In addition to standard classroom experience
and experience of working with students on their research
projects, Dr. Sun has great enthusiasm for innovative
college teaching by integrating emerging technologies
with his extensive pedagogical credentials in sciences.
His educational applications over the past six years have
employed a variety of modern technologies and computer
languages such as Flash + Actionscript, Director + Lingo,
Java, Javascript, and HTML. He was a team member of
LightCone Interactive affiliated with the University
of Tennessee.
Their products are either complete web-deliverable
science courses or alone-standing modules in CDs, which
are all structured by integrated interactive animations.
The subjects include Astronomy, Biology, Genetics and
Microbiology. Reviewers have rated these projects at the
top of their respective fields in interactive electronic
technology for educational applications. For a brief summary
of some of the completed educational technology products,
see these
examples.
Since he moved to the University of
Notre Dame, Dr. Sun has been working on interactive animations
for Physics in collaboration with the
Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning
at the University of Notre Dame. Link
here to their project
gallery that includes Dr. Sun's physics demonstrations.
Technical Note:
Many of the applications in the above link use Flash.
You must have the free Flash Player installed on your
computer. If you have any doubt, or if something doesn't
work, install the current version of Flash Player from
macromedia.com
before proceeding.