Juhong Christie Liu

About me

As Director of Instructional Design (ID) in JMU Libraries, I provide adaptive leadership and design strategies in co-building a learning environment for all learners. Through consultations, collaborations, and contextualized exploration with peer faculty, instructional designers support teaching and learning at James Madison University with evidence-based practices. My role includes stewarding the manifold existing and growing ID expertise, intentionally applying learning science and evaluating technology affordance, and leveraging the scope and scale of collaborations across campus for course, curriculum, and learning initiative design and redesign.

As a faculty scholar in learning science and design-based research, I continue to experiment and apply scholarship on broadening learning access with OER design, designing for the evolving learning needs and environments with adaptive leadership, collaborating with academic and community partners, exploring emerging technologies such as generative AI, and generating cross-cultural collaborative research. My work can be found in the TechTrends, Online Learning Journal, Journal of Geoscience Education, Journal of Applied Instructional Design (JAID), book chapters published with Springer, Routledge, ACRL, Brill, et al., and edited works published through IEEE Xplore. Currently I’m serving as the chair of AECT Design & Development Competition Committee, on the TechTrends Editorial Board, The Journal of Computers for Science and Mathematics Learning (JCSML) Editorial Board, and as an Associate Editor of the British Educational Research Association (BERA) Curriculum Journal.

With the privilege of engaging in the JMU community and broader academic networks, I enjoy hiking, gardening, reading, writing, and experimenting with cuisines from diverse cultures. 

Education, Training, and Certification:
Ph.D. Curriculum & Instruction, Virginia Tech
M.Ed. Curriculum & Instruction w/Digital Media, East Tennessee State University

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Implementation Academy, CAST
Quality Matters Certified Peer Reviewer, Quality Matters
Higher Education Assessment Graduate Certificate, James Madison University
OLC Quality Online Teaching, Online Learning Consortium

About Learning Innovations & Design Unit

We create virtual and physical spaces, programs, and services for the JMU community to enhance, experiment with, and innovate in their teaching, learning, and scholarship.

Departments in this unit include Classroom Technology Services, Educational Technology Services, Instructional Design, Learning Technology Services, and Media Production & Makerspace Services.

To get started using our services, visit the Learning Innovations & Design Desk online or in Rose Library.

About Instructional Design Department

We are committed to building an engaging and inclusive learning environment at JMU by consulting with instructors and programs on instructional design (ID) for courses, curricula, and learning initiatives.

As instructional designers, our practices are informed by learning sciences, systems thinking, and pedagogy-driven community building. Centering equity, accessibility, and inclusion, we support instruction, learning, and scholarly work by providing instructional design solutions to enhance and sustain learners’ success. Our work simultaneously holds space to explore evidence-based emerging teaching and learning trends, tools, and methods while centering an ethic of care and a learner-centered experience

Request a consultation (select “Instructional Design” on the form) to design and develop inclusive and engaging assignments, courses, program orientations, learner-oriented resources, and curricula.

Learn more about our services.

About LID Leadership

We are the leadership team for Learning Innovations & Design (LID).