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About the Teaching & Learning Centre

The Teaching & Learning Centre offers access to expertise in teaching methods, active learning strategies, course design, learning technologies and multiple ways of assessing learning to enrich the student learning and faculty teaching experience at Seneca. We champion a cross-disciplinary, experiential approach to learning.

Working in partnership with academic schools, departments and faculty we offer a wide range of professional development activities, resources and services to facilitate the achievement of the goals of our Strategic Plan 2023–2026.

Have a question to ask us or a resource to share? Email us at teaching@senecapolytechnic.ca.

Our Location and Hours

Welcome to the Teaching & Learning Centre! You can find us in room A2508 at Newnham Campus. We're here to assist you from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern, Monday through Friday. Please note: the Teaching & Learning Centre will be closed on days that Seneca is closed and during special events like Teaching & Learning Days, New Faculty Orientation, and the All-Employees Meeting. Be sure to check our calendar for our events and other PD offerings.

If you'd like to connect with a member of our team, email us at teaching@senecapolytechnic.ca to schedule an appointment. We look forward to working with you!

The Teaching & Learning Centre Team

Amy Lin, Director of the Teaching & Learning Centre

Amy Lin

she/her

Director of the Teaching & Learning Centre

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Ivy Chiu Loke, Dean of Academic Quality

Ivy Chiu Loke

Dean of Academic Quality

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An Nguyen

she/her

Senior Instructional Designer

Contact me about: Course design, curriculum alignment, creating engaging learning activities and assessments, writing scenarios/simulations, student-centred teaching, eLearning, and educational technologies.

πŸ“§ Email An

Anh Lam, Project Manager, eLearning Specialist

Anh Lam

Project Manager, eLearning Specialist

Contact me about: Project management of eLearning projects, Online/Hybrid design and development, Micro-credential development, External project development, Articulate Storyline.

πŸ“§ Email Anh

Ashley Ribbel, Special Projects Coordinator

Ashley Ribbel

she/her

Special Projects Coordinator

Contact me about: registration in MyPD, the Teaching & Learning Centre website, professional development offered by the Teaching & Learning Centre Team.

πŸ“§ Email Ashley

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Ashley Rodrigues

she/her

Project Researcher

Contact me about: research related to the curriculum integration project.

πŸ“§ Email Ashley

Cedar Leithead, Senior Instructional Designer

Cedar Leithead

she/her

Senior Instructional Designer

Contact me about: Course design and development, educational technology, designing course materials, good food.

πŸ“§ Email Cedar

Dani Bobak, eLearning Designer

Dani Bobak

she/her

Instructional Designer

Contact me about: Animation and 3D Modelling, eLearning, Multimedia Design and Development, Adobe Suite products (such as Illustrator, Photoshop, and After Effects), Articulate Storyline and Rise, assist with creative solutions, and if there are any new and innovative tools that I should be looking into to help provide assistance - always looking to learn new things and find helpful methods for learning!

πŸ“§ Email Dani

Elisheva Lightstone, Instructional Designer

Elisheva Lightstone

she/her

Professor in the Seneca Nanji Foundation School of Nursing and the Teaching & Learning Centre

Contact me about: ITSP (Inclusive Teaching and Scholarly Practice), VR and XR, Social Emotional Learning (SEL), Universal Design for Learning, Learn@Seneca minimum requirements, Learn@Seneca, Adobe Creative Cloud Express, faculty portfolios.

πŸ“§ Email Elisheva

Gina Catenazzo, Instructional Designer

Gina Catenazzo

she/her

Senior Instructional Designer

Contact me about: Accessible Digital Content (Accessibility), Universal Design for Learning, Course Design, Online Learning, Design Courses in Learn@Seneca, Alignment of Activities/Assessments to Learning Outcome.

πŸ“§ Email Gina

Iman Hajihassani, Multi-media Specialist

Iman Hajihassani

Multi-media Specialist

Contact me about: developing multimedia content for various platforms such as websites, social media, and presentations; creating engaging and visually appealing graphics, videos, and animations; editing and enhancement of multimedia content using software tools such as Adobe Creative Suite and other relevant tools; and providing support to other team members on multimedia-related projects.

πŸ“§ Email Iman

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Jamie Arfin

she/her/hers

Senior Instructional Designer

Contact me about: Universal Design for Learning, flexible course design, Inclusive design, online learning design and delivery, Equity-informed teaching practices/methodologies, Curriculum Integration, designing learning outcomes, course design, designing lessons and assessments, active/student-centred teaching strategies, student engagement, and intercultural classrooms.

πŸ“§ Email Jamie

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Karen Spiers

she/her

Manager of the Teaching & Learning Centre

Contact me about: Online, Hybrid, and Flexible Course Development, New Course Development, Projects Requests, External Course Development Projects.

πŸ“§ Email Karen

Lara McInnis, Professor in the Teaching & Learning Centre

Lara McInnis

she/her/hers

Professor in the Teaching & Learning Centre

Contact me about: designing lessons and assessments, teaching strategies for all learning modalities, curriculum mapping and learning outcomes, designing for inclusion, engagement and intercultural classrooms, integrating sustainability into curriculum, micro-credentials and competency-based learning.

πŸ“§ Email Lara

Laura Page, Professor in the Teaching & Learning Centre

Laura Page

she/her

Professor in the Teaching & Learning Centre

Contact me about: Faculty professional learning (including Foundations of Teaching and Learning (FTL) and Inclusive Teaching and Scholarly Practice (ITSP), the Science of Learning, and Universal Design for Learning). Also contact me if you are interested in classroom-based research projects within our Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) program and for guidance on Flexible course design and delivery.

πŸ“§ Email Laura

Linda Facchini, Professor, Faculty Development in the Teaching & Learning Centre

Linda Facchini

she/her

Professor, Faculty Development in the Teaching & Learning Centre

Contact me about: learning outcomes, assessment, extended reality, classroom facilitation, academic integrity, degree-level teaching, Learn@Seneca, micro-credentials for faculty PD.

πŸ“§ Email Linda

Michael Lew, XR Software Programmer

Michael Lew

XR Software Programmer

Contact me about: XR Technologies, Game Engines, Programming, and Software Development.

πŸ“§ Email Michael

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Michael Myers

he/him

Digital Literacies Librarian

Contact me about: Open Educational Resources (OERs), Digital Literacies, Library & Sandbox related queries, Generative AI.

πŸ“§ Email Michael

Naomi Go, Project Manager, eLearning Specialist

Naomi Go

Project Manager, eLearning Specialist

Contact me about: project management, budgeting, project management tools, online module content development, course development, LMS, faculty-facing micro-credentials, CanCred.

πŸ“§ Email Naomi

Sherri Parkins, Learning Strategist in Accessibility Services and Faculty Development Advisor in the Teaching & Learning Centre

Sherri Parkins

she/her

Learning Strategist in Accessibility Services and Faculty Development Advisor in the Teaching & Learning Centre

Contact me about: Universal Design for Learning (UDL), Accessibility and Access, Academic Accommodations, Accessible Learning Services, the Science of Learning.

πŸ“§ Email Sherri

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Todd Malarczuk

he/him

Professor in the Teaching & Learning Centre

Contact me about: All things micro-credentials – their creation, development, and rollout. Also, the faculty mentorship program, generative artificial intelligence (gen AI), and the Faculty Development Program.

πŸ“§ Email Todd

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Truc Chau

Instructional Designer

Contact me about: UX and learning experience design, eLearning, course design and development, educational technology, facilitation, workshops, and graphic design.

πŸ“§ Email Truc

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