Her published work includes contributions to the edited volume Culture and Social Change.
Lisa Sayles
Director of Education
Lisa Sayles is an experienced educator, curriculum leader, and communication specialist with over two decades of teaching and academic development expertise.
Lisa holds an MS in Communication Studies from Portland State University and an MFA in Visual Art from the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University. As Director of Education at the Institute for Methods Innovation (IMI), she leads the design and implementation of innovative educational programmes and digital learning strategies, ensuring inclusivity, accessibility, and high pedagogical standards. Her leadership has shaped IMI’s contributions to major EU-funded initiatives, including Project Ô, with a focus on fostering social impact through education.
Expertise and experience
Lisa brings experience in designing and implementing innovative educational programmes and digital learning strategies, ensuring inclusivity, accessibility and high pedagogical standards. Her leadership has shaped IMI’s contributions to major EU-funded initiatives, including Project Ô, with a focus on fostering social impact through education.
She brings deep expertise in distance learning, having trained and certified online educators, evaluated courses for the OEI-CVC California Course Exchange, and led professional development on universal design and digital accessibility. Her academic background spans Communication Studies and Visual Art, with research interests in visual rhetoric, interpersonal dynamics, and cross-cultural communication.
Publications
Research | Evaluation | Engagement | Training
Ireland | United States of America | Estonia
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