Lorna Wong has accepted a permanent position as Director of Learning Technology Development at UW System Administration, and has officially resigned as Director of Instructional Technology Services at iCIT UW-Whitewater. Lorna served in many professional capacities during her 22-year career in iCIT. Since 2008, she has been on temporary assignment with the UW System, providing system-wide oversight to learning technology programs.
“Lorna has made an indelible mark on our campus technology culture,” said Elena Pokot, Chief Information Officer, iCIT. “She is extremely well respected by faculty, staff and students alike, and her leadership and influence will have long-term benefit to our University.”
As director of ITS at UW-W since 2003, Lorna was dedicated to providing instructional support with a strong customer focus, including computer labs, instructional software, courseware development and A/V classroom equipment. In this capacity, Lorna worked closely with faculty, department chairs, deans and associate deans. Under her visionary leadership, many innovations were introduced, such as student collaboratories, media lab, response system (clickers), and antiplagarism software — all now widely used throughout the University.
With the creation of the LTC (Learning Technology Center) in 2000, Lorna oversaw the development of a vanguard program for faculty to stay abreast of emerging technologies. Initially, the unit supported Blackboard LMS, then led the transition to D2L. Lorna’s motto “technology should not be an obstacle” inspired a positive focus for faculty, which resulted in UW-W having the highest growth rate of D2L adoption among the UW campuses.
Lorna never stopped working collaboratively with faculty to explore new pedagogical methods that take advantage of technology to improve teaching and learning. Her efforts paved the way for many of the innovative programs underway today.
Please join us in thanking Lorna for her contributions, and wishing her the best of luck in her new position with UWSA.