Education:
| Master of English,University
of Dallas |
- B.S. in Secondary Education with
specialization in
English and Physical Education Dallas
- Baptist
University
Who's Who Among American College Students
Physical Education Student of the Year
Basketball and Volleyball scholarships
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Experience:
- Current:
Assistant
Professor, Department
of Multimedia Design, Cameron
University, Lawton, OK
- Recipient of International Award in
Teaching,
Learning and Technology, 2002
- Tenured 2002
- Named to Who's Who Among
America's Teachers,
1998, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
- Currently directing development and
implementation
of online
degree programs.
- Formed Planning and Organization Support
for
Teaching (POST)
committee.
- Responsible for training faculty in
instructional
technology including distance learning.
- Involved in curriculum development for
B.S.
&
A.A.S. degrees in Multimedia
- Development 1997-98
- Currently serving on Intercollegiate
Athletics
committee
- Currently serving on Faculty Development
committee
1996-present
- Currently serving as institution advisor
for
HB 1815
advisory committee.1998-present
- Currently serving on Teaching &
Learning
Committee
Currently advising 3rd Year PLUS students
Served on campus accreditation committee 2000-2002
- Served on Intellectual Property rights
Committee.
1999
- Directed Instructional
Technology
Collaborative Effort: A collaboration of 4
institutions
-
to
develop computer based supplemental materials 1998
- Together with Provost, created faculty
instructional
technology support center.
Courses taught: Honors Composition I, Honors Composition II,
Composition I,
Composition II, MultiMedia Production Techniques, Web
Communications and
Design, Distance Learning Development.
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- Previous Experience:
- Director of Distance
Learning 2002-2007
- Educational Coordinator,
English
Professor, Institute for
Applied
Telematics, Cameron
University,
Lawton, Ok
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| English teacher,
Campus Technology
Coordinator, Duncanville
High School, Duncanville, TX
Sponsored award winning Student Council,
Cultural
Expansion Club and Cheerleaders
Served on Site Based Management Team
Served as a consultant to advise Dallas
Baptist
University
on technology updates
Served on Education Advisory committee at
Dallas
Baptist University
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| Operations Supervisor,
Wet n Wild
water
park, Arlington,
TX
Responsible for hiring and training
operation
personnel as
well as maintaining daily
operation of park
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| Aerobic Instructor,
iCare Fitness
Centre,
Grand Prairie, TX
Led daily classes in abdominal, body
toning and
aerobic dance. Also responsible for
training nationally ranked baseball team
of
Dallas
Baptist
University.
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Capabilities:
- Trained in Authoring Software, Toolbook II
Instructor,
Strategic Systems, Chicago, IL
- Trained in Web Communications, Syllabus Press,
Cupertino,
CA
- Trained in Effective Presentations, Infomart,
Dallas, TX
- Trained in Distance Education, Teletraining
Institute,
Stillwater, OK
- Experience teaching web applications including
HTML,
XML, CSS, ASP, DHTML & JavaScript
- Teaching and training experience in
Interactive
Video
classroom
- Currently teaching online courses
- Extensive software experience, including
Microsoft
Office,
Corel Suite, Toolbook, Quest, Designer's Edge, Photoshop, WebCT,
Blackboard, Real Producer/Encoder, Composer, Front Page,
Authorware, and other multimedia tools
- Experience using desktop video conferencing
- Experience teaching in computer classroom
- Able to deliver multimedia training courses
including
operating systems, word processorss, presentations, graphics,
authoring, web development, streaming audio/video, distance education,
Internet browsing, desktop video conferencing and email communication
- Able to troubleshoot, maintain, upgrade,
and
network
Macintosh or Windows computers
- Supervisory experience
- Extensive training in cooperative learning
techniques
- Experience teaching block scheduling
- Able to teach any level of English
Professional
Activities
April 2008:
Presentation: Tips and Techniques for Communicating at a Distance, Reach Higher
Adult Education Conference; Oklahoma City, OK
March 2008: Invited Discussion Leader: Oxford Roundtable, Cyberethics, Oxford University, Oxford,
UK
July 2007:
Presentation: Empowering
Faculty
using Open Source Software, Blackboard
World
Conference;
Boston, MA
January
2007: Presentation: Empowering
