Lori Barger

Lori Barger

  • Lead Instructional Designer
330 Innovation Blvd.
University Park, PA 16802

Areas of Expertise

  • Online learning design
  • Adult learning
  • Video design and writing
  • Project management

Lori is an instructional designer for the Digital Education Team (non-credit). She develops online courses on a variety of topics including agribusiness, animal care, and landscape employee training. She coordinates synchronous and asynchronous learning experiences. She enjoys working with Extension educators to provide quality online education to the residents of Pennsylvania and the world. When she's not working, she's training for her next great race be it a half marathon or triathlon.


Prior to Penn State, Lori was a client services coordinator, where she provided first line support to customers and developed employee workflows. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Journalism from Penn State and a Master of Arts in Adult Education and Communication Technology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.