Dodi Hodges, CeTEAL Director

As Director of CeTEAL Dodi promotes a culture of excellence in teaching and learning at Coastal Carolina University by facilitating the integration of proven pedagogical techniques into the instructional process and encouraging the development of a University-wide community of reflective practitioners.

Jennifer Shinaberger, Asst. Director, Distance Learning and TEAL Center

Jennifer offers faculty one-on-one and group training as they transform their traditional courses into technology-enhanced and distance learning courses. Please contact her to schedule an appointment.

Tina Henninger, Blackboard Administrator

Tina provides administration and support for the Blackboard course management system. She also provides training to faculty and staff on a variety of applications for use in the classroom and for productivity. She instructs sessions in the CeTEAL Lab, holds Open Lab sessions and provides one-on-one training.

Jacob Bane, Instructional Designer

Jacob offers training and consultation to faculty members through one-on-one and group appointments as they integrate technology into their face-to-face classrooms or as they migrate their content to an online environment. Jacob is also a certified Quality Matters peer reviewer.

Tracy Gaskin, Senior Blackboard Administrator

Tracy leads Blackboard development and creates vision for Blackboard strategic planning. She specializes in all aspects of Blackboard technical administration, including setting up courses, adding and deleting students, backing up the data, and troubleshooting faculty technical problems. She also provides faculty support and training.

About our staff

Our highly competent staff specializes in listening to your needs and helping you develop technology-enhanced solutions for your classroom and work environment. We make technology approachable. You will find our staff to be friendly, flexible, and highly committed to your success with technology.

The CeTEAL staff can assist you with:

• Distance Learning course (re)design, planning and training Learning Boot Camp
• Training and support of Blackboard, Coastal’s online learning management system
• Provision of training for Adobe Connect web-conferencing software and use of the International Media Room
• Individual and group training and consultation for instructional technologies
• Demonstration of teaching strategies which integrate technology
• Provision and development of instructional materials and resources
• Review of emerging instructional technologies to meet faculty/staff needs