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Imaginative or Innovative Approach
DIG3713 Game Development Practices

Instructor
Nick Heitzman
Course Design Team
Dr. Brenda Such, Assistant Director Course Production
Yuliya Antonenko, Instructional Designer
Ami Blasberg, Multimedia Specialist
Instructional Strategy
PHY2004-20080 Applied Physics 1

Instructors
Dr. Sujata Krishna
Dr. Darin Acosta
Dr. Shawn Weatherford
Course Design Team
Brian Schilling, Instructional Designer
Large Enrollment Strategies
CGS2531 Problem Solving Using Computer Software

Instructor
Dr. John Mendoza-Garcia
Course Design Team
Dr. Heather Maness, Instructional Designer
Learner Satisfaction
EDG7359 Professional Development & Teacher Learning

Instructors
Dr. Alyson Adams
Course Design Team
Domenic Durante, Instructional Designer
Robin LeCain, Instructional Designer
Shalaunda Reeves, Graduate Assistant
Quality of Course Materials
PLP2000 Plants, Plagues, and People

Instructor
Dr. Brantlee Spakes-Richter
Student Engagement
MCB4934/6937 Antimicrobial Resistance

Instructor
Dr. Daniel Czyz
Exemplary Courses
APK3163 Sports Nutrition
Dr. Blain Harrison, Instructor
Jackie Sirmopolous, Instructional Designer
CCJ3024 Advanced Principles of Criminal Justice
Dr. Erika Brooke, Instructor
Brian Schilling & Dr. Andrew Reynolds, Instructional Designers
Ami Blasberg, Videographer
Joseph Hoft & Eaven Holder, Teaching Assistants
EGS4034 Engineering Ethics and Professionalism - UF Online Program
Bill McElroy, Instructor
Allyson Haskell, Instructional Designer
Leslie Mojeiko, Instructional Designer
Ariel Gunn, Instructional Designer
EGS6039 Engineering Leadership - EDGE Program
Bill McElroy, Instructor
Allyson Haskell, Instructional Designer
LIN3010 Introduction to Linguistics
James Garner, Instructor
Yuliya Antonenko, Instructional Designer
Ami Blasberg, Videographer
Josh Eddie, Graphic Designer
MUL2010 Experiencing Music
Lauren Hodges, Instructor
Exemplary Courses
PCB467 Evolution
Norman Douglas, Instructor
Don Fitzpatrick & Shannon Dunn, Instructional Designers
Pratush Brahma,Galen Cobb, Andy Crowl, Cody Howard, Lindsey Johnson, Heather Kates, Teaching Assistants
PHA6432 Fundamentals of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Dr. Oliver Grundmann, Instructor
Lisa Cox, Instructional Designer
Justin De Leo, Instructional Designer
Jacques LeBlanc, Teaching Assistant
PHC4101 Public Health Concepts
Jerne Shapiro, Instructor
Truly Hardemon, Instructional Designer
Eva Egensteiner, Video and Multimedia Specialist
Hillary Carter, Multimedia Specialist
Akemi Wijayabahu, Emily Klann, Bin Yu, Teaching Assistants
PHY2004L Applied Physics I
Dr. Sujata Krishna, Instructor
Dr. Shawn Weatherford, Course Developer
Robert DeSerio, Developer of Experiments
Emma Brady, Instructional Designer
SWS4932 Math for Environmental Professionals
Dr. Kanika Sharma Inglett, Instructor
Megan Podsiad, Senior Instructional Designer
Drew Feigum, Video Production Manager
SPN1131 Beginning Spanish II

Instructor
Crystal Marull, Ph.D.
View the course webtour!
Instructional Designer
Andrew Reynolds, Ph.D.
Faculty
Sonia San Juan
PCB4043C General Ecology

Instructor
Stefanie Gazda, Ph.D.
View the course webtour!
Instructional Designer
Selcuk Dogan, Ph.D.
URP6275 Intermediate Planning Information Systems

Instructor
Kate Norris
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Content Developers
Sam Palmer (left)
Erik Ashley Finlay (right)
Crystal Goodison
Danny Downing
Reginald Pierre-Jean
Instructional Strategy
EEX6135 Foundations of Literacy Development and Dyslexia

Instructor and Course Developer
Vivian Gonsalves, Ph.D.
Instructional Designer
Domenic Durante
Content Developers
Sunshine Moss, M.Ed., Holly Lane, Ph.D.
Video Production
Matthew long
Video/Graphics Production
Lianne Jepson
Student Engagement
ENY2040 The Insects

Instructor
Andrea Lucky, Ph.D.
Instructional Designer
Rayne Vieger
Web Design
Katherine Moore
Teaching Assistant
Clancy Short
Learner Satisfaction
HSC3102 Personal & Family Health

Instructor
Amber Emanuel, Ph.D.
Instructional Designer
Emma Brady
Teaching Assistants
Natalia Acosta, John Lee, Denis Schulz, and Ashtin Morio
Quality of Course Materials
ANT3451 Race and Racism

Instructor and Course Co-Designer
Mary Elizabeth Ibarrola
Course Co-Designer
Clarence C. Gravlee, Ph.D.
Instructional Designers
Leslie Mojeiko, Chris Pinkoson
Teaching Assistants
Anthony Boucher, Shao-Yun Chang, Dalila
D’Ingeo, and Benjamin D. Smith
Video Production
CITT Video Services
Large Enrollment Strategies
SPN1130 Beginning Spanish I

Instructor
Crystal Marull, Ph.D.
Teaching Assistant
Sonia San Juan
Imaginative or Innovative Approach
MCB2006 Microbes without Borders

