Learning Through Digital Media
Experiments in Technology and Pedagogy

Holly Willis is a Research Assistant Professor in the School of Cinematic Arts, as well as Director of Academic Programs at the University of Southern California’s Institute for Multimedia Literacy , where she teaches, organizes workshops and oversees academic programs designed to introduce new media literacy skills across USC’s campus and curriculum. Willis serves on the board of directors for the New Media Consortium, where she contributes to the annual Horizon Report publication detailing the tools and technologies destined to impact education in the coming years. She serves as well on the AIGA Design Educators Community Steering Committee, working to support design as a component in curricula, and has contributed to projects supported by the MacArthur Foundation’s Digital Media and Learning Initiative, including Critical Commons, a fair use advocacy resource, and Mobile Voices, a project uniting cell phone technology, digital storytelling practices and Los Angeles-based immigrant workers.