Engagement and Assessment Educator Development Specialist
Monica L. Mills (she/her) is an Academic Specialist at the Center for Teaching and Learning Innovation who specializes in providing educational development on classroom assessments and engaging instructional practices.
Monica’s research interests include innovative and real-world assessment strategies, learner engagement, learning analytics, learning with Extended Reality (XR) and AI, educational technology, collaborative learning, competency-based learning, digital accessibility, first-generation students, adult learners, and user/learner experience. Check out her latest research.
Before joining MSU, Monica was a Senior Instructional Designer at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and taught undergraduate courses in Cognitive Psychology, Research Methods, and Statistics in-person, online, and remotely at Alma College. Monica has a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and a minor in Cognitive Science from the University of Central Florida. She also has a Master of Arts degree in Cognitive-Social Psychology with a minor in Teaching, Learning, and Teacher’s Education with a specialization in Innovative Learning Technologies from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Monica is a Quality Matters certified course peer reviewer and serves on the 2023-2025 EDUCAUSE Young Professionals Advisory Committee.
Monica enjoys spending time with her young daughter, son, and husband on their small family farm and trail riding/camping with her horses.
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- Assessment Strategies
- Increasing Learner Engagement
- Teaching and Learning with AI and Learning with Extended Reality (Virtual and Augmented Reality)
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)
- Educational Research
- Learning Analytics
- Catalyst Funding