Our courses are taught by an outstanding team of MSU adjunct faculty, many of whom are:

• K-12 classroom teachers themselves who have experience using educational technology in the classroom
• Graduates from our certificate program
• Exceptionally skilled in educational technology
• Winners of awards such as technology Teacher of the Year from the Michigan Association of Computer-Related Technology Users in Learning (MACUL) and the national award of the International Society for Technology in Education

This quarter’s instructor spotlight is . . .

Brandon Blinkenberg, Producer at MSU’s Virtual University Design and Technology, Instructor for the MSU Master’s in Educational Technology, as well as the Educational Technology Certificate Program.

Working with the Virtual University for the last eight years, Brandon has helped faculty in many different colleges and programs select and integrate technologies that transform their teaching.  The bulk of his work has been with faculty in the College of Education helping instructors put their courses online, but he has also worked with faculty and courses in Human Medicine, Business, Family & Child Ecology, Arts & Letters, and Packaging.  He also offers workshops on blended instruction, which combines the best aspects of online and face-to-face teaching opportunities.

Brandon began teaching in the MAET program in the summer of 2005 in East Lansing and has taught CEP800, CEP815, and CEP822 in Plymouth, England for the past two summers.  He will be returning this summer to teach CEP810, CEP811, and CEP812.  This semester he is teaching CEP811 online in the Certificate Program.

In his free time, Brandon enjoys photography, woodworking, and metalworking.  And if you ever find yourself at Woody’s Oasis for lunch you’re very likely to bump into him!