Yu-Ju Lin

Yu-Ju (Sharon) Lin has over 10 years of experience as an instructional designer working in corporate and higher education to provide positive and engaging learning experience. After completing her Ph.D. in the Program of Learning, Design, and Technology at the University of Georgia in 2015, she worked as the instructional designer in Georgia State University for 3 years to design and develop online and hybrid courses in the Civic Educator and Health Educator Programs. In the past few years, she worked in multiple grants such as Investment in Innovation (i3) Grant in the Department of Education (DOE), Courseware Challenge Grant for Competency-based Education in Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) Grant for Adaptive Learning. Her research agenda includes the effective use and design of open educational resource, self-regulation and self-regulated learning, and use of emerging technology in formal and informal learning environment. Her curiosity about an unknown world that technology brings to us leads her to a journey of research and innovation. Her scholarly work includes presentations in national and regional conferences (e.g., AECT and AERA) and multiple academic publications.