The Learning & Teaching Office
Contact the LTOMaureen Reed, Director Dalia Hanna, Program Coordinator Michelle Schwartz, Research Associate John Paul Foxe, Educational Developer Amira Rezkalla, Administrative Assistant Tunu Sodhi, English Pronunciation Program Advisor |
LTO AssociatesGosha Zywno Debbie Chant, LTO Awards Coordinator Teaching ChairsTetyana Antimorova, FEAS - Physics Marsha Barber, FCAD - School of Journalism Kenneth Grant, TRSM - ITM Elaine Frankel, Community Services - ECE Robert Teigrob (Acting), Arts - History Frankie Stewart, FEAS - Mechanical and Industrial Don Kinder, Library |
Maureen Reed, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Ryerson University. She received her MA and PhD in Experimental Psychology at York University in 1991. 
Dalia Hanna is the LTO Program Coordinator. She coordinates all the office programs including the Faculty Conference, the New Faculty orientations, workshops and external conferences. Dalia is responsible for the operational management of the office and for designing and producing the flyers and promotional materials including the LTO Exchange Newsletter. She maintains and monitors the office budget and administers the project budgets. Recently Dalia coordinated the 2010 Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Conference in Toronto. 
Michelle Schwartz is the Online Resource Developer at the Learning and Teaching Office. She updates and annotates the resources available on the LTO website, produces the Best Practices and Monthly Digest newsletters, and develops new resources, workshops, and handouts for the LTO. 
John Paul Foxe, PhD, is an Educational Developer in the Learning and Teaching Office. He is primarily responsible for supporting TA, GA and graduate student professional development in teaching. John Paul has a number of years experience working with TAs/GAs and has completed graduate courses in University Teaching and Learning and a University Teaching Professional Development Program. He is particularly interested in developing the Graduate Student Professional Development in Teaching program at Ryerson. 
Amira Rezkalla is the administrative assistant; she supports the staff at the Learning and Teaching office. Amira handles the day-to-day activities of the office and assists in the preparation and organization of the office's workshops and conferences. 
Tunu Sodhi is the English Pronunciation Program advisor for the Learning and Teaching Office. He works with faculty in the English Pronunciation Program. Prior to joining Ryerson University, Tunu worked as an English as a Second Language teacher for 12 years. 
Gosha Zywno is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, a 3M Teaching Fellow (the highest academic teaching award in Canada and the first-ever for Ryerson), and a winner of the provincial (OCUFA) and Ryerson teaching excellence awards. As an LTO faculty associate, Gosha's focus is on faculty development, instructional design and the use of educational technology. Gosha's professional interests are in control theory and in engineering education, particularly in the use of instructional technology. She has published extensively and conducted seminars and workshops at universities in Canada, Europe and the USA. Her research and educational leadership has been recognized by several international best paper and achievement awards from ASEE, iNEER, UICEE and ACC. Gosha holds an M.Eng. degree from the University of Toronto and a Ph.D. from Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland, U.K. She is a Professional Engineer, Senior Member of IEEE, and a member of SLTHE and ASEE. 
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