The Learnshop

Blended by Design is the result of a collaboration between MCLI, Paradise Valley Community College, Mesa Community, and Gateway Community College.  It is an 18 hour learnshop designed to help guide faculty in the course redesign process for preparing to teach a hybrid/blended course. 

The Facilitators

Dr. Veronica Diaz is the Instructional Technologist at the Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction (mcli). In that capacity, she works with faculty professional development and growth and leads various programs that promote the use of technology to enhance teaching and learning. Previously, Veronica served as the Learning Technologies Manager for the Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona where she was responsible for the College’s teaching and learning initiatives, Principle Investigator of the HP Technology for Teaching Grant, and the Eller Tablet PC Initiative. Veronica has over 10 years of teaching experience in various subjects including various business, education, and counseling courses at the undergraduate and graduate level. Active in the field of eLearning and teaching innovation, Diaz is the chair of the EDUCAUSE Advisory Committee on Teaching and Learning and has presented seminars on faculty use of instructional technology and intellectual property policies for distributed learning environments.

Dr. Jennifer Spink Strickland is the Instructional Technologist at Mesa Community College.  She earned a doctorate in the field of Educational Technology in Cultural Studies in Higher Education from The Ohio State University College of Education.  She currently works as the Instructional Technologist at Paradise Valley Community College within the Maricopa Community College District where she works with faculty, staff, and district wide employees to promote and integrate technology into learning centered teaching and learning.  She focuses on assisting faculty in utilizing emerging technologies to help facilitate creative; engaging learning experiences for students.

For more information contact Veronica Diaz at 480.731.8300 or email at

veronica.diaz@domail.maricopa.edu