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Completed a master's degree in library and information studies at the University of Alabama. Graduation will be this August 2013. Funding for the last two years from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as part of Project ALFA (Access Libraries for All) grant. Click here for more information.

Awards & Grants
Awarded funding for a student research assistant project titled -- Analyzing archived digital texts to support the design of interactive and collaborative online educational experiences -- through the University of West Georgia Foundation.

Awarded funding for a STEM project titled -- Active, Creative, and Engaging Strategies for Improving Science Teaching and Resources Using LEGOs and Technology -- through the University of West Georgia Institutional STEM (UWise) mini-grant program.

Selected as one of the six ambassadors for the Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival at The University of Southern Mississippi this April 2013. Click here for more information.

Continuing and Recent Past Leadership Positions
Elected as President-Elect (2013-2014), International Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) at its annual election. AECT is "a professional association of thousands of educators whose activities are directed toward improving instruction through technology." Click here for more information.

Also, elected as Chair of the Southern Regional Faculty and Instructional Development Consortium (SRFIDC) governing body for a three-year term (2013-2016) at its annual sharing conference last March in Jacksonville, Florida. Click here for more information.

Continuing Board of Director (2010-2013) and completed a two-year service as Chair, Awards Committee (2010-2012) for the International Visual Literacy Association.

Appointed as Associate Editor for the 2013 Selected Readings of the International Visual Literacy Association.

Service to Current Institution and Professional Community
Elected to represent the College as a member of the Strategic Planning Standing Committee, Faculty Senate (2013-2014).

Fall 2013 Scheduled Presentations
Presentation for the 2013 International Board on Books for Young People Regional Conference, St. Louis, Missouri
>>> “Masaya, maganda at mahiwaga”: Developing an Asian children's book collection (Concurrent)

Presentation for the 2013 Association for Educational Communications and Technology International Conference, Anaheim, California
>>> International students and faculty job searches: Stories, struggles, and strategies (Concurrent)
>>> International faculty on tenure-track: First-year experience, tenure and promotion (Concurrent)
>>> Deconstructing a Wiki Design Project: Conversations about integration, interactivity, and immersion (Roundtable)

Presentation for the 2013 Professional and Organizational Development Network, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
>>> Evaluating the quality of massive open online courses: Is there room for improvement? (Roundtable)
>>> Designing online discussions to support student engagement and deep learning (Roundtable)

Spring/Summer 2013 Scheduled Presentation
Presentation at the 2013 University of Alabama System Scholars Institute, Huntsville, Alabama
>>> Texts to Visuals: Imagining Technology for Creative Learning (Concurrent)

Presentation for the 2013 Society of American Archivists Annual Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana
>>> Accressing Archives for Users with Visible and Invisible Disabilities (Poster)

A Body of Evidence:
Conversations from
the Inside Out

A documentary of course design & development experiences involving integration of active, collaborative & problem-based learning in an undergraduate anatomy & physiology curriculum at Florida Gulf Coast University.

Elementary Education Degree Program ePortfolio

An example of a graduate portfolio completed for a master's degree program in elementary education.