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Associate Program Director, Student-Centered Pathway to Advance Research and Cancer Careers (SPARCC)
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Associate Program Director, Student-Centered Pathway to Advance Research and Cancer Careers (SPARCC)
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Weichao "Vera" Chen is listed as Associate Program Director, Student-Centered Pathway to Advance Research and Cancer Careers (SPARCC) at Medical College of Wisconsin, based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Weichao "Vera" Chen.
Weichao "Vera" Chen previously worked as Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Medical College Of Wisconsin and Assistant Director, Technology-Enhanced Surgical Education and Distance Education at American College Of Surgeons. Weichao "Vera" Chen holds Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Information Science And Learning Technologies from University Of Missouri-Columbia.
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Professional interests: technology-enhanced learning, medical and health professions education, faculty development, program evaluation, learning assessment, feedback, Computer-assisted language learning (CALL), Design-based research, collaborative knowledge construction, concept maps, weblogs, usability, learning analytics. -Research Experiences: Since 2004, Dr. Chen has led and participated in studies introducing educational innovations to enhance the learning experience of diverse learners. Her work to date has resulted in over 35 journal publications and 45 conference presentations and workshops and book chapters, and she first/senior authored over half of her journal publications. She has collaborated with faculty in intramural and extramural grant applications and successfully obtained over $160,000 in funding to support the development and research of educational innovations.-University Teaching and Faculty Development: Since Aug 2012, Dr. Chen has developed and taught professional development workshops and programs and provided individual consultations to faculty on areas including teaching and educational research. Dr. Chen has had experience teaching both online and face-to-face post-secondary courses, including serving as one of the four course leaders to develop and administer a pilot program “Medical Education: Learning Community Teaching Elective” at University of Virginia (2017-2020) to guide 140 senior medical students towards becoming successful medical educators.-Program Evaluation: Dr. Chen has over 15 years of experience evaluating curricula, professional development programs, and/or technology platforms, including planning evaluations, collecting and analyzing data, composing reports, and presenting findings. She has led publications on educational program evaluation and usability evaluation. She is particularly interested in introducing to faculty Educational Design Research/Design-based Research methodology in order to guide their incorporation of program evaluation activities into the iterative development and improvement of educational innovations.-Professional Services: Dr. Chen has been invited and reviewed over 100 submissions to international and national conferences and journals and book chapters. Most recently, Dr. Chen has served as the sub-conference executive/co-chair for the International Conference on Computers in Education and Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education.
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Medical College Of Wisconsin
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Assistant Professor, Department Of Obstetrics And Gynecology
Assistant Director, Technology-Enhanced Surgical Education And Distance Education
-Lead the search for a College-wide educational technology solution. Establish the strategic initiative, conduct needs assessment, and lead the Request for Information and the Request for Proposal processes to systematically evaluate vendor candidates.-Establish the College’s LMS steering committee and lead/facilitate monthly committee meetings.-Lead the data analytics of the College's online continuing professional development programs hosted in the LMS-Oversee the development and delivery of a spectrum of online continuing medical education programs offered by the Division of Education and other divisions. Develop and implement a ticketing system to coordinates the work of staff members, track and communicate project progress, and enhance workflow efficiency.-Manage the College’s current Learning Management System (LMS). Oversee LMS technical support and staff training by working closely with IT and the vendor.-Manage the LMS vendor and audience response system vendor relationships.-Oversee the virtual content capturing and streaming and audience response system implementation during the Clinical Congress and other educational conferences and live events hosted by Division of Education.-Serve as the sole liaison between the Division of Education and the Information Technology and Integrated Communications Divisions.-Explore opportunities to use emerging technologies to enhance teaching and learning.-Fiscal and supervisory management.
Assistant Professor, Assistant Director Of Evaluation And Assessment Innovation
-Worked closely with deans, directors, faculty, and staff in developing and implementing learning assessment processes.-Provided faculty development on implementation and use of new assessment tools.-Collaborated in the generation of reports for ongoing curricular processes, program evaluation and improvement, and compliance.-Collaborated in educational research and writing of academic papers and grant application. Provided consultation on research and educational intervention design, instrument development, IRB, research methods, and research implementation.
