Jon Dorbolo (Associate Director)

University of Oregon. Ph.D. Philosophy; 1996 Outstanding Online Educator, Northwest Multimedia Alliance; 1998 OSU Extended Education Faculty Achievement.
Leading the critical analysis of information technology in the academic world in order to influence the practical course of its development in education and work.  Jon instructs workshops on Blackboard, Response Systems, and Lectureware, as well as teaching Introduction to Philosophy every term.

Mark Dinsmore (Project Manager)

Montana State University. 1991. BS Physics; Baccalaureate Honors Degree, 1991, Montana State University; 2006 OSU Outstanding Professional Faculty award.
Solving tough technical problems for faculty, including multimedia.  Creating the infrastructure for TAC’s online resources, such as the TAC website which won the 2009 Hugi Award for Excellence in Academic Technology.

Claire Gilbertson (Developer)

Carrol College, Helena, Montana, 2008; B.A. Mathematics, Computer Science, and Spanish; Masters program in Computer Science.
Managing the Qwizdom response system needs which now impact more than a score of faculty and 10,000 students.

Kimmy Hescock (Visual Information Designer)

Oregon State University, 2008, Bachelor of Fine Arts.
Advancing the techniques for visual representation of abstract and relational knowledge.  Kimmy’s work in this area will result in workshops teaching faculty how to produce educational graphics. She is also lead developer in the Navigating Virtual Worlds project.

Stephen Mosby (Developer)

Undergraduate Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Developing GEMs for faculty, staff, and students use.  GEMs are interactive flash tutorials which are connected to learning units and courses.

WeiWei Zhang (Educational Developer/Trainer)

Beijing Institute of Technology, 2006, BS Education; Western Oregon University, 2008, MS Education.
Applying current research in Learning Styles to lecture slide design and online materials design.

Former TAC Employees:

Haleh Bahrami(Developer)

Dereck Cheung(Developer)

David Davis (Developer / TAC Lab Consultant)

Josh Maguire (TAC Lab Consultant)

Pallavi Rajasekaran (Developer)

Balaji Saireddy (Developer)