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Technology Infrastructure

April 12, 2022 by KellyCooper

Selection of Current Work

Technology:

Game Development as a way to engage high school students into learning higher-level languages C# and C## using Unity and Unreal Engine.

West Hills Community College District Chief Technology Officer – oversee Information Technology Services department personnel.

Internet of Things – enterprise and industrial IoT content development. 

Teaching:

January 2019 – December 2021 @ College of San Mateo in San Mateo, CA. Taught Internet of Things, Web Programming, MS Project Fundamentals, Project Management, and Cloud Applications for Business.

Summer 20 – Volunteered for WorkWonder.io remote internships for high school students.

Spring 2020 @ West Hills College Coalinga in Coalinga, CA. Taught Computing Concepts.

January 2011 – May 2020 @ University of Maryland Global Campus, Adelphi, MD. Taught Organizational Theory – Graduate Management and Technology.

Spring 2020 @ University of Advancing Technologies, Tempe, AZ. Taught graduate and undergraduate Blockchain Architecture.

January 1996 – March 2016 @ West Valley College in Saratoga, CA. Taught Computer Information Systems and Business courses: Web Development, iOS Development, UI/UX, Java, Web Analytics, Small Business Startup, Social Media Marketing, Web and Mobile SEO, Java for Non-Programmers, Database Management, Systems Analysis, Strategic Management, Organizational Development, Introduction to Computing and others.

August 2009 – May 2011 @ University of San Francisco in San Francisco, CA. Taught Dissertation Proposal, Organizational Theory, Anthropological Research.

August 1997 – May 2011 @ University of San Francisco in San Francisco, CA. Taught Information Systems Management, Multimedia Engineering, New Software Paradigms, Information Technology, SPSS

