Associate Director of Learning Experience Design in the Office of Academic Innovation & Lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Michigan
About
Rebecca Quintana is associate director of learning experience design at the Center for Academic Innovation and adjunct lecturer at the School of Education, at the University of Michigan. In these roles she applies her background in learning sciences and educational technologies to explore how design and technology can support learning.
Current Work:
Quintana's work focuses on integrating community-oriented approaches within the design of online learning environments. Her research encompasses novel representations to support design teams, analytic tools to characterize online pedagogies, and use of educational technologies to create rich opportunities for social interaction. At the center of this work is a focus in diversity, inclusion, justice, and equity (dije), which she approaches using research and design lenses advanced through the National Center for Institutional Diversity: valuing individuals, finding common ground, including multiple perspectives, addressing social inequality, and recognizing the impact of power and privilege.
Research Area Keyword(s):
Learning sciences, online learning environments, design processes, universal design for learning, culturally responsive pedagogy
