Research and Project Management

• Project Assessment Coordinator. TOYS 'N MORE (Toys and Mathematics Options for Retention in Engineering) Project. (NSF STEP Grant # 0756992, $2,500,000. PI: Dr. Renata Engel)
  

• Researcher [Quantitative data analysis], Classroom for the Future Project Evaluation. (PI: Dr. Kyle Peck), The Pennsylvania State University and Pennsylvania Department of Education.
  Duty
  Conduct quantitative data analysis (data cleaning, coding, chi-square, regression, etc.) [Summer-Fall 2007] [Preliminary report]
  
• Videographer/Research Assistant, TRIAD Project (early childhood mathematics learning) (NSF Grant; PI: Dr. Douglas Clements), State University of New York at Buffalo
  Duty
  Data collection: Taking digital video of suburban/city (Buffalo, NY) pre-k math learning activities with JVC GRD-30U mini DV [2004-2005]

Teaching 

Higher Education

• Co-Instructor, INSYS 525: Instructional Design Models, Strategies, and Tactics [Lead Faculty: Dr. Jill Lane]
  Duty Provide instruction and facilitate in-class discussion; provide feedback on instructional design projects [Spring 2008]

• Co-Instructor, EDTEC448: Using the Internet in the Classroom (online)
  Duty
  Course Redesign; Monitoring student discussion board; providing feedback to students' moderation/participation; assignment grading [LMS platform: ANGEL] [Fall 2006, Summer 2007, Fall 2007, Summer 2008] [Lead Faculty: Dr. Barbara Grabowski] 
  
• Lab Instructor, EDTEC441: Design, Development, and Evaluation of Internet Resources  [Lead Faculty: Dr. Wei-fan Chen]
  Duty
  Teaching CSS and Web 2.0 applications; providing in-class consultation.Course re-design; provide instruction and facilitate in-class discussion; provide feedback on instructional design projects [Summer 2007]
• Teaching Assistant, EDTEC448*: Using the Internet in the Classroom (online)
  Duty
  Assignment grading; technical support [LMS platform: ANGEL][Summer 2006] [Lead Faculty: Dr. Barbara Grabowski]

• Consultant/Instructor,English Language Club, Chihlee Institute of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan
  Duty
  Teaching business English [2000-2001]

Secondary Education

• English Teacher/Homeroom Teacher, Hujiang Senior High School, Taipei, Taiwan [2000-2001]
  

• English Teacher/Homeroom Teacher, Chien Kuo Senior High School, Taipei, Taiwan [1999-2000]

Invited Talk/Guest Lecture

• Overview of ANGEL Course Management System (Audience: Freshmen in Biology Department at PSU)
•  Overview and hands-on setup of ANGEL Course Management System (Audience: New instructors in the Mathematics Department at PSU)

ID / Consultation / Multimedia Project

• Instructional Designer/Intern, Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence and PSU Testing Center. The Redesign of Job Request Form for the Web-based Implementation for the Testing Center. [Supervisor: Dr. Jill Lane]
  Duty
  
  • Needs assessment (interview with subject matter expert and conducting document analysis)
  • Web-based form interface prototyping and storyboarding
  • Instruction redesign
  • Development of web-based Job Request Form [Summer 2007] 

• Technology Learning Consultant/Graduate Assistant, Education Technology Services (ETS) at Penn State University [Supervisor: Mr. Jeff Swain, Technology Innovation Consultant]
  Duty
  
• Create instructional video/ vodcasts on using ANGEL CMS (see selected work examples: 1 | 2)
  
• Provide one-on-one consultations on educational technologies to more than 60 faculty members 
  
• Websites/e-Portfolio creation and management
• Educational use of Web 2.0 technologies (blogs, wikis, podcasting, weebly)
  
• Digital image processing
• Application of ANGEL course management systems
• Mac OS X environment and applications
  
• Train novice TLAs (Technology Learning Assistants)
• Create and update online documentations/user manual of PSU ANGEL Help & Information Guide (i.e. course management system user guide) through Talisma knowledge base system.
  
• Support university-wide adoption and diffusion of educational technology innovation [e.g. ANGEL learning systems and SCOLA (Satellite Communications for Learning Association) Project]

                    [08/2007-]

• Teaching Assistant and Technical Support, IST297: Technology in the Classroom [Instructor: Mr. Jeff Swain]
  Duty
  Course-related administration [LMS platform: ANGEL]; creating CMS -enabled online games and assessment [Fall 2007]
• Graduate/Teaching Assistant, Online Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) for Special Education Program [Supervisor: Dr. David Lee]
  Duty
  Monitoring student discussion board (course-related general issues); Course management systems technical support and consultation for faculty and students; course-relevant administration, e.g. create web-based exam; Exam item analysis [LMS platform: ANGEL] [01/2007-08/2007]

• Graduate Assistant, Online Educational Technology Master's Program, Instructional Strategies Certificate Program, and The Technology Integration Certificate for K-12 Educators for Tomorrow (TICKET) program, The Pennsylvania State University. [Supervisor: Dr. David Popp]
  Duty
  Supporting online course delivery; serving as the communication interface between the University Park Campus and branch campuses regarding the TICKET program; processing requests and inquiries regarding the certificate [08/2005-12/2006]
• Consultant/Graduate Assistant, Graduate School of Education Software Library, State University of New York at Buffalo
  Duty Offering faculty and students consultation in educational software / application; computer hardware trouble-shooting [2003-2004]

Administration

• Teaching Assistant and Technical Support, IST297: Technology in the Classroom [Instructor: Mr. Jeff Swain]
  Duty
  Creating CMS-enabled online games and assessment; Course-related administration [LMS platform: ANGEL] [Fall 2007]
• Graduate/Teaching Assistant, Online Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) for Special Education Program [Supervisor: Dr. David Lee]
  Duty
  Monitoring student discussion board (course-related general issues); Course management systems technical support and consultation for faculty and students; course-relevant administration, e.g. create web-based exam; Exam item analysis [LMS platform: ANGEL] [01/2007-08/2007]

• Graduate Assistant, Online Educational Technology Master's Program, Instructional Strategies Certificate Program, and The Technology Integration Certificate for K-12 Educators for Tomorrow (TICKET) program, The Pennsylvania State University. [Supervisor: Dr. David Popp][08/2005-12/2006]