Dr. Yu-Chang Hsu is Assistant Professor of Educational Technology at Boise State University. He earned his PhD in Instructional Systems with a doctoral minor in Educational Psychology from the Pennsylvania State University. He also holds two degrees of EdM in TESOL and Education and Technology from SUNY at Buffalo. His research interests include learning and instruction innovation through emerging technologies, cognitive and metacognitive processes of integrating multiple representations in STEM fields, and collaborative learning. He has been selected as one of the mLearning Scholars of Boise State University in both 2011 and 2012 for integrating and studying mobile learning and Web 2.0 technologies in his class. He also teaches graduate courses on research method, graphic design for learning, and mobile app design.
Refereed Articles
Mobile Microblogging: Using Twitter and Mobile Devices in an Online Course to Promote Learning in Authentic Contexts (with Yu-Hui Ching), The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning (2012)
This research applied a mixed-method design to explore how best to promote learning in authentic...
Integrating Data Mining in Program Evaluation of K-12 Online Education (with Jui-long Hung and Kerry Rice), Journal of Educational Technology & Society (2012)
This study investigated an innovative approach of program evaluation through analyses of student learning logs,...
Empowering Educators with Google's Android App Inventor: An Online Workshop in Mobile App Design (with Kerry Rice and Lisa Dawley), British Journal of Educational Technology (2012)
In this report, the authors describe an introductory-level mobile app design workshop developed and offered...
Microblogging for Strengthening a Virtual Learning Community in an Online Course (with Yu-Hui Ching), Knowledge Management & E-Learning: An International Journal (2011)
This paper examines how a microblogging tool (i.e., Twitter) can be effectively used to strengthen...
Incorporating Peer Feedback for Learning in a Project-Based Online Learning Environment (with Yu-Hui Ching), Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (2011)
This paper reports findings of a case study on student participation and perception of peer...
Book Chapters
Web 2.0 Technologies as Cognitive Tools of the New Media Age (with Yu Hui Ching and Barbara Grabowski), Handbook of Research on New Media Literacy at the K-12 Level: Issues and Challenges (2009)
Web 2.0 affordances have changed the landscape of technology use for learning, knowledge construction, and...
Presentations
Mobile Social Learning 2.0 in an Online Course: What about Google+? (with Yu-Hui Ching), Association for Educational Communications and Technology Convention (2012)
Keywords: mobile learning, social learning, Google+, online course, sense of community
Introduction: Mobile devices such...
Facilitating Collaborative Knowledge Construction with Wikis: A Critical Review (with Yu-Hui Ching), Association for Educational Communications and Technology Convention (2012)
Introduction: Wikis, a type of Web 2.0 applications, have been widely adopted for helping learners...
Facilitating Mobile App Design Through a Virtual Learning Community, App Inventor Summit, MIT Center for Mobile Learning @ The Media Lab (2012)
I will share my experiences of how to facilitate mobile app design in an fully...
Toys and Mathematical Options for Retention in Engineering (Toys 'n MORE): STEM Students Introduced to One or More Intervention Strategies (with Janice M. Margle, Catherine L. Cohan, Jill L. Lane, Amy Freeman, Javier Gomez-Calderon, Dhushy Sathianathan, and Renata S. Engel), 119th ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition (2012)
This paper presents preliminary data resulting from the implementation of a project referred to as...
Webinar: Education in the Age of Mobility, Teacher Education Division and Graduate Student Assembly, Association of Educational Communications and Technology (2012)
Dr. Hsu presented his teaching and research on the use of the Google and Massachusetts...