About
PhD Candidate | Instructional Designer | Data Scientist | Web Developer
Javier Leung is a Ph.D. Candidate in Information Science and Learning Technologies with an emphasis on Data Science and Analytics at the University of Missouri. He is also a seasoned Instructional Designer, E-Learning Developer, and Front-End Developer in higher education and talent development. In his current role, Mr. Leung is responsible for measuring the impact of learning environments for around 38,000 Missouri, Nebraska, and Kansas educators across 500+ online self-paced materials to establish resource usage, user navigation, and search engine patterns. His three-article dissertation investigates practical knowledge and shared practices from online communities of practice in instructional design and technology.
Research Interests: Data-informed design and evaluation of online and hybrid learning settings using data mining and learning analytics techniques for improving interfaces and understanding knowledge structures, navigation patterns, and user behavior.
Three-Article Dissertation Title: An Exploration of Online Information Spaces that Support Instructional Design and Teacher Professional Development
1. Leung, J. (2022). An NLP approach for extracting practical knowledge from a CMS-Based community of practice in e-learning. Knowledge, 2(2), 310-336. https://doi.org/10.3390/knowledge2020018
2. Leung, J. (2022). Examining the characteristics of practical knowledge from four public facebook communities of practice in instructional design and technology. IEEE Access, 10, 90669-90689. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2022.3201893
3. Leung, J. (2021). Design features of online teacher professional development: A design case for re-developing the EdHub Library to improve usability and alignment of content with teacher standards. International Journal of Designs for Learning, 12(2), 79-92. https://doi.org/10.14434/ijdl.v12i2.29578
Program of Study
Chair: Dr. Jenny Bossaller, Advisor, School of Information Science and Learning Technologies
Member: Dr. Denice Adkins, School of Information Science and Learning Technologies
Member: Dr. Isa Jahnke, School of Information Science and Learning Technologies
Outside Member: Dr. Grant Scott, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research & Writing (12)
My scholarship interests are in the field of educational data mining, learning technologies, e-learning interventions. I am particularly interested in analyzing systems data and learner-generated data to produce insights, patterns, and predictions from structured and non-structured data.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles (7)
Sankaranarayanan, R., Leung, J., Abramenka-Lachheb, V., Zhou, G., & Lachheb, A. (2022). Microlearning in diverse contexts: A bibliometric analysis. TechTrends. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-022-00794-x
Leung, J. (2022). Examining the characteristics of practical knowledge from four public facebook communities of practice in instructional design and technology. IEEE Access, 10, 90669-90689. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2022.3201893
Leung, J. (2022). An NLP approach for extracting practical knowledge from a CMS-Based community of practice in e-learning. Knowledge, 2(2), 310-336. https://doi.org/10.3390/knowledge2020018
Abramenka-Lachheb, V., Lachheb, A., Leung, J., Sankaranarayanan, R., & Seo, G. Z. (2021). Instructional designers' use of informal learning: How can we all support each other in times of crisis? The Journal of Applied Instructional Design, 10(3). https://dx.doi.org/10.51869/103/valaljlrsgs
Leung, J. (2021). Design features of online teacher professional development: A design case for re-developing the EdHub Library to improve usability and alignment of content with teacher standards. International Journal of Designs for Learning, 12(2), 79-92. https://doi.org/10.14434/ijdl.v12i2.29578
Leung, J. (2018). Discovering utilization patterns in an online K-12 teacher professional development platform: Clustering and data visualization methods. Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 19(3), 17-37. https://www.infoagepub.com/products/Quarterly-Review-of-Distance-Education-19-3
Leung, J. (2019). The EdHub Library: A microlearning design approach for teacher professional development. C2C Digital Magazine, 1(10), 3. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.21130293.v1
Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters (1)
Leung, J., Lachheb, A., Abramenka-Lachheb, V., & Seo, G.Z. (2021). Managing instructional design projects in higher education. In J. E. Stefaniak, S. Conklin, B. Oyarzun, & R. M. Reese (Eds.), A practitioner's guide to instructional design in higher education. EdTech Books. https://edtechbooks.org/id_highered/managing_instruction
Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings (4)
Leung, J. (2021). Evaluating teacher access to online professional development: Establishing access patterns from user and server analytics. 44th Annual AECT Proceedings of Selected Papers on Practice of Educational Communications and Technology, 2(1), 432-442. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.21130245.v1
Leung, J. (2021). Exploring the characteristics of instructional design professional knowledge from a Facebook community of practice (CoP). 44th Annual AECT Proceedings of Selected Research and Development Papers, 1(1), 120-130. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.21130267.v1
Leung, J. (2021). Visualizing Google and YouTube search trends for COVID-19, instructional design, and remote learning. 44th Annual AECT Proceedings of Selected Research and Development Papers, 1(1), 131-142. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.21130273.v1
Leung, J. (2018). Discovering utilization patterns in an online K-12 teacher professional development platform: Clustering and data visualization methods. 41st Annual AECT Proceedings of Selected Research and Development Papers, 1(1), 3-12. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.21130275.v1
Professional Participation
National and International Presentations (24)
Local Presentations (9)
Grants
Preparing School Administrators For Classroom Observations in Diverse Classrooms Through Immersive and Virtual Reality Technologies. Division of Inclusion, Diversity & Equity University of Missouri. December 2018. (not funded)
Professional Service
Reviewer
I review online courses (in Spanish and English) as a Master Reviewer and Peer Reviewer for Quality Matters (QM). I volunteer as a manuscript reviewer for the Association for Educational Technology (AECT) the International Journal of Designs for Learning (IJDL), and the Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) Journals.
Member
I am a member of the Online Learning Consortium (OLC), American Talent Development (ATD), and Multimedia Education Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT).
Teaching & Learning
Teaching Statement
In Fall 2015, I taught ISLT-4360/7360 Introduction to Web Development, which was migrated from Sakai to Canvas LMS. At the end of the course, students are able to create a website using HTML, CSS, and web development tools while taking in consideration accessibility standards and target audience reviews. My role as Instructional Designer has shaped my college teaching and faculty development workshops. Both students and faculty will undergo educational experiences that are tailored to their needs and goals. Two areas of my teaching include training of learning technologies and application of pedagogy to online and blended environments. I believe learners are appreciative of their learning when they have opportunities for practice and receive feedback.
Lessons from Instructional Design Practice
Here are a few reflection points from my ID profession in developing learning experiences and facilitating faculty professional development workshops.
Systems Design & Development
In my current role as an Instructional Designer, I maintain online professional development for K-12 educators called the EdHub Library, which is part of the Network of Educator Effectiveness at the University of Missouri. The EdHub Library hosts over 500 learning activities for K-12 teacher and principal professional growth. The estimated online traffic is around 38,000 users across the state of Missouri. I also develop yearly web-based trainings for principal classroom observation calibration.
At the University of Missouri, I supported the migration and redesign of online courses on Canvas LMS for the School of Information Science and Learning Technologies. These include ISLT-9471 Instructional Systems and ISLT-4361/7361 Introduction to Digital Media.
As of 2021, the search trends for COVID-19, Remote Learning, and Instructional project explores the popularity indices of search terms (Instructional Design and COVID-19) globally and in the US before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. By extracting three attributes (interest over time, interest by region, and related queries), the interactive visualizations in Tableau enable users to explore the trending patterns of multiple terms. This project serves as an archive of popularity indices to highlight the pivotal role of Instructional Design and Technology.
e-Learning Portfolios
Below are two portfolios related to my current work with the EdHub Library and past projects from higher education and talent development organizations.
Web Conferencing & LMS
External access to administrative tools.
