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Dr. Rogers' research areas of interest are gaming, e-learning, and second language acquisition. Her areas of expertise are listed below.

After college, Dr. Rogers volunteered for the Peace Corps and served in a small village in Honduras. She empowered 

women to create small income-generating projects such as clothing, jewelry, and crafts. She also taught nutrition education to primary school children.

LAUSD

Dr. Rogers served as an English Teaching Fellow at an university in Maputo, Mozambique. She taught English for specific purposes to engineering and science students and supported efforts by the U.S. Embassy.

Dr. Rogers is pointing to a slide with a list of learning activities.

Work Experience

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Certified Online Course Peer Reviewer

Quality Matters Program

  • Sakai collaborative learning environment (CLE)

  • Schoology learning management system (LMS)

  • Web 2.0 collaboration tools (e.g., digital curation with Scoop.IT, personal learning networks with Paper.li, blogging with WordPress & sharing content with Wikis)

  • Google Suite 

  • Social Media (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, YouTube & Pinterest)

  • Camtasia Studio video production & editing

  • Respondus test migration software

  • MS Office Suite 2016

  • Adobe Acrobat Pro XI

  • Audacity for audio recordings

Bilingual Teaching Certification

Elementary Teacher Education

Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA

Master's

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages 

The University of Alabama

U. S. Peace Corps Volunteer

Photograph has colored pencil pointing at each other to create a circle.
Mozambican civil engineering university students are on a field trip.

Dr. Rogers worked in the Innovation in Learning Center at the USA where she supported and trained faculty for online teaching. She also taught ESL and reading courses as an adjunct instructor.

Education

  • Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, AACE Review, Contributing Author
  • Educause Steering Committee, Games & Learning Community Group
  • Emerald Coast TESOL Board, Professional Development Officer
  • Association of Educational Communications & Technology, Member​
  • American Education Research Association, Member


  • Accessibility in Distance Education

  • English as a Second Language Education

  • Elementary Education

  • Copyright Laws for Distance Education

  • Instructional Design

  • Learning Management System Administration

  • ​Online Course Design

  • Quality Assurance Reviews​

  • Training

  • Technical Writing

PUBLICATIONS
Willis, J., Greenhalgh, S., Nadolny, L., Liu, S., Aldemir, T., Rogers, S., Trevathan, M., Hopper, S. & Oliver, W. (2017). Exploring the rules of the game: Games in the classroom, game-based learning, gamification, and simulations. Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, 475-480. Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

Rogers, S. A. (2017). A MMORPG with language learning strategic activities to improve English grammar, listening, reading, and vocabulary (Doctoral dissertation). Available from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI No. 10265484)

Rogers, S., & Johnson, B. (2016). Saudi ELLs’ digital gameplay habits and effects on SLA: A case study. Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, 603-608. Chesapeake, VA: AACE)

Rogers, S., & Van Haneghan, J. (2016). Rubric to evaluate online course syllabi plans for engendering a community of inquiry. Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, 349-357. Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

Rogers, S. (2014). Program theory logic model of Trace Effects video game. Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, 1662-1674. Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

Rogers, S. (2014). The efficacy of massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) for second language acquisition. Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, 1675-1682. Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

Rogers, S. (2014). How to make your online course accessible. Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, 1194-1198. Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

Rogers, S. (2014). Effective online communication in higher education. Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, 2614-2625. Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

Rogers, S. (2014). The Electronic Village Online, an open-source, international collaboration for professional development. Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, 986-987. Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

Rogers, S. (2014). Massive multiplayer online role-playing games for language learning. Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, 677-684. Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

Oxford, R., Felkins, G., Hollaway, M., & Rogers, S. (1995). When emotion meets metacognition in language learning histories. International Journal of Educational Research, 23(7), 581-594.

Professional Associations​​​​

Doctorate

Instructional Design & Development

University of South Alabama

TESOL Certificate

Principles & Practices of Online Teaching

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) International Association

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire


Dr. Rogers is beside Rutilia Lopez on a bench wearing clothing made from the local women's clothing cooperative in San Jose de Copan, Honduras,

Dr. Rogers taught bilingual (Spanish/English) Kindergarten and 1st Grade in East Los Angeles. Then she served as a Literacy Coach at an elementary school in Encino. Overall, she worked for the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) for six years.

U.S. English Teaching Fellow

University of South Alabama

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