Chi-Un Lei, Leon

Education

Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering

The University of Hong Kong 2011

Ed.M. in Human Resource Development

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2022

Professional Education Certificate in Media and Technology for Education

Harvard University 2021

B.Eng. in Electronic and Communications Engineering

The University of Hong Kong 2006

Current Research Interests

• Sustainable development goals (SDGs) Education

• MOOC learning for K12 education

• Learning analytics

• AI literacy

Research Statement

My educational research identity is that of an applied learning-design scholar who studies how emerging technologies become scalable, evidence-informed, and inclusive educational practice. Across the archive, the work begins in technology-rich STEM and laboratory learning, consolidates around pedagogical design and course-level teaching innovation, and expands into learning analytics, digital credentials, K-12 MOOC outreach, SDG curriculum mapping, staff development, and generative AI pedagogy. The recurring pattern is not technology adoption for its own sake; it is the design of learning systems: activities, analytics, curricula, credentials, teacher support, accessibility scaffolds, and AI-enabled guidance. Methodologically, the archive points to pragmatic mixed evidence, including surveys, case studies, interviews, evaluation, learning analytics, classification, and dataset work. The strongest current direction is AI-supported, sustainability-aware, and accessibility-conscious learning design grounded in real educational contexts and connected to institutional practice. It links classroom practice, curriculum strategy, and institutional change through evidence while keeping learner experience consistently central throughout.