Stevie Rocco

Computer Skills:

• XHTML, XML, and CSS
• Adobe Flash, Flex, and ActionScript
• Internet communications such as E-mail, Web Browsers (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Netscape), Metasearch engines PPP, FTP, Telnet, Gopher
• Software such as Microsoft Office Suite, WordPerfect, Filemaker Pro, WebCT, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Acrobat, and ANGEL
• Interface design skills
• Version control systems such as Subversion
• Some knowledge of content management systems such as Drupal and Plone

Instructional/Training Skills:

• Knowledge of appropriate planning to suitably communicate content to learners
• Ability to integrate learning styles to suit multiple learner needs
• Expertise in drawing on various media to support suitable presentation of content

Project Management Skills:

• Capacity to utilize time and resources effectively
• Development and communication of strategic initiatives
• Ability to prioritize tasks for efficient work habits
• Capacity to handle multiple tasks simultaneously
• Ability to structure tasks in order to meet timelines and budgets
• Aptitude for delegation and leadership

Interpersonal Skills:

• Negotiation and facilitation
• Consensus-building
• Listening skills

Communication Skills:

• Presentation of pros and cons of instructional strategies in a facilitative manner
• Presentation of seminars individually or as part of a collaborative team
• Composition of newsletters, memos, and formal correspondence

Professional Experience

Penn State University
PSU Online and Penn State World Campus

• Organize and create methods and channels of communication within the PSU Online initiative such that stakeholders across Penn State can coordinate e-learning efforts
• Facilitate communication within the World Campus through the use of technology

Penn State University
College of Information Sciences and Technology, IST Solutions Institute

• Design and develop course modules and activities (both Web-based and CD-ROM) for IST courses
• Work with faculty to improve courses and programs within the college
• Conduct system evaluations for improvement of Solutions Institute systems and processes
• Manage wage payroll staff and interns

June 2000 - April 2006

Penn State University
Department of Distance Education/World Campus

• Led World Campus "Flash Team" to design and develop simulations, labs, and interactions using Macromedia (now Adobe) Flash
• Designed course templates for use in World Campus courses using XSLT via XHTML and CSS
• Worked with faculty to design courses for both print and online delivery
• Designed and developed Web sites and CD-ROMs for use with courses and programs
• Managed multiple projects simultaneously in a team environment
• Managed projects within specified timelines and budgets

Penn State University
Continuing Education, Altoona Campus

• Taught credit master’s courses for educators
• Curriculum included computers as mindtools, integration of technology in the classroom, and design and development of Web pages

Penn State University
Center for Academic Computing

• Prepared and presented seminars on popular computer applications such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Eudora, Netscape Communicator, and HTML
• Acted as a facilitator for Sunday computer seminars

January 1994 -June 2000

• Taught high school English across all ability levels
• Planned and implemented units and lesson plans
• Advised seven extra-curricular activities over a six-year period

Grants written and received:

• Mifflin County 2000 Grant for technology education
• Pennsylvania State Education Association Innovative Teaching Grant

West Branch Area School District

• Taught junior-high English across all ability levels
• Planned and implemented seventh and eighth grade course curricula, including introducing new units and literature
• Revised seventh and eighth grade curricula
• Advised a variety of extra-curricular activities over a two-year period

Rocco, S. A. (2007, Spring). Assessment and evaluation in the online environment. In S. Conceição, Ed. Teaching Strategies in the Online Environment: New Directions in Adult and Continuing Education.

Rocco, S. A. (2004, August 4-6). Design dilemmas: One program, two universities, two continents...and one designer! Proceedings of the 20th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning. (Madison, WI).

Rocco, S. A. (2003). Speaking Personally with Farhad Saba and Rory McGreal. The American Journal of Distance Education, 17(3), 189-197.

January 2001 -
Present

1992 - 1993

1985-1990

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
College of English – Literary Studies
Activity: Co-editor, “A”: The Literary Studies Newsletter

Penn State University
Bachelor of Science, Secondary Education-English
College of Education