TN eCampus Central Office Staff

Dr. Chuck Lopez

Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Distributed Education

Dr. Christine Mayer

Executive Director

615-366-4475

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As Executive Director for TN eCampus, Dr. Christine Mayer is responsible for leading development initiatives and activities, providing leadership to TN eCampus Directors, and facilitating collaboration among departments. She collaborates with the Associate Vice-Chancellor of TN eCampus to set overall online strategic direction and ensure that high quality educational programs are offered.

Prior to joining TBR, Dr. Mayer was the Director for the Center for Distributed Education at Volunteer State Community College. Before her relocation to Tennessee in 2012, she served 20 years with the University of Missouri System. Key roles held with the University of Missouri System include manager for instructional design and project management for UM Online, manager for the establishment and administration of the Project Management Office within the Information Technology division, and training manager for the system's PeopleSoft implementation. Other work experiences include educational software development, instructional design and curriculum development, grant writing, family services, and nonprofit management.

Dr. Mayer earned a doctorate in learning technologies from the University of Missouri; a master’s degree in curriculum, teaching and psychological studies from the University of Michigan; and, a bachelor’s degree in psychology, secondary education, and family life education from Adrian College. She also holds a Project Management Professional (PMP) credential from the Project Management Institute.

Jillette Battle

State Authorization Coordinator

615-366-3932

jillette.battle@tbr.edu

James Dye

Director of Technology

615-366-4420

james.dye@tbr.edu

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As the Director of Technology, James Dye has administrative responsibility for managing and overseeing TN eCampus administrative and academic information technology systems. He supports existing technology projects and promotes new technologies that enhance all aspects of the cooperative; creates a responsive and high-quality service organization responsive to faculty, students, and staff; and leads best practices in administrative and academic technologies.

Mr. Dye has been with the Tennessee Board of Regents since August 2004. Prior to joining TBR, James was an administrator in the global custody division at Deutsche Bank in Nashville. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank, Mr. Dye worked as a computer instructor at Cason Lane Academy in Murfreesboro and has worked extensively in the music industry.

James holds a Bachelor’s degree from Middle Tennessee State University and is a WebCT Certified Trainer.

Richard “Woody” Woodward

Senior Educational Technology Systems Coordinator

615-366-3957

richard.woodward@tbr.edu

Lindsey Butler

Educational Technology Specialist

615-366-3973

lindsey.butler@tbr.edu

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As the Educational Technology Specialist, Ms. Lindsey Butler is responsible for the broad application of administrative and educational technologies to enhance teaching and learning for faculty and students, as well as augmenting departmental and project-based processes, workflow, and online communications. Additional responsibilities include providing Tier 2 technical support services for TN eCampus and serving as an administrator for the D2L course management system (CMS).

Ms. Butler joined TBR as an Educational Technology Specialist in August 2014. Prior to joining TBR, Lindsey was an Instructional Designer at Savant Learning Systems and Assistant Distance Education Coordinator at Dyersburg State Community College.

She holds a Bachelor's degree in Information Technology from Middle Tennessee State University and an Associate of Applied Science in Communications and Technology from Dyersburg State Community College.

Harun Abdulle

System Administration Specialist

615-366-3974

harun.abdulle@tbr.edu

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As a System Administration Specialist (SAS), Harun Abdulle is responsible for distributing, supporting and troubleshooting all hardware and software used by TN eCampus Central Office staff and faculty mentors. Hardware support includes all desktop computers, laptop computers, tablets and mobile devices provided to staff for use in fulfilling job responsibilities. Software support includes Windows and OS X operating systems, Office 2013 and Office for Mac, browser support and related plugins (Java, Flash, etc.), Adobe Acrobat, and other software as needed. Harun is also responsible for assisting with user and course creation in the D2L learning management system and serves as Tier 2 support.

Prior to joining TBR, Mr. Abdulle worked as a senior shipping and logistics specialist at DELL, Inc. Harun has an Associate's of Applied Science degree in Computer Networking.

Leonia Houston

Senior Instructional Designer

615-366-3912

leonia.houston@TBR.edu

Dr. Nicola Wayer

Director - Instructional Design and Training

615-366-3942

nwayer@tbr.edu

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As the Director of Instructional Design and Training, Dr. Nicola Wayer is responsible for leading TN eCampus instructional design and training functions. Nicola oversees the development, design, implementation, and system-wide coordination of a comprehensive instructional design and training program for TN eCampus staff, faculty, students, and campuses. She serves as project manager for instructional design and training efforts across the cooperative.

Prior to joining TN eCampus in 2016, Dr. Wayer was the Director of Instructional Design at Champlain College in Vermont. Dr. Wayer has extensive experience working at PK-12, post-secondary, and graduate levels of education as an instructor, curriculum developer, instructional designer, technology integrationist, accessibility specialist, and researcher. She holds a doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction from University of Florida, a Master of Education degree from University of North Florida, and a bachelor’s degree in Deaf Education and Elementary Education from Flagler College.

