Friday, August 20, 2021

This is your instructor!

Hi everyone! 

My name is Hajeen Choi and I am a doctoral student at Instructional Systems and Learning Technology. I am originally from Seoul, South Korea. I studied Educational Technology for my B.A and M.A at Ewha Womans University in Korea, and also studied MBA at Duke University. I worked for about 15 years at an AOL-like portal company, IT consulting firm, business management consulting firm, and an English education company before coming to FSU.

Currently, I am interested in students' motivation and engagement in online learning, networked learning, PLN, and social media in education. I've just defended my prospectus and started collecting data for my dissertation. 

On a personal note, I have two teenager boys, 13 and 18 years old. My older one is preparing for his college and my younger one is experiencing puberty now. During the summer, we traveled to Seoul, South Korea to see our family. Unfortunately, we could not go anywhere in Korea due to Covid19. Instead, we went to St. George Island after we came back to Tallahassee. I hope all of you had a wonderful summer break and are now ready for this fall semester. 

You must have teacher mindsets while taking this course. I look forward to working with you and seeing you in my virtual zoom office every Friday. Please stay safe! 

Hajeen