classroom and experiential education. She holds a B.A. from Williams College, M.Ed. in Outdoor Education Administration from Georgia College & State University, and M.A. and Ph.D. in Comparative Studies from Ohio State University. Visit Caroline’s virtual office here.

Consult Caroline about…

  • thriving as a new instructor
  • enhancing your course design, syllabus, assignments, and projects
  • arranging a classroom observation and feedback session

Faculty Liaisons


Miriam Horne
she/her/hers
Faculty Lead; Associate Professor, Core Division
mhorne@champlain.edu

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Betsy Allen-Pennebaker
Web Content Creator; Assistant Professor, Core Division
eallen-pennebaker@champlain.edu

Support Team


Taylor Drinker
she/her/hers
Student Worker: Technology Support

Taylor is a Marketing major with a concentration in tech and UX design. She assists the CLT with Canvas support requests, the website, and publicity.

Maya Gastman
she/her/hers
Student Worker: Website Assistant

Maya is a Broadcast major who specializes in audio recording and production. She assists the CLT with the development of our upcoming new website and maintenance of other resources like our YouTube channel.

Affiliates

Josh Blumberg, Director of Academic Technology: Educational technology solutions

Angela Gale, Assistant Director, E-learning and Quality Assurance: E-learning pedagogy

Christina Erickson, Service & Sustainability Learning Director: Service-learning pedagogy and practice

Ellen Zeman, Director of Assessment, Curriculum, and Accreditation: Assessment, student feedback, and curriculum design