Support and Development at UNH

You're not alone as you work to ensure your students' success. UNH provides staff, resources, and opportunities to support you.?


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Educational Excellence & Effectiveness (E3) provides programming, resources, and consultation to support evidence-informed teaching practices that support learning.?More broadly, the Educational Excellence & Effectiveness team seeks to create conditions where high-quality data and information are readily available to give evidence to 1) our assumptions, 2) needed change, 3) assessing the impact of changes, and 4) inspirations for future focused planning. ?Doing so?supports and promotes the practice of evidence-informed self-study to inform decision-making and preparedness for the future.

Jennifer Lehmann – Executive Director
Jen is the Executive Director for the E3 team. Please contact Jen if you would like to collaborate with the E3 team, request resources or consultation to support educational excellence and effectiveness at the University of New Hampshire.?Jennifer.lehmann@unh.edu?

Lauren Kordonowy – Teaching and Learning Specialist
Lauren is the Teaching and Learning Specialist for the E3 team. She develops workshops and other programs about higher education pedagogy for UNH faculty, instructors, and staff and provides one-on-one consultations on teaching. Please contact Lauren if you would like a teaching consultation, have questions about E3’s pedagogy programming, or would like to collaborate on pedagogy initiatives or departmental teaching supports.?Lauren.kordonowy@unh.edu?

Lydia Gove – Data and Information Strategist
Lydia is the Data and Information Specialist on the E3 team. She works with users to make data accessible and actionable to drive student and faculty success. Please reach out to discuss how you can use data in your area.?Lydia.gove@unh.edu ?

Todd Slover – Institutional Effectiveness and Compliance Specialist
Todd is the Institutional Effectiveness and Compliance Specialist for the E3 team. He provides support for institutional and programmatic accreditation, and regulatory compliance. Please contact him if you need assistance strategizing, executing, and evaluating interactions with accreditors, regulators, or other external agencies.?Todd.Slover@unh.edu?

Susan Chang -?Assessment and Continuous Improvement Specialist
Susan is the Assessment and Continuous Improvement Specialist on the E3 team. Please contact Susan to discuss planning and implementation related to assessment practices for curricular and co-curricular areas.?Susan is excited to discuss how assessments can help departments identify data to inform strengths - as well as for continuous improvement. Susan.Chang@unh.edu

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Includes supports for external accreditation, assessment, evidence informed decisions, and faculty development

The graduate school offers a series of required and voluntary supports for graduate students and postdocs to support the development of teaching, and other professional skills.?

Jovana Milosavljevic Ardeljan -? Director for Career, Professional, and Community Development
Dr. Jovana Milosavljevic Ardeljan is the Director for Career, Professional, and Community Development in the Graduate School.?Both her academic research and her professional role at UNH center on supporting communication skill-development for graduate students and post-docs. Dr. Milosavljevic Ardeljan designs and delivers professional development programs that help graduate students and post-docs navigate academia, prepare for future careers, and use both written and oral communication to translate their research into meaningful, real-world applications. Please contact her for questions about supporting graduate students and post-doc:?jovana.milosavljevic@unh.edu

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The Learning Design and Technology (LDT) team offers Support and Training using a variety of methods for many academic applications including Canvas, Navigate, Kaltura, Blue, and Teams meetings. We provide?virtual office hours and training sessions?(see calendar); and a?comprehensive knowledge base?for self-help. We support and training in the following manners:??

  • 1:1
  • In Classroom
  • For Groups from 2 to 300+
  • Face to Face?
  • Virtual?
  • Consultative

Scott Kimball – Director, Online Learning Development and Innovation?
Scott is the Director of OLDI, overseeing instructional design efforts related to online instruction. His areas include instructional design, media production, technology integration, faculty development, and quality assurance (he is the Quality Matters Coordinator for UNH). Contact Scott for information and assistance related to online program / course design.?scott.kimball@unh.edu?

Michael McIntire – Learning Architect?
Mike is a Learning Architect and media producer, performing consulting and coaching on instructional and media design best practices, and he manages the day-to-day operations of the Parker Media Lab. Contact Mike for issues pertaining to instructional/media design and technology integration for online courses, and for media lab questions.?michael.mcintire@unh.edu?

Kevin Fitzpatrick – Instructional Technologist??
Kevin is an instructional technologist and instructional designer, consulting and coaching on instructional and media design best practices related to online credit and non-credit courses. Contact Kevin for instructional and media design consultation and support and for media lab assistance.?kevin.fitzpatrick@unh.edu?

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Tammy Conrad – Director Teaching and Learning Technologies?
Tammy is the Director of Teaching and Learning Technologies for application administration, user support, and instructional design. Please contact Tammy if you would like information on user support and training for applications such as Canvas, Kaltura, Blue, and Navigate or instructional design services.?Tammy.conrad@unh.edu?

Ken Mitchell – Instructional Designer?
Ken is an instructional designer with the Teaching and Learning Technologies team who works with the faculty at UNH Durham. ?His areas of expertise are the application of pedagogy and technology, emergent & current technology, and course design. ?Contact Ken if you want hands-on assistance with these or other instructional design issues.?Kenneth.Mitchell@unh.edu?

Fran Keefe – Instructional Designer?
Fran is an Instructional Designer working for the ET&S team. She primarily works with faculty at the College of Professional Studies in Manchester and the UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law, both online and face-to-face instructors. Her areas of expertise include general pedagogy, instructional design, and online learning. Please get in touch with Fran for information and assistance with questions concerning general pedagogy and instructional design.??Frances.keefe@unh.edu?

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Noncredit continuing and professional education programs designed to meet the needs of New Hampshire’s businesses and workforce.

UNH Professional Development & Training