Peter J. Holland, M.S.


Peter J Holland

Adjunct Instructor
Business and Computer Studies

 

sigmatwo@mchsi.com

Cell: (707) 483-9756

Home Office:
(707) 987-8439


 

 

 

Spring Semester Classes 2007

Napa College

Computer Accounting 1/17/07 to 5/23/07
Introduction to Excel 1/23/07 to 5/22/07
Business Math. Online Hybrid Class.1/18/07 t0 5/24/07

Mendocino College

Introduction to QuickBooks. Lake Center. 3/10/07 -3/17/07
Introduction to Scanners. Lake Center. 4/14/07

Desktop Publishing , Lake Center, 5/5/07 - 5/12/07

Yuba College

Office Administration ( 2 classes). Clearlake Campus1/22/07 to 5/26/07

Biography

I teach for the Business and Computer Studies Department at Napa College. I also teach at Mendocino College, Lake Center for the Business and Business Office Technology Departments. I also teach Accounting and Business Math at Career Transitions, a vocational school in Santa Rosa.

My areas of expertise are Management and Business, Online Teaching, and include Microsoft Office and Project 2002, Web Design including HTML & XML, and Accounting with QuickBooks.

While I enjoy using WebCT to make online web sites, I am also proficient in ETUDES, another online learning management system used in California and Moodle, an open source online class management system. I have taught distance education for more than 20 years.

Education

MS Business Administration, Kennedy Western University, Boise, Idaho.
BBS Training and Development, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
BCA Business Administration, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand

Academic Experience

Assistant Director Continuing Education, New Zealand Department of Education, 1981-1984.
Senior Lecturer, Business Systems, Massey University, New Zealand, 1984-1989.


Work and Consulting Experience

Software trainer and consultant, and Web design consultant for local businesses.
Author and Editorial Consultant for EMC Paradigm.
Business Instructor at Vocational Schools


Professional Areas of Interest

Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management (FCIM),UK.
Member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers (MIEE), UK.

Online Teaching Qualifications

Cyber Teachers Institute Instructor Certificate, Foothill College, August 2003.
CVC Certified Trainer WebCT Training, El Camino, CA, August 2002
CVC4 Trainers' Orientation to Teaching The Introduction to Teaching with WebCT Course. August 2003.

Recent Training at:

WebCT. Designing with WebCT Edition 6, June 2006
@ONE Introduction to Teaching with Moodle. Online October/November 2006
@ONE Northern California Winter Institute,January 2006
Distance Learning Summer Institute, California Vitual Campus (CVC 4)
Cerro Coso Community College, June 2005
Online Teaching with ETUDES, Foothill College, January 2003.
@ONE Summer Institute 2002, Online Course Pedagogy and Development Workshop, Monterey, CA, June 2002.
Instructional Skills Workshop, Santa Rosa Junior College, June 2002.
Academy for Online Learning Workshop, Ohlone, CA, August 2002.

Participation at:

Tech Ed 2002 and Tech Ed 2003 Spring Conferences at Long Beach and Ontario CA. The Community College Foundation.
MERLOT Database International Conference, Vancouver BC,Canada August 2003

Honors and Awards

Fulbright Scholar from New Zealand 1981.