Sangeetha Gopalakrishnan
Instructor
Learning Design & TechnologyCurriculum and Instruction
Sangeetha Gopalakrishnan, Ph.D., is Assistant Dean for Online and Learning Innovation at the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In her role, she provides strategic leadership in conceptualizing and implementing traditional and non-traditional online programs to meet the needs of diverse audiences and oversees all aspects of online program administration at the college. Her research interests include best practices and leadership strategies for implementing successful online programs at universities, technology integration in teaching, and instructional design. She also has extensive online teaching experience having taught for the fully online master’s program in Learning Design and Technology at Purdue for many years. She also has a background in foreign language education having taught German at the Goethe Institute in Chennai, India. Previously, she was director of the Foreign Language Technology Center at Wayne State University (WSU) in Detroit. She received a Ph.D. in Instructional Technology from Wayne State University in 2011 and a M.S. in Educational Technology from Purdue University in 2001. She is past president of the International Association for Language Learning Technology (IALLT)..
- Ph.D. — Instructional Technology, Wayne State University (2011)
- M.S.Ed. — Educational Technology, Purdue University (2001)
- M.S. — Mathematics, University of Delhi (1988)
- B.S. — Mathematics, Queen Mary’s College (1986)
- 2023 – present
Assistant Dean for Online and Learning Innovation
College of Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- 2020 – 2023
Director of Online Programs
College of Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- 2004 – 2020
Director
Foreign Language Technology Center (FLTC)
Wayne State University
- 2012 – present
Adjunct Faculty
Learning Design & Technology
Purdue University
- 2015
Adjunct Faculty
Department of Classical and Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Wayne State University
- 2005, 2008
Adjunct Faculty
Instructional Technology Program
Wayne State University
- 2004
Adjunct Faculty
Department of German
Wayne State University
- 2002 – 2004
Instructional Technology Coordinator
Foreign Language Technology Center (FLTC)
Wayne State University
- 1998 – 2001
Research & Teaching Assistant
Educational Technology Program
Purdue University
- 1993 – 1998
German Language Instructor
Goethe-Institut, Chennai, India
- 1990 – 1993
Project Associate
Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), Chennai, India
- The Online and Professional Education Association (UPCEA)
- The International Association for Language Learning Technology (IALLT)
- The Midwest Association for Language Learning & Technology (MWALLT)
- Online Learning Consortium (OLC)
Selected Publications
- Sebastian, P., Gopalakrishnan, S., & Hendricks, H. (2021). Language Laboratories and Centers: Looking to History and Anticipating the Future. In Lavolette, E., & Kraemer, A. (Eds), Language center handbook 2021. Auburn, AL: International Association for Language Learning Technology.
- Gopalakrishnan, S. (2019). Parvathy Ramanathan and Mohana Ganesan: Redesigning a Workshop To Increase The Impact Of Social Workers’ Efforts In A Developing Country. In P. A. Ertmer, J. A. Quinn & K. D. Glazewski (Eds.), The ID CaseBook: Case Studies in Instructional Design (5th Edition). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
- Gopalakrishnan, S. (2013). Empirical development of a model for implementing online learning at academic institutions. In T. Plomp & N. Nieveen (Eds.), Educational design research: Introduction and illustrative cases. Enschede, Netherlands: SLO, Netherlands Institute for Curriculum Development.
- Gopalakrishnan, S., Franz, J., & Yaden, B. (2013). The Language Learning Center Director: Management and Leadership: Roles, Styles and Philosophies. In A. Ross (Ed.), IALLT Language Center Management. The International Association for Language Learning Technology.
- Erbaggio, P., Gopalakrishnan, S., Hobbs, S., & Liu, H. (2012). Enhancing Student Engagement through Online Authentic Materials. IALLT Journal, 42(2).
- Gopalakrishnan, S. (2012). A change model for implementing online learning: Best practices and leadership strategies. In Distance Learning, 2012: Proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning (pp. 260-264). Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin System.