Paul Kim

Paul Kim is Chief Technology Officer and Assistant Dean for Stanford University School of Education. His courses focus on contextualized innovations in education, mobile empowerment design, and enterprising higher education systems.

He is currently one of senior researchers for Programmable Open Mobile Internet, an NSF project to develop and evaluate ubiquitous wireless mobile computing and interactive systems for K-20 formal and informal learning and assessment scenarios. 

He is also working with numerous international organizations in developing mobile empowerment solutions for extremely underserved communities in developing countries. In his recent experiments in Latin America, Africa, and India, he investigated the effects of highly programmable open mobile learning programs with literacy, numeracy, and entrepreneurship education programs (e.g., math games, storytelling, and farming simulations). As part of his research, he is also exploring mobile wireless sensors in simulation-based learning and ePortfolio-based assessment to promote creativity and critical thinking in problem solving and innovation designs.

In the higher education space, he advises investment bankers and technology ventures focused on e-learning, knowledge management, and mobile communication solutions. 

His due-diligence engagements include early-stage angel funding and also later-stage private equity-based investments for large enterprises such as Grand Canyon University (Stock symbol: LOPE), Northcentral University, NCA/HLC accredited online universities, and Penn Foster College acquisition by The Princeton Review (Stock symbol: REVU). His recent international advisement cases include Saudi Arabia national online university initiative, institutional development for Universidad Tecnológica de El Salvador, and WASC accreditation for CETYS Universidad, Mexico.

He has a Ph.D. degree in Educational Technology and previously served as Chairman of the Board for Intercultural Institute of California, Executive Director of Information Technology for University of Phoenix (Stock symbol: APOL), and Vice President & CIO for Vatterott College, a for-profit colleges invested by private equity funds made of endowment funds from IVY league schools.

Affiliations 

WestEd

A research, development, and service agency, works with education and other communities to promote excellence, achieve equity, and improve learning for children, youth, and adults. 

XRI

A non-profit organization devoted to supporting Stanford University students in taking class project ideas into realities. XRI has supported the launch of several Stanford projects including Seeds of Empowerment (International award-winning social and educational development project), Adina's Deck (Award-winning Cyber-bully prevention and Information safety education program), TeachAIDS (Global HIV/AIDS education project), and Influenza Education (Public health education research project). 

US Satellite Laboratory

Lead by a former meteorologist and multi-award winning science teacher, this NASA & NOAA funded organization is devoted to science teaching. 

MEDRIC

A medical doctor who has Ph.D. in public health management established this government funded organization to design, develop, disseminate, and evaluate various technology enabled health education systems. Also, this organization leads the medical community with innovative medical research and telecommunication technologies and services hundreds of thousands of medical journal publications to Korean health education community. 

Innovations For Learning

Innovations for Learning, Inc. (IFL) is an Illinois nonprofit formed in 1993 to develop innovative technology to improve early elementary education.

Seeds of Empowerment

The Seeds of Empowerment develops and implements projects that will “plant seeds of hope and opportunity” for the underserved around the world. With local alliances, they incorporate contextualized technology to create self-sustaining ecosystems that empower the powerless by improving their access to a literacy, numeracy, health, entrepreneurship, and vocational education.”