Assistant Professor of Instructional Technology
Phone: 903.566.7175
Email: WSung@uttyler.edu
Building: BEP 243
Department: Education
Woonhee Sung
Degrees
- Ed.D. in Instructional Technology and Media, Teachers College, Columbia University
- M.S. in Applied Statistics, Teachers College, Columbia University
- M.A. in Learning Technologies, University of Texas at Austin
- B.A. in Educational Technology and English Education, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea
Biography
Professional and Research Interests:
Design, development, and implementation of K-12 STEM learning environments focused
on fostering computational thinking, engineering design, and robotics design process
through programming and robotics tools among under-served student populations.
Current Research Includes:
- Invent new approaches to K-6 STEM learning with technologies (programming tools, robotics)
- Develop problem-based learning environment across STEM curricula integrating new technologies such as programming applications, robotics, and physical/virtual manipulatives
- Integrate math and science concepts with programming and engineering design processes to promote students' understandings of STEM concepts and computational thinking
- Design innovative research methods to understand the impact of technology-integrated STEM learning environment in under-resourced schools
- Explore and expand the online and blended learning to foster students' social and cognitive presence and to guide the design, delivery, and support of online learning in K-12 and higher education
Courses Teaching at UT Tyler:
- EDUC 4321: Integrating Technology into the Classroom
- EDUC 5332: Instructional Design for Effective Learning Environment
- EDCI 5334: Learning Technologies and disabilities
- EDUC 5301: Research Methods for the Behavioral Sciences