Daonian Liu, Ph.D.

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I. Contact information:

Alvernia College
400 Saint Bernardine St.
Reading, PA 19607
Phone: 610.796.8398
daonian.liu@alvernia.edu

II. Education

1994 to 1996
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
Major: Instructional Technology
Doctor of Philosophy

1993
The University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Coursework in Early Childhood Special Education

1991 to 1993
Concordia College, Seward, NE
Major: Classroom Teaching
Master of Education

1985 to 1987
Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Major: English Literature and Linguistics
Master of Arts (Equivalent)

1977 to 1980
Suzhou University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Major: English
Bachelor of Arts

III. Positions

August 2003 - Present
Web Services Administrator, Alvernia College, Reading PA

June 1997 - June 2003
Educational technologist, the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City KS

Jan 1997 - June 1997
Information system administrator at Greyhound Lines, Inc., Omaha, NE

1994 to 1996
Instructor of instructional technology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Lincoln, NE

1988 to 1991
Database manager, Import & Export Commodities Inspection Bureau, Yancheng, China

1980 to 1988
Instructor of English at Yancheng Teachers College, Yancheng, Jiangsu, China

IV. Professional Activities in Educational Research and Educational Technology

i. Current Employment at Alvernia College

Administering the college website and WebCT course management system. Providing faculty and students with training, counseling, and support in the area of educational technology and educational research.

ii. Activities at the University of Kansas Medical Center

Designing and developing web-based instructional material and online research tools, advising faculty on use of educational technology, and providing direction in curriculum and instructional design.

Examples of projects:

- KUMC Online Testing System
- Fair Use Database system
- Interactive simulations
     e.g. http://classes.kumc.edu/general/IVPump/IVSimulation.html
- Online Surveys and Report systems
- Course Websites
    e.g.  http://classes.kumc.edu/son/nurs320/

iii. Membership

American Education Research Association (AERA) since 1996
Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)

iv. Editorial

Annual Reviewer of the proposals of Division C, Section 7 (Technology Research) for Annual International Conference of the American Educational Research Association since 1998

v. Research Projects

Qualitative research on distance education through a case study of a graduate chemistry course delivered on the Internet (1995-1996). This research was a continuation and extension of previous research on distance education

Dissertation
"Teaching Chemistry on the Internet". Available at <http://www.cci.unl.edu/CVs/Dissertations/liuDiss.html>.
This qualitative case study described how a graduate chemistry course was delivered on the Internet, summarized the issues reflected in the case, and discussed ways of future improvement of distance education

vi. Presentations

Paper: Designing Effective Web-Based Instructional Materials. 1998 WebNet International Conference. November 7-11, Orlando, FL

Course application: Personality Disorder Game. Developing Web-Based Courses Summer Institute. July 30-31,1998, KUMC, Kansas City, KS

Course application: Card Game. Nurse Practitioner Continuous Learning Workshop. January 8-9,1998, KUMC, Kansas City, KS

Paper: The tool-medium distinction: Its critical importance in instructional technology. Seventh International Conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE). March 13-16, 1996, Phoenix, AZ

V. Publications

Li, S. & Liu, D. (2005). The Online Top-Down Modeling Model. Quarterly Review of Distance Education. 6(4), 343-359

Walter, J. L., Liu, D., & Brooks, D. W. (1999). An Internet Based Course: Leadership Issues. The Journal of Science Education and Technology, 8(2), 151-154

Liu, D., Walter, J. L., & Brooks, D. W. (1998).
Delivering a chemistry course over the Internet. Journal of Chemical Education, 75(1), 123-125

Liu, D. (1998). Designing Effective Web-Based Instructional Materials. WebNet 98 conference proceedings. Charlottesville, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education

Liu, D., Brooks, D. W., & Walter, J. L. (1997). Teaching Chemistry on the Internet. In J. L. Morrison (Ed.), Technology Tools for Today's Campuses [CD-ROM]. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Corporation

Liu, D. & Fowler, D. (1996). The tool-medium distinction: Its critical importance in instructional technology. In B. Robin, J. D. Price, J. Willis, & D. A. Willis (eds.): Technology and Teacher Education Annual, 1996. Charlottesville, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (pp. 931-933). HTTP: http://www.coe.uh.edu/insite/elec_pub/html1996/18theory.htm#liu

Liu, D., Brooks, D. W., & Walter, J. L. (1996).
Teaching Chemistry on the Internet. HTTP: http://sunsite.unc.edu/horizon/mono/higher_ed/edited/Liu.html

VI. Participation in Conferences and Workshops (since 1996)

Instructor or coordinator, WebCT and other instructional technology workshops. Ongoing since August 2003

Participant, Northeast WebCT User Conference, March 30, 2006, Philadelphia, PA

Participant, Attended Mid-Atlantic EduCause Conference, January 10-12, 2006, Baltimore, MD

Participant, Cybertools symposium, "Teaching with Technology", August 3-4, 2005, Center Valley, PA

Participant, 7th Annual WebCT User Conference, July 18-22, 2005, San Francisco, CA

Participant, Cybertools symposium, "Teaching with Technology", August 4-5, 2004, Bethlehem, PA

Session chair, Examining the Role of Performance Support Systems in Learning and Design, 2005 Annual International Conference of the American Educational Research Association. April 11-15, 2005, Montreal, Canada

Participant, 6th Annual WebCT User Conference, July 11-15, 2004, Orlando, FL

Participant, Flash Attack Workshop, July 26, 2002, Kansas City, MO

Participant, Java Programming, June 5 - 9, 2000, Kansas City, KS

Paper presenter, 1998 WebNet International Conference. November 7-11, Orlando, FL, Orlando, FL

Participant, Training on Extending Informix Dynamic Server Using the Universal Data Option. September 21-25, 1998, KUMC, Kansas City, KS

Presenter, Developing Web-Based Courses Summer Institute. July 30-31,1998, KUMC, Kansas City, KS

Participant, ITEC (Information Technology Expositions & Conferences). October 27, 1998, Bartle Hall, Kansas City, MO

Presenter, Nurse Practitioner Continuous Learning Workshop. January 8-9,1998, KUMC, Kansas City, KS

Session chair, Demonstration: Technology Tools and On-Line Learning, 1998 Annual International Conference of the American Educational Research Association. April 13-17, 1997, San Diego, CA

Paper Presenter, Seventh International Conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE). March 13-16, 1996, Phoenix, Arizona

VII. Experience in Programming and Database Management System Design

Web application design and programming

Relational Database management system programming (SQL, Informix, Access)

JavaScript, Java, C++, C, VB, VBScript, ActiveX, ASP, JSP

VIII. Teaching Experience

Communication & Information Literacy (2004), Alvernia College, PA

Instructional Technology (1994-1996), University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE

English as a second language (1980-1988), Yancheng Teachers College, China

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