Dr. Kim Godwin
Adjunct

Departments / Programs
Areas of Expertise
Online Course Development & Design
Curriculum Mapping and Development
D2L
Biography
Kim Godwin has served in higher educaiton since 2000 as an administrator and adjunct faculty member. She served the first decade of her career in student affiars, specifically fraternity and sorority life. Beginning in 2011 she shifted to academic affairs and has served much of that time working directly with online course development, design, and student services. Previously working with the creation and development of accelerated online degree programs, Godwin is committed to providing opportunities for working adults to obtain degree completion.
Publications
Using Teams to Facilitate Organizational Development. MTSU Pressbook 08/2021
Publication. Godwin, Boyle, Higgs authors
Presentations
MTSU
Attended LT&ITC Faculty Fair - 09/2019
Intro “How to” video for student orientation – 10/2019
LT&ITC Presentation – Instruction Hours in Online education – 11/2019
College of Business Event – 11/2019
Lunch & Learn with College of Education – 12/2019
Online Student Open House – 01/2020
College of Business, MBA Redesign – 6 events total – 01-03/2020
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Attended LT&ITC Faculty Fair - 09/2019
Intro “How to” video for student orientation – 10/2019
LT&ITC Presentation – Instruction Hours in Online education – 11/2019
College of Business Event – 11/2019
Lunch & Learn with College of Education – 12/2019
Online Student Open House – 01/2020
College of Business, MBA Redesign – 6 events total – 01-03/2020
Aligning SLOs/Activities/Assessments – LT&ITC – 02/2020
Small Teaching Online Faculty Book Group – Facilitated - 02-03/2020
How to Use Zoom – presentation to ITD staff - 03/2020
MTSU Online Introduction to OERs – 06/2020
Grading Made Easier: Utilizing D2L Rubrics to Assess Discussions – 06/2020
Small Teaching Online Faculty Book Group – Facilitated - 07/08/2020
“A little bit of heart and soul”: Aligning Student Learning Outcomes to Activities and Assessments – LT & ITC - 07/2020
Helping Students Get Stuff Done: Creating Checklists in D2L - 08/2020
D2L Video Notes: Meaningful Engagement for Faculty and Students - 08/2020 & 02/2021
Using Groups in D2L: How Do I Do That? - 09/2020
Quizzes in D2L: The Basics - 10/2020
D2L Quizzes Advanced Workshop: I Didn’t Know I Could Do That! - 10/2020
D2L Quizzes: Submission Views and Feedback - 11/2020
Utilizing Checklists in D2L: Promoting Accountability and Organization in Your Online and Remote Courses - 02/2021
Adopt, Adapt, Create: Three Approaches to Using Open Educational Resources - 02/2021
Introduction to Gamification: Creating Opportunities for Active Learning in D2L - 03/2021
Using OER in Class: Open Pedagogy and What Comes Next - 03/2021
Research / Scholarly Activity
Funded Grants
Committee Member - TBR Grant - Embracing Equity through OER - Funded ($93,710), 01/2021
co-PI - THEC Veterans Reconnect Grant: Developing Military Pilot Pathways in Engineering Technology - Funded ($50,000), 08/2018
PI - THEC Veterans Reconnect Grant: Evaluation of Need in Prior Learning Assessment - Funded ($71,355), 07/2017
Certifications
Creative Commons Certificate, 12/2021
Master Designer, Online L...
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Committee Member - TBR Grant - Embracing Equity through OER - Funded ($93,710), 01/2021
co-PI - THEC Veterans Reconnect Grant: Developing Military Pilot Pathways in Engineering Technology - Funded ($50,000), 08/2018
PI - THEC Veterans Reconnect Grant: Evaluation of Need in Prior Learning Assessment - Funded ($71,355), 07/2017
Certifications
Creative Commons Certificate, 12/2021
Master Designer, Online Learning Consortium, 07/2021
Instructional Design Certificate, Online Learning Consortium, 06/2020
OSCQR Trainer Certified, 06/2020
Designing Courses for Significant Learning, Dee Fink and Associates, 10/2015
In the Media
MTSU University College staffer earns certification to help lower student textbook, course costs
TBR grant helps University College faculty, staff create free open resource textbook for students
MTSU lands $100K grant to help lower textbook costs via ‘open educational resources’
Instructional designers quickly transition classes online during pandemic
Special Projects
Open Education Resources Steering Committee, fall 2019 – present
MTSU Online sub-administrator for D2L, fall 2021 – present
Service on MTSU LMS Committee
Supporting FITC in emergency training for D2L during initial Covid-19 pivot
Lead development of Summer remote process – spring 2020
Update and overhaul of MTSU Online Faculty Services website - summer 2020
Service on Stay On Course Faculty website committee - spring & summer 2020
Courses
MTSU
PRST 3995 - Interdisciplinary Research and Project Planning
PRST 4510 - Using Teams to Facilitate Organizational Development
PRST 4995 - Senior Capstone
PRST 6400 - Instructional Design for Training and Development
SPSE 6905/7905 - Online Course Development for Higher Education
SPSE 7530/7530 - Administration in Higher Education