Dr. Jou earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Missouri-Rolla and completed his Ph.D. at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1994. He began his academic career at National United University in 1995 as an Associate Professor and served as Department Director from 1997 to 2000. In 2001, he returned to Taipei City to join the faculty of National Taiwan Normal University. In recognition of his outstanding contributions, Dr. Jou received the Distinguished Professor Award in 2013. From 2009 to 2012, he was appointed by Taiwan's National Science Council to serve as an executive board member in the Discipline of Applied Science Education. In 2014, he expanded his expertise internationally as a visiting scholar in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Minnesota.

Dr. Jou is the author of four technical books and more than 100 research papers, with 70 of them published in SCI- and SSCI-indexed journals. His research spans a wide range of topics, including the development of ubiquitous and mobile learning systems, artificial intelligent, teaching strategies and course design, critical thinking and creative learning, material processing technology, and computer-aided engineering (CAE). He has also served as a reviewer for numerous SCI and SSCI-indexed journals over the years.

Currently, Dr. Jou is an Associate Editor for Computers in Human Behavior (SSCI; ranked 3/99 in Psychology, Experimental; IF 9.0) and Interactive Learning Environments (SSCI; ranked 45/760 in Education & Educational Research; IF 3.7). He is also a member of the editorial boards of the International Journal of Electronic Democracy, the International Journal on New Trends in Education and Their Implications, and The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology.