Director

Mr. Douglas McCarty
Acting Director/ Instructional Systems Specialist

Mr. Michael McKim
Educational Support Specialist

Ms. Patricia Harris
Lead Writing Specialist

Mr. Douglas McCarty, Instructional Systems Developer

Mr. Douglas McCarty, MA, serves as an Instructional Systems Developer at the Air University Teaching and Learning Center with emphasis on Learning Technology research and adoption. In this role Mr. McCarty assists faculty, students, and staff to learn and integrate existing and emerging technologies into their teaching practices and learning environments. Mr. McCarty has served as a PME instructor, curriculum developer, instructional consultant, and institutional effectiveness representative at the Barnes Center for Enlisted Education. He also served as course director for a civilian professional development program and taught selected Officer Training School lessons at the Holm Center for Officer Accessions and Citizen Development. He taught new instructor training courses at both Holm and Barnes Centers. Mr. McCarty holds a MA in Educational Technology Leadership from The George Washington University and a BS in Corporate Training and Development from Wayland Baptist University. Mr. McCarty retired honorably from active duty in the United States Air Force after serving 21 years.

Mr. Michael McKim, Educational Support Specialist

Mr. Michael McKim, MS, is an Educational Support Specialist at the Air University Teaching and Learning Center with emphasis on Learning Technology research and adoption. In this role Mr. McKim assists faculty, students, and staff to learn and integrate existing and emerging technologies into their teaching practices and learning environments. Mr. McKim has served as a PME instructor, curriculum developer, instructional consultant, and digital exercise writer at Squadron Officer School, Air Command and Staff College, and Air War College. He also taught electives and online research methods at the Air Force Historians' Course, the Air Force JAG school, and other Eaker and Lemay Center courses.  He created the first PC-based wargame at Air University (AU) and 24 more wargames and group exercises.  He created the first school website at AU.  He wrote the first strategic education technology plans for SOS, ACSC, and HQ AU.  He created the first AU nonresident studies wargames and electives. He also co-created the first AU-wide technology council. Mr. McKim holds an MS in Psychology from Auburn University, an MS in International Relations from Troy University, and a BS in Astronautical and Aeronautical Engineering from Purdue University.  Mr. McKim retired honorably from the United States Air Force after serving 30 years as an officer.

Lead Writing Specialist

Ms. Patricia Harris is a former writing professor, associate dean, learning center director, and academic technology director, founding co-chair of the AI and Education SIG at POD, and co-instructor for the Future Ideas and Weapons RTF at Air War College. She is a member of a core research group at University of Bergen focused on the intersections of learning design, memory formation, and AI.