Casey Frechette

Associate Professor

Personal profile

About

Dr. Frechette is an associate professor in the journalism and media studies department and the director of online research and development. He teaches digital media and researches the role of technology in learning. Before joining the University of South Florida St. Petersburg, Dr. Frechette was an interactive learning producer with Poynter’s News University, one of the world’s most innovative online journalism and media training programs. At Poynter, Dr. Frechette worked with faculty and industry leaders to design and build custom training experiences for a community of 200,000 learners. Dr. Frechette has over a decade of Web development and e-learning experience, specializing in PHP, MySQL and jQuery. He produced multimedia lessons for Navajo students at the University of New Mexico’s Technology and Education Center and DJed at KSEL in Portales, New Mexico.

Education/Academic qualification

Student designed educational program, B.S., Eastern New Mexico University

Media arts & Computer science, M.A., New Mexico Highlands University

Organizational Learning & Instructional Technology, Ph.D., University of New Mexico

Disciplines

  • Journalism Studies