Eric Kowalik is an Instructional Designer at Marquette University where he provides consultation and assistance to faculty, from a variety of disciplines, to design solutions that meet desired learning and instructional objectives for hybrid and online courses. He also collaborates with faculty and librarians to develop interactive online learning objects using the Successive Approximation Model (SAM), for stand alone instruction or integration into a program curriculum. Mr. Kowalik's research interests include instructional media design and digital scholarship.