Charge in June 2020, the UW System Digital Learning Environment (DLE) Advisory Council is a standing group of Universities of Wisconsin stakeholders with unique expertise and knowledge assembled to provide a forum for reporting, discussing, and providing input to the DLE program service owner. The DLE Advisory Council creates linkages between UW university perspectives and the DLE program. DLE Advisory Council members support the DLE program in the following ways to achieve consent:
- Represent DLE constituency groups
- Synthesize recommendations to provide input
- Provide ideas for the DLE roadmap and service improvement
- Provide input to prioritize activities, with particular focus on:
- timing
- level of engagement/communications needed with UWS stakeholders (i.e., Students, Instructors, and Administrators)
- Provide customer perspective on program updates and change requests
Meetings
DLE Advisory Council meetings are held quarterly on the third Thursday of April, July, October, and January via web conferencing.
DLE Advisory Council 2026-2027
- Dr. Eli Kofi Aba, Associate Professor, School of Management (UW-Stout Polytechnic)
- Dr. Fay Yokomizo Akindes, Director, Systemwide Professional & Instructional Development (UWSA)
- Kent Gerberich, Chief Information Officer, Director of Learning & Technology Services (UW-Eau Claire)
- Dr. Erin Hillard, Assistant Professor of Psychology (UW-Parkside)
- Dr. Kristin Koepke, Director, Center for Advancing Teaching and Learning (UW-La Crosse)
- Maggie Loney, LTDC Co-Chair (UW-Parkside)
- Michael Merline, DLE Administrator (UW-Superior)
- John Jax, CUWL Chair and Library Director (UW-La Crosse)
- Dr. Brent Opall, Assistant Professor of Management, Department of Management & Marketing (UW-Eau Claire)
- Daniel Vande Yacht, Registrar (UW-Green Bay)
- Julie Pohlman, Director of Libraries and Academic Technology (UWSA)
- VACANT, Provost