Melissa Cowan serves as the assistant director of instructional technology at UCF College of Medicine. With a background in multimedia and instructional design, she specializes in developing effective instructional materials for both face-to-face and online learning. Melissa is certified as a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and has collaborated with faculty, staff, and students on research projects such as e-portfolios, small-group engagement, flipped-classrooms, augmented and virtual reality, gamification, and clinical reasoning. She also sponsors UCF computer science senior design projects, guiding students in creating advanced educational technology—including virtual reality experiences—for the college. Alongside her project sponsorship, Melissa co-instructs the fourth-year elective, MedEd Development: Moving Beyond PowerPoint. Before joining UCF COM in 2012, she worked at L3 Coleman Aerospace as a multimedia specialist and records retention coordinator.