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Description
Join this webinar where guest presenters Alice Swift and Christopher Jitchaku-Silva from the University of Hawaiʻi System will share the institutional process for evaluating third-party tools used for teaching and learning. Participants will leave the session with tips on how to identify red/yellow flags in terms of service and privacy policies, navigate considerations as part of the vetting process, and gain some valuable resources to help make informed technology choices for your educational use.
Co-hosted by Every Learner Everwhere and NWHeat.
Presenters
Christopher Jitchaku-Silva is an Institutional Policy/Analyst with the University of Hawaiʻi Data Governance Office, where he supports the university’s Data Governance Program and helps faculty and staff navigate the responsible use of third-party technologies. His work includes evaluating tools and services for privacy, security, FERPA, contractual, and data governance considerations, with an emphasis on finding a responsible path to “yes” while protecting students and institutional data.
Chris has worked in higher education and educational technology since 2005. Before joining Data Governance, he spent nearly two decades supporting UH faculty in delivering instruction through emerging and non-traditional technologies, including cable, distance, and online learning. His experience bridges teaching and learning technology with the privacy, security, and governance considerations institutions face today.
Alice Swift is an instructional designer with the University of Hawaiʻi (UH) Online Innovation Center who supports faculty teaching online, hybrid, and web-enhanced courses across the UH system, along with other department initiatives such as professional development webinars, workshops, and programs for faculty across the 10-campus system.
With a background in hospitality and food & beverage, she also teaches online courses as a lecturer with the School of Travel Industry Management, Shidler College of Business at the UH Mānoa. Her diverse background includes hands-on experience in hospitality, food & beverage, human resources, and learning and development, such as managing online and web-enhanced corporate training programs for MGM Resorts International, along with instructional design experience in multiple higher education and K-12 institutions.
Her interests include AI integration into different contexts, learner engagement, and emerging technology in the hospitality, tourism, and education sectors, and humanizing online teaching and learning.