Karen Costa is a faculty development facilitator specializing in online pedagogy, trauma-aware teaching, climate action pedagogy, and course/community design. Karen loves guiding learners through fun, interactive, and supportive learning experiences.
Karen’s first book, 99 Tips for Creating Simple and Sustainable Educational Videos (Stylus, April 2020), focuses on helping faculty and teachers to make creative use of videos in their classrooms. Her second book, Open Minds: Designing and Teaching for ADHD Students' Success, is under contract at Johns Hopkins University Press.
Karen is involved in various learning design initiatives including as a facilitator for the Online Learning Consortium, Online Learning Toolkit, and Lumen Learning. She spent four years as a regular writer for Women in Higher Education. Her writing has also appeared in Inside Higher Education, The Philadelphia Inquirer, On Being, and Faculty Focus.
Karen graduated from Syracuse University with a B.A. in sociology. She holds an M.Ed. in higher education from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and a CAGS in educational leadership from Northeastern University. Karen has a Professional Certification in Trauma and Resilience (Levels 1 and 2) from Florida State University, a Trauma-Informed Organizations Certificate from the University of Buffalo's School of Social Work, a Certificate in Neuroscience, Learning, and Online Instruction from Drexel University, and a Certificate in Learning Experience Design from the University of Central Oklahoma.
Karen is a certified yoga teacher and Level 1 Yoga for Arthritis teacher. She lives in Massachusetts with her family.
Karen’s first book, 99 Tips for Creating Simple and Sustainable Educational Videos (Stylus, April 2020), focuses on helping faculty and teachers to make creative use of videos in their classrooms. Her second book, Open Minds: Designing and Teaching for ADHD Students' Success, is under contract at Johns Hopkins University Press.
Karen is involved in various learning design initiatives including as a facilitator for the Online Learning Consortium, Online Learning Toolkit, and Lumen Learning. She spent four years as a regular writer for Women in Higher Education. Her writing has also appeared in Inside Higher Education, The Philadelphia Inquirer, On Being, and Faculty Focus.
Karen graduated from Syracuse University with a B.A. in sociology. She holds an M.Ed. in higher education from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and a CAGS in educational leadership from Northeastern University. Karen has a Professional Certification in Trauma and Resilience (Levels 1 and 2) from Florida State University, a Trauma-Informed Organizations Certificate from the University of Buffalo's School of Social Work, a Certificate in Neuroscience, Learning, and Online Instruction from Drexel University, and a Certificate in Learning Experience Design from the University of Central Oklahoma.
Karen is a certified yoga teacher and Level 1 Yoga for Arthritis teacher. She lives in Massachusetts with her family.