Kuo-En Chang


Kuo-En Chang is the president of Tunghai University and former president of National Taiwan Normal University.

Life

Born in 1958, Chang grew up in a fishing village of Keelung, Taiwan. After junior high school, he gave up "the chance to study at the Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University and chose to join the at National Taiwan Institute of Technology for professional training." After the national compulsory military service, Chang spent a year on professional practice. He not only worked on lathes but also utility poles. Afterwards, Chang resumed his studies in the Department of Electronic Engineering.
Chang then switched to the fields of computation in the at National Taiwan University, where he received an M.S. in 1986 and a Ph.D. in 1990. After graduation, Chang joined the NTNU, where he integrated computation with education and launched virtual learning, digital learning, and mobile learning. His endeavor in Elearning has also won him a patent in "The Software Structure for Interactive Learning on the Internet" in Taiwan.
At NTNU, Chang had been the director of Computer Center, the director of the, and the vice president. His excellence in academic research has won him numerous awards from
the National Science Council and the . He has been the principal of NTNU since 22 February 2010.

Education

Positions

  • Professor, Grad. Institute of Information and Computer Education, NTNU
  • President of NTNU
  • Vice President of NTNU
  • Director of the NTNU Library
  • Founder and Consultant, eLearning Quality Service Center
  • Consultant of Digital Learning at The Industrial Technology Research Institute
  • Assessment Committee, Program for Science and Technology for Learning in the Promotion of University Academic Excellence, National Central University
  • Convener of the first subproject, National Science & Technology Program for ELearning
  • Development Committee of Information Education for Elementary and Junior High Students, Taichung City Government
  • Consultant, Computer Softwarebased Skill Test and Certification, Bureau of Employment and Vocational Training
  • Director of Grad. Institute of Information and Computer Education, NTNU
  • Visiting Scholar at Bond University in Australia
  • Preparatory Committee of Department of Information Education at National Taitung University
  • Director of Computer Center, NTNU
  • Associate Professor, Dept. of Information and Computer Education, NTNU
  • Lecturer, Dept. of Information and Computer Education, NTNU
  • Lecturer, Dept. of Electronic Engineering, HsinPu Private Junior College of Industry
  • Reviewing Committee, Department of Science Education at National Science Council