Currently, the Teaching and Learning Center comprises:

Director of Teaching and Learning Innovation, Dr. Gary Ackerman 

Dr. Gary Ackerman joined GCC in February 2019 when he was hired to be the coordinator of instructional technology. He was named the first director of the Teaching and Learning Innovation Center in July 2021.

Gary's career in education is now in its fourth decade. After 10 years as a science and math teacher, he spent more than a decade managing information technology in schools, teaching computer courses, and teaching teachers. For the last 12 years or so, Gary has focused on faculty development, instructional design, and online teaching. He has held positions at several K-12 schools and supervisory unions in Vermont, including a Vermont school physically located in New Hampshire, and also at Mount Wachusett Community College. He has also been an adjunct faculty member at the community college, undergraduate, and graduate level since 1998, much of that teaching has been done online.

Gary continues to be active in the educational research community in New England and the Association for Educational Communications and Technology.

Gary maintains his professional web presence at hackscience.education and you can read his blog there, as well as as learning about his three books:

• • Technology in Schools: Its Not Like this in Business
  • Efficacious Technology Management: A Guide for School Leaders
  • Technology-Rich Teaching: Classrooms in the 21st Century

Instructional Media Specialist, Jonathan Morris

AV Technician, Alex Audette

Learning Experience Designer, currently vacant