About me
Dr. Ken-Zen Chen is an Associate Professor in the Institute of Education at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University in Taiwan starting September, 2015. Prior to joining NYCU, Dr. Chen was an instructional Design Consultant/Research & Retention Analyst at eCampus Center, Boise State University, Idaho, U.S.A. Dr. Chen specialized in retention research & provided instructional design consultation to support the design & delivery of online courses & programs at Boise State. In line with the state government’s mission of Complete College Idaho 2020, he assisted with learning analytics to improve online student success as well as to provide faculty support with research collaborations for online scholarship of teaching & learning.
Dr. Chen completed his Ph.D. in math, science & technology education in 2012, & M.S. in applied statistics in 2010 from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign(UIUC); he also received a M.A in curriculum & instruction & a B.Ed. from National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU). With his experience in instructional design tools, Dr. Chen was formerly employed as a technical consultant at College of Education Online at UIUC & a network administrator at Department of Education, NTNU, in which he offered technical consulting, designed/created online environments, & managed online learning communities. Dr. Chen has broad research interests & backgrounds in the areas of educational technology, learning sciences, big-data analytics in education, & curriculum & instruction. Starting 2016, Dr. Chen collaborates with Dr. Barbara Oakley to transform her famous “Learning How To Learn” MOOC to be a series of culturally responsive MOOCs for Chinese-speaking learners and won a great success. Currently, the “landing” LHTL is on boarding in five MOOC platforms and one Podcast platform. Dr. Chen uses these MOOCs as research sites to generate a sustainable model for MOOC development. In addition, Dr. Chen works with College of Science faculty to develop and study a fully-online and self-directed learning undergraduate program.
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