Instructor and Course Co-Designer
Monika Oli, Ph.D.
Instructional Designers
Emma Brady, Selcuk Dogan Ph.D.
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant and Students Co-Designer
Amanda Ojeda
Undergraduate Teaching Assistants
Jeniveve Howard
Video Production
CITT Video Services
Imaginative or Innovative Approach
ZOO3603 Evolutionary Developmental Biology

Instructor
Brian Harfe, Ph.D.
Webtour with Dr. Brian Harfe (11:13)
Instructional Strategy
JOU3109 Multimedia Writing

Instructor
Julie Dodd, Ph.D.
Learner Satisfaction
EDG7982 Practitioner Research, Theory and Practice

Instructor
Nancy Dana, Ph.D.
Webtour with Dr. Nancy Dana
Quality of Course Materials
GLY3202C Earth Materials

Instructor
Rachel Walters, Ph.D.
Webtour with Dr. Walters (11:57)
“Scratch and Learn”
Student Engagement
AEC6932 Organizational Leadership

Instructor
Matthew Sowcik, Ph.D.
Webtour with Dr. Sowcik (11:55)
Large Enrollment Undergraduate:
- ECO2013 Principles of Macroeconomics, Thomas Knight
- Instructional Designer: Sarah Bleakney
- Video Director: Belinda Espinosa
- Broadcast Manager: Chris Smith
- Studio Manager: Jonathan Brown
- Watch the ECO2013 (6:03) demo
- GEB3373 International Business, Amanda Phalin
- Instructional Designer: Staci Graff
- Video Director: Belinda Espinosa
- Watch the GEB3373 video (4:00)
Lower Enrollment Undergraduate:
- SYP3510 Deviance, Marian Borg
- Instructional Designer: Mike Amish
- Video Production: Josh Mills
- Watch the SYP3510 (8:37) demo
- WST4930 Women, Leadership and Diversity in the Global Environment, Anita Anantharam
- Instructional Designer: Heather Maness
- Watch the WST4930 (7:41) demo
Lower Enrollment Graduate:
BSC2009L Laboratory in Biological Sciences
- Lead Instructor: Catalina Pimiento
- Instructor: Kent Vliet, Ph.D.
- Instructional Designer: Ashley Weser
CHM1025 Introduction to General Chemistry
- Lead Instructor: Melanie Veige
- Instructor: Phillip J. Brucat, Ph.D.
- John Mitchell, Ph.D.
- Instructional Designer: Kristina Macadangdang
ENT4934 Social Entrepreneurship
- Lead Instructor: Kristin Joos, Ph.D.
- Instructional Designer: Tawnya Means, Ph.D.
- Video Production: Jonathan Brown
- Graphic Designer: Daniel Ypsilanti
HUN2201 Fundamentals of Human Nutrition
- Lead Instructor: Kristina von Castel-Roberts, Ph.D.
- Instructional Designer: William Wildberger
VME4012 Aquatic Animal Conservation Issues
- Lead Instructor: Iske Larkin, Ph.D.
- Instructor: Patrick Larkin, Ph.D.
- Instructor: Amanda Ardente, D.V.M.
- Instructional Designer: Heather Maness
Outstanding MOOC: Global Students Introduction to U.S. Law (Coursera)
- Instructor: Alyson Flournoy, J.D.
- Instructor: Pedro Malavet, J.D.
- Instructor: Claire Germain
- Instructor: Lyrissa Lidsky, J.D.
- Instructor: Sharon Rush, J.D.
- Instructor: Loren Turner, J.D.
- Instructor: Jennifer Wondracek, J.D.
- Instructor: Jeff Harrison, J.D., Ph.D.
- Instructor: Kenneth Nunn, J.D.
- Teaching Assistant: Christina Lopez
- Instructional Designer: William Wildberger
- Instructional Designer: Brian Schilling
- Instructional Designer: Leonardo Latorre
ISM3004 Computing in the Business Environment
- Eric Olson, MS, Instructor
- Sarah Bleakney, Ph.D., Instructional Designer
BSC2009 Biological Sciences
- Nicole Gerlach, Ph.D., Instructor
- Ashley Weser, Instructional Designer
- View the BSC2009 Biological Sciences course demo.
CJL3038 Law and Society
- Lora Levett, Ph.D., Instructor
- Rayne Vieger, Instructional Designer
- View the CJL3038 Law and Society course demo.
AST1002 Discover the Universe
- Naibi Mariñas, Ph.D., Instructor
- Shay Potts, Instructional Designer
- CITT Video Production Team
- View the AST1002 Discover the Universe course demo.
VEM5321 Integrating Veterinary Medicine with Shelter Systems
- Terry Spencer, DVM Med, Instructor
- Michael Crandall, Media and Instructional Designer
- View the VEM5321 Integrating Veterinary Medicine with Shelter Systems course demo.
IDS2338 Rethinking Citizenship
- Emma K. Humphries, Ph.D., Instructor
- Ian Elsner, Instructional Designer
- College of Education Office of E-learning, Technology, and Creative Services
- College of Journalism and Communications Media Services Group
- View the IDS2338 Rethinking Citizenship course demo.
SPN1130 Beginning Spanish I
- Jesse Gleason, Ph.D., Instructor
- William Wildberger, Instructional Designer
- View the SPN1130 Beginning Spanish I course demo.
AOM2520 Global Sustainable Energy
- Wendell Porter, Ph.D., Instructor
- Rebecca Williams, Instructional Designer
- CITT Video Production Team
- View the AOM2520 Global Sustainable Energy course demo.