CyberLab Director

CyberLab Associate Director of Research and Development

Mengyuan (Alice) Zhao is the Associate Director of R&D at the CyberLab. She obtains a Master's Degree in Instructional Systems Technology from Indiana University Bloomington and a Bachelor's Degree in Literature and Language Education from Beijing Normal University. Currently, she is pursuing her doctoral degree in Instructional Systems Technology with a focus on social learning and technology. In the current CourseNetworking project, Mengyuan is actively involved in the design and development of innovative teaching and learning features. She also provides training and pedagogical support to end-users. Besides CN, Mengyuan has diverse experience in teaching K-12 courses, conducting educational research and evaluation, designing curriculum and courses, and producing instructional content.

Email: zhaomeng@iu.edu

CN ePortfolio: thecn.com/MZ13

CyberLab Associate Director of Business and Entrepreneurship 

Jue Wang is the Associate Director of Business and Entrepreneurship at the CyberLab. She is an IU graduate with a BS in Mathematics and a BS in Economics. She assists the Director of the CyberLab with all entrepreneurial aspects of the CyberLab projects, more specifically, 1) Funding proposal development to support current and new research projects at the CyberLab, 2) translation of CyberLab research deliverables into production by assisting in the process of technology transfer and commercialization, and 3) in providing support to maintain success of the rollout of CyberLab projects. Aside from her career, she enjoys hanging out with friends and family, attending concerts, photography, and traveling.

Email: jw272@iu.edu

CN ePortfolio: thecn.com/jw1401

Product Designer

Conor Marley graduated from IUPUI with a bachelor's degree in Computer Information Technology and has a minor in Philosophy. He joined the CyberLab and CN team in 2019 and is working on CN UX design and software testing. Some areas of his interest include UX / UI design, web and mobile development, and the intersection of minimalism and art in technology. Conor loves reading, sushi, and cats. 

Email: conor@coursenetworking.com

CN ePortfolio: https://www.thecn.com/CM890

CN ePortfolio: thecn.com/bm940

Social Media and Marketing

Rashi Dhenia is a junior at IUPUI double majoring in Computer Engineering and Economics. She is one of the Marketing and Business Development Interns here at the CyberLab. She is very passionate about blog writing. Throughout her internship, she looks forward to gaining hands-on experiences to manage social media platforms and plan on various marketing events. She hopes to gain skills that will help to develop knowledge in writing and business strategies. In her free time, she enjoys dancing, playing tennis, and reading books. 

CN ePortfolio: https://www.thecn.com/rd478

UI/UX

Clark Henderson is an undergraduate student here at IUPUI majoring in Informatics. He is currently in the 4+1 Accelerated B.S. to M.S. program taking some UX/UI related graduate courses. He is an UX/UI Intern at CourseNetworking assisting with software testing and designing. He is hoping to continue his passion for design with a UX/UI related job upon graduation this coming Spring of 2022 and looking forward to continuing his studies in Master’s program. In his free time, he likes to spend time with girlfriend and family, or focusing on his studies. 

CN ePortfolio: https://www.thecn.com/ch1777

Visiting Scholar

Dr. Thanomporn Laohajaratsang is an associate professor in the Department of Learning Technology, Faculty of Education at Chaing Mai University, Thailand. She is also the former Director or the Information Technology Service Center where she now works as a consultant. She was a visiting scholar at IUPUI CyberLab in 2017-2018, conducting research on designing effective pedagogical approaches with next-generation LMS for students in higher education. For over 15 years, she has administered a number of new media design projects to support innovative pedagogies such as developing high-quality e-Learning courseware content for several organizations including Chaing Mai University, Thailand Securities Institute, PTT Public Company Limited and Thailand Cyber University. One of her notable projects was managing the development of locally-made LMS called Knowledge-Creator (KC), an awarded LMS from Asia E-Learning Network (AEN). Her main research interests include digital innovation in teaching and learning, integration of ICT educational system and design of future learning environments.