California Community Colleges Canvas Group (2016-Present)
CCCDECO, California Community College DE Coordinators Association (2014-Present)
CaliBUG, California Blackboard User Group (2012-2016)
Blackboard Course Administrators List (2012-2016)
Hearing Board Member, Northern San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, 2014-Present
Modesto Citizens Committee for International Students, 2001-2016
MJC Civic Engagement Project, Voter Education Subcommittee, 2005-2012
Volunteer Baseball Coach, Enslen Elementary School, 2008-2015
Online Instruction Training, 2012-present, with over 500 faculty fully trained to teach online
Co-Chair, Distance Education Committee, 2012-present
Blackboard to Canvas Online Training Workshops, 2016
Online Education Initiative Work Group on Professional Development (Summer 2014)
Presented Distance Education Committee recommendations for faculty online training courses, course approvals, and course self-assessment rubric to Academic Senate and YFA Faculty Union (spring 2013)
Completed the Blackboard Certified Trainer program (December 2012)
Co-presented Distance Education issues, including MJC Online Instructor list, to Deans Council (fall 2012)
Distance Education Committee, fall 2009 to present; Chair 2012 to present
Campus Technology Committee, fall 2011 to present
Taught “Advanced Blackboard 9.1 SP8” to a cohort of twelve faculty colleagues. The course was the capstone in a three-course MJC@One Online Instructor Certificate, summer 2012
Presenter, Blackboard 9.1 Campus Presentation Workshops:
Turnitin, GradeMark, and PeerMark
Embedding Video with Jing and Screencast-o-Matic
Using Elluminate and Facebook to Enhance Online Classes
Introduction to Gradebook and Advanced Gradebook
Enhancing Course Content with Video and Photographs
Blackboard Brush Up
Hosted Pat James, Dean of Library and Technology at Mt. San Jacinto College and co-director of the @One Project, December 10, 2011. Pat gave a workshop and spoke to the Academic Senate.
Completed the @One Certified Online Instructor program. The program consists of five three-unit courses and a practicum. Spring-Fall, 2011
Accreditation Subcommittee on Technology, 2011
Chair, English Department Program Review, Fall 2011 and again in Spring 2012
Co-organized the @One Cohort for MJC online instructors. The cohort is going through the @One Certified Online Instructor Program, a sequence of courses leading to a certificate in online instruction. Fall 2011 to present.
Title V Grant, technology (co-author), spring 2012
Blackboard 9.1 Lunchtime Discussion Group, spring 2010
Accreditation Report, Technology (co-author), June 2010
Distance Education Plan Writing Group Committee, November 2010
Blackboard 9.1 Discussion Group (2010)
“Essay Grading Made Easy with MS Word,” faculty presentation (2005)
Technology Advisory Committee, English Department, Modesto Junior College (2000-2005)
Served on the Senate Committee on Software Implementation (2003)
Worked to promote smart-classroom use and expansion (2003)
Helped to create open-door policies for computer labs, letting students use them when class not in session (2002)
“Giving Feedback on Student Writing Using Special Features in MSWord” faculty presentation (2001)
Created in 2001 a “paperless” composition course—i.e. no hard copy handouts or submissions
AACC Taming Technology conference, Denver (2001), participated with the group to select Datatel as a replacement for Banner.
Technology Committee, College of the Sequoias (2000)