Dec 2020 - Aug 2022
Instructional Designer
I served as a faculty developer, instructional design and technology expert, educational researcher, and program evaluation expert. -Collaborated with faculty to create engaging classroom instruction, improve instructional strategies, and effectively integrate instructional technologies.-Assisted in evaluating the curriculum.-Collaborated on educational research, grant application, and dissemination of findings. Provided consultation on conceptual frameworks, research design and methods, ethical treatment of participants, and research implementation.-Delivered faculty development workshops on course design principles, learning theory, and research articles critiques. -Co-Instructor/supervisor, “Medical Education: Learning Community Teaching Elective,” a pilot program offered since July 2017 to prepare 140 senior medical students towards becoming effective medical educators.
Dec 2014 - Dec 2020
Educational Technology Integrationist, Center For Teaching And Learning
-Taught workshops on course design, the use of digital technologies in teaching, research and professional work, and instructional strategies and principles. From 2012 to 2014, average of 135 ratings by participants of workshop content and usefulness are 4.33 and 4.30 (1-5, 5 is the best)-Co-instructor, “Don't Panic I: Foundations of Course Design,” the first massively open online course offered by the University of South Dakota.-Assisted faculty in principles of course design and active learning strategies and assisted faculty and staff to use technologies in their teaching and work-Organized campus-wide workshops and events with other departments on campus to present issues related to teaching and learning.-Co-supervised and coordinated the work of eight student employees.-Assisted the director to assess the center’s faculty development programs.-Collaborated in research related to faculty development and educational program evaluation.
Aug 2012 - Jan 2015
Mentor, Digital Media Zone
-Co-taught for three semesters a completely online course, IS< 4360 & 7360: Introduction to Web Development. -Provided students who have taken any online courses offered by the Digital Media Zone assistance through phone calls, face-to-face and online means.
Aug 2011 - Jul 2012
Research Assistant, Information Experience Lab
Led and participated in client projects evaluating the usability of websites and platforms for universities, healthcare systems, and companies.
Aug 2009 - Aug 2011
Research Assistant
-Collaborated in usability evaluation of online boating safety courses and researched their information organization and presentation, funded by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators
Aug 2008 - Aug 2009
Program Assistant
California State University International Programs - China Program
-Helped American students deal with life and academic issues while studying in China-Assisted program director in office management as well as office communication.-Tutored American students in Chinese
Aug 2007 - Jun 2008
Graduate Research Assistant
Department Of Educational Technology, Peking University
• Participated in projects researching the educational integration of technology, funded respectively by Ministry of Education of China, Beijing Municipal Commission of Education, World Bank, and Intel and Yahoo! companies. Responsibilities: Led and participated in literature review, coordination of work among other research assistants, study design, data analysis, and composition of publications/reports.
Dec 2004 - Jun 2008
Beijing Language Training Coordinator
2006 Complex Systems International Summer School Hosted By Santa Fe Institute
-Assisted Santa Fe Institute to identify a top vendor to provide an intensive one-week English language immersion course for Chinese students participating in 2006 Complex Systems International summer school held at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.-Identified and contacted top language training vendors in China and assisted the Santa Fe Institute during the Request for Proposal process.
Mar 2006 - Apr 2006
Field Research Surveyor
Cvsc-Tns Research Co., Ltd.,
Conducted 30 one-hour in-home interviews with families in Xiamen city who were randomly selected. Participants were surveyed about their opinions of television programs.
Jul 2002 - Aug 2002
6 education records
Weichao "Vera" Chen education
Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Information Science And Learning Technologies
University Of Missouri-Columbia
Master Of Education (Med), Educational/Instructional Technology
Peking University
Course Name: Language, Culture And Thought
Stanford University’S Program In Beijing
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The Santa Fe Institute'S Complex Systems Summer School
Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Educational/Instructional Technology
Beijing Normal University
Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), English
Beijing Normal University
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Weichao "Vera" Chen works for Medical College of Wisconsin.
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Weichao "Vera" Chen is listed as Associate Program Director, Student-Centered Pathway to Advance Research and Cancer Careers (SPARCC) at Medical College of Wisconsin.
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Weichao "Vera" Chen is based in Chicago, Illinois, United States while working with Medical College of Wisconsin.
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Weichao "Vera" Chen has worked for Medical College Of Wisconsin, American College Of Surgeons, Baylor College Of Medicine, University Of Virginia School Of Medicine, and The University Of South Dakota.
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Weichao "Vera" Chen holds Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Information Science And Learning Technologies from University Of Missouri-Columbia.
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