Christiane Ong-McCarthy
Senior Instructional Designer
Responsibilities
Christiane collaborates with faculty and staff in the design, development, and management of online courses and learning experiences, applying various learning theories, teaching strategies, instructional design models, best practices in online education, and integrating educational technologies to improve teaching effectiveness and student learning experiences. She implements and maintains quality standards across all aspects of the instructional design process.
Education
- MS.Ed., Instructional Technology, Northern Illinois University, 1993
- B.S., Development Communication, University of the Philippines Los Baños, 1989
- CITL Staff Ambassador for the Ultra Transition Academy (UTA), 2022-2023
- CITL Staff Partner in the Online Course Design Academy, 2020
- Course Reviewer, NIU Quality Essentials Course Review, 2022-Present
- Co-wrote training guide for reviewers
- Anthology Idea Exchange member
- Chicagoland Higher Ed Instructional Design member
- Adobe Education Institute Fellow, 2024
- Quality Matters: QM Rubric Update Seventh Edition, 2023
- Yellowdig Instructor Certification Course, 2021
- Quality Matters: Peer Reviewer Course, 2017
- Quality Matters: Applying the QM Rubric (APPQMR), 2014
Applause
The following comments from NIU faculty were shared through NIU Today Applaud a Colleague:
"I was assigned an asynchronous class this year and was under a time crunch to stand it up. I’d never taught this way before and Christiane saved me! She taught me about best practices for asynchronous instruction and best design principles for asynchronous delivery. And then she went even more above and beyond by designing a starter template for me to build off of. She even checked in after the class was in session, to see how I was doing. The class, needless to say, went incredibly smoothly with her in my corner. Huge appreciation to Christiane for how she supports faculty, teaching, and learning at this university." (May 18, 2025)
"Christiane helped me set up a new course shell in Blackboard Ultra converting if from original and worked with me to improve the content in addition to answering questions and ensuring I was ready to customize… all in rush. She was fantastic to work with and very communicative. It was a pleasure working with her and she is a great resource for NIU." (August 29, 2023)
"Ms. Ong-McCarthy always goes above-and-beyond to assist me and my colleagues with our Quality Matters course development, as well as any technical issues we have in delivering our courses. She never hesitates to provide quality and professional help in response to each inquiry. She also has been a big help in our e-training programs for research purposes. Thank you for being a continued invaluable support to our work, Christiane!" (March 1, 2021)
