professional development
- Attended 2-day Accessibility Bootcamp training (accessibility testing techniques, advanced JavaScript, WAI-ARIA, complex widgets and more), Deque University. June 28 and 29, 2017.
- Attended "Open Educational Resources." Resources on different topics in pedagogy and instructional technology, May 11, 2017.
- Attended "Women in Technology Leadership - A Peertelligent Webinar.” Valuable lessons and insight from interviews with 40 top CIOs and technology leaders along with tips to create success in your specific environment. November 29, 2016.
- Attended an all-day training session to learn how to use Docsoft, a device to create captions for videos. Captioning is essential for individuals with hearing impairments who may need to view a video and are also required for media posted to Grand Valley’s website. Captioning video is part of meeting Federal legislation and guidelines, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Section 504 is a federal law designed to protect rights of individuals with disabilities in programs and activities that receive Federal financial assistance from the U.S. Department of Education. This includes public school districts and institutions of higher education, June 29th, 2016.
- Member “Hybrid & Online Teaching Learning Communities.” Formally was the “Online and Hybrid Quality Matters Teaching Circle.” Purpose is to support new and experienced online/hybrid faculty, explore best practices, identify emerging technology needs, and share collective expertise. The group meets monthly. 2015 - 2017.
- Attended the “Community of Inquiry (Cognitive Presence)” workshop, May 17, 2016
- Attended the “Video Reflective Journals (VRJ)” workshop, May 13, 2016
- Attended the Teaching Learning with Technology Symposium, Grand Valley State University, March 23, 2016.
- Attended Improving Student Retention in Online Learning webinar - Academic Partnerships featuring Assistant Professor of Education Technology at Boise State, June 2014
- Attended Course R&R in Curriculog for GRCC faculty professional development, May 2014
- Attended Ensuring Accessibility in Onine Education with the Instructional Technology Council, March 2014
- Attended and participated in the League for Innovation in the Community College conference, March 2014
- Blackboard Exemplary Course Program Reviewer Certificate, February 2014
- Completed training for how to create Blackboard Course Shells (master courses) at Allen Community College in Kansas, January 2014
- Certified Quality Matters Peer Reviewer, summer 2013
- Attended thirteen GRCC faculty professional development sessions in 2013, five in 2012 and five in 2011
- Attended additional faculty professional developent sessions at Muskegon Community College and Allen Community College
- Received a certificate for completing the course Creating Mobile Apps with HTML 5 at GRCC's Ed2Go, summer 2013
- Attended and participated in Bb World conference Las Vegas, NV, July 2013
- Attended and participated in Bb World conference New Orleans, LA, July 2012
- Participated in Muskegon Community College seminar: implementing all levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy with online, platform independent tools that provide a variety of learning activities for teachers and students, 2012
- Attended Scott Kelby training session in Lansing, MI to learn the latest Photoshop techniques, 2011
- Attended TRENDS conference, 2009