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Lergia Olivo
Instructional Designer / Faculty
Biography
Lergia Olivo, PhD is an instructional design supervisor at FIU Online, FIU's centralized distance learning unit. She collaborates with faculty to support, design, and enhance fully-online and certified hybrid courses to meet rigorous quality standards and provide students with fulfilling online learning experiences.
Lergia's previous academic appointment was Assistant Teaching Professor at FIU's English Language Institute, where she taught intermediate levels of Communicative Grammar, Writing, Reading & Vocabulary, and Communication in the Intensive English Program to international students from an array of countries worldwide.
Academic trajectory
Research Areas
- online learning
- educational technology
- language education
- TESOL
- bi/multilingualism
- translanguaging
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy, Teaching and Learning, Florida International University (2025)
- Graduate Certificate, eLearning, University of Central Florida (2014)
- Master of Arts, Linguistics, Florida International University (2009)
- Bachelor of Arts, English, Florida International University (2008)
- Associate of Arts, English: Professional and Technical Writing, University of South Florida (2006)