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Education

  1. Ph.D, Network Learning Technology, National Central University, Taiwan

  2. MA, TEFL Program, Tunghai University, Taiwan

  3. BA, English Literature, Tamkang University, Taiwan

Teaching experiences

  1. 2023 –           Assistant Professor - Graduate Institute of Technology and Adolescent English, National Changhua University of Education  國立彰化師範大學科技與兒少英語研究所 (GITAE_NCUE)

  2. 2020 – 2023  Assistant Professor - Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, Asia University

  3. 2018 – 2020  Lecturer - Language Center, National Tsing Hua University

Academic services

  1. 2023/08 – 2025/07   IEEE TCLT Vice Chair - EDI (Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion) & Event 

  2. 2023/01 – 2025/12   Associate Editor - Educational Technology & Society (ET&S) (SSCI)

  3. 2022/03 – Present    Executive Editor - International Journal of Distance Education Technologies (IJDET) (ESCI)

  4. 2022/01 – 2024/01   Editorial Board member - Educational Technology & Society (ET&S) (SSCI)

  5. 2021/01 – 2022/07   Assistant Editor - Taiwan International ESP Journal (Scopus

  6. 2020/07 – 2022/06   Associate Editor - IEEE Bulletin of the Technical Committee on Learning Technology (ESCI)

  7. 2016/07 – Present    Associate Production Editor - English as a Foreign Language International Journal

  8. 2017/07 – 2018/01   Visiting Scholar - Department of Linguistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA

  9. 2016/12 – 2022/03   Managing Editor - International Journal of Distance Education Technologies (IJDET) (ESCI)

Research Fields & Interests

  1. Technology-enhanced language learning (AI, robot, VR, digital games, digital storytelling, metaverse, intercultural telecollaboration)

  2. Innovative instruction (flipped learning, multimodal design, PBL)

  3. Affective factors (emotion, grit, demotivation, willingness to communicate, enjoyment, virtual presence)

National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Grant

  1. 2022/8-2023/7 適性化情緒感知AI英文導覽學習系統對專業英語學習、情緒經驗、虛擬存在感、與學習歷程之影響The effects of adaptive and emotion-aware AI learning on ESP, emotions, virtual presence, and learning behavior among EFL learners (111-2410-H-018 -054 -)

  2. 2021/5-2022/4  基於體驗學習之互動式翻轉學習模式對專業英語、情緒經驗、與學習歷程之影響:同儕互評模式 vs. 同儕協作模式 The effects of experience-based interactive flipped learning on ESP, emotions, and learning behavior among EFL learners: Peer review-based mode vs. peer collaboration-oriented mode (110-2511-H-468-001-)

NSTC Research Grant for University Students 大專學生研究計畫

  1. 2022/8-2023/7 運用同儕師徒制合作學習提升學生英語口語能力 (112-2813-C-018-016-H)

Ministry of Education (MOE) Overseas Internships 學海築夢計畫

  1. 2022/8-2022/10 多人角色扮演英文線上學習系統建置實習計畫 Overseas Internship program of MEGA World (Multiplayer Educational Game for All) development at Athabasca University, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada​ (Inexecutable due to affiliation change)

Ministry of Education (MOE) Teaching Practice Research Program

教學實踐研究計畫

  1. 2023/8-2024/7 基於體驗學習理論之科技輔助同儕協作學習對英語學習成效、情緒經驗、學習觀感之影響 The effects of experiential-based technology-assisted peer collaboration on English learning outcomes, emotional experience, and learning perceptions (PED1123576) (Inexecutable due to affiliation change)

Academia and Industry Collaboration 產學合作計畫​

  1. 2022/8-2024/1 ESL Program with Ruicheng Elementary School (Dali Dist., Taichung City, Taiwan)

  2. 2020/9-2021/6 ESL Program with Ji-Feng Elementary School (Wufeng Dist., Taichung City, Taiwan)

Journal Articles (15 SSCI-indexed, 1 SCI-indexed)

  1. Chen, H. J. (2024). Multimodal digital storytelling presentations in EFL contexts: Learning outcomes, positive/negative affects, and perception between high-/low-achieving learners. Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 18(2), 181-196. https://doi.org/10.1080/17501229.2023.2255977 (SSCI)

  2. Chen, H. J. (2023/8, accepted). Gather in the metaverse: Learning outcomes, virtual presence, and perceptions of high- and low-achieving pre-service teachers of English as a Foreign Language. Education and Information Technologieshttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-023-12135-3 (SSCI)

  3. Chen Hsieh, J., & Lee, J. S. (2023). Digital storytelling outcomes, emotions, grit, and perceptions among EFL middle school learners: Robot-assisted versus PowerPoint-assisted presentations. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 36(5-6), 1088-1115. https://doi.org/10.1080/09588221.2021.1969410 (SSCI)

  4. Wu, W. C., Chen Hsieh, J., & Yang, J. C. (2023). Effects of flipped reading-writing constructivist instruction on EFL learners’ writing performance and intercultural sensitivity. Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 32, 123-139. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40299-021-00639-w (SSCI)