Faculty--Create Your Own Multimedia Content, Society
for Applied Learning
Technologies, Orlando, FL
March
2007: Presentation reviewer: Merlot
International Conference
July 2006: Conference Support: Merlot International Conference
March 2006: Presentation: Empowering Faculty to Create
Simple
Multimedia Content, Blackboard
November
2005: Presentation:
Simple
Multimedia Online--Beyond Digital
July
2005:
Poster Presentation: Simple
Multimedia Online--Beyond Digital
July
2004: Presentation:
Teaching Online Faculty:
Developing a
Program to Effectively Prepare
April
2004: Presentation:
Creative
Communication: Techniques for Effective
Communication in Online Courses; Blackboard
Users
State
Conference,
Oklahoma City, OK
March
2004: Presentation: Creative
Communication: Techniques for Effective
August
2003: Presentation: Creative
Communication: Techniques for Effective
- April
2003: Presentation: Teach Them to
Fly: Encouraging Active
Online Learning
- Oklahoma Higher Education Teaching
&
Learning
Conferenc; Tahlequah, OK
- March
2003: Presentation:
Teach
Them to Fly: Encouraging Active Online Learning
- Beyond the Borders Academic Festival;
Lawton, OK
- February
2003: Presentation:
Blackboard: Beyond the
Manual; Blackboard
Users
- Conference,
Baltimore,
MD
- October
2002: Poster
Presentation: Teach Them to
Fly: Encouraging Active Online
- Learning,
Regional
Institutions
Research Day, Edmond, OK
- September
2002: Poster
Presentation: Active Online Learning, MERLOT
International
- Conference,
Atlanta,
Georgia
- September
2002: Conference
Presentation Panel: Blackboard:
Beyond the
Manual,
- MERLOT International
Conference, Atlanta Georgia
- April
2002: Presentation:
Teach Them to Fly: Strategies for
Active Online Learning ;
- Jacksonville,
FL The 13th Annual
International Conference
on College Teaching and Learning
- January
2002: Co-presenter
w/ Sylvia Burgess: Copyright
Issues in Education, Chickasha,
- OK.
University of
Science and
Arts of Oklahoma.
- September
2001: Keynote
Presentation: Effective Strategies
for Online
Learning
- 4th
International
Workshop Interactive
Computer-Aided Learning, Villach, Austria
- August
2001: Conference
Presentation Panel: Tricks and Tips for
Using Blackboard Tools,
- MERLOT International
Conference, Tampa, FL
- July
2001: Paper:
Combining
Synchronous and Asynchronous Learning.
published in The
- Turkish
Online
Journal of Distance Education.
- April
2001: Presentation: Effective
Strategies for Online Teaching and
Learning;
- Jacksonville,
FL
The 12th Annual
International Conference on College Teaching and Learning
- April
2001: Presentation:
Creating a Blackboard Course; Jacksonville,
FL The 12th
Annual
- International Conference
on College
Teaching and Learning
- February
2001: Paper:
The
Old Teacher
in the
New Classroom: Suggestions For
- Effective
Distance
Instruction published in The
Turkish Online
Journal of Distance Education.
- January
2001: HB
1815 training: Teaching in the Media
Enhanced Classroom, Public
- school
teachers
- December
2000: Presentation:
Online Course Development
Tools, Edmond, OK OSRHE
- Council
of Presidents
- Nov.
'00-Jan.
'01: HB 1815
training: Teaching
in the Media
Enhanced Classroom, Public
- school
teachers,
Chattanooga,
OK.
- October
2000: Poster
Presentation: Effective Strategies
for Teaching and Learning
- Online.
Edmond,
OK. Research
Day for Regional
Universities
- October
2000: Presentation:
The Do's and Don'ts of Web Page
Design, Oklahoma City,
- Oklahoma.
Association
of Information Technology
Professionals, State Professional Chapter.
- September
2000: Workshop:
Media Enhanced Classrooms, Altus, OK Western
Oklahoma
- State College.
- June
2000: Workshop:
Media Enhanced Classrooms, Altus, OK Western
Oklahoma
- State College.
- April
2000: Workshop:
Instructional Technologies for Educators,
Altus, OK,
- Western Oklahoma
State
College.
- April
2000:
Presentation: A Business Approach to the
Internet. Oklahoma Society of
- Association
Executives.
Oklahoma City, OK
- March
2000: Workshop:
Distance Learning Strategies,
Altus,
OK, Western Oklahoma
- State
College.
- January
2000: Workshop:
Creating Web Pages with Composer.
El Reno, OK,
- Canadian
Valley
Technology
Center.
- November
1999: Presentation:
Combining
Synchronous and Asynchronous Learning.
- Berlin,
Germany. Online
Educa
Berlin Conference.
- October
1999: Presentation;
Development of Computer Based
Education Modules Best
- Practices
in Faculty
Instructional Technology, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma State Regents for
Higher Education
- July
1999:
Workshop: Web Development:
Levelland, TX, South Plains College.
- July
1999:
Presentation: Working with the Internet:
A Professor's
Experience.
