Teaching & Learning
Teaching & Learning Mission and Goals
The Teaching & Learning (T&L) team at the UVA Library cultivates an environment for continual learning and critical making practices. We draw upon learners’ personal experiences, challenge everyone to think critically, and encourage learners to engage with novel, varied research practices and technologies. The T&L Team is passionate about effectively teaching scholars from diverse backgrounds and promoting life-long learning, creativity, growth, and development while collaborating with our colleagues to connect scholarship and practice.
The Teaching & Learning team leads the development and implementation of new approaches for teaching and learning, creates programs that enhance student learning and develop undergraduate information literacy and research capabilities, and supports teaching strategies and activities across the domains for scholars at all levels.
Teaching & Learning Staff
T&L is comprised of two groups who work closely together. The General Education group is made up of librarians who specialize in working with lower-level undergraduate students to teach research and information literacy skills and concepts. The Robertson Media Center (RMC) staff make up the other group, and they specialize in connecting all UVA community members with the equipment, skills, and space needed to create all kinds of media.
This guide will mostly focus on the General Education team (Meridith, Todd, Haley, Bethany, and Cecelia), but you can find out more about the RMC and all of the great things they do on their website.
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Meridith Wolnick |
I direct the Teaching and Learning programs led by the Library for the general education curriculum and those within the Robertson Media Center. I focus on the development of undergraduate information literacy and research capabilities and support teaching strategies and activities across the domains for scholars at all skill levels. My expertise is in classroom instruction, assessment, and development of innovative pedagogy applied in the university classroom. Ask me about:
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I teach information literacy skills to First Year students in the College of Arts and Sciences as well as students in the School of Continuing and Professional Studies. In addition, I'm the contact for K-12 teachers bringing their students to learn about the UVA Library and college-level research. I also work with colleagues in the Robertson Media Center to introduce UVA students to our video, audio, 3D printing and virtual reality studios.
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Jason Evans Groth |
I design and teach audio, video, and other media making instruction sessions, focusing on writing and preparing to make media, demystifying software and equipment, and sharing work. I manage the Robertson Media Center Audio Studio and the Sound on Grounds Podcast Creation team. I consult with instructors about course and assignment design to incorporate and support media projects, and consult with all library patrons about anything media making related. I have a background in media digitization and preservation, and am a professional musician, recording and touring internationally with bands and artists such as Magnolia Electric Co, The Impossible Shapes, Jens Lekman, and The Coke Dares. Ask me about:
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Haley Gillilan |
I teach information literacy instructions for general education courses such as COLA 1500 and English Writing. I also coordinate outreach to undergraduate students, provide reference services, and create cross-programming with student services across campus, such as Orientation, Multicultural Student Center, Housing and Residence Life, and more. Ask me about:
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Robert Holden |
I manage the day to day operations of the spaces and resources across the 3rd floor of Clemons. I manage our student employee, Digital Media Consultants, spaces, equipment, computers, and ensure that everything is kept in operating condition. I also consult with faculty to create workshops for their courses involving video and audio production software and hardware. While I am a great resource for everything we offer, feel especially free to speak to me about:
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Bethany Mickel |
I provide instructional design consultations and lead projects in collaboration with the Teaching & Learning team and campus partners. My work integrates research-based instructional design and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles to create materials and learning objects for synchronous, asynchronous, and hybrid environments. As co-lead of the Library’s Open Educational Resources (OER) initiatives, I manage projects, facilitate professional development, and lead community of practice efforts to advance open education at UVA. I also partner with the Library’s Technology Solutions team to support open publishing via Pressbooks. My research interests include information and media literacy, inclusive learning through open pedagogy, and project-based learning as a form of assessment in higher education. Ask me about:
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Cecelia Parks |
I coordinate Teaching & Learning instruction and liaise with general education programs, including Writing & Rhetoric (ENWR) and Engagements courses. In addition to teaching and working with a number of classes in each program, I also lead T&L assessment efforts. Ask me about:
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Josh Thorud |
I design and teach audio/video and digital art instructional sessions, including software, equipment, media literacy, and digital storytelling, as well as consult with instructors about course design for media. I create instructional materials such as video tutorials and step-by-step handouts on technical and content-related topics. In my creative work, I am a video editor, screenwriter, and artist that has showcased internationally, spanning the US, UK, Mexico, Germany, Columbia, Russia, Italy, and Serbia at festivals such as BFI London Film Festival, Austin Film Festival, Slamdance, and New Orleans Film Festival. Ask me about:
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