Melissa Metzger
Interim Manager, Creative Services & Instructional Innovation

Contact:
Office of Educational Affairs
12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd, MDC 54
Tampa, FL 33612
813-974-5184
mmetzger@health.usf.edu

Education

Ph.D., Curriculum & Instruction, Instructional Technology, University of South Florida, in progress

M.A., Education, University of Central Florida, 2009
Thesis: Post-secondary Online Learning

B.A., Art & Computer Design, Florida Gulf Coast University, 2002

Positions

Instructional Desinger and Multimedia Developer, 2010-Present
USF College of Medicine, Creative Services & Instructional Innovation (CSI2)

Post-Secondary Online Developer & Coordinator, 2007-2010
Orange County Public Schools, Orlando, FL

Owner, Lead Instructor, 2006-2007
KidPuterz, a Pre-school computer education company

Art and Design Teacher, 2003-2006
School District of Lee County Florida

Graphic Designer, 2002-2003
Absher Design Group, Inc., Naples, FL

Honors/Awards

Ralph E. Gomory Graduate Scholarship Recipient, 2009

Rookie of the Year, Orange County CT Educators, 2007-2008

Internship, Robert Rauschenberg Studios, Captiva, FL, 2002

Melissa has been in the educational field since 2003, when she started as a middle school Art teacher in Lee County, Florida.  In 2007, after a family transfer to Orlando, she left the classroom and accepted a position with Orange County Public Schools as a post-secondary Coordinator developing curriculum and courses for the continuing education division. The position soon transformed into Online Development and her focus became online curriculum development and implementation. Feeling she had found her niche, Melissa decided to pursue her graduate degree in the field of online learning at the University of Central Florida. Her current appointment with USF is as an Instructional Designer, working in the Office of Educational Affairs in the Creative Services and Instructional Innovation (CSI2) department.