Kate E. Ohara

Background

About Kate E. Ohara

Marked expertise in: •designing and implementing teaching strategies that integrate both experiential learning and technology •mentoring and training educators, trainers, and instructional designers in the areas of technology integrated curriculum design. •maintaining and sustaining relations with national vendors associated with technology and multi-media used in educational settings. •designing and conducting research projects, grounded in critical pedagogy and social theory, that focus on the complexities of knowledge production within the various relationships surrounding teaching and learning •implementing the use of arts-based methods in research, photography in particular, as a phenomenological approach to understanding structures of experience and consciousness. Proficiency in designing, developing and implementing: •face-to-face and online curriculum and coursework integrating applicable technologies and web-based tools that support teaching, learning, and collaboration. •an online teaching and learning community, comprised of multiple professional learning communities; virtual space that fosters collaborative work and research-based strategies. •professional development workshops, education seminars, conferences and initiatives focusing on-the instructional use and integration of technology -engaging, student-centered practices -culturally responsive and sustaining teaching practices -high-impact practices Areas of concentration include arts-based methods, developing emerging literacies through the use of web-based tools, high impact teaching practices, socially just practices, data use and assessment, differentiating instruction.