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Associate Director of Digital Pedagogy

mcolin@ucsb.edu

About

Dr. Mindy Colin
Associate Director of Digital Pedagogy
Center for Innovative Teaching Research and Learning, University of California, Santa Barbara

Dr. Mindy Colin currently serves as the Associate Director of Digital Pedagogy in the Center for Innovative Teaching Research and Learning at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). In this capacity, she trains and consults with professors and graduate students on pedagogical theory and methods to enhance teaching across face-to-face, hybrid, and online course modalities. Her key responsibilities include managing a small team to support the development of online and technology-enhanced courses, conducting a variety of faculty development workshops, and creating digital and multimedia teaching resources for the campus. Dr. Colin also co-leads cross-campus projects centered on access and equity in teaching and learning, communities of practice on artificial intelligence in university courses, and conducts research on mobile learning.

Before joining UCSB in July 2016, Dr. Colin held an extensive range of international educational roles. She served as Educational Technology Faculty at the Higher Colleges of Technology in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, where she instructed Bachelor's degree courses and mentored graduate students. In Mauritius, she worked as an educational researcher for both public and private institutions alongside a role as a part-time lecturer in early childhood education at the Charles Telfair Institute. Earlier in her career, Dr. Colin worked as an Instructional Technologist at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, ultimately serving as Acting Director of Academic Technology Support.

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Projects and Publications

  • Grant awarded from UC Online: m-Learning to Support DEI & A. In collaboration with UC Davis, UC Riverside and Bakersfield Community College | May 2023
  • Grant awarded from UC Online for a 3 year project: DEI & A in Teaching and Learning: Online Modules for UC Campuses. In collaboration with UC Irvine and UC Berkeley | Oct 2022, Apr 2024, May 2025
  • Colin, M., Eastman, S., Merrill, M., & Rockey, A. (2021, March 19). Leveraging Mobile Technology to Achieve Teaching Goals. | March 2021
  • Colin, M., Rockey, A., Merrill, M., & Eastman, S. (2019, February 19). mLearning at University of California: Practices, affordance and teaching styles [Poster Presentation]. Educause Learning Initiative, Anaheim, CA. | Feb 2019
  • Rockey, A., Eastman, S., Colin, M., & Merrill, M. (2019, February 13). Mobile Learning Across UC Campuses: An exploration of innovative use cases. Transforming the Teaching and Learning Environment, University of Idaho. | Feb 2019
  • Rockey, A., Eastman, S., Colin, M., & Merrill, M. (2019). Spotlighting Innovative Use Cases of Mobile Learning. The Emerging Learning Design Journal, 6(1). | 2019
  • Schwartz, S., & Colin, M. (2018, November 16). Why Every University Should Be On Board With Universal Design [Conference Presentation]. OLC Accelerate 2018, Orlando, FL. | Nov 2019
  • Eastman, S., Rockey, A., Colin, M., & Merrill, M. (2018, May 31). Spotlighting Innovative Use Cases of Mobile Learning [Concurrent Session]. | May 2018
  • Rockey, A., Colin, M., Eastman, S., Merrill, M., O’Connor, M., 2017. Designing a cross-campus research project on mobile learning. University of California Computing Services Conference, UC San Diego. | Aug 2017
  • Savvides, N., Al-Youssef, J., Colin, M. & Garrido, C., 2016. Methodological Challenges: Negotiation, Critical Reflection and the Cultural Other. In Revisiting Insider–Outsider Research in Comparative and International Education, 113–29. Bristol Papers in Education: Comparative and International Studies, 6. Oxford, UK: Symposium Books | 2016
  • Colin, M., 2015. Improving the quality of teaching and learning in Mauritian primary schools: the role of learner-centred pedagogy in current educational reform. (Doctoral Thesis). University of Bristol, Bristol, UK. | 2015
  • Savvides, N., Al-Youssef, J., Colin, M. & Garrido, C., 2014. Journeys into insider/outsider space: Reflections on the methodological challenges of negotiating insider/outsider status in international educational research. Research in Comparative and International Education, 9(4). | 2014
  • Savvides, N. & Colin, M., 2012. The space between: Reflections on insider/outsider experiences in international comparative research. British Association for International and Comparative Education Biannual Conference. | Sept 2012
  • Colin, M. et al., 2012. Quality practice that matters. 18th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers, Mauritius. | Aug 2012
  • Crossley, M., Bray, M. & Packer, S., 2011. Education in Small States: Policies and Priorities, London: Commonwealth Secretariat. | 2011
  • Colin, M. et al., 2008. Podcast Pilot Projects: Action Research at Loyola Marymount University for LMU on iTunes U. (Internal research for LMU) | 2006 - 2008
  • Colin, M., 2007. Translating brain research into teaching methods. Available at: http://www.iats.com/conferences/programs/2007LillyWestProgram.pdf. | March 2007
  • Adjunct Faculty: Introduction to Computers in Business, Loyola Marymount University | 2006 - 2007
  • Instructor: Instructional Technology for Pre-service Teachers, Utah State University and BYU-Hawai'i | 1999 - 2001