Contribute and Present

April 6, 2022 by KellyCooper

Collaborate, Present, and Contribute
  • 2022 AP4CTE.org and OER4CTE.org
  • 2022 Mathematics for Game Programmers – Open Education Resource
  • Will Work 4 Podcast guest discussing careers in the trades: https://willwork4podcast.podbean.com/e/where-do-you-go-from-here/
  • 2021 Presenter: LinkedIn Closing the Equity Gap: It’s Really a Network Gap.
  • Publisher CA Community College Careers Professional Development website
  • 2021 Co-Presenter: Educating for Careers – CTE Pathways and Open Education Resources.
  • 2021 Volunteer: Lead grant writer USAID Development Innovation Ventures.
  • 2021 Volunteer Mentor: WorkWonder high school interns from Downey USD and Davis USD.
  • 2021 Council Member: Sovrin Foundation Identity for All.
  • 2020 Contributor: Fast Company Innovation Award finalist WorkWonder – Downey USD Student Interns.
  • 2020 Higher Ed Advisor and Grant Contributor: Downey USD $5.2m award Strong Workforce.
  • 2020 Data Analyst: Downey USD CTE Career Pathways Roadmap, labor market analysis, and validation.
  • 2020 Site Team Member: ACCJC Accreditation Fall 20.
  • 2020 Experience Lead: Downey USD High School Intern Inventors.
  • 2020 Facilitator: Sovrin Foundation Guardianship Working Group.
  • 2019 Contributor: On Guardianship in Self-Sovereign Identity.
  • 2019 Co-Author: Blockchain 3.0 Smart Contracts in E-Government 3.0 Applications.
  • 2018 Panelist: Lynda.com/LinkedIn Learning Summit.
  • 2017 Grant Writer: CCCCO Zero-Textbook-Cost-Degree Implementation.
  • 2017 Panelist: ASCCC SLO Symposium: SLO Issues and Answers.
  • 2016 Co-Presenter: ASCCC and RPGroup Strengthening Student Success Conference: Are SLOs Really Working? Validating Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Research.
  • 2016 Co-Presenter Validating Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Research.
  • 2016 Presenter: CCCAOE: Learningbytes: CTE Professional Development vignettes in a Canvas Faculty Community.
  • 2016 Co-Author: ASCCC and RP Group bibliography: Disaggregated Outcomes Data.
  • 2016 Co-Author: May ACCJC Rostrum article The QFE: What Does It mean for Faculty and Colleges Preparing an Accreditation Self-Evaluation? 
  • 2016 Co-Presenter: Student Success Conference: Quick Connect: Short Animations Address Common Student Questions.
  • 2016 Co-Presenter: ASCCC Accreditation Institute: Data Visualization: Making Sense of the Numbers; Designing Data Metrics in Program Review: What Are the Questions to Ask?
  • 2015- present Member: National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE) 2016 Organizing Committee.
  • 2015 Co-Writer and Project Director: Title III Strengthening Institutions define, develop and implement “comparable” online student support services for distance education students.
  • 2012 Writer and Manager VTEA: Curriculum development and implementation for computer information students and area engineers; emphasis on current training in iOS, Mac application development.
  • 2011 Presenter: Digital Image and Translation. Society for Ricoeur Studies Conference. Philadelphia, PA. October.
  • 2011-2012 Write and Mentor Project Director: CTE Transitions: Technology bridge curriculum for underrepresented students, women returning to the workforce and high school students transitioning to college; emphasis on web and mobile development and working in small companies, start-ups and as entrepreneurs.
  • 2011 Presenter: Self and Other in Public Space Disclosed Through Technology. Strangers, Aliens, and Foreigners. Mansfield College, Oxford University, U.K. September.
  • 2011 Presenter: Refiguring Identity in Conversations with Avatars. International Conference on Ricoeur Studies: New Perspectives on Hermeneutics in the Social Sciences and Practical Philosophy. Higher School of Economics, National Research University. Moscow, Russia. September.
  • 2010 Author: A Loving Conflict. Sufism: An Inquiry. Volume XV: Number 1. Summer 10.
  • 2009 Presenter: Critical Hermeneutic Field Inquiry in International Development: Research Narratives from Southeastern Europe. Nashville, Tennessee, September.
  • 2007 Author: Emerging from Isolationism: Slovenia in Conversation. High Plains Applied Anthropologist. Spring.
  • 2007 Presenter: New Borders, New Boundaries: Reconfiguring Space and Identities Online. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • 2006-2008 Writer and Project Director: Community College State Chancellor’s Office-Career Technical Education/Economic and Workforce Development Pathways Strengthening Career Programs. AME (Arts, Media, Entertainment) Apprentice, $249,985; emphasis on preparing students for education and career paths in digital gaming, arts, media and entertainment.
  • 2005-2007 Writer and Project Director: Community College State Chancellor’s Office-Career Technical Education/Economic and Workforce Development Pathways (SB70 Quick-Start). Learningbytes in the Multimedia/Entertainment Industry, $479,951; emphasis on curriculum development and developing outreach projects for underrepresented college and high school students.
  • 2005 Co-Author: eLearning and Economic Development. Co-Author. The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education (TODJE), Volume 6: Number 1. January.
  • 2005-2007 Writer and Project Director: Community College State Chancellor’s Office-Career Technical Education/ Economic and Workforce Development Pathways. Career Exploration and Development for 7th and 8th Graders. Cool2Explore, $149,994; emphasis on preparing middle school students for technology and engineering education opportunities in college.
  • 2004 Co-Author: Monitoring Air Pollution in Real Time Using XML. Co-Author. XML Journal, Volume 5: Issue 1, January.
  • 2003 Co-Author: Design Concepts with Code: A Developer Approach. Co-Author. APress! Publishers.
  • 2002 Pre-Conference Presenter: Moving Away from Purchased Portals: Developing E-Learning. Online Educa. Berlin, Germany.
  • 2002 Co-Presenter: Creating Interactive Digital Case Studies. Online Educa. Berlin, November.
  • 2002 Co-Presenter: Innovation and Enterprise. Moray Science Festival. Elgin, Scotland.
  • 2002 Co-Author: XML: Content and Data. Co-Author. Prentice Hall.
  • 2002 Presenter: West Valley College/Southeastern Europe Online Learning Program at NCWE (National Council for Workforce Education). Portland, Oregon, October.
  • 2001 Co-Presenter: Creating an On-Campus Start-Up Company. EDEN Conference. Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 2001-2002 Co-Writer and Co-Project and Budget Director: PHARE, two grants, Slovenian job centres, 275,000€ (Euro) and new curriculum for process control and e-commerce 75,000€; emphasis on job training and career counseling for unemployed citizens with emphasis on 40+ who are deemed unemployable.
  • 2001-2002 Co-Writer and Co-Project and Budget Director: European Union Leonardo Program, Learning Portals (partner) 70,000€; emphasis on developing and delivering entrepreneurship and technology seminars and courses.
  • 2001-2002 Co-Writer and Co-Project and Budget Director: European Union Minerva Program, Online Case Studies in Science and Engineering, 200,000€: emphasis on creating case studies to be used for entrepreneurship learning models.
  • 2001 Presenter: Transitioning to XHTML. User Analysis, Interface Design, and Documentation. Commercial Website Development. Institute for Symbolic Analysis. Velenje, Slovenia, April.
  • 2000-2003 Co-Writer and Co-Project and Budget Director: Dynamic Learning Centres, Slovene government, $200,000: emphasis on creating and delivering summer in-person transnational learning programs.
  • 2000 Presenter: Linguistic and Descriptive Domains in Slovenia and Bosnia: Transforming Through Narrative Online. The Society for Applied Anthropology, San Francisco, California, March.
  • 1999-2000 Writer and Project Director: Industry Driven Regional Collaborative for Internet Internships (funded West Valley Design Group students and studio), $500,000; emphasis on building industry partnerships and freelance opportunities for students studying digital design, production and development.