Ugochi Acholonu

Dr. Ugochi Acholonu is a postdoctoral research fellow for the Connected Learning Research Network (CLRN) at DePaul University. She is particularly interested in promoting digital equality through innovative educational interventions. In her efforts to pursue digital equality, she searches for ways to support students’ abilities to adapt, manipulate, and repurpose technology to support their own problem-solving and learning goals. Dr. Acholonu is also interested in the design of learning environments, pedagogy, and assessments that further support students’ development of technical expertise.

Before becoming a CLRN fellow, she spent quite a few years pursing her education at Stanford University. At Stanford she received her PhD in Learning Sciences and Technology Design in 2013, a master’s degree in Computer Science with a specialization in Human Computer Interaction in 2005, and a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering in 2003. Her PhD advisors were Professor Shelley Goldman and Professor Daniel Schwartz.