Xigui Yang
EDUCATION
The University of Georgia, Athens, GA | AUG 2018—PRESENT
Doctoral student in Learning, Design, and Technology
The University of Georgia, Athens, GA | AUG 2017—JULY 2018
Graduated with distinction; obtained M.Ed degree in Learning, Design, and Technology
Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China | SEPT 2008—JULY 2010
Admitted with full scholarship; obtained MA degree in Foreign Language Education
Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China | SEPT 2004—JUNE 2008
Graduated with Honors; obtained Dual BA Degrees in English Language & Literature and Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language
GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIP EXPERIENCE
Graduate Student Teaching Assistant at UGA | FALL 2019—PRESENT
Teaching an undergraduate course EDIT2000 independently as an instructor of record.
Graduate Student Research Assistant at UGA | FALL 2018—SPRING 2019
Worked with Dr. Stefaniak to redesign the IDD master's program
Graduate Student Teaching Assistant at UGA | SUMMER 2018 — FALL 2018
Assisted Dr. Clinton with EDIT 6510E Digital Learning in Summer 2018 and EDIT 6190E in Fall 2018.
Graduate Student Research Assistant at UGA | FALL 2017—SPRING 2018
Participated in the Global IDD Project initiated by Dr. Janette Hill and Dr. Ikeson Choi; worked as a project manager.
FORMER TEACHING EXPERIENCE
K-8 Mandarin Chinese teacher, Spartanburg Prep School, South Carolina | AUG 2015—JUNE 2017
High School English teacher, Luohu Foreign Languages School, Shenzhen, China | AUG 2010—AUG 2015
CURRENT RESEARCH
Yang, X. & Rieber, L. P. (2020, Apr 17 - 21) Undergraduate Students' Perceptions of Frustrations in Collaborative Group Work: A Q Methodology Approach [Roundtable Session]. AERA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA http://tinyurl.com/yx7wz5wn (Conference Canceled)
Stefaniak, J. Yang, X. & DeVaughn, P. (2020). The preparation of instructional designers: An exploration of design pedagogy and praxis. in R. Branch, H. Lee, & S. Tseng (Eds.) Educational media and technology yearbook (Vol. 35). Springer Science & Business Media.
Stefaniak, J., Xu, M., Truong, E., & Yang, X. (2020, Feb 5-8). Strategies to Support Instructional Design Decisions for Authentic Learning [Practical Session]. Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy, Blacksburg, VA.
Yang, X. (2020, Oct 25). Undergraduate Students’ Perceptions of Frustrations in Collaborative Group Work: A Q Methodology Approach [Concurrent Session]. Innovation in Teaching Conference, Athens, GA.
Hill, J. R., Yang, X., & Truong, E. (2018, Oct 23-28). Creating a Flexibly Accessible Learning Environment [Concurrent Session]. AECT Conference, Kansas City, Missouri.
PREVIOUS RESEARCH
Yang, X. (2014). College English teachers’ use of metadiscourse. Paper presented at the 7th International Conference on EFL in China held at Nanjing University.
Yang, X. (2013). On “… times as…as / … times more than”: A descriptive study based on COCA corpus. Luohu Education, 1.
Yang, X. (2009). How to enlarge students’ vocabulary size in the intermediate stage. Central China Normal University Journal of Postgraduates, 3.
SERVICE
President of ITSA (Instructional Technology Student Association) (Fall 2020 -- Spring 2021)
Professional Development Coordinator of CISGA (Career and Information Studies Graduate Association) (Fall 2019 -- Spring 2020)
Global IDD project manager (Fall 2017 -- Spring 2018)
SKILLS
Graphic Design: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
User Expereince Design: Adobe XD
Web Design: HTML, CSS, & basic JavaScript
Instructional Design: Articulate Storyline, project management, needs assessment, program evaluation