Experience

Philosophy of Education

My philosophy of education is centered on helping students develop and extend their professional skills, while thoughtfully nurturing their values of kindness toward all humanity.

08/08 – present

Web Content Administrator / Instructional Designer

Office for Teaching & Learning, Wayne State University

  • Design and develop the look and feel of the OTL web site and recommend information architecture for the content
  • Consult with faculty and other instructors on web design principles and technology
  • Develop and deliver the OTL workshops related to web design for instruction
  • Consult with faculty and instructors and OTL teams related to instruction for the web
  • Web design and development experience, including management and updates to a busy web site

08/08 – present

Adjunct Faculty

College of Education, The University of Findlay

  • Teach graduate courses in the areas of technology integration, multimedia, instructional design and online instruction

08/05 – 08/08

Assistant Professor of Education & Coordinator of Assessment System

College of Education, The University of Findlay

  • Teach undergraduate and graduate courses in the areas of technology integration, multimedia, instructional design and online instruction
  • Design and manage faculty online database
  • Manage and administer student online portfolio system - LiveText and TK20
  • Perform program assessment
  • Design and manage online budget system

08/03 – 08/05

Academic Technology Specialist: Instructional Design

Academic Technology Services, The University of Findlay

  • Design, develop and offer workshops for faculty (example: Windows XP workshops)
  • Design and develop instructional support materials for online teaching practice (example: Teaching an online course)
  • Assist Academic Program Partnerships with instructional design and project assessment plan. (examples: electronic portfolio and Turninit.com project)
  • Develop evaluation strategies (e.g. assessment questions, performance checklists, scenarios etc) to measure learning progress and training effectiveness. 
  • Assist faculty members in integrating instructional technology into their teaching practice. (examples: Individual professional partnerships: a. 14 partnerships in progress; b. assist Dr. Schmidt in immigrating his traditional classes to Blackboard)
  • Integrate web technology into data collection for evaluation and improvement. (example: Learning ASP and SQL database for online survey administration and evaluation implementation)
  • Develop training materials (instructor/learner guides, workbooks, job aids, instructional aids, reference material, flowcharts etc). (example: Produce introduction DVD/CD to individual partnership)
  • Gather information through observation, research, and interviews.
  • Organize material and documents training material based on the principles of instructional systems design.

01/03 – 08/03

Consultant

Enliten Networking & Information Systems

  • Design and develop website
  • Provide Training Program

01/03 –08/03

Photojournalist

New Tang Dynasty Television (NTDTV), http://english.ntdtv.com

  • Take footages for news report
  • Produce and report local news (Houston, Texas)

05/02 – 08/02

Teaching Assistant

Department of Educational Research, Technology and Leadership, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

  • EDF 7403 Quantitative Research Methods in Education
  • EDF 6481 Fundamentals of Graduate Research in Education
  • Assisted students with SPSS application

09/99 – 08/02

Technology Consultant/Computer Lab Technician

College of Education, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

  • Maintained the functioning of computer software and hardware
  • Offered technical support for faculty members and graduate students

10/00 – 08/02

Teaching Research Assistant

College of Education, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

  • Assisted professors with research studies, including literature review, data collection, and statistical analysis
  • Developed an online database for a graduate course: Research in Instructional Technology

08/97 – 05/99

Teaching Assistant

Department of Instructional Technology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

  • EdSMRT 486 Introduction to Instructional Computing
  • EdSMRT 476 Utilization of Instructional Media

08/98 – 05/99

Video Producer

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

  • Assisted instructors in delivering distance courses
  • Recorded and produced tapes for distance students

09/94 – 07/96

Sergeant/Counselor

Republic of China (ROC) Army, Taiwan

  • Offered counseling and training programs for new soldiers

06/92 – 06/94

Volunteer Counselor

Student Counseling Center, Chung-Yuan Christian University, Taiwan

  • Provided assistance for maladjusted high school students
  • Coordinated projects and programs