Mark Chamberlain

Senior Performance Support Specialist

615-366-4484

mchamberlain@tbr.edu

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Mark Chamberlain has recently joined the TN eCampus team as Senior Performance Support Specialist and a member of the Instructional Design and Training team. Mark served public school families in Nashville as a K-8 teacher and administrator over the last 25 years. He trained and led classroom technology initiatives early in his teaching career. After earning his Master’s Degree in School Administration from Trevecca Nazarene University, Mark was selected to lead district-wide technology advancements. In his most recent role, he pioneered a customer contact center for public school families which subsequently led to the development of other centers across the county.

In his new role, Mark supports the TN eCampus community in developing, delivering, and maintaining performance support and training activities and materials. Mark coordinates performance support initiatives, which are designed to help faculty and staff in their work through online and face-to-face training, just-in-time learning, and other resource materials. Additionally, Mark helps to pilot and evaluate instructional technologies and to develop content for support materials and programs.

Dr. Kit Inpornvijit

Senior Instructional Designer

615-365-1503

kinpornvijit@tbr.edu

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Arriving in May 2017, Kit is the newest member to join TN eCampus as a Senior Instructional Designer. Previously, she was an instructional designer for the Center for eLearning at Florida State College in Jacksonville, FL, and Instructional Design Faculty for the School of Nursing and Allied Health, providing instructional design support at Weber State University in Ogden, UT. Kit earned a Master’s of Business Administration and a Ph.D. in Instructional Design and Development from the University of South Alabama. She has more than ten years of instructional design experience specializing in developing training programs for government agencies and online courses for higher education institutions.

As Senior Instructional Designer, Kit serves as a project lead in the course development and review process, providing instructional design expertise and guidance to faculty in selecting appropriate technologies and applying pedagogical/andragogical best practices and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles. She also collaborates in the development of TN eCampus course development templates and standards, instructional design methodologies, best practices to develop high-quality, engaging, ADA/508 compliant, fully-functional online courses, as well as faculty professional development and performance support materials.

Dr. Parishweta Bhatt

Senior Instructional Designer

615-366-4485

pbhatt@tbr.edu

Dr. Callie Wise

Student Success Manager

615-366-3931

callie.wise@tbr.edu

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As Student Success Manager, Dr. Callie Wise is responsible for ensuring superior customer service; monitoring the performance of end user support systems, and identifying, tracking and reporting service-impacting student and faculty issues found in inbound calls and support tickets. She also handles incoming Tier 2 caller issues and communicates with faculty and other campus personnel on course and student issues.

Dr. Wise brings over twenty years of teaching, advising and training experience to her position with the Tennessee Board of Regents. Prior to joining TBR, Callie was the Director of Continuing Education at Tennessee State University responsible for managing non-credit course offerings. She also worked at the Vanderbilt University Career Center as the Assistant Director of Alumni and Employer Relations.

Dr. Wise received her Bachelor’s degree in Secondary Education, her Master’s degree in Community Counseling from the University of South Alabama, and her Doctorate of Education in Higher Education Administration from Tennessee State University.

Kara Byler

Operations Coordinator

615-366-4452

kbyler@tbr.edu

Colbe Wilson

Campus Relations Manager

615-366-4468

colbe.wilson@tbr.edu

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A native of east Tennessee, Colbe Wilson moved to middle Tennessee in 2010 to attend Tennessee Tech University, where she earned her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. Relocating to Nashville in 2014, Colbe joined the TN eCampus Central Office staff as the organization’s first graduate assistant. Colbe’s initial role focused on instructional design and training and later included coordination of the TN eCampus faculty mentor program and management of state-wide proctoring for eCampus students. Colbe graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a Master of Arts in Industrial-Organizational Psychology in August 2016.

In her role as Campus Relations Manager, Colbe is responsible for communications between the TN eCampus central office and TBR institutions with a focus on support and retention. She is the TN eCampus liaison between central office staff and various constituencies including faculty, course developers, faculty mentors, and distance education directors. Her role is responsible for identifying organization communication needs and opportunities, as well as developing strategic solutions which will forge stronger relationships with campus stakeholders. Additionally, Colbe manages faculty and student support systems including tutoring, proctoring, mentoring, and plagiarism detection, as well as coordination of strategic training events.

Dr. Britt Young

End User Support Associate

byoung@tbr.edu

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In her role as End User Support Associate with the Campus Relations team, Britt oversees the execution of virtual and on-ground proctoring for TN eCampus students, maintains and develops the TN eCampus website, and manages support services for students and faculty. She also works closely with Student Success, developing a marketing and communications strategy in conjunction with Campus Relations to meet the needs of varied stakeholders.

Britt earned her Bachelor's degree in Journalism and Mass Communication (ACEJMC) and English Literature from Murray State University in 2006. After teaching high school English and Journalism for several years, she decided to pursue a graduate degree and pivot her career to postsecondary education. She first came to TBR as a student, serving as the TN eCampus marketing intern for the 2017-2018 academic year. Prior to returning to TBR in 2020, she worked at Middle Tennessee State University as an editor and instructor. Britt earned her Master of Education in Instructional Leadership in 2017 and her Doctor of Education in Higher Education Administration in 2020, both from Tennessee State University.

TN eCampus Central Office Staff

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