Education
Michigan State University, Master of Arts, Telecommunications & Digital Media Arts
Michigan State University, Bachelor of Arts, Telecommunications & Computer Science
Industry Experience
Matthew Leach is currently an online course developer for Westwood College, the Director of Development for DextMedia, and a full time instructor at the Institute of Art of Colorado. He has served as the web developer and interface designer at InstallShield Software Corporation and Michigan State University’s Virtual University Campus.
Matthew has career experience in training, curriculum development, project management, e-learning, with courses focused on Flash for Web Designers, Animators and Photographers, Actionscripting for Designers, Site Development with HTML, Digital Typography, Internet Game Design & Theory, and a Senior Portfolio course.
Matthew’s research has focused on the existing tools and experiments with the integration of e-collaboration and traditional web site design for communication with an online classroom environment. Recently, he has expanded his research focus to the more general problem of creating effective education tools to promote online learning and skill building in various subject matters.