Guy D Albertelli II CV

Guy D. Albertelli II

Work

103 North Kedzie
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48823
Email: albertel@msu.edu

Home

405 Lincoln Ave
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (734)693-5322
Email: guy.albertelli@gmail.com

Employment

Specialist in Educational Technology

1998 - Current

Michigan State University

Design, implementation and support of LON-CAPA, an open source distributed content management system and online course management system, with a heavy emphasis on sharing sophisticated randomized online and offline assessments. In use at over 100 institutions worldwide and supporting over 17,000 students at some institutions. Handling millions of student homework problems a term. http://www.lon-capa.org/

Technical Director

2002 - Current

Division of Science and Mathematics Education, Michigan State University

Continuing development of LON-CAPA. Direct programming team of 4-8 developers, some remote. Gather requirements from users, hold twice a year development planning and priority meetings, give presentations at conferences. Coordinate releases (total of 12 major releases). Involved in all major technical decisions. Involved in interviewing programmers. Continued maintenance and enhancement of the Linux based cluster serving the MSU users and the separate development servers.

Co-director: Gerd Kortemeyer
Software Developer

2000 - 2002

Division of Science and Mathematics Education, Michigan State University

Initial development of LON-CAPA. Along with writing software gathered design requirements from users and specified initial design. Lead workshops on LON-CAPA for users and software developers. Implemented source control system and bug reporting system. Built Linux based cluster for running the system, including backups, and a developement cluster.

Supervisor: Gerd Kortemeyer
Software Developer

1998 - 2001

Physics Department, Michigan State University

Researching, defining, and implementation of all features and changes to the CAPA project, an online randomized homework engine for college level assessments. Handled 3 major releases. Setup and maintenance of CAPA server for MSU.

Supervisor: Edwin Kashy

Perl, C, C++, Javascript, HTML, XML, CSS, Java, Linux, LaTeX, CGI, Apache, TCP/IP, MySQL, flex, bison

Member-Manager

2005 - current

EduCog LLC

Responsibilities include system administration of the LON-CAPA servers. Development of internal applications for handling customers, and record keeping. Managing accounting information and filing taxes.

Linux (Fedora), LON-CAPA, Perl

Contract Programmer

2005

Connected Mathematics Project

Developed Java applets teaching basic math concepts (targetting 5th through 7th grade) for the Connected Mathematics Project

Supervisor: Sabrina Keller

Java

Software Developer

1994 - 1998

Physics Department, Michigan State University

Wrote software to control a Scantron(tm) bubble sheet scanner connected to a NeXT running CAPA, a randomized numerical and conceptual homework assessment engine. Converted existing CAPA tools from NeXT for front end, to Tcl/Tk. Extended functionality of CAPA, and fixed bugs.

Supervisor: Edwin Kashy

Tcl/TK, C, HTML, CGI, Digital Unix, Linux, NeXT

Research Assistant

1997

Computer and Information Science, The Ohio State University

Research Assistant, advisor Roger Crawfis

Teaching Assistant

1996 - 1997

Computer and Information Science, The Ohio State University

Teaching Assistant for computer service courses at Ohio State University (1 semester teaching basic computer skills, 2 semesters teaching C++ to non-computer science students)

Contract Programmer

1996

Physics Department, Michigan State University

Implemented a simulation of x-ray diffraction of a specific compound to discover the possible underlying structure.

Supervisor: Jerry Cowen

C++ on Linux

Teaching Assistant

1995 - 1996

Department of Computer Science, Michigan State University

Teaching assistant for computer science service course, teaching Basic to non-programmers.

Education

1996-1997

Master of Science, Computer and Information Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Adviser: Roger Crawfis

1992-1996

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. Graduated with Honors.

Grants

Senior Personnel

2000-2006

NSF ITR: Investigation of a Model for Online Resource Creation and Sharing in Educational Settings (Award Number: 0085921)

Publications

Mark Urban-Lurain, Guy Albertelli, and Gerd Kortemeyer, Using Information Technology to Author, Administer, and Evaluate Performance-Based Assessments, Frontiers in Education, 2005.

Gerd Kortemeyer, Matthew Hall, Joyce Parker, Behrouz Minaei-Bidgoli, Guy Albertelli II, Wolfgang Bauer, and Edwin Kashy, Effective Feedback to the Instructor from Online Homework, Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, Volume 9, Issue 2, June 2005

M. Hall, J. Parker, B. Minaei-Bidgoli, G. Albertelli, G. Kortemeyer, and E. Kashy, Gathering and Timely Use of Feedback from Individualized On-Line Work, Frontiers in Education 2004.

Guy Albertelli, Gerd Kortemeyer, Alexander Sakharuk, and Edwin Kashy, Personalized Examinations in Large On-Campus Classes, Frontiers in Education 2003.

