ay Harriman is the Associate Director of the Office of Instructional Support and Development (http://www.oisd.uga.edu) at UGA which provides programs and services to faculty campus wide to enhance their teaching. His office works closely with the Instructional Technology Department to provide opportunities for IT graduate assistants and interns to extend their IT coursework in the development of digital media and web applications for various instructional projects for faculty in a university setting. He also teaches a course in educational video and assists with other activities including off campus internships.

Jay has managed technology-related services and programs and taught education and communications in higher education and in a K-12 independent school. His research interests are in distance education and technology support for teaching and learning, and he holds an undergraduate in Journalism, Master's in Educational Media and Doctorate in Adult Education from the University of Georgia. He currently is the incoming President of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT).