Rebecca Carino-Agustin
LTEC, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Rebecca Carino-Agustin is doctoral student in the Learning Design and Technology (LTEC) program at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. She also currently serves as a College Success Advisor at the University of Hawai‘i-West O’ahu. Her experience in higher education for the past four years have been dedicated towards supporting and serving students geared towards supporting at-risk students. Her research interests revolve around online informal learning and the use of technology for and by marginalized populations.

Patrick Agullana
LTEC, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Patrick is currently employed for the International Programs of Outreach College at UH Manoa as an Interchange coordinator. His position at Outreach gives international students the opportunity to interact with UH students through communicative tasks and conversational topics.

With a major in English and a masters in SLS, Patrick received his graduate certificate for online learning and teaching (COLT) from LTEC and he is currently a first year PhD student in LTEC as well.

In his down time, Patrick enjoys watching streaming shows and going to the beach with his family while patiently waiting for the opportunity to sing karaoke in public again.

Johnny Zhou
Learning Design and Technology
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Johnny Zhou is currently a M.Ed. student at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa in the Learning Design and Technology (LTEC) department. He completed his BA in History and Sociology at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Johnny currently works as a Graduate Assistant for the LTEC department and an Instructional Design Assistant for the ITS Online Innovation Center Team within the University of Hawai‘i system.

Marc Antosch
Learning Design and Technology (LTEC)
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Marc was born in Connecticut. He is a first-generation American born from immigrant parents and is the first in his family to get a higher education degree. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in Visual and Public Art, he went on a two-year adventure traveling the globe.

Marc resides in Wailuku, Maui which he's called home for the past 25 years. Marc is employed at UH Maui College as a Graphic Designer, Marketing Facilitator, and Instructor in Creative Media. During his free time, you'll see him surfing with his partner Nicole at the Rivermouth in Paukukalo or walking his dog Daisy to check the waves.

Kalei Carvalho
Learning Design and Technology (LTEC)
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Kalei Carvalho is currently an M.Ed. Student at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in the Learning Design and Technology (LTEC) department. Interestingly enough, she obtained her BA in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting from the University of Hawaiʻi - West Oʻahu and her Associates in Accounting from Kauaʻi Community College. However, Kalei found her passion in her current position as the Student Support for The Waiʻaleʻale Project, a first-year experience program, at Kauaʻi Community College. Born and raised in Kaua'i, supporting students in her position at Kaua'i Community College allows her to give back to a community that helped her, her husband, and her three children create a life she never knew was possible.

Kelly Asato
Learning Design and Technology (LTEC)
University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa

Kelly Asato is a master's student with the Learning Design and Technology (LTEC) program at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. This is her second year in the program. With being a novice in integrating technology into her instruction, the LTEC program has given her the confidence to refine and enhance her teaching with a foundation in pedagogy, theory, instructional strategies, and digital tools. Kelly is an elementary teacher and hopes to inspire and bring excitement back into the classroom with technology.

Michele Mahi
Learning Design and Technology
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Michele Mahi is an assistant professor of speech and communication at Leeward Community College. She has a B.A. in Communicology and Psychology, M.A. in Communicology, M.Ed. in Teaching, and is currently working on her Ph.D. in Education at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

Candace Tabuchi
Learning Design and Technology
UH Manoa

Candace Tabuchi is a Professor of Hospitality and Tourism (HOST) at Kaua‘i Community College. She is a beneficiary of the UH system where she received her bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from UH-West O‘ahu and her MBA through the Shidler College of Business at Mānoa. Currently, Candace is a PhD candidate for the LTEC (Learning Design and Technology) doctorate program at UH Mānoa.

After a career in hospitality, spanning almost 25 years, Candace Tabuchi decided to move into the educational field. She brings with her experience in both the front and back-of-the-house operations, and in hotel and condominium management. As the Program Coordinator of the Hospitality and Tourism program, Candace enjoys the opportunity to nurture and educate future hospitalitarians.

As part of her commitment to engage more students, Candace has expanded her teaching opportunities to China, where she has taught three business/tourism-related courses at Shanghai Normal University during the winter sessions, and has brought the HOST program to Early College courses at Kauai High School. The opportunity to expand teaching through distance education is exciting as online learning environments will equip students with applicable 21st century technological skills.

