Changkuk Jung

Hometown & State: Seoul, South Korea

Education:

Teaching Experience:
What types of courses & students have you taught? What do you enjoy about teaching?

I have taught 100-level introductory course of comparative politics and 200-level political methodology. And I have also experience in teaching a hybrid course which combines online lecture and in-class examinations.

Career/Research/Other Interests:
What do you want to do when you grow up? What professional or personal/social things do you enjoy?

After getting the degree, I want to get a research job either in a university or an institution. As my interests lie in social capital and political participation, I also want to get involved with social/political activities which may be used as my field work, too.

Interest in the OLC:
What intrigued you about working on the OLC? Why have you signed up to develop DDLGs?

From my experience of teaching assistant to political methodology class, I though the statistical analysis in political science can be better delivered by more efficient way, such as DDLG.

Explaining DDLGs:
If you were explaining DDLGs to a friend or colleague, how would you describe them? What would you say their role is/could be for instructors and their courses? What are their benefits? How would you explain what you're developing?

I would strongly recommend using DDLGs because it is based on a ton of data sets provided by ICPSR. So most instructors could find most appropriate data sets they want to use. Moreover, DDLGs allows online statistical analysis that is very attractive in a sense that we don't need to buy expensive statistical packages.

Learning/Experience from DDLG Development:
Was there anything you learned or anything that surprised you during development of content for the DDLGs (perhaps related to teaching, the OLC, ICPSR, etc.)? Do you have plans to use DDLGs in courses you may teach in the future? Has the experience been a rewarding one – if so, in what way?

I would definitely use DDLGs if I have a chance to teach the undergraduate levels political methodology course. As I know the process of its development and its philosophy, I think I can get better benefits than otherwise.