Welcome!

Please visit my new portfolio site at

http://sites.google.com/site/yuchanghsuportfolio/.

Hi! My name is Yu-Chang Hsu. 

I currently serve as the assessment coordinator for the NSF-funded TOYS 'N MORE project (Toys and Mathematics Options for Retention in Engineering) at the Pennsylvania State University. I have successfully defended my dissertation and will receive my Ph.D. degree in Instructional Systems with a minor in Educational Psychology in December 2009.

You are welcome to get to know more about me on this portfolio site, or view my profile on LinkedIn.

If you are interested in contacting me for collaborating on research projects, or need consultation on instructional design and/or educational use of technology, please feel free to contact me at YZH109@PSU.EDUor leave me a voice message by clicking on the Google Voice button on the right. Of course, it is always great to just chat for chat's sake! :-)

Updates

[10/01/09]

Successfully defended my dissertation: The effects of self-explanation and metacognitive interventions on undergraduate students' learning with multiple external representations in a web-based environment.

[09/26/09]

Journal article manuscript published as featured paper: Undergraduate students' self-regulated learning in the web-based learning environments. [Quarterly Review of Distance Education]

[08/09/09]

Toys 'n MORE assessment [3000 students in math courses and 600 in toys courses]

[06/26/09]

First year report to NSF STEP Grant submitted.

[05/29/09]

Book chapter published: Chapter XXIII: The spirit of Educational Web 2.0 literacy:  Cognitive tools of the new media age for K-12. [Handbook of research on new media literacy at the K-12 level: Issues and challenges]

[03/17/09]

Journal article manuscript published: The effects of web-based instruction navigation modes on undergraduates’ learning outcomes. [Journal of Educational Technology & Society]

[3/13/09]

Fruitful NSF STEP Grantee Meeting.

[12/06/08] 

Presentation: Assessment and Evaluation Strategies for the  Toys 'n MORE Project  [NSF-STEP Grant]

[11/17/08]

E-learn 2008 presentations on bookmarking/tagging as a cognitive and collaborative tool and revising a large question pool for an Astronomy Class.

[09/16/08]

Received Ralph T. Heimer Award in the College of Education for outstanding achievement by a doctoral candidate enrolled in Instructional Systems.

[05/01/08]

Journal article manuscript accepted: Learning from animation: The effect of prior knowledge and navigation mode. [International Journal of Instructional Media]