About the Hosts

Courtney Bentley
Vice President of Services

eThink Education

Claire Machia
Director of Support Services

eThink Education

Ms. Bentley joined eThink in 2015 after nearly 15 years of experience in higher education. In her role as VP of Services she works closely with the Customer Solutions, Implementation, & Support Services teams to oversee the eThink client lifecycle. During her time as Director of IT at Lafayette College she led the campus through a successful LMS transition to Moodle in 2007 and has been active in the Moodle community, even accepting the inaugural CLAMP recognition award for her outstanding contributions to the development and documentation work of the organization.

Ms. Machia joined eThink Education in 2014 with a range of experience in academic settings.  She previously worked as an Instructional Technologist and Institutional Researcher at SUNY Potsdam and as a consultant for Cyberlearning, Inc. before joining Metropolitan College of New York as their E-Learning Coordinator and Moodle administrator. Ms. Machia has also taught and designed online and blended courses and serves as a certified course reviewer for the Quality Matters program.  She holds a BA in History and Secondary Social Studies Education, a New York State teaching certification, and a MSEd. in Educational Technology.

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About The Webinar

Miss the 2018 U.S. MoodleMoot in Denver? Join eThink as we continue to highlight the lessons learned during the conference.

The MoodleMoot brought together the Moodle community to discuss pedagogy, eLearning trends and strategies, Moodle success stories, and more. The eThink Support Team also presented on a number of topics that explored the robust functionality and flexibility of open-source Moodle.

 During the second part of this webinar series, we'll explore:

  • The top 5 lessons learned from upgrade season
  • Different ways to use the user tours in Moodle
  • How to extend Moodle functionality through integrations

Duration: 1 hour

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Best of the 2018 U.S. MoodleMoot:

Lessons Learned Pt . 2

Vanessa Royce
Client Care Analyst
eThink Education


Vanessa Royce has nearly 10 years experience utilizing the Moodle LMS in both traditional educational settings as well as the corporate environment. She has worked behind the scenes in curriculum design, course design, and instruction and currently provides training and support for clients of eThink Education. Ms. Royce holds a B.A. from SUNY - Albany and a M.A. in Educational Leadership from California State University.

Cheryl Patsavos
COO & Co-Founder
eThink Education


Ms. Patsavos was one of the co-founders of eThink Education in 2008.  She brings over 15 years of higher education technology experience to her role, including 6 years at SunGard HE (now Ellucian).  In addition to her role as one of the leaders at eThink, Ms. Patsavos manages the Services division including Implementations, Support, and Product Development.  Ms. Patsavos holds a MBA from the University of Maryland and a BA from The George Washington University.