Educational Technology
About Us
| Kevin
Givler
Director of Educational Technologies |
| Role: Kevin Givler directs the day to day operations of Educational Technologies which includes the Online Course Management group, the Classroom Support Group, and Video Services. Bio: Kevin came to the Fisher College of Business in December, 2000 after 25 years of continuous service to the University at large including stints at the Teaching Aids Laboratory, Center for Teaching Excellence, and finally the Office of Information Technology. Kevin is a 1978 graduate of The Ohio Institute of Technology and has completed graduate level certification in acoustics and sound reinforcement at Synergetic Audio Concepts in Bloomington, Indiana. Kevin has a total of 29 years of classroom and training facility design experience as Senior Facility and Systems Design Engineer with the Office of Information Technology (OIT) at The Ohio State University and as an independent Technology Design Professional. He has extensive background, training, and knowledge in state-of-the-art computing systems and networks, sound reinforcement systems, video conference systems; video broadcast Imaging and distribution systems, video/data displays, and building cable infrastructure systems. He is currently completing coursework towards Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD). Kevin is highly experienced in all phases of design, specification, construction, and conformance testing of electronic/audiovisual/communication systems. He is a member of the International Communications Industry Association (ICIA), The Building Industries Consultant Services International (BICSI), and the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI). Kevin is also a Lutron Qualified lighting systems design professional (LLQ). Contact Information: givler.2@osu.edu 247-6784 |
| Randy
Spears
Associate Director of Educational Technologies |
| Role: Randy supports faculty in the
areas of online learning and instructional design. Randy can assist faculty with
Carmen and in strategies to deliver distance learning.
Bio: Randy is a graduate of Ohio State University and start his career in the College of Agriculture working in satellite distance learning. From there, Randy work at both the University of Wisconsin and Purdue University. He attained a Master’s degree in Education Technology at Purdue University and supervised efforts in satellite distance learning, videoconferencing and online learning. From there, Randy worked for the private consulting firm, Blackwell Consulting Inc., and at Ashland University. At Ashland, he served as the Assistant Director of Instructional Technology. Contact Information: spears_4@fisher.osu.edu 8-8468 Personal Web Site: fisher.osu.edu/~spears_4 |
| Christiana
Cordiano
Instructional Development Specialist |
| Role: Christiana Cordiano has been
cultivating faculty, staff and student education at the Ohio State University
for 6 years. She began working with the Office of Human Resources, documenting
business processes and training HRPs on the PeopleSoft system. For the past 4
years she has held the position of Instructional Technology Specialist with
Fisher College of Business. In this role, she is responsible for the production
and post-production execution of online video content and works closely with
faculty to achieve their pedagogical goals. In addition, Christiana is
responsible for Technical Support for all of the faculty and instructors at
Fisher who use the content-management system, Carmen, in their courses as well
as supporting the students who are enrolled in business distance education
courses.
Bio: Christiana Cordiano is the Instructional Technology Specialist for Educational Technologies. Prior to joining Fisher, Christiana worked in the for-profit space with computer-based training providers Pathlore Software and Cognitive Arts in consultant roles in both the US and in Italy. Christiana holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies and Italian from the Ohio State University and has completed graduate coursework in instructional design from Boise State University. You can contact Christiana for assistance with Carmen or Distance Learning at: Contact Information: cordiano_2@fisher.osu.edu 7-6946 |
| Andy
Penfield
Video Services Manager/Systems Engineer |
| Role:Andy provides systems upgrade design and technical support for videoconferencing and classroom services in the college.
Bio: Andy joined the Fisher College of Business in June 2001 as a student employee and quickly embraced the challenge of rebuilding the video conference electronics plant here at the college. As a full time employee of the college Andy performs such day to day duties as management and responsibility for all video conference activities web streaming activities. Andy supports the college video server, video conference electronic plant, video editing services, and oversight of classroom systems maintenance. Andy ‘s background prior to arriving at the Fisher College of Business includes broadcast transmission support at WBNS television and sister station ONN. Contact Information: penfield_5@fisher.osu.edu 292-7233 |
| Tom Wei
Classroom Services Manager |
| Role: Tom provides a point of first
contact for any problems that instructors are having in their classrooms, in the
Fisher Complex. He provides training on using the classroom technology in the
Schoenbaum and Gerlach classrooms, and an immediate troubleshooting service for
in-class technology problems in these rooms. He also supervises our Classroom
Services student staff, who assist with this mission. Tom can also provide a
limited support role for other miscellaneous A/V needs throughout the Fisher
Complex, and again provide a point of first contact for general A/V needs
questions in the Business College.
Bio: Bachelor’s Degree from the Ohio State University Contact Information: wei_9@cob.osu.edu 292-3624 |
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