Associate Professor, Visual Art & Art History Brian's research focuses on modern and contemporary art history and theory. His current research interests includes work on contemporary art and philosophy, contemporary public sculpture and the relations between the arts during the Romantic era. His blended course 19th Century Western Art features face-to-face lectures with Moodle as the subsidiary online component […]
Associate Professor, Theatre
Ian Garrett is designer, producer, educator, and researcher in the field of sustainability in arts and culture. His fully online courses utilize YouTube videos for course lectures and Slack messenger for discussion. Ian is the co-founder and director of the Center for Sustainable Practice in the Arts (CSPA), a leader in the conversation on sustainability and the arts.
Video production, AMPD
Reiner received his MFA in Film Production at York University and his BA in Film and Theatre at the University of Winnipeg. He assists with AMPD and AIF's video production.
Educational Developer, Teaching Commons
Natasha is the Educational Developer in the Teaching Commons who is the main point of contact for the School of Arts, Media, Performance and Design. Within her role, she has provided support in pedagogy and the design of courses or modules that involve an eLearning component.
Instructional Technology Coordinator, AMPD
Lillian joined the Computing team in 2010. She provides assistance for instructors in preparing their online/blended courses as well as technical support.
Visual Art & Art History Professor Shelley Hornstein talks about her experiences with eLearning. She is the recipient of the 2013-2014 AMPD eLearning Teaching Award for her online course Memory and Place. How long have you been teaching blended/online courses? The first course fully online course I taught was in 2004 when WebCT was the platform […]
Director of Computing Services, AMPD
Tim joined York University in 1994 and then AMPD in 2002. While at Atkinson, Tim was in charge of the infrastructure in support of online learning and a member of the York TEL committee which explored online learning from an instructor's pedagogical perspective. In recent years, AMPD Computing has been central to the delivery of Moodle support as well as media production for online courses.
Gillian Helfield is the recipient of the 2015-2016 AMPD eLearning Award for her Film course Hollywood: Old and New. Prior to teaching, Gillian worked in the Canadian film and television industry as a production coordinator and production manager.
Shelley Hornstein is the recipient of the 2013-2014 AMPD eLearning Award for her Art History course Memory and Place. Her research explores the intersection of memory and place in architectural and urban sites.
Katherine Knight is the recipient of the 2015-2016 AMPD eLearning Award for her Visual Arts courses. Her research and creative work explores the intersection of private and public experience through landscape-based approaches using the still and moving image.