Associate Professor Vincent Cho during the course he teaches on data-driven decision-making

Vincent Cho

For the past two decades, Vincent Cho has dedicated his life and career to education. Returning to his alma mater to teach in 2011, much of Cho鈥檚 recent research focuses on how technology can either enhance or impede classroom learning. His findings influence the way he approaches teaching and shape the insights he shares with the next generation of the world鈥檚 education leaders at the Lynch School.
Vincent Cho

Q:聽 聽 How did you first become interested in the interplay and overlap of education and technology?

Early in my career, teachers and administrators relied on paper files to access student data, test scores, and other notes. Now, thanks to new technologies and a variety of recently captured data, we are better aware of student needs. With smartphones and tablets in the classroom, students can do more today鈥攁nd so can teachers. I鈥檝e come to believe that with technology, we can make a really positive impact on a student鈥檚 education. At the same time, technology opens ourselves up to inherent risks. From that notion came this idea of optimistic skepticism, where one approaches new technologi