Faculty & Staff

Dr. Patricia King, Director

Dr. Patricia King is the Director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL). She is a registered nurse receiving a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the College of New Jersey. She returned to school twice to receive a Master's in Counseling and a Doctorate in Counselor Education from Regent University.

Dr. King has worked at the College since 1994, serving in many capacities along the way. Her current role in CETL provides a wonderful opportunity to assist new faculty in the transition to the world of academia in Sentara College's distance learning programs.

Faculty members should see her if they have questions about:

• Clarification of policies
• Test analytics
• Assistance with content ideas
• Support in the classroom
• Course builds
• Quality Matters

Tina Evans, Instructional Designer

Tina graduated from Old Dominion University with a Master of Science degree in Business and Industry Training. She has 20 years of experience in education and thoroughly enjoys sharing best practices in the face-to-face classroom environment. Tina has three beautiful children and enjoys playing tennis in her free time.

Faculty members should see her if they have questions about:

• Collaborating with faculty to design and implement lesson plans and activities in the classroom
• Coaching educators in the utilization of a variety of teaching strategies to foster engagement and critical thinking in the classroom
• Modeling best instructional practices for face-to-face instruction
• Faculty development planning and implementation

Joanne Ferraioli, Instructional Designer

Joanne has a strong background in education and technology. As a result, she loves coming to work every day at the Center collaborating with colleagues to create engaging ways to facilitate their content. Her specialty is online classroom support for best practices that facilitate engagement in a virtual environment.

When she is not at work, Joanne loves spending time with her husband, children, and grandchildren. Additionally, she enjoys nature, gardening, her three cats, music, and puzzles. There are not enough hours in the day for her!

Faculty members should see her if they have questions about:

• Best practices for online learning
• Online engagement of students (Games, e-learning modules, etc.)
• Course builds
• Quality Matters
• Rubric support, assessment, and creation

Alisa Segner, Instructional Technology Specialist

Alisa holds a Master of Arts degree in Gifted Education, a Bachelor of Science in Psychology, and three associate degrees. She has experience as a Demonstration Consultant, Gifted Education Instructor,  Instructional Technology Resource Teacher, and an LMS administrator in her 24 years of service in public K-12 education.  

Faculty member should see Alisa if they have questions about:

• Learning management system (LMS) and other educational technology support
• Training, planning, and implementing lecture capture
• Emerging educational technologies
• Utilizing educational software to create collaborative projects that promote high-interest technology integration

Access CETL's Knowledge Center here.

Location

Office 214

Office Hours

8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Contact

Email: cetl@sentara.edu

Phone: 757-388-5389

Mission: The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning is dedicated to providing educators with professional development opportunities to identify, develop, and support active learning experiences in teaching.

Goals

• Collaborate with instructional design, information technology, distance education, faculty development, and faculty to enhance innovative teaching and learning through the use of educational technology
• Facilitate a faculty learning community for professional development in teaching. These communities consist of instructors -- often in similar or related fields -- to meet in small groups to troubleshoot difficulties and issues that they face in teaching, and to brainstorm or research solutions
• Promote excellence in teaching in the technological age by offering workshops, tutorials, and self- paced modules for professional development
• Assist faculty with developing solutions to manage course content, course design, technology, and assessments
• Integrate the Quality Matters rubric to assist in creating courses to meet accreditation standards
• Manage the technological resources for online teaching and new faculty orientation by offering instructional coaching and instructional design support
• Assist with implementation of accreditation and accommodation needs in consultation with peers for best practices in hybrid learning

Access CETL's Knowledge Center here.

Faculty Development resources include online, face-to-face, and hybrid training, as well as instructional technology assistance. Together these solutions support teachers with pedagogy, engaging students online, creating quality assessments, and providing strategies to utilize an assortment of classroom resources.

Access the Faculty Development Knowledge Center here.

CETL’s Faculty Resources include video tutorials, job aids, and examples of tools that promote student engagement and social interaction for the online and face-to-face classroom environment. 

CETL's Faculty Resources include a growing list of tips and how-tos for commonly-used software and other online tools. You can access all of these helpful links here.

The CETL offers a complete list of tutorials and job aids to assist you as you create high-quality video productions. Access the complete list of Lecture Capture Resources here.

Our Learning Management System (LMS) is called Blackboard. It is a tool that allows faculty to deliver course content for students to access online. You can access a list of tutorials and links for educators that will help you master this system. See the LMS Knowledge Center here.

Find your colleagues’ contact information in the campus directory.

Become familiar with faculty policies and procedures.

Need access to the Sentara College faculty handbook? 

Find it here.

Sentara College has a team of hardworking IT experts who are dedicated to making your education as hassle-free as possible. Get in touch with them and find answer to many common issues here.