VCU CTE - Yin Wah B. Kreher

Born in Singapore, Yin is an instructional designer, education researcher, and much more. A multifaceted border-crosser, Yin believes that breakthroughs happen at intersections. She is passionate about crafting instruction across fields, disciplines and cultures to support quality learning and engagement.

Yin received her Bachelor of Arts from the National University of Singapore, majoring in English Language and Sociology. She completed her teacher preparation training at the National Institute of Education in Singapore, earning a Post-Graduate Diploma in Education. She has taught courses in different formats in Singapore and America. She also worked briefly in corporate settings as an English Language CD-ROM content-writer-instructional designer and business e-learning designer. In Syracuse University, she trained and practiced as an instructional technology consultant after graduating with a Master's in Instructional Design, Development and Evaluation. She has worked on several grant-funded research projects at Syracuse University. She is currently engaged in a research study that focuses on the design of hybrid spaces in healthcare environments.

Yin has presented at several professional conferences and is an active member of the American Educational Research Association. She embraces teaching, evaluation and dissemination of research findings/best practices as important elements of a multi-pronged approach to effective learning and instruction.

Interests:

instructional systems design

quality of online learning and instruction

motivation research and design

hybridity/hybrid spaces

creativity and talent development

study of “difference” and instructional solutions