Anthony Hetrick
Founder
Anthony Hetrick founded the Center in 2020. Anthony brought industry experience to education where he worked as a project engineer on distributed systems and then as a software engineer developing educational software. He has been working in higher education in Central Asia for 10 years teaching programming and developing elearning systems.
- Expertise: Educational software, perceptions of elearning, methodologies of edtech in developing nations
- Education: Doctor of Education in Educational Technology
- Tag line: Overcoming barriers to education
Anastasiya Zhangerbayeva
Director
Anastasia has been working since the inception of the center. For three years, she held the position of instructional designer, creating and developing educational materials and concepts. With the departure of the center's founder Anthony Hetrick, Anastasia took on the role of Director of the Center. She has experience in planning and developing educational materials using modern technologies, developing evaluation activities, project-based learning, etc. In addition to teaching, Anastasia has experience in real estate, tourism and hospitality, where she has acquired skills and experience in customer service.
- Specialty: Innovative teaching methodoligies, TESOL
- Education: Foreign Language Instruction. Master of Arts in TESOL
- Tag line: Living in the quest to become better at everything I do
Tatyana Brim
Senior Research Associate
Specializes in preparing documentation for licensing bachelor's educational programs in the form of online learning.
- Specialty: theoretical mechanics, fundamentals of engineering design, and machine parts strength.
- Education: Candidate of Engineering Sciences, Mechanical Engineer
- Tag line: Seize opportunities - embrace learning something new
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Yerkezhan Abylkasymova
Specialist of the Highest Level of Qualification
Yerkezhan joined the Center two years ago. She actively facilitates communication both with teachers and students, as well as performs various tasks: pedagogical course design, assists in training teachers on the Open edX platform, etc.
- Specialty: Administrative user support
- Education: Master of Science in Engineering
- Tag line: Exploring new horizons through continuous development.
Maxim Tsov
Information Technology Engineer
Maxim has been working at the university for 3 years; he specializes in software development and implementation, as well as system administration. Thanks to Maxim, we continue to innovate and improve our technological capabilities, providing our students and faculty with a modern and convenient learning environment.
- Expertise: Integrating technologies for elearning systems, writing documentation, technical support to users
- Education: Bachelor of Engineering and Technology
- Tag line: From Idea to Result
