COE hires Dan McCoy to head technical ops in distance education

The College of Education has appointed Dan McCoy to the new position of associate director of distance learning. McCoy will manage the COE office of distance education’s technical operations and work with instructional and information technology staff on specialized applications such as database design.

McCoy joins the COE from UF’s College of Medicine, where he was an applications developer in medical informatics. His work included the development and design of enterprise level applications for education including a course management system, multimedia and web-based curriculum development, a user management system, and assessment software.

“As our distance learning initiatives mature, we have an increased need for a person with Dan’s skills in integrating universitywide data sources, including PeopleSoft and LDAP, into College of Education applications,” said Tom Dana, COE associate dean for academic affairs. “He brings a strong skill set to this new position, including graphic design, multimedia development, user interface design, software development and database design.

McCoy also has worked an instructional technologist in UF’s College of Dentistry. Before UF, he worked in information technology in New York and Chicago. He has a doctorate in anthropology from Northwestern University and is working toward a doctorate in educational psychology at UF.