Locations & Hours

CTEL has four locations across all three campuses.

Director & Assistant

The main office for CTEL is located in 111 Abromson, Portland.

Khusro Kidwai, Director of Online Teaching and Learning
111 Abromson, Portland
(207) 780-4540
khusrokidwai@usm.maine.edu

Robin Anne Russell
111 Abromson, Portland
Administrative Assistant
(207) 780-4077
ctel@usm.maine.edu

Both Khusro and Robin can be found Monday thru Friday on the Portland campus.

Course Designer

Scott can help you design or redesign your online and blended courses. He can help you optimize your learning management system (Blackboard), suggest ways to make your content more accessible, coach you in use of technologies, and work with you to decide new ways to deliver your course content. He has been trained in Quality Matters and are available to do brief course reviews or facilitate full reviews with QM mentors.

Scott Kimball, Course Designer
521 Glickman Library, Portland
2 Bailey Hall, Gorham
Instructional Media and Support Specialist
(207) 780-4238
scottk@maine.edu

Scott works on the Gorham campus Monday and Tuesday, on the Lewiston-Auburn campus Wednesday, and on the Portland campus Thursday and Friday.

Blackboard Tier II & Emerging Technologies Support

Shane is the resident Blackboard expert who watches the Helpdesk ticketing system to problem solve online learning difficulties. He has a broad knowledge of online learning technologies and is in charge of scheduling workshops of all kinds. Shane researches, tests, implements and supports many new emerging technologies.  He is also our Google guru!  If there is a topic you would think would be of general interest to online and blended teaching, contact Shane to make a suggestion.

Shane O'Hara, Online Learning Support Specialist
521 Glickman Portland
(207) 228-8001
sohara@usm.maine.edu

Shane works on the Portland campus Monday thru Friday