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 Prof. Yuliang Liu Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, USA |
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| Title: How to Challenge Students and Promote Their Critical Thinking in Higher Education? | |
| Abstract:
College students are an important but special population group due to the nature of their physiological and psychological development. However, for some reason, the topic of “How to Challenge Students and Promote Their Critical Thinking in Higher Education” has not been adequately studied in research or properly implemented in practice in China. This speech will (a) review recent research about students’ critical thinking development resulting from college teaching and (b) with the integration of the author’s 18 years of college teaching experiences in the United States, introduce practical college teaching strategies of how to challenge students and promote their critical thinking in both face-to-face and online learning environments. Implications for Chinese college teaching will also be discussed.
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| Biography:
Dr. Yuliang Liu obtained his Ph.D. in educational psychology at Texas A&M University at Commerce in 2000 and is a full professor in the graduate Instructional Technology program at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE). At SIUE, he teaches a variety of courses, including distance education, instructional systems design, instructional development, computers in education, managing technology resources for education, multimedia, performance technology, needs assessment and program evaluation, design studio, assessment and evaluation in student affairs, research methods in education, quantitative inquiry, educational psychology, as well as digital learning and communication for educators. His major research interests involve online learning, instructional design, technology integration across the curriculum, cross-cultural research, and research methodology. He was also one of the major chapter contributors of Educational Media and Technology Yearbook 2002 (Vol. 27). His primary consulting areas are: online course design and delivery, technology integration across the curriculum, research design, program evaluation, statistics, cross cultural research, study abroad, as well as international partnerships in higher education between USA and China. Dr. Liu has recently served as an external reviewer for the educational technology undergraduate and graduate programs and as an external examiner on the doctoral dissertation committees for the Educational Technology Department in University of Botswana in Botswana in Africa. Since 2002, he has served as the grant review panelist for U.S. Department of Education and National Science Foundation about 30 times. He is currently on a few scholarly journals’ editorial boards in his field.
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