Allyson Ota
Learning Design & Technology
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Allyson graduated in 2005 with a BBA in MIS from UH Mānoa and worked in IT for eight years before deciding to pursue a career in public service. She graduated in 2017 from UH Mānoa with a master’s in library science, and worked as a marine science librarian at the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center before joining the UH system. She currently serves as the electronic resources librarian for Kapiʻolani Community College, and was excited to be admitted into the online LTEC master’s program with the Fall 2019 cohort. Her professional (and personal) philosophies have always been steeped in the belief that lifelong learning and the continued pursuit of knowledge increases both her quality of life and her ability to help others.

Chelby Onaga
Learning Design & Technology
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Chelby Onaga grew up on O'ahu and is currently a second year student working towards a M.Ed. degree in Learning Design & Technology online at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Previously, she has earned a B.A. in Social Science with a concentration in Psychology from the University of Hawai'i - West O'ahu. She currently works as a Circulation supervisor at the James & Abigail Campbell library at UH West O'ahu where she oversees the Circulation desk and library student employees.

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Kimberly Iwao
Learning Design and Technology
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Kimberly Koide Iwao is an Instructor in the Legal Education Program at Kapiolani Community College, and is also a Lecturer in Law at the University of Hawaii Richardson School of Law. She received her law degree from the University of California at Los Angeles, and her Bachelor of Education in Secondary Education and English from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Ms. Iwao was formerly a partner at the law firm of Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel, and served as in-house counsel at two for-profit corporations in Hawaii. She currently runs her own law practice in which she specializes in employment law, estate planning and civil litigation. She is also a doctoral student in the Learning Design & Technology department at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Shauna Sibonga
Learning Design & Technology
University of Hawaii at Manoa

Shauna is a graduate of the Learning Design & Technology (LTEC) MEd program at UH Mānoa and is a current doctoral student in the program. Her research interests include how participation in online communities affects the persistence and graduation rates of first-generation college and low-income students. She serves as an Academic Advisor for TRIO Student Support Services on the UH Mānoa campus and previously served as a Transfer Specialist, working with incoming Kauaʻi Community College and non-UH students. Prior to her role as an advisor, Shauna worked for the Learning Assistance Center training and coordinating undergraduate tutors, and as an educational technologist for the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources. She has worked in higher education for all of her professional career.

Suzanne Brown-McBride
Learning Design & Technology
University of Hawaii at Manoa

Suzanne Brown-McBride has dedicated her life and work to the promotion of public safety, equitable access to justice, and effective government. Suzanne began her work on behalf of sexual assault victims as a community education specialist and crisis line advocate. She went on to manage several victim-service agencies in Washington State and Oregon. Today, Suzanne consults with jurisdictions as well as public and private entities who are committed to effective and just innovations. She is currently pursuing her PhD at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa in Learning Design and Technology.

Duane Esty
Learning Design & Technology
University of Hawaii at Manoa

Grew up on waters of the Pacific Northwest. Resident of Hawaii Island for several years.

Enjoy the path of guitar scale, experimenting with tone using an electric guitar and modeling amp. Digging on an awesome '63 Fender Jaguar reissue lately.

Undergraduate in Computer Information Systems and English. Spent time writing software documentation at various high-tech companies in the Seattle area. Latest project being at Microsoft for MS Office (XML Paper Specifications and Open Packaging Conventions for RSS protocols).
Interest in and independent research of artificial intelligence, particularly voice AIED and adaptive learning. Asking how learners might benefit from Voice AIED in VR as a means of a multimodal content distribution mechanism. Avid contributor to LinkedIn AI forums including Amazon Science and Microsoft Research.

It is fortuitous for us to be here in this time and space of the learner experience design evolution. There are profound ethical issues that are for us to diffuse and be the keep.

Currently enrolled in UH MEd LTEC program. Started cohort in Fall 2019, where I've had the privilege of working with some talented LTEC classmates on some great projects and proof of concepts like EXiBi (Mobile Technology in Leisure Attractions), Mayor of Minecraft (Gamification of a civic lesson), also NLP in OpenSimulator as a means of a content distribution mechanism for potential pedagogical use (652D Author E-learn Virtual Reality).