Tenure Portfolio - Valencia College
View my entire tenure portfolio, including an action research project and two additional faculty learning objective projects. It also contains a summary of my service and scholarship, teaching philosophy, and complete formative evaluations throughout the five-year tenure process. This portfolio was approved for final tenure review with an exceptional rating in February, 2023.
Online Course: Designing and Adapting Open Educational Resources
A professional development course designed for faculty who have selected an Open Educational Resource (OER) to use in their courses, and who now need to engage in the design, remix, or adaptation phase before taking their resources live.
Presentation Slides: The Pitfalls and Potential of ChatGPT
A presentation I delivered in May, 2023 for both public library and academic audiences.
Keynote Panel Discussion: The Past, Present and Future of Open Educational Resources at Valencia College
A recording of the 2023 Valencia College Open Education Week Discussion Panel, which I co-moderated along with Dr. Susan Dunn, Valencia College's West Campus Dean of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Featuring faculty from a variety of disciplines across the college, we discuss their experiences implementing Open Educational Resources into the curriculum, the impact they have on Valencia's students, and where they see open education moving in the future.
Podcast Series: Check this Out with Angela and Adam
A library outreach podcast project I recorded with my colleague, Angela Hall. These episodes highlight items from our library collection for curricular use and personal enrichment.
Interactive Digital Library Program: Explore the Story of Jewish-American Cuisine
This was a presentation I created for a summer library program celebrating Jewish-American History Month. It was composed using Microsoft Sway, video editing software, and LibWizard tools.
Outreach: Spring 2023 Library Newsletter
I design a regular newsletter for our campus library to highlight upcoming events, collection development activities, and instructional opportunities.
Website Design: New Hampshire Education and Training Project
This is a website I designed in collaboration with the New Hampshire Education and Training project, New Hampshire's foster care education agency that is housed at Granite State College. The architecture, layout, and much of the static text were created in 2012 during my tenure at Granite State College. I also developed the information architecture for the site and trained users on how to update dynamic content via the custom content management system that was built for this project.
Sample syllabus design for a course I taught at Granite State College.
A video I created for English Language Learners on how to use transition words. This video is presented in "slow English," and is designed for undergraduate and graduate-level students with intermediate proficiency.
Literary Research: Haunted Voices: The Supernatural South and Race in Folklore and Contemporary Film
This is an abbreviated version of an independent research project performed at the College of Charleston during my time as a graduate student in the M.A. in English program, under the supervision of the late Dr. Conseula Francis.