Dan Berlyoung
5100:630 Advanced Multimedia (Director/Flash)
Dan Berlyoung is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Akron teaching Advanced Multimedia, and several HTML workshops during the summer sessions. He is a full time multimedia developer with ten years of technical support experience and ten years of multimedia development and interface design.

Mike Collura

5100:633 Hypermedia

5100:614 Planning for Technology

Mike Collura is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Akron. In addition he is the Coordinator of Instructional Technology at The Ohio State University at Mansfield. His primary role at OSU-M is to assist faculty with technology integration and web development to support teaching and learning. He received his B.A. in Psychology and M.A.Ed. in Educational Administration from the University of Akron and is completing his Ph.D. (ABD) in Educational Technology from Purdue University.

Dr. John Hirschbuhl

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.

Melissa Hughes

Melissa spent ten years in elementary education serving as a classroom teacher and the technology resource teacher for a K-4 public school.  She is currently the Educational Technology Coordinator for Carson-Dellosa Publishing Co.  Melissa has been a part-time instructor in the IT program since 1998.

Dr. Jodi Kearns

Jodi Kearns has a B.A. in Religious Studies from University of Waterloo, Ontario; a B.Ed. from University of Windsor, Ontario; and a MLS in school-library media. Her post-Masters certificate in Digital Imaging, and her PhD in Interdisciplinary Information Science are from the University of North Texas. Her research interests include entropy and information theory of media for specific, idiosyncratic users; idiosyncratic information behaviors, digital imaging technologies, indexing, and representation; and instructional technologies. She is co-author of the recently release academic text: Hunting and Gathering on the Information Savannah.

Ted Lysiak

5100:614 Planning for Technology

Ted is currently the Director of Instructional Technology and Educational Video in the Euclid City School District where he is responsible for the planning and implementation of instructional technology initiatives in Euclid. His experiences include the use of handheld technology in K-12 environments, multimedia in education, digital video and photography, and online learning environments. Ted is a graduate of the Instructional Technology program.

Dr. Peg McCann

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

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 an assistant professor in the department of Educational Foundations and Leadership and Director of the IT masters degree program. 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

5100:630 Advanced Multimedia (Flash)
Patrick Tabatcher is the Senior Multimedia Producer for the University of Akron and works in Design & Development Services, a department within the VPCIO division. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the U of A.  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 to the creation of interactive training modules, animations and CD-ROM development.  He specializes in interface design and usability and accessibility issues in multimedia, specifically in web design.

Dr. Sajit Zachariah

Sajit Zachariah is an Assistant Dean in the College of Education at The University of Akron. He teaches graduate 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.