Matthew Roberts Email & Phone Number

Grand Rapids, Mi, Us

Allendale, Mi

Responsible for teaching courses in American Government. In addition to face-to-face delivery, my course has been adapted to use the "flipped classroom" model of instruction. I also teach American Constitutional Foundations as a fully online course.

I support faculty in the use of information technology to enhance curriculum, support teaching and learning, and to promote the exchange of creative ideas, resources, and research using technology. I do so through the following:1) Consulting with individual faculty on pedagogy, course design, and the selection of appropriate instructional technologies.2) Working with departments to offer Teaching Circles in the areas of pedagogy and instructional technology.3) Providing support for web-based learning, including guidance in the use of various instructional methods for web-based instruction.4) Offering workshops on the pedagogical and technical aspects of teaching, learning, and technology integration.5) Providing resources, such as books, conference announcements, research articles, and web resources that support web-based instruction.6) Highlighting best practices and exemplars of the integration of technology and instruction.7) Engaging with the scholarship of teaching and learning, specifically that regarding the role of technology in education.

Grand Rapids, Mi

A web app to facilitate tracking grades and student work for instructors using specifications or standards-based grading.

Independent educational consulting and faculty development, with a special emphasis on helping new faculty receive the skills, training, and mentoring they need to excel as a teacher as well as a scholar.

Taught college-level courses in American Government and American Studies.

Independent and contract work on small to large scale web projects. Services include graphic design, HTML coding, and web application development.

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Responsible for web design and development for an internet marketing company with a nationwide client base of more than 200 small and medium-sized businesses. Responsible for the design, development, and implementation of web-based marketing tools and proprietary content deployment system, including social network integration (Facebook, Twitter), online credit card processing, inbound and outbound SMS text messaging. Responsible for the development of sales force and end-user training materials.

Responsible for course design and teaching of introductory and upper division courses in Political Science. Made use of online learning systems, including Blackboard and Moodle, as well as other instructional technology.

Responsible for course design and teaching of introductory and upper division courses in Political Science. Made use of online learning systems, including Blackboard and Moodle, as well as other instructional technology.

Responsible for website redesign as well as the creation of a multifunction portal whose features include: allowing staff to maintain the directory of currently approved specialists and to maintain a list of scheduled wellness classes; allowing members to request appointments and consultations with their health providers and submit prescription refill requests; and allowing employers to manage employee enrollment.

Responsible for course design and teaching of introductory and upper division courses in Political Science. Made use of online learning systems, including Blackboard and Moodle, as well as other instructional technology.

Responsible for course design and teaching of introductory and upper division courses in Political Science. Made use of online learning systems, including Blackboard and Moodle, as well as other instructional technology.

Responsible for designing and maintaining course websites, collaborating with faculty on instructional design strategies, leading group and one-on-one training workshops, and creating instructional resources. Designed and developed department-specific online class management system using PHP, MySQL, and DHTML.

Responsible for course design and teaching of upper division course in Political Theory.

Responsible for supporting faculty in their instructional computing needs. Duties included routine lab maintenance; web application development; planning/leading/teaching seminars and workshops on a variety of subjects; oversight of student projects; and personal consultation and collaboration with faculty on instructional technology projects. Supervised and taught web application development to undergraduate employees.Freelance Web Designer and Developer // 1995–Present

Ph.D.

B.A.

High School Diploma