Kashy, D.A., Albertelli, G., Bauer, W., Kashy, E., Thoennessen, T., Influence Of Non-Moderated And Moderated Discussion Sites On Student Success, Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, Vol.7, No. 1 (2003)

Kortemeyer, G., Albertelli, G., Bauer, W., Berryman, F., Bowers, J., Hall, M., Kashy, E., Kashy, D., Keefe, H., Minaei-Bidgoli, B., Punch, W., Sakharuk, A., and Speier, C., The LearningOnline Network with Computer-Assisted Personalized Approach, Computer Based Learning in Science Conference, Cyprus, 2003.

G. Albertelli, B. Minaei-Bidgoli, W.F. Punch, G. Kortemeyer, and E. Kashy, Concept Feedback in Computer-Graded assignments, Frontiers in Education 2002

D.A. Kashy, G. Albertelli, E. Kashy, and M. Thoennessen, Network Technology as a Complementary Tool in Higher Education: An Examination of Educational and Cost Effectiveness, Chapter in “Monograph on the Mellon CEUTT Program”, edited by Saul Fisher, Mellon Foundation (2002)

D. Kashy, G. Albertelli, G. Ashkenazi, E. Kashy, H.-K. Ng, and M. Thoennessen, Individualized Interactive Exercises: A Promising Role for Network Technology, IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference Proceedings, ISBN: 0-7803-6669-7, vol. 31, p. 1073 (2001)

D. A. Kashy, G. Albertelli, E. Kashy and M. Thoennessen, Teaching with ALN Technology: Benefits and Costs, Journal of Engineering Education, 89, 499 (2001)

E. Kashy, G. Albertelli, M. Thoennessen, Y. Tsai, and D. A. Kashy, ALN Technology on Campus: Successes and Problems, Proceedings of the 2000 Frontiers in Education Conference, IEEE Catalog Number: 00CH37135, ISBN: 0-7803-6424-4, Session S1D, p. 1, (2000)

E. Kashy, M. Thoennessen, G. Albertelli and Y. Tsai, Implementing a Large On-Campus ALN: Faculty Perspective, On-Line Education: Learning Effectiveness and Faculty Satisfaction, Proceedings of the 1999 Sloan Summer Workshop on Asynchronous Learning Networks, edited by John Bourne, The Sloan Consortium, ALN Center, p.225 (2000)

E. Kashy, M. Thoennessen Y. Tsai, N. E. Davis, and G. Albertelli II, Melding Network Technology with Traditional Teaching: Enhanced Achievement in a 500-Student Course, Chapter in "Interactive Learning: Vignettes from America's Most Wired Campuses", edited by David G. Brown, p. 51, ISBN 1-882982-29-0, Anker Publishing Company, Boston (2000).

Kashy, M. Thoennessen, G. Albertelli and Y. Tsai, Implementing a Large On-Campus ALN: Faculty Perspective, Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, Volume 4, Issue 3, ISSN 1092-8235 (2000)

M. Thoennessen, E. Kashy, G. Albertelli II, and Y. Tsai, Response to Student Attacks on On-Campus ALNs, Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Asynchronous Learning Networks 1999.

E. Kashy, M. Thoennessen, Y. Tsai, N. E. Davis, and G. Albertelli, Evidence of Enhanced Productivity in a 500-Student Lecture Course, Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Asynchronous Learning Networks 1998

G. Albertelli, R. Crawfis; Consistent Tetrahedralization of Finite Element Meshes; Proccedings of IEEE Visualization '97

Guy D. Albertelli II, J. A. Cowen, C. N. Hoff, T. A. Kaplan, S. D. Mahanti, J. H. Liao, and M. G. Kanatzidis; Magnetic behavior and Coulomb-lattice-gas ordering of Mn²⁺ Sn⁴⁺ ions in K₂ MnSnS₄; Phys. Rev. B55, 11056 (1997)

Awards

2004 - Sloan-C Award for Most Outstanding Effective Practice, for LON-CAPA

2003 - Winner, ComputerWorld Honors 21st Century Achievement Award, for LON-CAPA

2000 - Frontiers in Education Conference Best Paper Award, D. A. Kashy, G. Albertelli, E. Kashy and M. Thoennessen, Teaching with ALN Technology: Benefits and Costs, Journal of Engineering Education, 89, 499 (2001)

Skills

Computer Languages: Perl, C, C++, Tcl/Tk, Javascript, Java, SQL, PHP, Pascal, FORTRAN, Sisal

Computer Tools: LaTeX, MySQL, flex, bison

Web Technologies: mod_perl, HTML, CSS, XML, DOM, RSS, CGI, Apache

Operating Systems: Unix (Linux, Digital Unix, IRIX, Solaris, HP-UX), Mac OS X, Windows

System administration: Digital Unix, Debian, Redhat (Fedora and Enterprise), SuSE (openSuSE, and Enterprise) running high availability web services and email