About

I am…

Hi, my name is Greg Shin (Sung-shik Shin, 신승식, 申承湜). Currently I am working at Hyundai Motor Group University in charge of introducing new learning approaches and practices utilizing digital and social technologies. [View my LinkedIn Profile]. Personally I enjoy playing the keyboard, piano, making pieces of music, and riding a bike. Look at my Twitter stream and Facebook wall. Also my personal interest in web accessibility and rehabilitation of mental patient led me to join some community groups in Korea. Hope you enjoy my pages.

Why Rainbow?

Somebody suspects that if I am a homosexual, cause rainbow is used to represent homsexual society. I am not homesexual, but I do not want to discriminate people based on their sexual orientation. I think it is just the problem of individual preferences. In my world, rainbow represents diversity. In a democratic society, people can have different tastes, views and opinions. I strongly believe all these different and sometimes quite exceptional people can contribute to build healthier and more colorful community and they must be respected. As you may be noticed, the rainbow with 7 colors has connotation of my great respect for diversity.

I am interested in:

• Music: MIDI, MIDI musics, acoustics, hearing principles, individual differences, composing techniques, classics, absolute pitch, etc
• Computer interface design: human factors, universal design, accessibility, web standards, convention, typicality, usability, reusability, object oriented design, e-learning standards

What I like and dislike:

I love trees, flowers, and walking in the forest. I am against any kinds of violence (including the teacher’s whip), war (including American invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan), discrimination (due to color, sex, sexual orientation, age, nationality, birthplace, etc), macho, and totalitarianism. I enjoy yogurt or oriental tea after meals, but I don’t like much of coffee, coke, cookies, and alcohol. I hate smoking and it is a torture for me to stand still next to a smoker. I am a kind of individualist who prefer to secure personal space and time rather than follow to get together against my will. That’s why I feel embarrassed when asked to join Korean style dining and drinking together event late at night. Recently I am devoting myself to study web content accessibility and web standards. I am extremely against the supporters for Dr. Hwang, Woo-suk (who is notorious for his cloning fraud) and their nationalism.

Extra Curricular Activities

• 1987 ~ 1988 – Piano accompanist in Kumho Male Choir
• 1987 ~ 1988 – Kumho UNESCO
• 1990 ~ 1991 – Maumsori (Sound in Heart), Yonsei singers in College of Liberal Arts
• 1990 ~ 1991 – Psychology study group in Department of Psychology, Yonsei University
• 1992 ~ 1993 – Organ accompanist in Gloria Choir, Gwangcheon Catholic Church, Gwangju
• 1992 ~ 1993 – Com-dong-in, Regional computer programmers’ club in Jeonnam Province
• 1990 ~ 1991 – Computer volunteers in Yonsei University Dorm (Muak-hak-sa)
• 1993 – Computer volunteers in Nam-do-Hak-suk, a dorm for the students from Jeonnam area
• 1997 ~ 1998 – Weekdays organ accompanist in Yonhui Catholic Church
• 1998 ~ 1999 – 25th chair of Young Saint Paul Association
• 1999 – Young Saint Vincent Association
• 1996 ~ 1997 – Volunteer manager of CMHV
• 1996 ~ Present – Monthly Befrienders Group of CMHV
• 2002 ~ 2004 – Human Rights Monitoring Group of CMHV
• 2006 ~ 2007- Piano accompanist of Kumho OB Male Choir
• 2006 ~ Present- Member of Korea Web Accessibility Group, Web Standards Korea
• 2006 – Participated in developing Certification of Web Accessibility program
• 2006 ~ Present – Provided consulting on web accessibility, e-learning content, learning management system to the organizations in Korea including KADO, Gyeonggi Women’s Development Center, Cheonan Yonam College, and more in public and private sectors.
• 2007 – Awarded for the contribution of promoting information society in Korea, Ministry of Information and Communication, Korea
• 2008 ~ 2009 – Organ accompanist of Tuesday Mass at Eungye Catholic Church, Osan, Korea
• 2010 – Member of Magnificat Choir at Hopyung Catholic Church, Anyang, Korea

Job experience

• 1998 ~ 1999 – web master, translator, system designer, and researcher at Korea Leadership Center (Franklin Covey Korea) (Seoul, Korea)
• 2000 ~ 2002 – educational coordinator at Hanaro Telecom Inc. Cyber Learning Center and IT Cyber University Consortium (Seoul, Korea)
• 2002 ~ 2004 – project manager and technical/administrative operator at Hanaro Dream Inc. e-Learning Center and IT Cyber University Consortium (Seoul, Korea)
• 2004 ~ 2011- global e-learning administrator / social learning strategy developer / learning technology strategist (2007 ~ 2011) at Learning Center, LG Electronics (Pyeongtaek, Korea)
• October 2011 ~ – digital learning strategist / social learning evangelist at Hyundai Motor Group University

Learning experience

• 1978 ~ 1979 – Gwangju Sansu Elementary School, Gwangju, Korea
• 1979 ~ 1981 – Yeosu Dong Elementary School, Yeosu, Korea
• 1981 ~ 1984 – Gwangju Jangwon Elementary School, Gwangju, Korea
• 1984 ~ 1987 – Gwangju Choongjang Middle School, Gwangju, Korea
• 1987 ~ 1990 – Kumho High School, Gwangju, Korea
• 1990 ~ 1996 – BA in Psychology, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
• 1996 ~ 1998 – MA in Cognitive Psychology, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

Writings and Presentations

Hobbies

I enjoy playing songs and musics with my synthesizer, GS1000 during weekends. I also love to ride a bicycle by myself or with friends. I am a member of KWAG, Korea Web Accessibility Group, Web Standards Korea, Kumho OB Male Choir and CMHV, Community Mental Health Volunteers.