The Office of Learning Design welcomes a new member, Dr. Phil Tietjen. Phil is a Coordinator of Learning Design, and in this position he will be interacting with faculty in areas such as Moodle support, instructional design, and learning technologies faculty are interested in pursuing.
Phil was born in the Seattle/Tacoma area of Washington. Since then, he has lived in Pennsylvania, Virginia, and New Mexico. He earned a PhD in Learning Design from Penn State University. “One of my main areas of interest is exploring how different emerging technologies can be used to facilitate and support collaborative learning, especially as it relates to complex problem-solving. Other areas of interest include Open Educational Resources, Open Pedagogy and Active Learning Spaces.”
What about DCCC attracted Phil enough that he was willing to uproot and move to North Carolina? “One of the things that immediately attracted me to DCCC was the broad range of the various projects and initiatives offered by the Office of Learning Design such as the Creation Studio, Course Redesign Support and Instructional Design Consultations. Another thing that drew me to DCCC was the chance to support the new Center for Teaching and Learning and the opportunity to contribute to the programs associated with that.”
Outside of work, Phil enjoys hiking, basketball, tinkering with open source software, and reading. The book written in his lifetime that had a significant impact on his thinking is Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed. “What particularly struck me about his book is how he emerged as one of the early, prominent voices for designing learning environments that are more student-centered.”
Phil describes himself as “…an outgoing person who loves talking about instructional design and learning technologies, so please feel free to reach out and say ‘Hi!’”
Phil’s office is in the Briggs 225 Suite, office number 230.
