Associate Professor
Email: polarchen.nthu@gmail.com 
Tel.:+886-3-5742453
Office: Office: 413 General Building II
Learning and Immersive Technology (LIT) Lab:   https://chchen.ilst.nthu.edu.tw 
Research Interests:  technology-enhanced learning,   computer-supported collaborative learning,  VR/AR in education,   metaverse in education

Current Position

• Associate Professor, Institute of Learning Sciences and Technologies, National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) 
• Supporting Faculty, International Intercollegiate Ph.D. Program, National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) 
• Supporting Faculty, Ph.D. Program in Education Sciences, National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) 

Education

• Ph.D., Graduate Institute of Information and Computer Education, National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) 
• M.C.S., Graduate Institute of Information and Computer Education, National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) 

Experience

• Emerging Young Scholar, 2030 Cross-Generation Young Scholars Program, National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), Taiwan (2023/8)
• Executive Officer, Asia University Programming Elite (2024/2–2024/7) 
• Associate Professor, Department of M-Commerce and Multimedia Applications, Asia University, Taiwan (2022/8–2024/7) 
• Committee, Precision Education Project, Higher Education Sprout Project, Asia University, Taiwan (2018/9–2024-07) 
• Assistant Professor, Department of M-Commerce and Multimedia Applications, Asia University, Taiwan (2018/9–2022/7)

Courses Taught

• Virtual and Augmented Reality for Learning: Design, Pedagogy and Research Issues 
• Learning Analytics 
• E-Learning and Design 
• Implementation and Application of Meta-Analysis in E-Learning

Courses Taught

• Academic Research Award, Tsing Hua Talent Development Fund (2025/1) 
• Flexible Salary Reward, Recruitment and Retention of Outstanding Faculty and Research Staff at NTHU (2024/8–2026/7) 
• Outstanding Teaching Award, Asia University (2023/3) 
• Excellent Teaching Award, Asia University (2022/1) 
• Best Paper Award, 20th Taiwan E-Learning Forum (TWELF 2025) 
• First Place in the Multimedia Project Competition, TAECT 2024 International Conference
• First Place in the Multimedia Project Competition, TAECT 2023 International Conference
• Second Place in the Lesson Plan Competition (Student Group), TAECT 2022 International Conference 
• Best Paper Award, 17th Taiwan E-Learning Forum (TWELF 2022) 
• Best Paper Award, 2020 International Conference on E-learning and Educational Technology (ICEET 2020) 
• Workshop Best Paper Award, Second International Cognitive Cities Conference (IC3 2019)

Publications List