Shu-Hui H.(Susan) Chang
Senior Lecturer, Director of Distance Education

Office: B18 Atanasoff Phone: 515-294-3378 Email: shchang@iastate.edu Homepage: http://www.cs.iastate.edu/~shchang

Current Affiliations

• Director and Senior Lecturer of Distance Education, Department of Computer Science, Iowa State University
• Member, Iowa Distance Education Council, Iowa State University
• Member, Distance Learning Strategy Planning Steering Committee, Iowa State University
• Member, Epsilon Pi Tau International Honor Society, National Association Industrial Technology
• Member, IEEE
• Reviewer, Blackboard Greenhouse Exemplary Course Program.
• Reviewer, International Journal of Modern Engineering
• Reviewer, IEEE Transaction on Education Journal.

Research Interests

Management Information Systems
Computer Programming
Network and E-Commerce
Network Security
Distance Learning
Computer Technologies in Education
Educational Leadership and Supervision
Curriculum and Instructional Design, Evaluation and Assessment in both Traditional and Distance Education Classroom Settings

Education

Ph.D.   Agriculture and Biosystems Engineering, Industrial Technology, Iowa State University   2006

Honors and Awards

* Google Public Policy Team, Public School Media: Building a new model for public/private partnerships using digital media and learning in public education (K-12). STEM education, Dr. Andrew Miner (PI), submitted as a CO-PI.  2009

* The Master Teacher Award: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, ISU.  2009

* College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Excellence in Undergraduate Introductory Teaching Award,  2008

* International and National Award: Blackboard Greenhouse Exemplary Course Program Award,  2008

* NSF Graduate Teaching Fellow in K-12 Education Proposal, $ 2,839,725,submitted.  2008

* International and National Award: Blackboard Exemplary Course Program Best Practice Award in Course Research and Design, and the Movement to An Entirely Online Format of COMS 103 While Preserving 94% High Student Satisfaction Rate and Success,  2007

* Blackboard/WebCT Senior Certified Trainer,  2007

* Mentor in Blackboard/WebCT Certified Trainer Community,  2005

* Principal Investigator: Iowa State University, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Instructional Technology Grant: $8,949,  2005

* Blackboard/WebCT Senior Certified Trainer,  2004

* Principal Investigator: Cargill Incorporated Grant : $20,000,  2004

* Postsecondary (College) Teacher License, State of Iowa Board of Educational Examiners Licenses,  2000

Representative Publications

Refereed Journal and Conference Publications

Shu-Hui Chang. Empowering a Support System to Implement Distance Education. Blackboard China 2008 Users Conference., Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, November, 2008.

Shu-Hui Chang. The Key to Establish a Successful Distance Education System. Ministry of Education in Taiwan., Taipei, Taiwan, R. O. C., November, 2008.

Shu-Hui H. Chang and Roger A. Smith. Effectiveness of Interaction in a Learner-Centered Paradigm Distqance Education Class Based on Student Satisfaction. Journal of Research on Technology in Education. (A Top-Tier Journal: The Journal's Acceptance Rate is 16%.). Vol. 40. No. 4. pp. 407-426, 2008.

Shu-Hui H. Chang. An Exemaplary Course with Impeccably High Student Satisfaction Rate. Blackboard China 2008 Users Conference, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, 2008.

Shu-Hui H. Chang. Blackboard Greenhouse Exemplary Course Program Award Presentation. Blackboard World 2008 Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2008.

Shu-Hui H. Chang. The Innovative Teaching and Learning Model in the 21st Century. National Central University, Chung-Li, Taiwan, R.O.C, 2008.

Shu-Hui H. Chang, Roger A. Smith and Carl K. Chang. Evaluation of Students’ Course Satisfaction Among Three Class Settings – Traditional, Partially Online, and Entirely Online. Educational Technology Research and Development, Submitted, 2007.

Shu-Hui H. Chang and Roger A. Smith. Can 10,000 students be wrong?. National Association of Industrial Technology Conference. Panama City Beach, Florida, 2007.

Shu-Hui H. Chang and Roger A. Smith. Challenge: Interacting Effectively with 1,000 Students in the Learner-Centered Paradigm. Black Board World 2007 Users Conference. Boston, Massachusetts, 2007.

Shu-Hui H. Chang and Roger A. Smith. Ten Year Research Report on Converting a Computer Science Course to Distance Education. Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education Conference. Vancouver, Canada, 2007.

Shu-Hui H. Chang and Roger A. Smith. Effective Interaction with 1,000 students within WebCT. 6th Annual WebCT Texas Users Conference. College Station, Texas, 2006.

Books

Shu-Hui H. Chang. An Assessment of Effectiveness of Interaction in Distance Education Based on Student Satisfaction with the Learner-Centered Paradigm. Ph. D. Dissertation.
Shu-Hui H. Chang. The WebCT Content Module Manual. Campus Edition 4.1 Practice and Pedagogy Guide. Handbook.