ANTHONY COCCIOLO
anthony.cocciolo@gmail.com

EDUCATION

• Teachers College, Columbia University, (9/2005 to current, course work in progress)
  Doctor of Education, Program in Communication, Computing, Technology in Education
  Concentrations: social, cognitive and affective dimensions of learning within digital environments


• Teachers College, Columbia University, (5/2005 to 5/2008)
  Master of Education, Program in Communication, Computing, and Technology in Education
  


• Columbia University, Graduate School of Business, (9/2007 to 12/2007)
  Course work in consumer behavior and research


• Teachers College, Columbia University, (1/2003 to 5/2005)
  Master of Arts, Program in Communication, Computing, and Technology in Education
  


• University of California, Riverside (9/1998 to 3/2002)
  Bachelor of Science, Computer Science (with honors)

EXPERIENCE

• EdLab and the Gottesman Libraries
  Teachers College, Columbia University
  Head of Technology
  New York, NY (8/2004 to current)
  
  • In charge of the development of innovative educational applications, with emphasis on digital archiving, social media and informatics.
  • Manage the software product team. Communicate software development plans to administration.
  • Provide technology design and development expertise.
  • Participate in software implementations using a variety of web-based technologies.


• TC Innovations, Teachers College, Columbia University
  New York, NY (5/2002 to 8/2004)
  Acting CTO, Project Lead, Senior Programmer
  
  • Technology project manager for the National Academy for Excellent Teaching. Consult, strategize and develop consensus around the creation of technology products with TC administration, faculty, staff, and NYC school leaders and teachers. Manage production process with web developers and designers.
  • Technology project manager for the TC Innovations/Dallas Institute Summer Academy. Lead requirements and design details with Dallas contact, manage production process, facilitate communications between TCI and Dallas Institute.
  • Lead technologist in-charge of the development of courseware and educational applications for the New Teacher Academy, an online and onsite program for new teachers. Responsibilities include project management, requirements and specifications design, content writer and editor, collection of multimedia materials, and working with a team to carryout the implementation.
  • Instrumental in the development of TeacherWorks.net, an educational portal for the programs of TC Innovations.
  • Conduct software implementations using a variety of technologies, such as open-source products like PHP and MySQL and Windows-based products such as VB.net.
  • Lead product presentations to clients (school districts personnel, teachers), donors and partners. Facilitate product training programs
  
  
• Datagenix, LLC
  Riverside, CA (10/2000 to 4/2002)
  Lead Applications Developer
  
  • In charge of the development of the Interactive Web Course, built for San Diego State University. Responsibilities include developing Internet-based and Windows-based modules, and well as consulting with the client during the design process.
  • Lead developer responsible for the design, implementation and verification of a payroll system for an enterprise management system. Incorporated notable features in this system including direct-deposit export (ACH), GL/AR connectivity and extensive reporting capabilities.
  • Instrumental in the creation of the Datagenix Image Management System. Crucial responsibilities include the development of administration utilities and image viewing capabilities. Extensive use of VC++, VB, and SQL.
  
  
• Department of Earth Science, University of California, Riverside (12/1998 to 3/2002)
  Applications Developer
  • Integral to the development and management of Internet GIS (Geographical Information Systems) applications and web-enabled databases.
  • In charge of the design and implementation of the award-winning project website.


• Self-employed (1993 to 1998)
  
  • Develop shareware software applications (software you try-out before you buy) and sell over the early Internet.

SKILLS

• Software Development: A decade of software development experience and utilization of software development processes. Well-versed with each stage of the software development process, including requirements, architecture, implementation, quality assurance, and deployment.
  
• Programming: Familiar with most modern programming languages and environments, including Windows, Web and UNIX development environments. Windows experience: Visual C++, C#, and Visual Basic .NET. UNIX experience: gcc/g++. Web development: PHP, JSP, Servlets, Perl, ASP, Python, Cold Fusion, Flash, ActiveScript. Databases: Oracle, MySQL, Postgres, SQL Server, and DB2. Web servers: IIS, Apache, Tomcat
  
• Research: Quantitative and qualitative methods, with a focus on Internet Research. Proficient with research tools such as SPSS and UCINET.
• Educational Technology and E-Learning: Extensive knowledge of Learning management systems, including Blackboard and Moodle, as well as experience developing e-learning solutions.
• Project Management: Experience with several software development project management techniques, including RUP.
  
