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My role as a teacher is to prepare information professionals who have a clear understanding of the complex relations between Information, Technology, Organizations, and Society. Because they will have leadership roles in different organizations, I think they must learn how to frame problems using theoretical tools, make decisions based on scientifically sound evidence, and work collaboratively with diverse groups of people.
I take a constructionist approach and employ the flipped classroom methodology, which means that my students set goals, contextualize theories based on their experiences, and collaborate in classroom activities and projects. Students explore the content before class, and I guide them to apply it during in-class exercises.
My teaching has been shaped by my experience as a minority instructor in the multicultural classrooms of the United States. Thus, I embrace and foster the creation of an intellectual community enriched and enhanced by diversity along many dimensions, including race, ethnicity and national origins, gender and gender identity, sexuality, class, and religion.
Acknowledging the multiple dimensions of diversity in the classroom means implementing diverse measures for student participation, learning, and evaluation. I plan my courses so that students from diverse backgrounds and perspectives be well- served, that students' learning needs be addressed both in and out of class and that the diversity that students bring to this class be viewed as a resource, strength, and benefit. I intend to present materials and activities that are respectful of diversity: gender, sexuality, disability, age, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, race, and culture. I am especially committed to increasing the representation of those populations that have been historically excluded from participation in U.S. higher education Thus, in my classes, students are safe, open, and will encounter new experiences.
University of Kentucky
Collective Action and Information Communication Technology/ICT690 (Online) Spring 2020 Instructor.
This course takes a multidisciplinary and critical approach to analyze modern activism by using a combination of social movement and ICT theories.
Explaining and Analyzing ICTs: Methodological Approaches/ICT310 (Undergraduate/Online) Spring 2021 Instructor
This course is designed to provide you with a sophisticated understanding of the philosophy, theory, design, and analysis of both qualitative and quantitative research in communication. During this course you will be exposed to a variety of methodological desig
Introduction to Information Science /ICT 311 (Undergraduate Level/Online) Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020 Instructor
Theoretical and foundational concepts in information science. Emphases include technologies, classification, information transfer, format, use, and definitions of information and "information age."
Research Methods for ICT /ICT 610 (Graduate Level/Face-to-Face) Spring 2018, Spring 2020
Instructor
Theoretical and foundational concepts in information science. Emphases include technologies, classification, information transfer, format, use, and definitions of information and "information age."
Experience ICTs /ICT 150 (Undergraduate Level/Face-to-face) Fall 2017-Fall 2020
Instructor
Social and technological theories related to Information Communication Technologies, the evolution and current applications of ICTs.
Survey of Telecommunication and Information Policy (Graduate Level/Face-to-face & Online)
Adjunct Instructor
Public policy issues of the digital age: freedom of expression, intellectual property, regulation, privacy, security, access, and public information.
Information and Information Environments (Graduate Level/ Face-to-face)
Adjunct Instructor
Intensive project-based course on ICT Innovation and management.
Introduction to Information Based Organizations (Undergraduate Level/ Face-to-face)
Adjunct Instructor: Organizational communication, groups and leadership, management, interactions between people and technology in organizations, the impact of ICTs on Org. effectiveness.
Information Reporting and Presentation (Undergraduate/Face-to-face)
Teaching Practicum
Introduction to basic concepts in the presentation of information, in oral, printed and digital form.
Distributed Collaboration and Emerging Technologies (Graduate Level/ Face-to-face)
Teaching Practicum
Online course on social practices and cyberinfrastructure for geographically distributed collaboration in organizational contexts.
Management Principles for Information Professionals (Graduate Level/ Face-to-face)
Teaching Assistant
Discussion about management issues for information professionals from an interdisciplinary perspective.
Courses being developed:
· Virtual Organizations and Virtual Teams. (Fall 2021)
· Alternative Sociotechnical Infrastructures (Study Abroad, Summer 2021)