Fan Xu, PhD
Fan Xu is a senior learning designer at the Center on Education and Training for Employment. Her work at the center focuses on designing and developing multimedia deliverables for Advancing Ohio's English Learners program and supporting center-wide learning design projects.
Fan earned her Ph.D. in Educational Studies, with a focus on Learning Technologies from The Ohio State University, under the supervision of Dr. Ana-Paula Correia. Prior to her doctoral studies, she earned an MSc. degree from The University of Hong Kong and a BSc. degree from Shanghai Normal University.
Fan is experienced in designing synchronous and asynchronous learning and training experiences with interactive technologies and data-driven assessment. While completing her master's study, she worked as a learning designer in Hong Kong, designing and developing educational solutions for diverse contexts and audiences, including higher education institutions, companies, and individual learners. She has also participated in research projects initiated by the Southern University of Science and Technology University and UNESCO-ICHEI, advancing educational technologies in developing countries in Asia and Africa.
Research Interests:
- Learning design
- Computational thinking
- Collaborative learning
- Learning analytics
Education
Ph.D. - Educational Studies
Department of Educational Studies, The Ohio State University
2019-2023
M.S. - Information Technology in Education
Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong
2017-2018
B.S - Educational technology
Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Science, Shanghai Normal University
2013-2017
Scholarships & Awards
Graduate Student Interdisciplinary Research
Initiative (GSIRI) Grant ($2550)The Ohio State University
The Ohio State University
2023
Donald G. Lux and Harriet H. Lux Scholarship in Technology Education
College of Education and Human Ecology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2022-2023
Graduate Research Assistantship (full-tuition scholarship)
College of Education and Human Ecology, The Ohio State University
2019-2022
Best Paper Award of CTE-STEM 2021
The 5th APSCE International Computational Thinking and STEM in Education Conference, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
2021 June
Susan Birchfield Scholarship Fund
College of Education and Human Ecology, The Ohio State University
2021-2022
Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum Honorable Mention
The 35th Annual Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Virtual Forum,
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
2020 April
Donald G. Lux and Harriet H. Lux Scholarship in Technology Education
College of Education and Human Ecology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2020-2021
Crystal award (2ed place)
Division of Distance Learning, The Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT).
2020 November