  5. Wu, W. C., Lin, I. T., & Chen Hsieh, J.* (2023). Ubiquitous English idiom learning through mobile applications: Learning outcomes, motivation, anxiety, and behavioral patterns. Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 32, 665-684. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40299-022-00685-y (SSCI)

  6. Chen Hsieh, J. (2022/5). Multimodal digital storytelling presentations among middle-school learners of English as a Foreign Language: Emotions, grit, and perceptions. RELC Journal. https://doi.org/10.1177/00336882221102233 (SSCI)

  7. Lee, J. S., Lee, K., & Chen Hsieh, J. (2022). Understanding willingness to communicate in L2 between Korean and Taiwanese students. Language Teaching Research, 26(3), 455-476.  https://doi.org/10.1177/1362168819890825 (SSCI)

  8. Chen Hsieh, J. (2021). Digital storytelling outcomes and emotional experience among middle school EFL learners: Robot-assisted versus PowerPoint-assisted mode. TESOL Quarterly, 55(3), 994-1010. https://doi.org/10.1002/tesq.3043 (SSCI)

  9. Yang, C. M., Chen Hsieh, J., Chen, Y. C., Yang, S. Y., & Lin, H. C. (2020). Effects of Kinect exergames on balance training among community older adults: A randomized controlled trial. Medicine, 99(28), e21228. https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000021228 (SCI)

  10. Ou Yang, F. C., Lo, F. Y., Chen Hsieh, J., & Wu, W. C. (2020). Facilitating communicative ability of EFL learners via high-immersion virtual reality. Educational Technology & Society, 23(1), 30-49. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26915405 (SSCI)

  11. Wu, W. C. V., Yang, J. C., Chen Hsieh, J., & Yamamoto, T. (2020). Free from demotivation in EFL writing: The use of online flipped writing instruction. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 33(4), 353-387. https://doi.org/10.1080/09588221.2019.1567556 (SSCI)

  12. Lee, J. S., & Chen Hsieh, J.* (2019). Affective variables and willingness to communicate of EFL learners in in-class, out-of-class, and digital contexts. System, 82, 63-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2019.03.002 (SSCI)

  13. Lee, J. S., & Chen Hsieh, J.* (2018). University students’ perceptions of English as an International Language (EIL) in Taiwan and South Korea. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 39, 789-802. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2018.1438448 (SSCI)

  14. Chen Hsieh, J., Huang, Y. M., & Wu, W. C. (2017). Technological acceptance of LINE in flipped EFL oral training. Computers in Human Behavior, 70, 178-190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.12.066 (SSCI)

  15. Wu, W. C., Chen Hsieh, J., & Yang, J. C. (2017). Creating an online learning community in a flipped classroom to enhance EFL learners' oral proficiency. Educational Technology & Society, 20(2), 142-157. https://www.jstor.org/stable/90002170 (SSCI)    

  16. Chen Hsieh, J., Wu, W. C., & Marek, M. (2017). Using the flipped classroom to enhance EFL learning. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 30(1-2), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/09588221.2015.1111910 (SSCI

Book Chapters

  1. Chen Hsieh, J., Marek, M., & Wu, W. C. (2022). Enhancing the Quality of Out-of-Class Learning in Flipped Learning. In H. Reminders, C. Lai, & P. Sundqvist (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Language Learning and Teaching Beyond the Classroom (pp. 229-243). UK: Routledge. http://doi.org/10.4324/9781003048169-19 

  2. Wu, W. C., Chen Hsieh, J., & Yang, J. C. (2018). Personalizing flipped instruction to enhance EFL learners’ idiomatic knowledge and oral proficiency. In J. M. Spector et al. (eds.), Learning, Design, and Technology. An International Compendium of Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Springer Nature Switzerland AG. ISBN 978-3-319-17461-7. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17727-4_59-1

Honors & Awards

  1. 2022/01    Top 20 reviewers (out of 675) for the CALL Journal (SSCI-indexed) in 2021

  2. 2021/01    Top 50 reviewers (out of 450) for the CALL Journal (SSCI-indexed) in 2020

  3. 2020/02    Top 20 reviewers for the CALL Journal (SSCI-indexed) in 2019

  4. 2019/02    Top 150 reviewers for the CALL Journal (SSCI-indexed) in 2018 

  5. 2018/07    國立中央大學校長獎學金 (National Central University Presidential Scholarship) (2018/08-2019/07)

  6. 2017/07    科技部獎助至University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign 擔任訪問學者 

  7. 2017/12    國立中央大學106學年度第1學期優秀學生獎學金

  8. 2016/12    國立中央大學105學年度第1學期優秀學生獎學金

  9. 2016/05    國立中央大學104學年度第2學期優秀學生獎學金

  10. 2016/02    國立中央大學104學年度博士班研究生入學獎學金 [資電學院]

Speeches

  1. Keynote speaker of "Round tables for journals". The 5th Kongsu (Confucius & Socrates) Future Education Forum &International Joint Conference on Information, Media and Engineering (IJCIME2022). Fujian Normal University, Fujian, China. December 2-4, 2022.

