UMass Boston

Gene Shwalb, Sr. Instructional Designer, IT Ed Tech & Learning Commons

Gene Shwalb

Department:
IT Educational Technology & Learning Commons
Title:
Senior Instructional Designer
Principal Learning Designer
Location:
Healey Library Floor 03
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Biography

Gene Shwalb is currently Principal Learning Designer in UMass Boston's Learning Design Services. Prior to that, he was Manager of UMass Boston's eLearning and Instructional Support team. He has been part of UMass Boston since 2007 and served as an adjunct instructor in the Instructional Design Faculty from 2007 to 2018. Before coming to UMass Boston, he was Manager of Education at the Eastman Software Company, Implementation Consultant at Filemark, Inc., Executive Director of Hospice West of Waltham, Division Controller of Clean Harbors, Accounting Manager of Houghton Mifflin, and a CPA at Coopers & Lybrand.

Area of Expertise

Learning Design

Online Learning

Learning Management Systems

Degrees

Bachelor of Arts (Music) - Oberlin College

Bachelor of Music (Music Education) - Oberlin Convservatory of Music

M.B.A. (Management and Accounting) - Boston University

Oracle DBA Certificate - Worcester Polytechnic Institute

M.Ed. (Instructional Design) - UMass Boston

Additional Information

The University of Massachusetts Boston CIO Award for Excellence - June 29, 2012