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Contacting Your Online TeamInstructors of online instruction do not have to develop their classes by themselves. There are many people at Valley College involved in the Distance Learning Program who can aid in the designing of an online course. Below are the emails of each of the team members and their specialty. Please feel free to contact the person who can best answer your questions or help you out.
2. Distance Learning Coordinator
3. Student Success Coordinator
5. Experienced Etudes NG Instructors
6. Instructional Design Specialist
Jim Marteney, Distance Learning Trainer
Email: Jim Marteney
Responsibility: Provides individual and group training for professors putting classes online in the Etudes NG system.
Mark Lampert, Distance Learning Coordinator
Email: Mark Lampert
Responsibility: Develops procedures for offering online courses, helps in getting instructors their teaching shells, and coordinates the placement of classes online including the uploading of the student rosters.
Dr. Gayle Fornataro, Student Success Coordinator
Email: Gayle Fornataro
Responsibility: Designs and implements the student support system for distance learning. Designs and teaches online classes in the Etudes NG format.
Laurie Nalepa, Dean of Vocational Education
Email: Laurie Nalepa
Responsibility: Oversees the Los Angeles Valley College Distance Learning Program by coordinating the efforts of the online team members.
Experienced Etudes NG Instructors
Dr. Jacquelyn Hams, Professor of Earth Science and Anthropology
Email: Dr. Jacquelyn Hams
Responsibility: Dr. Hams has taught Oceanography and Geologyin both the ETUDES Classic system and in the ETUDES NG system.
Dr. Marion Heyn, Professor of English
Email: Dr. Marion Heyn
Responsibility: Dr. Heyn has taught English courses in both the ETUDES Classic system and in the ETUDES NG system.
Instructional Design Specialist
Sheri Berger, Professor of MathematicsEmail: Sheri Berger
Responsibility: Ms. Berger can aid in the development of learning outcomes and strategies to achieve your class goals.
Rebecca Stein, Professor of Anthropology
Email: Richard Holdredge
Responsibility: Ms. Stein can aid in the development of learning outcomes and strategies to achieve your class goals.
Media Specialists
Richard Holdridge, Professor of Media ArtsEmail: Richard Holdredge
Responsibility: Media specialist focusing on the development of Photoshop sessions as well as audio and video elements for Etudes NG modules.
Robert Dodds, Media Specialist
Email: Robert Dodds
Responsibility: Designs accessbility of online class content by editing video and adding text to video.
Dale Beck, Web Design Specialist
Email: Dale Beck
Responsibility: Designs web pages which can be used in Etudes NG modules.