Educational Background & Skills
MLIS Master's in Library and Information Science
University of South Carolina, School of Library & Information ScienceImproving Your Online Course - Completed through QualityMatters in Spring of 2022 (scroll down or see LinkedIn for badge)
Certificate in Online Teaching (COT) - Completed through LERN.org in Fall 2021 (scroll down or see LinkedIn for badge)
COT Course Work
Fostering Online Discussion
"Discover how to build student success through your interaction, how to give online learners feedback, communicating with them about everything from subject matter to delicate issues to grading. You will come away with advanced, practical, how-to tips from one of the foremost authorities on fostering online discussion."Designing Online Instruction
"Learn about the online instructional environment, envisioning your online course, developing a web course, phases of design and development, design guidelines, and more. Discover the principles behind the adoption of technology innovation and the nature of the online learning environment. Then get tips for planning your online course, identifying resources and design guidelines. Discuss the phases of design and development and models, motivating student-student interaction, and managing interaction. Get the latest information on copyright issues, assessment and evaluation."Advanced Teaching Online
"Discover how to plan, develop and teach an online course. Take home a ten step model for developing your online course. Experience one of the most advanced online classrooms for teachers. Learn how to create online audio lectures with slide shows."
Graduate Certificate in Critical Digital Pedagogy and New Literacies
University of Colorado at Denver - Completed August 2022
Graduate Certificate Course Work
See: catalog.ucdenver.edu/cu-denver/graduate/courses-a-z/inte/
INTE 5300 Media Literacy
"In this course students learn to create, use, extend, and evaluate media products to support decision-making and real world problem-solving. Students also become more aware of the significant role of mass media, popular culture, and digital media in our lives."INTE 5360 Critical Digital Pedagogy
"Critical Digital Pedagogy is an overview of the intersections between digital technology and critical pedagogy. The course focuses on theory, practice, design and leadership in digital learning, open education, and collaboration with the larger community of educators concerned with critical digital pedagogy."INTE 6390 Internship
"Placement in a business, school or field setting where professional skills are applied to assess needs, design, develop and evaluate an instructional system, and provide leadership for change."INTE 5340 Learning with Digital Stories
"This course reviews the uses of digital storytelling for learning. Develop and publish a short digital story that tells something important about you and your interests. Explore ways that creating or using digital stories can aid learning and personal growth."
Graduate of the 2016 ACRL Information Literacy Immersion Program
Bachelor's in Music Education (BME) from the University of South Carolina
SKILLS INVENTORY & CERTIFICATES