Curtis P. Ho

Curtis P. Ho is professor, department chair and graduate chair of the Learning Design and Technology department at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa. He has been a UH faculty member for over 30 years teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in educational media research, interactive multimedia, web-based instruction, distance education, video technology, and computer-based education. He has taught courses in American and Western Samoa and Saipan, and was the first to offer a course statewide over the Hawai’i Interactive Television System.

Professor Ho received his Ph.D. in Educational Technology from Arizona State University where he served as instructional designer. He has consulted for public and private schools, financial institutions, and higher education. For several years he directed the Office of Faculty Development and Academic Support for the University of Hawaii’s Manoa campus. He has presented extensively at national and international conferences at locations including Beijing, Copenhagen, Eskisehir, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Lugano, Rome, Kumamoto, Kyoto, Melbourne, Montreal, Osaka, Panang, Taipei, Takamatsu, Tokyo, Toronto, and Vancouver.

Professor Ho was a principal investigator, co-principal investigator and project director for three US Department of Education grants totaling over 9.8 million US dollars. He is a co-organizer of TCC Worldwide Online Conference, a executive committee member of E-Learn, Association for the Advancement of Computers in Education, and is also past-president of the Pan Pacific Distance Learning Association, a chapter of the United States Distance Learning Association.