Melissa Gleckler, Ph.D.
419.530.4349
melissa.gleckler@utoledo.edu
Dr. Melissa Gleckler is the Associate Director of Academic Technology and Marketing at °µÍø½ûÇø Online. Melissa provides guidance, motivation and oversight to the °µÍø½ûÇø Online Help Desk and the Main Campus Testing Center and assists with the research and implementation of new technologies, the development of end-user guides and documentation, faculty development initiatives, and help desk support. She also manages marketing and web development for °µÍø½ûÇø Online and Workforce Development.
Melissa is a certified Quality Matters Reviewer and Master Online Instructor. She has been with The University of Toledo since 2007, where she started as a program manager and later became an award-winning academic advisor.  Before joining °µÍø½ûÇø, Melissa enjoyed a 9-year career in television news and commercial production and now teaches part-time in the Department of Communication.
Melissa has received the Ohio Academic Advising Association Award for Advising Excellence (2017), the Alice H. Skeens Outstanding University Woman Award from the University of Toledo’s Women’s Commission (2018), the University of Toledo Excellence in Assessment Award for her work on the °µÍø½ûÇø Online annual assessment report (2019), and the Blackboard Exemplary Course Award for her re-design of Visual Communication II (2020), and co-wrote the winning nomination for the Anthology Catalyst Award in Training and Professional Development (2022). She has presented nationally and internationally on prior learning assessment, digital accessibility, student engagement using technology, and faculty development methods and practices.
Education:
Bachelor of Arts in Communication, Cum Laude, The University of Toledo
Master of Liberal Studies and Graduate Certificate in Communication, The University
of Toledo
Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum & Instruction: Educational Technology, The University
of Toledo