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Asst Prof Wen Yun
Assistant Professor, National Institute of Education - Learning Sciences and Assessment
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Dr Wen Yun is an Assistant Professor in the Learning Sciences and Assessment Academic Group. Prior to this, she worked as a Lecturer at the Singapore Centre for Chinese Language (SCCL), providing in-service training for school teachers. She obtained her PhD from the National Institute of Education, Singapore, and completed her Postdoc at the Computer-Human Interaction in Learning and Instruction (CHILI) Lab in EPFL, Switzerland.
She works on emerging technology-enabled pedagogical innovation. Her research investigates how people learn through interaction and conversations in multimodal environments, and how to use emerging technologies, such as Augmented Reality (AR) or Artificial Intelligence (AI), to spark productive interactions and enhance learning.
She leads interdisciplinary teams of researchers, developers, and educational practitioners, to make a profound impact on teaching and learning practice and shed light on theoretical perspectives on integrating emerging technologies into learning. She serves as Associate Editor of Educational Technology & Society (ET&S) and Asia Pacific Journal of Education (APJE)
Dr Wen is the first faculty from NIE to be awarded the prestigious Social Science and Humanities Research Fellowship by the Singapore Social Science Research Council. She is also a recipient of the Nanyang Research Award (Young Investigator) 2021.
She works on emerging technology-enabled pedagogical innovation. Her research investigates how people learn through interaction and conversations in multimodal environments, and how to use emerging technologies, such as Augmented Reality (AR) or Artificial Intelligence (AI), to spark productive interactions and enhance learning.
She leads interdisciplinary teams of researchers, developers, and educational practitioners, to make a profound impact on teaching and learning practice and shed light on theoretical perspectives on integrating emerging technologies into learning. She serves as Associate Editor of Educational Technology & Society (ET&S) and Asia Pacific Journal of Education (APJE)
Dr Wen is the first faculty from NIE to be awarded the prestigious Social Science and Humanities Research Fellowship by the Singapore Social Science Research Council. She is also a recipient of the Nanyang Research Award (Young Investigator) 2021.
Her research interests include Computer-supported Collaborative Learning, Computer-assisted Language Learning, Learning Design, and Learning Analytics.
- Building an Eco-system to Leverage Augmented Reality in Schools
- Integrating Learning Analytics and Learning Design: Design and Implementation of Seamless Chinese Character Learning in Lower Primary Schools
- AI-Powered Seamless Vocabulary Learning: Enhancing Learner-generated Contexts
- AI-Strokes: An AI-powered Chinese handwriting teaching aid with instant diagnostic and predictive capabilities to address cognitive and motor-related learning difficulties via game-based engagements
- Growth in Bilingual & Biliteracy Proficiency: Environmental, Individual & Experiential Factors (GIBBER)
- Promoting and monitoring the cognitive engagement of online students in the blended synchronous learning environment
- Augmented Intelligence Technology for Inspiring Innovation in Teaching
- Exploring Extended Reality to Enhance Practical Science & Mathematics Education
- Leveraging on augmented reality technologies for Establishment of Science Trail: An exploratory study
- An Investigation of Learning and Teaching Supported by Personal Learning Devices (PLDs) in Secondary Schools
Awards
2022 Nanyang Research Award (Young Investigator) 2021
2022 NIE Excellence in Research Award 2021
2018 MOE Innergy (HQ) Gold Award (PI of the project entitled “Context-Character form-Context: Augmented reality based character composition game for improving Chinese character recognition”)
2022 NIE Excellence in Research Award 2021
2018 MOE Innergy (HQ) Gold Award (PI of the project entitled “Context-Character form-Context: Augmented reality based character composition game for improving Chinese character recognition”)
Fellowships & Other Recognition
Social Science and Humanities Research (SSHR) Fellowship 2021
Courses Taught
MED900: Educational Inquiry
MLT902: Computer Supported Collaborative Learning and Knowledge Building
MLT903: Technologies as Cognitive Tools
MED902: Integrative Project
MTD901: Professional Practice Inquiry Project
AED20C : Technologies for Meaningful Learning
DED 107: Technologies for Meaningful Learning
QED50G: ICT for Meaningful Learning
QED50P: Group Endeavours in Service Learning
Practicum: Practicum for pre-service teachers
IPD0128: Cluster/School-based Action Research Course
ILA0001: Technology-enhanced Differentiated Instruction
MLT902: Computer Supported Collaborative Learning and Knowledge Building
MLT903: Technologies as Cognitive Tools
MED902: Integrative Project
MTD901: Professional Practice Inquiry Project
AED20C : Technologies for Meaningful Learning
DED 107: Technologies for Meaningful Learning
QED50G: ICT for Meaningful Learning
QED50P: Group Endeavours in Service Learning
Practicum: Practicum for pre-service teachers
IPD0128: Cluster/School-based Action Research Course
ILA0001: Technology-enhanced Differentiated Instruction