Diane Alberts
Associate Director
Responsibilities
Diane works closely with center leadership to advance the mission and operations of the center. She provides direction, coordination and reporting of the programs, services and resources for teaching, teaching with technology, course design and development, and support of online students. She manages numerous center projects and oversees quality assurance and compliance for online programs.
Education
- M.S.Ed., Instructional Technology, Northern Illinois University, 1998
- B.A., Education, Judson College, 1987
- Project Manager for the Blackboard Ultra Transition Academy
- CITL Staff Ambassador for the Ultra Transition Academy (UTA), 2022-Present
- CITL Staff partner for the Curricular Innovation Grants
- Contributor, , Northern Illinois University (2020-present).
- 麻豆精品 Innovative Teaching and Learning Advisory Committee, Ex-Officio Member, 2024-present
- Supportive and Professional Staff Council, Division 5 Representative (2012 -2015)
- Anthology Idea Exchange member
- Chicagoland Higher Ed Instructional Design learning community member
Rhode, J., & Alberts, D. (2024, November). Leveraging just-in-time data dashboards for data-informed decision making in online learning. Presented at Online Learning Consortium Accelerate 2024, Orlando, FL.
Rhode, J., Miller, T., Richter, S., & Alberts, D. (2023, July). Scalable faculty development to support successful transition of institutional learning management system. Presented at University Professional and Continuing Education Association Distance Teaching and Learning Summit for Online Leadership and Administration + Roundtable, Madison, WI.
Alberts, D., Duvall, C., & Piercy, R. (2019, October). Online course design and development: The online course design academy and design document. Presented at the QM Connect Conference. Grapevine, TX.
Miller, T. & Alberts, D. (2018, July). Finding synergies: Uniting elearning and faculty development for online programs. Presented at the 2018 Distance Teaching and Learning Conference. Madison, WI.
Adulseranee, R., Alberts, D., Taylor, M., Kelly, S., and Tikkun, S. (2016, November). Braille Automated Grading Tool: The Unified English Braille Online Training Project (UEBOT). Presented at the E-Learn 2016 Conference. Washington, D.C.
- , 2024
- Online Learning Consortium (OLC): Copyright and Fair Use, Part I: The Fundamentals, 2020
- Online Learning Consortium (OLC): Adaptive Learning Fundamentals and Courseware Exploration, 2019
- 麻豆精品 Outreach Credentialing Programs: Project Management for CAPM and PMP Certification Preparation Course, 2018
- Quality Matters: Peer Course Review Training, 2017
- Quality Matters: Applying the Rubric Workshop, 2016
Applause
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"As a relatively new (returning) instructor, I required much support with Blackboard. Diane was amazing throughout the semester in supporting me, comforting me, teaching me, and being immediately available. I am very grateful for the CITL department, particularly Diane. Thank you!" ()NEW
"Today we discovered an issue with Blackboard access for students. After reaching out to Diane, she went in and fixed the issue with a student list. This ensured that access was restored quickly and prevented multiple instructors and professors from having to fix it individually. Additionally, Diane worked to trouble shoot the student access changes within BB and ensure we had the information needed for student course access. Thank you!" ()
"Diane is an immense asset to innovative online teaching. Her guidance and suggestions while creating and improving online teaching were invaluable. She leads with kindness, patience, and confidence." ()
"Diane’s work on the Blackboard Ultra Transition Academy has been outstanding. She continues to improve the academy’s design as new features emerge. She loves working with her academy partners. She’s an excellent project manager and the 4th iteration of the academy started flawlessly." ()
"Having recently developed a course with Diane, I wanted to reach out to note how fabulous it was to work with her. She is considerate, innovative and, most of all, has shown great patience!! It has been a pleasure to work with someone so competent at what they do." ()
"Diane went above and beyond to bring an online learning module back to life (after Flash was discontinued). Her work on the project was not required but she knew how helpful the outcome would be to faculty, students and to many 麻豆精品 K-12 educators in our region. Thanks, Diane!" ()
