CURRICULUM VITAE

FULL NAME: Dr. ZHANG, Weiyuan
CURRENT POSITION:

Head and Chief Researcher
Centre for Research in Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning (CELL)
School of Professional and Continuing Education
The University of Hong Kong

Adjunct Professor
College of Educational Technology
Beijing Normal University
   
SEX: Male
NATIONALITY: Chinese
   
PREVIOUS POSITIONS:
  Associate Professor / Research Fellow, Centre for Research in Distance & Adult Learning, The Open University of Hong Kong, January 1998 - December 2005.
  Post-doctoral fellow in the Comparative Education Research Centre, The University of Hong Kong, 1996-1998
  Honorary lecturer in the Department of Education, the University of Hong Kong, 1996-1998
  Lecturer in the Institute of Educational Sciences, East China Normal University, 1988-1991
  Assistant Lecturer in the Institute of Educational Sciences, East China Normal University, 1986-1988
   
SUBJECT EXPERTISE:
 

Open and Distance Learning

  Adult and Continuing Education
  Lifelong learning
  Online Teaching and Learning
  Teacher Education
  Career Guidance and Counselling
  International and Comparative Education
  Research Design and Methodology
   
QUALIFICATIONS:
 

1996

PhD degree in Education, The University of Edinburgh, UK
  1987 In-service Training in Education, The University of Victoria, Canada
  1986 Master of Education, East China Normal University, China
  1983 Bachelor of Education, East China Normal University, China
   
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
 

Adjunct Professor, Beijing Normal University.
  Advisory Professor, East China Normal University.
  Guest Research Professor, China Central Radio and Television University.
  Guest Professor, Shanghai Distance Education Consortium and Shanghai Television University.
  Guest Professor, Guangzhou Normal University.
  Guest Professor, Jiangsu Radio & Television University.
  Guest Professor, Wujin Radio & Television University.
  Secretary-general, The Hong Kong and Macau Division of the Continuing Education Branch of China Higher Education Association.
  Editorial Correspondent, International Journal of Lifelong Education, United Kingdom, March 2005 - Present.
  Reviewer, Compare, United Kingdom.
  Member of the International Advisory Board, Malaysian Journal of Educational Technology, Malaysia. 2003 - Present.
  Consulting Editor, International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Canada. 2002 - Present.
  Member of the International Advisory Board, Asian Journal of Distance Education, Japan. 2003 - Present.
  Member of the International Advisory Board, Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education. 2005 - Present.
  Member of the Advisory Board, Journal of Distance Education, Beijing, China.
2003 - Present.
  Member of the Advisory Board, Open Education Research, Shanghai, China.
2002-Present.
  Member of the Advisory Board, Distance Education Journal, Zhejiang, China. 2002- Present.
  Guest Editor, Open Education Research, Vols. 2 & 3, 1998, Shanghai, China.
  Guest Editor, Foreign Education Studies, Vol. 3, 1997, East China Normal University.
  External Examiner for the Doctor of Philosophy Programme, South China Normal University.
  External Examiner for the Doctor of Education Programme, University of Bristol.