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Center Leadership
Learning Experience Design
Learning Technology
Instructional Media
Innovation & Faculty Development
Project Management

Center Leadership

Brian Salerno
Executive Director

Brian Salerno

Executive Director

Brian Salerno is the Executive Director of the Center for Digital Innovation in Learning (CDIL) at Boston College. Having spent twenty-years in the field of digital learning and instructional design in higher education, he has been involved in the planning, design, development, and launch of dozens of online and hybrid programs as well as formed and managed several talented teams of learning designers and instructional technologists. Brian has developed significant expertise in the areas of instructional and multimedia design, educational technology, faculty development, online program management, and the digital transformation of teaching and learning.

Prior to his appointment as Executive Director, Brian served as the Director of Learning Design in CDIL, leading the learning design and instructional media teams responsible for partnering with BC faculty on the design and development of innovative and engaging online courses and programs. Prior to joining Boston College, he was the Director of Online Learning and Instructional Design at Brandeis University in Waltham, MA, where he established and led the Master of Science in Learning Experience Design program in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies. At Brandeis, Brian built an instructional design team that was recognized for its expertise in innovative teaching and learning practices and supported the development of new programs and partnerships across the institution. He has held similar leadership roles at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, CT, University of New Haven, in West Haven, CT, and Kaplan Higher Education’s Hesser College in Manchester, NH. In addition, Brian has taught and designed graduate and undergraduate courses at several New England-area colleges and universities over the last fifteen years.

Brian earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in interactive media from Quinnipiac University and is currently completing his doctoral dissertation in the Graduate School of Education at Northeastern University with a research focus on the impact of instructional design support on adjunct instructors' perception of their job satisfaction and effectiveness in the design of online courses. Brian lives in Southern New Hampshire where he enjoys spending time with his two kids, going camping, participating in trivia tournaments, and closely following politics and

Learning Experience Design

Yuhan Li
Associate Director

Yuhan Li

Associate Director

Yuhan Li is the senior learning experience designer of the Center for Digital Innovation in Learning at Boston College. With nearly 8 years of experience supporting faculty teaching in higher education, Yuhan has been consulted with faculty, staff and academic program leadership on the integration of learning sciences, learning design, and user-interface design to create transformative, meaningful and student-centred digital learning experiences.

In her everyday work, she partners with faculty members and assists them with the application of the pedagogical methodology, assessment and engagement strategies, content development and curation, and instructional technologies to create online, hybrid and digitally-enhanced academic courses and programs. Additionally, Yuhan leads the design and development of the course quality reviews and provides supervision of the Learning Design Assistants at CDIL.

With a genuine interest in helping people of all ages learn in diverse contexts, Yuhan served as the lead instructional consultant and designed learning solutions for a diverse group of clients in China (2019-2021), ranging from K12 STEM curriculum innovation pilot for local government, professional development activities for K12 teachers, to specialized therapy programs for autism non-profit organizations.

Yuhan earned two master’s degrees in Instructional Systems Technology and Learning Sciences from Indiana University-Bloomington. Her areas of interest include learning design, user-interface design, assessment for learning, and informal and everyday learning. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her two kids doing all kinds of fun and silly activities.

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