Angela Gunder

Dr. Angela Gunder is a member of the Digital Learning team of UCATT, providing support to the faculty of the iSchool for course quality and design. Additionally, she is the chief academic officer and vice president of learning for the Online Learning Consortium (OLC). In this role, she is responsible for gathering, curating and leveraging the intellectual capital created and disseminated through OLC. Before her position at the OLC, Angela served as the director of instructional design and curriculum development for the UArizona Office of Digital Learning, managing and mentoring the team that builds the fully online programs for the university. From 2013 to 2021, Angela was an associate editor for the Teacher Education Board of MERLOT and the recipient of the 2018 MERLOT Distinguished Service Award, the organization’s highest honor.

Since 2010, she has been a technical and project lead for four different STARTALK Grants from the National Security Agency, supporting technology literacies and innovations in the world languages classroom. In 2019, Angela was named an OLC Fellow for her dedication to service, innovation and scholarship to support student success in online learning. Angela is also an online instructor for the UArizona iSchool, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses on instructional design, digital media, web design and gameful learning. Her research focuses on open remix practices, open culture, digital literacies, narrative digital learning practices and emerging technology for language acquisition. She holds a BS in Computer Science and Fine Art from Fordham University, an MEd in Education Technology from Arizona State University, and a PhD in Teaching, Learning and Sociocultural Studies from the University of Arizona where, in 2020, she was named an Erasmus Scholar by the College of Education for her commitment to the college, university and community.