  2. Invited lecture for postgraduate students (Prof. Shao-Ting Alan Hung): “Technology-enhanced language learning: Affordance and curriculum/research design”, Department of Applied Foreign Languages, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST), Taipei, Taiwan. May 18, 2020.

Conference Papers

  1. Chen, H. J., & Lin, W. Y. (2024). Picture book-assisted instruction as catalyst for EFL vocabulary learning and emotional experiences in primary education. International Joint Conference of ETRA and Wenshan 2024. National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan. November 22-23, 2024.

  2. Chen, H. J. (2024). Enhancing speaking proficiency and learning perceptions in EFL learners through AI-powered ELSA Speak. The XXIInd International CALL Research Conference (CALL 2024). Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan. September 13-15, 2024.

  3. Chen, H. J. (2024). Teacher feedback-supported digital storytelling on EFL learners’ learning outcomes and emotions. The 24th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT 2024). Near East University, Nicosia, North Cyprus. July 01-04, 2024.

  4. Chen, H. J. (2024). Beyond the screen: Redefining English presentation learning through Vtuber avatars. Pedagogy and Practice in Technology Enhanced Language Learning (PPTELL 2024). National Taichung University of Education, Taichung, Taiwan. May 16-16, 2024.

  5. Chen, H. J., & Lin, P. J. (2024). Peer Feedback-Supported Mind Mapping in Multimodal Digital Storytelling Among EFL Learners. 2024 International Conference on Applied Linguistics & Languages Teaching (ALLT). National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan. April 19-20, 2024.

  6. Chen, H. J. (2023). Unveiling Virtual Charisma: Amplifying English Presentation Impact with VTuber Avatars. The WorldCALL Conference (WorldCALL2023). Chiang Mai, Thailand (hybrid). November 09-13, 2023. (Session chair of Virtual Reality and presenter)

  7. Hutapea, D., & Chen, H. J. (2023). Two Stay Two Stray on Business English speaking outcomes, interpersonal communication competence, and perceptions between high- and low-achieving EFL learners. The International Joint Conference of APLX, ETRA40, and TESPA 2023. GIS Taipei Tech Convention Center, Taipei, Taiwan. October 11-13, 2023.

  8. Chen, H. J., & Lo, F. Y. (2023). Gather in the metaverse: Learning outcomes, virtual presence, and perceptions of high- and low-achieving pre-service teachers of English as a Foreign Language. The 23rd IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT 2024). Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah, USA. July 10-13, 2023.

  9. Lo, F. Y., & Chen Hsieh, J. (2023). 以美感教育結合沉浸式科技提升英語文學習成效. Taiwan E-Learning Forum (TWEFL 2023). National Kaohsiung Normal University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. March 9-10, 2023.

  10. Chen Hsieh, J., & Lo, F. Y. (2022). Artistic creativity in EFL digital storytelling collaboration using Book Creator. The 39th International Conference on English Teaching and Learning (第三十九屆中華民國英語文教學研究國際研討會). Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan. July 15-16, 2022.

  11. Chen Hsieh, J. (2022). Multimodal digital storytelling presentations among EFL middle-school learners: Emotions, grit, and perceptions. The 5th Pedagogy and Practice in Technology Enhanced Language Learning (PPTELL 2022). Shanxi Normal University, Xi’an, China. July 1-3, 2022.

  12. Chen Hsieh, J., & Lo, F. Y. (2022). Digital Story Creation Using Book Creator in EFL Contexts: Emotional Experience between High and Low Achievers. Taiwan E-Learning Forum (TWEFL 2022). National Taitung University, Taitung, Taiwan. March 24-25, 2022.

  13. Chen Hsieh, J. (2021) Technology-enhanced language learning on digital storytelling performance and affective domains among EFL learners: Robot-assisted versus PowerPoint-assisted mode. CALICO 2021: Global Realities. Seattle, Washington. June 2-6, 2021.

  14. Chen Hsieh, J. (2021). Digital storytelling presentation modes on EFL learners’ language outcomes, emotions, and grit. The 38th International Conference on English Teaching and Learning (第三十八屆中華民國英語文教學研究國際研討會). Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. July 23-24, 2021.

  15. Chen Hsieh, J., & Lee, J. S. (2021). Contextualizing willingness to communicate among Taiwanese EFL students in face-to-face and digital settings. The 4th Pedagogy and Practice in Technology Enhanced Language Learning (PPTELL 2021). National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan. June 28-30, 2021.

  16. Chen Hsieh, J., & Lo, F. Y. (2021). Technology-enhanced language learning on digital storytelling performance and emotions among EFL learners: Robot-assisted versus PowerPoint-assisted mode. 2021 ALLT應用語言學暨語言教學國際研討會 (International Conference on Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching). National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan. April 16-17, 2021.

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