Adrian Ayersman

 Adrian Ayersman

Adrian N. Ayersman

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Biography

Concord University - English



Experience

  • Bluefield State College

    Visiting Instructor of Developmental English

    Engl101L: Composition 1 (ALP)

  • Bluefield State College

    Adjunct English Instructor

    ENGL 98: Basic Grammar and Reading
    ENGL101L: ALP Composition 1

  • Bluefield State College

    Online Instructional Specialist

    Responsibilities include:
    -Providing Blackboard/Moodle support and training to faculty and students.
    -Troubleshooting student and faculty issues in the online environment.
    -Creating Blackboard classes and copying content for instructors.
    -Running and uploading Argos reports to batch create individual usernames in Blackboard.
    -Running and uploading Argos reports to batch enroll Blackboard students and faculty.
    -Adjusting purged and dropped students' availability settings.
    -Generating usable test banks for faculty (Blackboard/Respondus).
    -MyLab training, course creation, and LMS integration.
    -Troubleshooting Turnitin/Safe Assign related issues.
    -Peer mentoring new instructors.
    -Assisting with the organization of the 3rd Biennial Regional Technology Conference.

    Currently training on Moodle and video editing.

  • Concord University

    Adjunct English Instructor

    ENGL101C: Grammar, Composition, and Rhetoric

  • Bluefield College

    Adjunct English Instructor

    ENGL 1013: Introduction to the Writing Process
    ENGL 1023: Argumentative and Analytical Writing

  • Bluefield College

    Assistant Professor of English

    Adrian worked at Bluefield College as a Assistant Professor of English

  • New River Community and Technical College

    Visiting Instructor of Developmental English

    College Activities
    - Course development
    - Course assessment
    - Recorder for the Transformation of Developmental Education Subcommittee
    - Recorder for the Quality Matters Subcommittee
    - Leader for the Online/Hybrid group (within the Distance Education Oversight Committee)
    - Adjunct Appreciation Committee
    - Criterion III Subcommittee
    - Criterion IV Subcommittee
    - International Committee
    - Values Committee
    - Faculty Adviser for the Model United Nations Club
    - Book Club
    - Awards Banquet Committee
    - Presenter in Learning Community Workshops
    - Presenter at 2 Faculty Institutes
    - One of 3 faculty members that started/presented a grassroots “Early Intervention” project to reach out to at-risk students, improve retention rates, and bridge the gap in interdepartmental communication,
    - Composed the common final Developmental Writing Rubric and Prompts (2012)
    - Organized common course assessment measures in Developmental English (2012)
    - Piloted the first Pearson MyLab courses on campus
    - Piloted the first Accelerated Learning Program (ALP) in English (with another instructor)
    - Piloted the first online developmental classes: Integrated Reading/Writing and ALP English
    - Copies of my classes are being used by others, and I’ve helped train many instructors on the software.

    Professional Meetings and Conferences
    - NMUN Conference- New York, April 2012
    - WVADE- Stonewall Jackson Resort, Oct. 24-25 2012
    - National Model United Nations Conference Oct. 26-28 2012- Washington DC
    - WVADE- Tamarack, Nov. 2012
    - National Model United Nations Conference 2013- Charlotte NC
    - Session Chair- Faculty Academy, May 2013
    - Developmental Education Summit, Stonewall Jackson Resort, June 5-7, 2013
    - Conference on Acceleration in Developmental Education, Baltimore, MD, June 12-14, 2013
    - Complete College America- Morgantown WV Jan 9-10, 2014
    - SCALE Training-Ghent, WV June 2014
    - HLC Assessment Academy: Results Forum- Chicago, IL, June 2015



  • Brainfuse

    Writing Tutor

    Adrian worked at Brainfuse as a Writing Tutor

Education

  • Princeton Senior High School

    High School

    Business/Nursing

  • Marshall University

    Master’s Degree

    Humanities/Humanistic Studies
    Concentration in Literature/Cultural Studies

  • Bluefield State College

    Bachelor’s Degree

    Social Sciences
    Concentration in Psychology

  • Bluefield State College

    Visiting Instructor of Developmental English


    Engl101L: Composition 1 (ALP)

  • Bluefield State College

    Adjunct English Instructor


    ENGL 98: Basic Grammar and Reading ENGL101L: ALP Composition 1

  • Bluefield State College

    Online Instructional Specialist


    Responsibilities include: -Providing Blackboard/Moodle support and training to faculty and students. -Troubleshooting student and faculty issues in the online environment. -Creating Blackboard classes and copying content for instructors. -Running and uploading Argos reports to batch create individual usernames in Blackboard. -Running and uploading Argos reports to batch enroll Blackboard students and faculty. -Adjusting purged and dropped students' availability settings. -Generating usable test banks for faculty (Blackboard/Respondus). -MyLab training, course creation, and LMS integration. -Troubleshooting Turnitin/Safe Assign related issues. -Peer mentoring new instructors. -Assisting with the organization of the 3rd Biennial Regional Technology Conference. Currently training on Moodle and video editing.

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