Steve Covello

Education

2011 – MS, Instructional Design, Development, & Evaluation, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
1989-91, 2009 – BA, Communications – Radio/TV, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
1984 – AS, Bowling Lanes Management and Pinspotter Mechanics, Vincennes University Jr. College, Vincennes, IN

Teaching

August 2011 to Present – Online Instructor Granite State College (University System of New Hampshire).
Design, develop, and facilitate instruction in online courses at General Education, Program, and Capstone level. Author no-cost OER e-books from scratch.

COMM601 Trends in Digital & Social Media
COMM607 Communication for Training & Performance Improvement
COMM505 Foundations in Visual Media Production
COMM543 Visual Communication
COMM553 Presentational Communication
COMM651 Integrative Capstone

Affiliations

Research Associate – International Board of Standards for Training, Performance, and Instruction (IBSTPI)
Professional Development Committee – NERCOMP
Member – Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT)
Member – Educause

Certifications and Awards

2011 – IDD&E Outstanding Portfolio Award
2008 – CIWv4 Certified Web Design & Development

Core Experience

Instructional design/development of undergraduate and graduate online courses.
Interactive e-learning module development via Articulate Storyline.
Faculty partner in professional development for teaching online.
Open Educational Resource development on Pressbooks.
WordPress website design and development.
Moodle 3.x, Canvas, and Kaltura streaming media system support.
Chalk & Wire e-portfolio assessment systems design and administration.
Video production, post-production editing, and graphic animation.
Electronic music composing and remixing.

Conference Presentations and Publications

2020 August 18 & 24 – “A Culture of Instructional Design / OER on the Pressbooks platform” VIT-AP School of Business, Near Vijayawada – 522237, Andhra Pradesh, India.

2020 OER e-book “Foundations in Media Production” (CC-BY)

2019 OER e-book “Teaching with Rich Media” (CC-BY). A framework for teaching beyond text using rich media as instructional resources. Defines rich media, its affordances, and its value in conveying information; presents a model for pedagogical strategies, a set of instructor competencies, and two models for assessment for use in professional development.

2019 OER textbook “Visual Communication” (CC-BY).

2019 University of Central Florida – Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository: “Create Structured Discussion Prompt to Reduce Ambiguity, Reinforce Purpose, and Promote Discourse”.

2019 “Pressbooks 101”: New Hampshire statewide webinar presentation describing the affordances, features, account types, and project examples using Pressbooks as an OER e-book authoring system.

2019 Oklahoma Online Summit (University of Central Oklahoma): “Course Trailers – A Conceptual Framework” demonstrating an interactive online method for online course orientation media for students.

2019 NERCOMP – “Anatomy of a Discussion Forum Prompt.” Strategic design of discussion prompts for online interaction and engagement with an emphasis on a holistic pedagogical approach.

2018 OER Summit workshop co-leader: “Authoring in Pressbooks,” with Pressbooks founder Hugh McGuire.

2018 SUNY Assessment, Technology, & Communications Conference – “Teaching with Rich Media”.

2017 OER textbook “Trends in Digital & Social Media”.

2017 NERCOMP full-day workshop leader: “Teaching with Rich Media,” a hands-on workshop in using various rich media resources, conceptualizing their use, and developing a set of competencies required to use them in a pedagogically effective way.

2017 USNH Open Education Ambassador – Presentation to faculty on experiences with e-book design / development and the e-book’s impact on online teaching and learning in my online course, COMM601 Trends in Digital & Social Media.

2016 Keynote presenter, University of Wisconsin System, Learning Technology Development Council LTDC Virtual Showcase 2016: “Rich Media in Teaching and Learning: What is it, and How Can You Use It Right Now?”

2011-Present University System of New Hampshire’s Annual Academic Technology Institute: Staff instructional design support member for building capacity in student engagement, using rich media, learning video technologies, and developing Open Educational Resources (OER).

2013 NERCOMP – Online Faculty Development: Perspectives and Strategies: “How Competency-Based Assessment Informs Training Faculty to Teach Online”.

2013 NERCOMP – WordPress for Teaching & Learning: “Creating a Prior Learning Assessment E-Portfolio Development System on WordPress”.

2013 AAEEBL – e-Portfolio Systems: “Creating a Prior Learning Assessment E-Portfolio Development System on WordPress”.

2012 NERCOMP – “Bridging Departments with WordPress: How Granite State College’s Academic Affairs and Ed Tech Departments Publish Faculty Resources”.

2012 Emerging Learning Design, Montclair State College: “A Proposal for a User-based Learning Analytics Data Collection System”.