{"id":14009,"date":"2023-03-22T08:20:02","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T12:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/?p=14009"},"modified":"2023-03-23T14:37:23","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T18:37:23","slug":"elizabethtown-college-appoints-katie-caprino-as-director-of-the-teaching-and-learning-design-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2023\/03\/22\/elizabethtown-college-appoints-katie-caprino-as-director-of-the-teaching-and-learning-design-studio\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabethtown College Appoints Katie Caprino as Director of the Teaching and Learning Design Studio"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elizabethtown College Academic Affairs has announced the appointment of Dr. Katie Caprino as the new Director of the Teaching and Learning Design Studio (TLDS).<\/span><\/p>\n

The TLDS is Etown\u2019s dedicated center on professional and organizational development.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I\u2019m excited about stepping into this Director role,\u201d explained Caprino, who currently serves as an Assistant Professor of PK-12 New Literacies in Etown\u2019s Education Department. \u201cI want the Studio to be a place where faculty can come and not only learn new ideas but also share the fabulous work they are already doing in their classes.”\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Katie Caprino, Director of the Teaching and Learning Design Studio at Elizabethtown College<\/p><\/div>\n

As Director of the TLDS, Caprino plans to focus on coaching new faculty members as they transition into their roles on campus, as well as being a resource for colleagues as they continue to innovate their teaching. She will also lend support to faculty members who are teaching fully online, along with those who are incorporating online teaching components within their in-person courses.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDr. Caprino is a remarkable teacher-scholar who will bring fresh vision to the Teaching and Learning Design Studio,\u201d Matt Skillen, Dean of Faculty and Associate Provost for Student Learning said. \u201cShe is a thoughtful leader, dynamic teacher, and a human-centered designer with a keen interest in creating opportunities for people to pursue their professional goals together.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Prior to Etown, Caprino coordinated the English Education program at the University of Florida. She completed her doctoral work in Education, with a minor in English, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her areas of expertise are the teaching of reading and writing; children’s, middle grades, and young adult literature; and technology integration in the literacy classroom. She is also a trained reading specialist and instructional coach.<\/span><\/p>\n

About the Teaching and Learning Design Studio
\n<\/strong>The Elizabethtown College Teaching and Learning Design Studio<\/span><\/a> promotes and supports a relationship- and learner-centered culture of instruction, guidance, and scholarship, with a focus on evidence-based pedagogies from the scholarship of teaching and learning that foster student academic engagement, advance the College\u2019s mission, and cultivate innovative teaching.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Caprino will lead a dedicated team of instructional designers and design thinkers who have established themselves as experts in design and application. The studio team consists of:<\/span><\/p>\n