Kim Godwin has served in higher educaiton since 2000 as an administrator and 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.

Shifting her focus again in 2023 to fulltime faculty in the College of Educaiton, specifically in graduate programs in higher education concentrations. Dr. Godwin's research focueses on Universal Design for Learning, Open Educational/Access Resources, and online teaching and learning.

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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

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

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Funded Grants

Member - TN OPen Education Grant - Laying the Foundation and Opening the Gateway for Teacher Preparation Through
Open Educational Resources and Practices at MTSU’s College of Education - Funded, summer 2022

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

OER and Accessibility Series, CAST and ISKME, summer 2023

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

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Community Engagement Advisory Group (Office of the President) OER Sub-committee, Spring 2023 - present

OER Task Force, Spring 2023-present

Open Education Resources Steering Committee, fall 2019 – spring 2023

MTSU Online sub-administrator for D2L, fall 2021 – fall 2023

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

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