Rate My Professor Leah McKay

Leah McKay serves as Product Manager (Digital Learning) in the Information Technology Services Division at the University of Otago, located in Dunedin, New Zealand. She is affiliated with the Digital Learning Environment Value Stream, focusing on the management and development of digital platforms that support teaching, learning, and academic activities across the institution. Her direct dial phone number is +64 3 479 7820.

Leah McKay is associated with the University of Otago's Energy Analytics programme, which was awarded the supreme winner at the Tertiary Information and Communications Technology Awards in 2023. This programme applies analytics to optimize building systems, resulting in power savings, cost reductions, decreased emissions, and minimized maintenance disruptions. Staff have utilized the system to identify issues like suboptimal controls, inputting such data to enhance the knowledge database for better predictive capabilities. Additionally, she participates in the CALT Kōrero series by the Committee for the Advancement of Learning and Teaching, featured in the April 17, 2024 event alongside Sarah Stein and Russell Butson. Her assistance on thesis formatting has been acknowledged in a 2015 PhD thesis by Phra Akbordin Rattana. In Health Sciences, she functioned as Academic Lead and IT Adviser, contributing to the 2022 MB ChB Assessment Policies update. She is listed as Product Manager Digital Learning Environment in the 2024 University of Otago Calendar.