Appropriate applications of technology within course structure can extend and enhance learning outcomes, access, participation, and student engagement.
Development of educational resources and online course environments has included Pratt Commons WordPress, Canvas, CUNY OpenLab, Blackboard, and other learning-management systems.
Work has included asynchronous course development, Open Educational Resources, immersive learning initiatives, online critiques and discussions, lecture and demonstration videos, digital course materials, and integration of tools including Adobe Creative Suite, Mural, Miro, WordPress, and virtual learning environments.
Online AR/VR Immersive Learning Environment — The New School XReality Center
Developed an immersive Graphic Design History learning environment through The New School’s Immersive Learning Curriculum Innovation Initiative. The project explored how course content, historical periods, student projects, discussion, and exhibition spaces could be experienced within a shared virtual environment.
The environment included virtual galleries, course imagery, historical design material, student work, and spaces developed for group participation and presentation.
This Graphic Design History course was also used as a course-design benchmark in New School Online Faculty Training.
AR Immersive Learning Innovation Initiative
Asynchronous Course Development — Graphic Design History
Worked with the Instructional Design / Distributed Education Department at The New School / Parsons on the development of an asynchronous online Graphic Design History course.
Developed course structure and content including lecture videos, discussions, assignments, visual resources, and Canvas modules for asynchronous delivery. The course was used as a course-design benchmark in New School Online Faculty Training. An immersive learning environment was later developed in connection with the course.
Pratt Institute • Type Talks
Coordination and development of the Type Talks lecture series for courses at Pratt Institute. The series expands course content through discussions with practicing professionals in design and typography, with an emphasis on diverse subjects, perspectives, and areas of practice. Students also participate through the design and production of promotional materials and invitations for the events.
Native American Graphic Design with Sadie Red Wing
A discussion with Sadie Red Wing, a Lakota graphic designer and educator, member and advocate of the Spirit Lake Nation, Fort Totten, North Dakota. The discussion addressed Indigenous graphic design, symbolism, culture, and visual communication.
Barrie Tullett — The Typographic Dante
A discussion of Barrie Tullett’s long-term project The Typographic Dante, a series of typographic interpretations of Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy.
Kamal Mansour — Writing Around the World: Trends & Observations
A discussion of global writing systems, their shared characteristics, their development from early written forms to contemporary systems, and key inventions that changed the course of writing.
Tipoteca Italiana — Sandro Berra
A live discussion with Sandro Berra of Tipoteca Italiana, a private foundation and working printing museum in the Veneto region of Italy. Tipoteca holds an extensive European collection of metal and wood type, casting equipment, printing presses, and related material.
City University of New York — Open Educational Resources Fellowship Program
Development of a stand-alone online OER typography course.
Communication Design Department, City Tech / City University of New York.
Developed online course content as a zero-textbook-cost course using openly available materials. The stand-alone course includes lesson plans, assignments, demonstrations, references, and resources drawn from the design field. The project was developed through City Tech’s OpenLab WordPress environment, with the goal of reducing student costs while providing direct access to course materials and resources.
Model Course Design Learning Initiative
Development of an online course template for Typography: Type and Media.
This initiative provided professional-development support for faculty creating openly available, fully developed instructional resources that could be shared across sections and teaching formats.
Model Course goals included:
• Providing students access to high-quality course content across distance, hybrid, and in-person teaching.
• Supporting continuity of curriculum during disruptions to in-person learning.
• Lowering barriers for faculty with less experience in technology and digital pedagogy.
• Reducing redundant course-development work for course coordinators and teaching faculty.
• Supporting compliance with the College’s credit-hour requirements.
Parsons / The New School — Asynchronous Graphic Design 2 Course
Developed recorded lectures and demonstrations together with comprehensive course PDFs, Canvas modules, assignments, and supporting materials. Critiques were delivered through weekly video responses.
Course objectives included:
• Developing graphic design fundamentals including image-making, typography, and composition.
• Developing an understanding of the design process from research and experimentation through concept and execution.
• Conceptualizing solutions across print and digital formats.
• Using the grid as a foundation for design.
• Understanding the effective use of typography.
• Designing and presenting work successfully within specific requirements and parameters.
