Shamila Janakiraman

Shamila Janakiraman is an Assistant Professor in Learning Design & Technology (LTEC) at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa. She teaches graduate level courses in LTEC and her research interests are in emerging technologies, attitude change instruction, online teaching and learning, and competency-based education. She was a postdoctoral researcher at Purdue University (2021-2023) where she worked on designing and developing a competency-based approach in computing education to prepare students for the professional workspace. Shamila is keen on exploring the use of emerging technologies in facilitating attitude change regarding the learning of different subjects, and attitudinal and behavioral learning regarding environmental sustainability and other socio-scientific topics.