CCGame Project eSymposium 2020

Ms Nicola BEER is an Assistant Professor at Coventry University, United Kingdom, leading in curriculum change initiatives designed to promote inclusive, personalised and flexible learning for students in the Faculty of Business and Law. She has a particular interest in the benefits of embedding Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL; virtual exchange) projects in the curriculum, having previously led on COIL for Coventry University. Her PhD is investigating the potential of COIL as a means to develop students’ sense of belonging.

Dr Kevin CHAN is an instructor at the Department of Applied Social Sciences of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). With support of the various projects from PolyU Teaching & Learning Development Grant and the UGC, Dr Chan has initiated the Clickers@PolyU user group that promotes and facilitate use of Students Response System and advocated in practice and research in various fronts of learning with technology included technology enhanced flipped classroom, gamified learning, out-of-class learning, Mass Open Online Course, and learning science in general. Dr Chan’s current interests are in the psychology of technology adoption, attention and engagement in learning, and applied psychology in the community settings. He also serves as a member in the PolyU’s Advisory Committee on e-Learning and the Working Group on Development and Operation of e-Learning under the institution’s University Learning & Teaching Committee.

Dr Angela CHEUNG has been Vice President of UNESCO Hong Kong Association since 2013. She is in charge of developing and conducting activities and programmes for promoting the UN Sustainable Development Goals in primary and secondary schools and the tertiary education sector in Hong Kong. Her career encompasses being the supervisor of 50 schools ranging from kindergarten, primary, secondary grammar, prevocational, practical and special under the management of the Tung Wah Group, Council Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Education (now Hong Kong Education University), Member of the Hong Kong Education Commission, founder of the primary school and kindergarten of the Hong Kong Education University. At present, she is member of the School Board of a secondary school inaugurated by the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups and a kindergarten under the Yew Chung International Education Foundation.

Professor David GIBSON is Curtin University’s Director of Learning Futures, Education Theme Leader of the Curtin Institute for Computation and the UNESCO Chair of Data Science in Higher Education Learning and Teaching. His research focuses on games and simulations in education, learning analytics, complex systems analysis and the use of technology to personalise learning. He has over 100 publications on these topics. He is the creator of simSchool, a classroom flight simulator for preparing educators, and eFolio, an online performance-based assessment system and provides vision and sponsorship for Curtin University’s Challenge, a mobile, game-based learning platform.

Dr Theresa KWONG is the Assistant Director of the Centre for Holistic Teaching and Learning, Hong Kong Baptist University. Theresa’s major responsibilities at the Centre include: providing expertise to academic staff and departments regarding pedagogical issues, supporting the University’s implementation of the outcome-based approach to teaching and learning, teaching research postgraduate students basic teaching skills, overseeing the evidence collection of student learning, and endeavouring to better transformation in e-learning adoption. Her research interests include academic integrity, technology enhanced learning, faculty professional development, and outcomes assessment.

Professor Paul LAM is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Learning Enhancement And Research, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has extensive interest and experience in teaching and learning principles, case-based teaching and learning, web-assisted teaching and learning, and evaluation of eLearning and mLearning. He also has experience in designing educational tools. uReply is a classroom student response system developed under his supervision.

Dr Crusher WONG is the Senior Manager (e-Learning) in the Office of the Chief Information Officer at City University of Hong Kong. He has supported the use of learning management system at the university since 1998. Currently, he serves in two joint-university projects to further promote flipped learning approaches by incorporating practices in MOOC and digital gamming. His latest challenge is to facilitate synchronous teaching and assessments online.

Dr Eva Y. W. WONG is the Director of the Centre for Holistic Teaching and Learning at Hong Kong Baptist University. The Centre has major responsibilities for professional development in teaching and learning of faculty members, assisting in the implementation of the outcomes-based approach to teaching and learning, supporting the University’s e-learning endeavours, collecting evidence for the assessment of students’ attainment of learning outcomes, and helping students’ whole person development with the aim of enhancing student learning with a holistic approach. Eva’s current interests and expertise are in the enhancement of student learning through the use of engaging and learner-centred pedagogies leveraged on e-learning.