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K.D. Borcoman Borcoman

 
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Assistant Professor/HUX
CSUDH/Coastline College/University of Alaska
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Primary Discipline: Humanities / Philosophy
Secondary Disciplines:
Member Type: Faculty
Last Login: Dec 16, 2012
Member Since: Apr 13, 2009

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Affiliations

California State University, Dominguez Hills (Education, 4 Year/4 Year + Grad, CA, United States) - primary
Coastline College (Education, Community/Technical College, CA, United States)
University of Alaska (Education, 4 Year/4 Year + Grad, AK, United States)
American Philosophical Practitioners Association (Non-Profit, Private, NY, United States)

Contact Information

Alternate email: Please login to view contact information
Personal URL: http://philosophicalquest.org
Professional URL: http://e-education-etc.org

Languages

Latin - speaking level (Advanced) , reading level (Advanced)
Greek, Ancient (to 1453) - speaking level (Intermediate) , reading level (Advanced)
Sanskrit - speaking level (None) , reading level (Intermediate)

Skills and Interests

Positions

Philosophy Instructor ( 06/1997 - Current ) CSUDH/Coastline College/University of Alaska
Mentor Teacher, Technology ( 06/2007 - 07/2010 ) Orange Co Dept of Ed
Acting Director, Center for Teaching and Learning ( 10/2008 - 06/2010 ) CSUDH
Professor, Philosophy and Communications ( 08/1990 - 06/1997 ) Marymount College

Publications

Borcoman/Roth. (2010). Critical Reasoning. University Readers.
Borcoman, K.D.. (2007). Visions of Earth: Philosophical Ecology. McGraw-Hill.

Associations

American Philosophical Practitioners
Member 03/2007 - Current
American Radio Relay League
Member 06/2004 - 06/2011

Honors and Awards

Affordable Learning Solutions (2011) (06/2011)
http://library.csudh.edu/ALS/showcase/profile.php?user=6
Visionary Leadership Award-CSUDH (06/2010)
An award granted for innovative leadership and ideas while serving as Director of CTL
CATS Outstanding Professional Award: Enhancing Instruction (04/2005)
CATS Outstanding Professional Award Winner http://cats.cdl.edu/winnerBio#Borcoman
Al Maresh Memorial Award (06/1999)
National Award for Technological Innovation in an alternative corrections environment. http://philosophicalquest.org/award.jpg
Outstanding Faculty Member-Marymount College (06/1997)
http://philosophicalquest.org/mmaward.jpg

Teaching Experience

Intro to Philosophy (Winter Current)
Coastline College -Philosophy
Ethics (Winter Current)
Coastline College -Philosophy
Ethics (Fall 2010)
Columbia College -Philosophy
History of Philosophy (Spring 1997)
Marymount College -Philosophy
Business Ethics (Spring 1997)
University of San Francisco -Philosophy
Critical Reasoning (Fall Current)
CSUDH -Logic
Ethics (Winter Current)
University of Alaska -Philosophy

Presentations

Critical Reasoning, 06/28/2011
Critical Thinking Lessons on YouTube facilitated for CSUDH
SLOAN Consortium: Using Moodle for Greener Environmental Ethics, 06/28/2011
This would have been the presentation. Here is the proposal
Faculty Showcase, 10/28/2010
CSUDH faculty demonstrate various uses of software and technology
Tips of The Week, 10/28/2010
An archive of information/videos relating to Blackboard and online learning
Use of Document Camera for Online Delivery, 06/10/2010
Example using Venn Diagrams
Technology and Educational Quality, 12/10/2009
A CSUDH presentation captured on Elluminate covering basic technological themes in education. Presented to the CSUDH IT Club
Quality Online Courses, 08/28/2009
A presentation covering online course rubrics
Emergency Preparedness, 06/28/2009
Features primarily the use of Amateur Radio by D. Borcoman, K6KDB
@ONE Conference--Using Multimedia to Enhance Student Learning Outcomes, 06/14/2009
Recorded Camtasia presentation given live at Mira Costa College
Virtual Quest Website, 06/28/1999
Designed as an experiment to provide information to instructors seeking to integrate technology into the classroom.
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