My name is Melanie Fiander and I am one of the Senior Full Time Faculty
members in the Photography Department at The Art Institute of
Pittsburgh Online Division. Although our school is based out of Pennsylvania, I'm located in Washington D.C. In the past, I have taught as an adjunct professor at The Art Institute of Washington in Virginia, Southern Maine Community College in Maine, and McIntosh College in New Hampshire.
This blog is intended to host my teaching portfolio and also connect you to my personal photography and video work. Please feel free to use the links to the right to navigate! I have also included links to my "Inside the Classroom" blog where you can see examples of my student's work, read their comments and see how I generally run a classroom.
Below are the different blog posts titles, listed in bold, and a synopsis of the posts contents.
Below you will read my Online Teaching Philosophy. My philosophy has been shaped by Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed. In short, I believe that education can either be used as a means to inform the student body of
the “present system and bring about conformity” or education can be used as an
instrument that facilitates the “practice of freedom”.
The second post is related to my Department Service. The service projects that I have done for our Photography Department are listed below: the blog I write for PSPN, Photography Lecture Series, and Personal Artist Talk.
In order to succeed as an online professor, it is vital to stay up to date with the school's program and what the Art Institute of Pittsburgh has to offer. Over the last year, I have attended multiple Faculty Development sessions and conferences offered both inside and outside of the school.
This blog is intended to host my teaching portfolio and also connect you to my personal photography and video work. Please feel free to use the links to the right to navigate! I have also included links to my "Inside the Classroom" blog where you can see examples of my student's work, read their comments and see how I generally run a classroom.
Below are the different blog posts titles, listed in bold, and a synopsis of the posts contents.
The second post is related to my Department Service. The service projects that I have done for our Photography Department are listed below: the blog I write for PSPN, Photography Lecture Series, and Personal Artist Talk.
As
a Senior Full Time Faculty Member, I have actively participated
in different Committees, Focus Groups and Meetings. Information regarding these can be seen below as well.
If you continue to scroll further down the blog, you will read about the Curriculum Review that I participated in as well as the Content Alerts I have written.
On a number of occasions, I have participated in Portfolio Reviews for our BA, AA and Certificate programs.
In order to succeed as an online professor, it is vital to stay up to date with the school's program and what the Art Institute of Pittsburgh has to offer. Over the last year, I have attended multiple Faculty Development sessions and conferences offered both inside and outside of the school.
At the end of the blog, I have also attached an updated Curriculum Vitae.