- Stillwater, OK, Teletraining Institute
Academy
- April
1999:
Workshop: Creating Multimedia Web Pages with a
WYSIWYG Editor.
Dallas,
- TX, Syllabus Regional
Conference.
- April
1999:
Presentation: Teacher, Advisor, Webmaster:
How Can I Do
it All?
- Jacksonville, FL, The
Tenth Annual
Conference on Teaching and Learning. sponsored by The Center for the
Advancement of
Teaching and Learning.
- November
1998:
Presentation: Internet Communication:
Using email and
the WWW to
- support classroom activities, Washington
D.C., Syllabus
Regional
Conference.
- October
1998:
Workshop: Presenting with PowerPoint,
Chickasha,
OK. Area Public
- School Faculty.
- August
1998
Workshop: Presenting with PowerPoint,
Presented for Western
Oklahoma
- State
College
and Altus Public Schools, Altus, OK
- July
1998: Workshop:
Internet
for Educators &
Trainers. Teletraining
Institute, Stillwater,
- OK
- July
1998:
Poster Paper: The
Old Teacher
in the New Classroom: Suggestions for
- effective
distance instruction Presented at the Syllabus
'98
Conference,
Rhonart Park, CA.
- June
1998: Workshop:
Internet for Educators
&
Trainers. Teletraining
Institute, Stillwater,
- OK
- May
1998:
Workshop: Presenting with PowerPoint, Frederick,
OK,
Frederick Public
- Schools
- March
1998:
Workshop: Clarisworks Publishing Presented
for Baptist
Church, Lawton, OK
- August
1997:
Workshop: Powerful Presentations Presented
for Western
Oklahoma State
- College
and Altus Public Schools, Altus, OK
- January
1997:
Workshop: Macintosh Presentations Presented
for Lawton
Public Schools,
- Lawton, OK
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Consulting:
- February
2003: Reviewer Navigating
Blackboard
McGraw-Hill.
- December
2002:
Workshop: Distance
Learning:
Video Conferencing for HS,
Hinton
- Public
Schools, Hinton, OK
- November
2002:
Workshop: Distance
Learning:
Video Conferencing for HS,
Waurika
- Public
Schools, Waurika, OK
- August
2002:
Workshop: Distance
Learning:
Video Conferencing for HS, Cordell
- Public
Schools, Cordell, OK
- April
2002:
Workshop: Distance
Learning:
Using the Internet, Ft. Cobb
- Public
Schools, Ft. Cobb, OK
- April
2002:
Workshop: Distance
Learning:
Using the Internet, Mountain
View/Gotebo
- Public
Schools, Mountain View,
OK
- April
2002:
Workshop: Distance
Learning:
Video Conferencing for HS, Gracemont
- Public
Schools, Gracemont, OK
- February
2002:
Workshop: Distance
Learning:
Video Conferencing for HS, Hobart
- Public
Schools, Hobart, OK
- February
2002:
Workshop: Distance
Learning:
Video Conferencing for HS, Ryan
- Public
Schools, Ryan, OK
- February
2002:
Workshop: Distance
Learning:
Video Conferencing for HS, Big Pasture
- Public
Schools, Randlett, OK
- January
2002:
Workshop: Distance
Learning:
Video Conferencing for HS, Temple
- Public
Schools, Temple, OK
- February
2001:
Workshop: Designing
Multimedia
Training with Authorware, Federal
- Aviation
Association,
Shawnee, OK
- June
2000: Presentation:
Development of Computer Based
Education Modules. Oklahoma
- Summer
Technology
Conference. Northeastern State University.
Tallequah, OK
- May
2000: Workshop: Creating
Multimedia Web Pages with a WYSIWYG
Editor.
- San Juan, Puerto Rico, Syllabus Regional
Conference.
- April
2000: Served
on Advisory Committee for Multimedia Technical
curriculum,
- Caddo-Kiowa
Technology
Center,
Ft. Cobb, OK
January 2000: Web site Development, James Odom, US
Congress candidate.
December 1999: Developed
camp brochure for Oklahoma Fellowship of Christian Athletes. - October
1999: Working with Internet Applications, Chattanooga Public
Schools, Chattanooga, OK
September 1999:Working with office applications,
Cache Road
Baptist Church, Lawton, Ok
March 1998: Quality Staff Development
Applications,
LB&M Associates, Lawton, OK - Jan.
1998: Developing Alternative Delivery
Methods,
Eagle Systems, Lawton, OK
- Nov.
1997:
Dallas
County Community
College national advisory committee developing Web
- based courses. Dallas, TX
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PERSONAL
Hobbies include
basketball,
running, skiing, and reading
personal
statement: Jesus Christ
is the Lord of my
life and all I do is for His glory.
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