Dr. Monica Orozco

Assistant Provost for eLearning

Dr. Monica Orozco is the Assistant Provost for eLearning. She is responsible for the development and administration of the University's new Center for eLearning, where she develops, monitors and oversees FAU's eLearning capabilities by leading and facilitating the University's efforts to implement eLearning across all academic disciplines and programs.

In this capacity, Dr. Orozco collaborates with FAU's 10 colleges, as well as its schools, departments and faculty to facilitate new eLearning courses and programs, and enhance existing courses. She also oversees instructional technology, including training, supporting, and assisting faculty and staff who utilize eLearning, as well as managing the day-to-day operations of the new center. Orozco also works directly with the Provost to implement FAU's academic and technological strategic vision.

Dr. Orozco comes to FAU from Auburn University, where she served as Director of Distance Learning and Outreach. With over a decade of experience in the instructional technology field, Dr. Orozco has also previously held positions at Cape Fear Community College, SunGard Higher Education and Florida Community College at Jacksonville. She received her doctorate and master's degrees in educational media and instructional design from the University of Florida.

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Willie H. Freeman III

Director, Digital Media

Willie Freeman joined FAU in September 2011 as the Director of Digital Media. He taught Web Design for 6 years at Full Sail University before joining Florida Institute of Technology to help create and expand their Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence. He has been working with technology in Higher Education since 1994 when he joined the instructional computer labs at the University of Central Florida.

Willie is responsible for the development and maintenance of the Center for eLearning's digital content and web presence. He is the Center's link to the statewide Orange Grove learning object repository and maintains the content management system for the Center for eLearning's digital media objects and simulations

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James K. Fowlkes

Director, Instructional Design

James K. Fowlkes, Director of Instructional Design, joined FAU as an Assistant Director and Instructional Designer in 2010. He has been active in the instructional design community since 2000 at various institutions including The University of Alabama at Birmingham, The Ohio State University, Central Ohio Technical College, and, most recently, Seminole State College of Florida.

James trains and consults with faculty regarding instructional design and their use of educational technology in the learning environment. Additionally, he collaborates with the Center for Teaching and Learning and the Instructional Technologies department to develop and present faculty workshops supporting quality academic practices.

He sees the greatest challenge for instructional design as maintaining the balance between teaching, learning and technology in today's rapidly changing educational environment.

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Page Jerzak

Assistant Director, Instructional Design

Page Jerzak joined the Instructional Design staff in November 2010 as an Instructional Designer, Educational/Training Programs Coordinator. She holds a Bachelor Degree in Psychology (UNC-Asheville) and a Master Degree in Academic / Experimental Psychology (East Carolina University). She completed a doctoral program at Syracuse University in Social Psychology and then began full-time teaching at the university level in Psychology with appointments at Trinity University, Indiana University-East, and Nova Southeastern University.

Having taught face-to-face and online courses, she developed her skills in instructional design, assessment, curriculum and program development, and using technology. She taught classes ranging from 5 to 179 people and across such subjects as statistics, motivation, attitude change, human sexuality, and a behavioral science capstone course. She has also served as a statistician and researcher for her own and others' work—producing two publications and twelve conference presentations.

She enjoys consulting with faculty and sharing her enthusiasm for creating and researching innovative instruction, curriculum, and assessment.

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Kimberly Springfield

Instructional Designer

Kimberly Springfield joined the FAU Instructional Design team in June 2012 as an Instructional Designer, Educational/Training Programs Coordinator. Kimberly holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Speech Communication from Shippensburg University and a Master of Science in Higher Education from Drexel University. She plans to pursue a doctorate within the next year. Kimberly combines her experience as an online student, her work with online faculty at Montgomery County Community College, and best instructional design practices to shape her instructional design influence.

Kimberly collaborates with faculty on their course design and encourages faculty to "think outside the box" and explore new, innovative ways to encourage student participation and success. She enjoys working with faculty as they explore this new arena and watching them make new discoveries about their teaching and themselves.

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