Certifications
Royal Roads – Facilitating Learning Online (2018)
TDW – Trainer Development Workshop. UFV (2019)
ISW – Instructor Skills Workshop (2017)
FDW – Facilitators Development Workshop (2018)
Extron – Certified AV Associate (2017)
MCSA – Microsoft Systems Administrator (2012)
TESL – Canada Certificate (permanent type 2)

Invited Talks
2019

“Designing & Using Rubrics in BB” CMNS department. Nov. 01
“Using Turnitin to Improve Writing” SCMS department. Oct. 2
“Adopting tech tools to enhance learning” EDUC. Jun. 10-14
“Adding affordances for success with Blackboard” Cont. Ed. May 23
“Using Turnitin to Improve Writing” UFV India online, Mar. 10
“Moving Beyond Blackboard Basics”, Cont. Ed. Feb. 06
“Using Collaborate Ultra for Reach & Convenience” AAC. Feb. 25
“What’s new in Teaching Tech?” Cont. Ed PD Day, Jan. 18

2018

“Ordering workshops with Bytes Bistro” FACE. Dec. 7
“Using Turnitin to Improve Writing” ELS. Oct. 5
“Tech Tutorial for Math & Stats” MATH. Aug. 31.
“Blackboard Basics Workshop” UFV Hope. May 18.
“Blackboard Basics and Using Turnitin to Improve Writing” UFV india. Aug. 10.

Presentations
Symposium on Teaching and Learning Year – Ken Harmel, Michelle Johnson, and Everett Igobwa. “Check Under the Hood: Course Review Process at the University of the Fraser Valley”.  SFU. May 16, 2019.

ETUG 25th Anniversary Conference’s FLO Enthusiasts, Ken Harmel, Michelle Johnson. “FLO Institutional Adoption panel.” Jun. 19, 2019.

Ken Harmel, Michelle Johnson. “Creating a synchronous hybrid learning environment using video conferencing technology” Festival of Learning. Apr. 23, 2018.

Spotlight on Learning. Breakout Session facilitator. Ken Harmel, Duncan Wardle. Oct. 19, 2018.

Ken Harmel, Michelle Johnson. “Creating a synchronous hybrid learning environment using video conferencing technology” Symposium: Scholarly Teaching & Learning in Post-Secondary. Nov. 6, 2017.

Conferences
Educational Developers Conference. STLHE. Apr. 2017
Digital Pedagogy Lab. Kwantlen Polytechnique University. Jul. 2017
Educational Developers Caucus Conference. UVic. Feb. 2018
Aurara College – Panelist  Feb. 2021

Service
Accessibility Advisory Committee (AAC). UFV  2018 –
Educational Technology Users Group (ETUG) UFV rep. BC Campus 2019 –
Acting Member. Research Advisory Committee (RAC). UFV  2019 –
Blackboard ECP Cohort: Interaction and Collaboration. Blackboard. 2018-

Memberships
Society of teaching & Learning in Higher Education (STLHE)
Educational Developers Caucus
Educational Technology Users Group

Training
Leadership and Managing Change   UFV, Fall, 2019
How to Manage a Remote Team, Coursera, Dec. 2020

Volunteer experience
Volunteer drum teacher for Ten-Broeck Elementary, Dec 2014 – Jun 2015
OER book reviewer for BCcampus, 2016-
ECP (Exemplary Course Program) Course reviewer for Blackboard, 2017-
IRRODL Journal article reviewer for Athabasca University, 2016-