About

Steve McCarty was born in Boston and became a full Professor in Japan. He currently lectures for Osaka Jogakuin University and the Japanese government international agency JICA. At Kansai University from 2015-2020 he taught international ICT classes and held a unique Global Faculty Development position. Since 1998 he is the World Association for Online Education (WAOE) President. His CV currently lists 245 publications and 95 presentations (including 8 keynote addresses), with 548 citations recognized by Google Scholar. He publishes on e-learning, bilingualism, language teaching with technology, Japan, Asia, and the academic life. His research memoir is in the new book A Passion for Japan. See CORE contributions below, and the Website Japanned.

Education

Steve studied physics and philosophy at Northeastern University, then specialized in Japan for an M.A. degree from the University of Hawaii, with Journalism internships in the State House of Representatives.

Work Shared in CORE

Books
Articles
Book sections
Conference proceedings
Documentaries
Essays
Fictional works
Poetry
Theses
Translations
Visual art
Course material or learning objects
Syllabi
Abstracts
Blog Posts
Book reviews
Interviews
Maps
Presentations
Reports
Other
Podcast
Online publication
Magazine section

Other Publications

“Discovering Japanese Fusion of Religions on the Pilgrimage Island of Shikoku”  in A Passion for Japan [at ResearchGate | Academia Edu] (2022)

“Podcasting Reconsidered” [at ResearchGate | Academia Edu] (Dec. 2022)

“Lifelong Learning and Retiring Retirement Stereotypes” [at ResearchGate | Academia Edu] (Nov. 2022)

Online Education as a Discipline.” Academia Letters (2021)

The Myth of SemilingualismBilingual Japan (2021)

Post-Pandemic Pedagogy.” Journal of Online Education, New York University (2020)

Implementing Mobile Language Learning Technologies in Japan whole book (2017)

Social Media to Motivate Language Learners from Before Admission to After Graduation

Global Online Education

Spoken Internet to Go: Popularization through Podcasting

Internationalizing the Essence of Haiku Poetry

Projects

Japanned site at Humanities Commons: Academic LifeeLearningJapanology > government lectures | BilingualismInventory | Teaching | Journalism | Multimedia (podcasts & videos) | WAOE (World Association for Online Education) | About Steve >  | スティーブについて / 著作リンク集.

Managing Mastodon groups @OnlineEducation@chirp.social & @Bilingualism@chirp.social

Podcasting channel Japancasting: see Multimedia

Upcoming Talks and Conferences

“Encountering famous East-West bridge persons across the U.S to Japan” (University of Hyogo, 2022) slideshowvoice recording.

How to Be a Professional Foreigner in Japan” (2022) / “Japanese Prehistory and Mythology” (2020) Deep in Japan Podcast.

“Online Education as an Academic Discipline.” Online Teaching Japan Summer Sessions (2020) / Slideshow / Zoom recording.

 

Memberships

Elected President since 1998, World Association for Online Education / WAOE FB Page / e-mail discussion list.

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