Kelvin Douglas Borcoman


P.O. Box 4628 Sedona, AZ 86340                                                                            
dborcoman@csudh.edu/dborcoman@gmail.com

Professional Profile

Distance education teacher/coordinator and instructional technology consultant for online courses. Experienced full-time and part-time instructor of philosophy, critical thinking, humanities and communications.  Instructor of traditional, online, and broadcast courses. Mentor teacher-faculty trainer in technology and instructional design. Designer of college curriculum integrating multimedia and critical thinking into instruction.  Presenter at conventions and workshops for innovative and unique programs involving technological and pedagogical subject-matter. Writer/producer of educational videos.  Expert level experience with major distance learning courseware systems including: Blackboard,  Ecollege,  Moodle, WebCt, Desire2Learn, and others. Recipient of local and national awards for classroom and teaching excellence.   

 

 

Professional Experience

2000-Present         California State University, Dominguez Hills, CA  

  • Interim Director-Center for Teaching and Learning-CSUDH (2009-2010)
  • Instructional Technology Consultant-Online Course Administrator
  • Instructional Design Specialist-academic technology-Expert Level Carrier

Adjunct professor of philosophy
Administrator: Blackboard learning management system
Developer: curriculum for hybrid/online courses
Facilitator: online learning and courseware implementation
Supervisor: staff in distance learning
Conduct workshops on instructional design

1996-2000    Orange County Dept of Education      Fountain Valley, CA

Coordinator-school to work program
Mentor Teacher- Instructional Design and Technology Integration
Designed national award winning model classroom (1998-99)
Lead trainer for Digital High School grant.
Administer distance learning system.
1996-Present  Columbia College, MO/Coastline College/Santa Ana College,
Humanities/Philosophy Instructor- P/T: Online and face-to-face
Develop and teach distance education philosophy courses for Internet
Award recipient for model online environmental ethics course (CVC)

1989-1996 Santa Ana /Marymount College /Univ. of San Francisco, CA

Director and academic advisor for Weekend College, Orange Campus (1992
Professor of Philosophy Academic senator, curriculum and instruction chair
1984-1989          Orange County Probation Dept        Santa Ana, CA   

  
Supervising Probation Counselor

Supervisor of educational division
Perform evaluations of staff and faculty
Wrote and produced training/educational videos for teachers and counselors

Education
  • Claremont Graduate University Claremont, CA/ Santa Ana, CA                                                             

Awarded Graduate Fellowship- Ph. D program-philosophy
All graduate units completed- ABD

  • California State University                     Long Beach, CA

M. A.    Philosophy/Religion- Minor:  Greek                                         

  • California State University                     Long Beach, CA

B.A.     Philosophy
Minor: Classics

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Credentials and Licenses

California Community College Teaching Credential- Philosophy and Religion
Phi Kappa Phi Society
California Vocational Education Credential- Computer Science
FCC 2nd Class Radio Broadcasting Permit
Certificate in Supervision and Management  (County of Orange)
Macintosh Certification
O. C. Dept. of Ed. certified trainer in MS Office.

Awards and Achievements

Recipient Affordable Learning Solutions award Chancellor’s Office (2011)
Nominated for Exemplary Blackboard Course (2011)
Co-author Critical Reasoning (2009-2010) College textbook
Awarded Outstanding Visionary Leadership Award City of Carson (2009)
California Virtual Campus Online Teaching Award (2007)
Inducted into Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society for Academic Achievement (2006)
Recipient Outstanding Professional Award CSU: Academic Technology (2005)
CCCConfer Grant Award-2005:Enhancing Online Education
Presenter-Cal Poly-Multimedia and Online Teaching-2005
Keynote Presenter for Youth Leadership Colloquium Soka University(2004)
California Virtual Campus online course development grant (2002)
Speaker at American Philosophical Association Convention (2002)
Recipient of the Al Maresh Excellence in Education National Award (1999)
Created critical thinking /SAT tutorial enrichment after school program
Designed NASA videoconferencing curriculum (1999-2000)
Control operator for NASA SAREX communications experiment (1999)
Designed model classroom for Orange Co. Dept. of Education (1998)
Appointed Mentor Teacher, technology emphasis (1998-2000)
Recipient Outstanding Faculty of the Year  Marymount College (1996)
Wrote, narrated Critical Thinking Through Dialog video series (1994)
Recipient of Mentor Teacher, Higher Ground Award, Santa Ana College (1994)
Recipient curriculum development award and stipend – Santa Ana College

Publications  

Critical Reasoning (textbook) (2009)
Visions of Earth: Environmental Ethics (textbook) (2006)
Critical Thinking Through Dialogue (Video series and workbook) (1994)
Model Classroom 2001 (textbook) McGraw-Hill (1999)    

Professional Affiliations

American Philosophical Association, American Philosophical Practitioners Association, Association for Curriculum and Development, NASA Educators, Aristotelian Society

 

revised 9/2011