• Management: Experienced manager with both formal education and practical experience developing and leading teams.

PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

• Cocciolo, H., Cocciolo, A., Hughes, B. & Natriello, G. (October 2008). When MySpace Meets D-Space: Building a Personal/Institutional Repository. EDUCAUSE 2008 Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.
• Cocciolo, A., Chae, H. & Natriello, G. (2007, March). Second Look: A Research Platform for Second Life. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.
• Chae, H., Cocciolo, A., Hughes, B. & Natriello, G. (2007, March). Teaching the Levees: Creating an Online Resource to Facilitate Democratic Discourse and Civic Engagement. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.
• Chae, H., Cocciolo, A. & Natriello, G. (2007, March). Evaluating Educational Multimedia in Web 2.0 Environments: The Case of TeacherTube. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.
• Crocco, M., Grolnick, M., Gaudelli, W., Marri, A., Livingston, E., Cocciolo, A. (2007, November). Teaching "The Levees": Stimulating Democratic Dialogues on Race and Class. Annual Meeting of the National Council for the Social Studies, San Diego, CA.
• Cocciolo, A., Chae, H. & Natriello, G. (2007, October). Does Web 2.0 Matter? Investigating How Learning Environment Design Affects User Community Engagement. Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers, October 2007, Vancouver, BC.
• Pittinsky, M., Chae, H., Cocciolo, A., Ross, A. & Angelo, T. (2007, July). E-Learning Systems as Research Platforms: Results fron the Networked Education Databse project. Blackboard World 2007, Boston, MA.
• Cocciolo, A., Chae, H. & Natriello, G. (2007, June).  Using Social Network Analysis to Highlight an Emerging Online Community of Practice.  International conference on computer support for collaborative learning, July 2007, New Brunswick, NJ.   
• Pittinsky, M., Cocciolo, A., & Chae, H. (2007, June). Using eLearning System to Scale-Up Educational Research: The Networked Education (NED) Project. International Conference on e-Learning, New York, NY.
• Natriello, G., Pittinsky, M. Chae, H. & Cocciolo, A. (2007, April). eLearning Systems as Research Platforms: Results from the Networked Education Database (NED) Project. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.
• Cocciolo, A. & Chae, H. (2007, February). Investigating Online Communities of Practice in a Web 2.0 Learning Environment. Harvard Graduate School of Education Student Research Conference 2007, Cambridge, MA.
• Natriello, G., Cocciolo, A., Hughes, B. & Chae, H.S. (2006, November). Creating a Collaborative Knowledge Network as a Foundation for a Distance Learning Community. Concurrent session at the The 12th Annual Sloan-C International Conference on Asynchronous Learning Networks, Orlando, FL.
• Natriello, G., Frank, J., Chae, H.S., Cocciolo, A., Hughes, B., Lin, L. Pereira, K. (2006). AERA Special Coverage. Teachers College Record.
• Cocciolo, A. (2005). Everything Bad is Good for You: How Today's Popular Culture is Actually Making us Smarter (review). Teachers College Record, 108(1), 187-190.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Teachers College, Columbia University, Fall 2007, Education and Public Policy (graduate course), co-taught with Prof. G. Natriello
• Teachers College, Columbia University, Summer 2006, The Sociology of Online Learning (graduate course), co-taught with Prof. G. Natriello

RECENT PRESS

• Hill, C. (2007). Web 2.0 and Distance Education at Columbia's Teachers College. The Distance Education Report, 11(5), 5-8.
• Sapers, J. (2007). Library 2.0. TC Today: The Magazine of Teachers College, Columbia University, 31(2), 18-23.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• The Association of Internet Researchers (AOIR)
• International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS)
• American Educational Research Association (AERA)
• American Management Association (AMA)

REFERENCES

Available upon request.

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