Kevin Duffey, Associate Professor Daytona State College Subject Areas: Administration; Conflict Resolution; Institutional Effectiveness, Planning, and Professional Development; Learning Resources; Teaching and Learning; Technology
BIOGRAPHY Mr. Duffy is a lifelong public safety professional, trainer and educator with extensive experience in the online learning environment. He created his first online instructor-led asynchronous classes in 1996 and published a book on how to create and teach classes online in 1997. As the assistant chair of the Criminal Justice Technology Bridge program at Daytona State College, Mr. Duffy has created engaging online college courses in Criminal Justice, most recently redesigning all but one course to operate without a textbook. He understands the online learning environment from every angle - student, teacher, designer and programmer. Mr. Duffy holds a B.S. in Technical Vocational Education and an M.A. in Instructional Technology, both from the University of Central Florida in Orlando. In addition to academic pursuits, Mr. Duffy is a certified law enforcement officer in the State of Florida with forty years experience; he is also an active sports car race driver building and driving his own Porsche race cars in the Southeaster United States.
Presentation 1: Teaching Without Textbooks: Increasing Student Engagement
Category: Teaching and Learning; Effective Design
Length: 60 Minutes
Date Presented: March 2017
Description: This presentation documents the design considerations, political ramifications, student issues and other problems and rewards that can be encountered when designing online courses without the use of textbooks and publisher content.
Presentation 2: Online Classroom Design, Tricks and Trends
Category: Teaching and Learning
Length: 60 Minutes
Date Presented: March 2017
Description: Design is one of the most important parts of student engagement. Getting the student to engage without threats of low grades is a technique all to itself. In this presentation, Mr. Duffy shares some of the secrets he has discovered in his over twenty years of designing and teaching online courses.
Presentation 2: Participative Assessment in the Online Environment
Category: Teaching and Learning
Length: 60 Minutes
Date Presented: May 2014
Description: Here Mr. Duffy demonstrates how assessing student engagement in the online environment actually increases engagement on all levels.
