1. TRAINING/WORKSHOP/PROFESSIONALDEVELOPMENT
A. Cross-cultural and International Education
Comparative Education by Dr. Bruce Collet, Bowling Green State University for Four Months, Fall 2014, Major
Topics: Analytical frameworks to identify theories and underlying assumptions in comparative
education inquiry; School-society relationships across nations; Conceptual tools or theoretical
approaches in comparative research perspective
Social and Cultural Foundation of Education by Dr. Christopher Frey, Bowling Green State University for
Four Months, Fall 2014, Major Topics: Conceptual frameworks from multidisciplinary (history,
anthropology, sociology, and philosophy) approaches of education; Application of conceptual
frameworks to understand phenomena related to the socio-cultural impacts on learning and
schooling; Educational inequality, reform, and improvement
Cross-Cultural Human Development and Learning Theories by Dr. Hyeyoung Bang, Bowling Green State
University for Four Months, Spring 2015, Major Topics: Methodology in cross-cultural human
development; Study theories of human development and learning from cross-cultural and multi-
disciplinary approaches; Theories of socio-emotional, cognitive, and moral development
International Education Policy by Dr. Christopher Frey, Bowling Green State University for Four Months, Spring
2015, Major Topics: Exchange, debts, and transnational education policies; History and politics of
global education policy; Neoliberalism and policy; Policyscape; “Hard” and “Soft” policy
instruments; Transnational education aid
B. Research Methodology
Research in Education by Dr. Mark A. Earley, Bowling Green State University for Four Months, Fall 2014,
Major Topics: Purposes, language, and process of research in education; Introduction to diverse
methodologies, populations, and diverse fields within education that make up the educational
research community; Introduction to qualitative and quantitative methods for the inquiry of
international education
Statistics in Education by Dr. Stacey Rychener, Bowling Green State University for Four Months, Spring 2015,
Major Topics: Concepts behind the statistics and interpretation of results; z Score, hypothesis
testing, t-test, ANOVA, Chi square test, correlation and regression
Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Completed online RCR training course and participated in
an in-person RCR training workshop during the Graduate Student Orientation in August 2014
C. Educational Technology
Principles of Multimedia and Courseware Design by Dr. Fei Gao, Bowling Green State University for Four
Months, Fall 2015, Major Topics: Cognitive theory of multimedia learning; Classification of e-learning
lessons (Inform, Perform Procedure, Perform Principle) and the architecture (receptive, directive, or
guided discovery) of lessons; Principles of multimedia, contiguity, modality, redundancy, coherence,
and personalization; Management of humans’ limited cognitive resources during learning; Influence
of e-learning design decisions on the basic cognitive learning process
Digital Game Based Learning by Dr. Fei Gao, Bowling Green State University for Four Months, Spring 2016,
Major Topics: Use of instructional digital game-based learning as an instructional design strategy;
Use of game theory and principles applied to training and learning problems; Game theory and
genres; Visual problem solving; Instructional, communication, and assessment strategies to support,
motivate, and monitor learning; Integration of learning games into the curriculum