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Dr. SONG Yanjie is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Information Technology, Programme Leader of the Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Primary Section) in Faulty of Library Arts and Social Sciences, and Associate Director of Centre for Immersive Learning and Metaverse in Education (CILME) at the Education University of Hong Kong. She obtained her Ph.D. in educational technology at the University of Hong Kong and her MEd. in IT, Multimedia and Education at the University of Leeds, the UK. She was trained and obtained TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) Certificate at the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, the UK. Before joining the institute, she worked as a Senior Research Assistant at the University of Hong Kong, A Research Fellow and later was offered a Research Scientist position in the Learning Sciences Lab, at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Yanjie was listed in the Top 2% of the most cited scientists in 2021 and 2023 in education by Stanford University.

RGC-funded General Research Fund (GRF)  

• PI, “A Self-regulated Vocabulary Learning Approach Supported by a Mobile-user-generated-content Tool for Pupils in Hong Kong”, GRF (HK$522,720) (Jan. 2020- Mar. 22; Ref. 18611019) (international collaboration)
• PI, “m-Orchestrate: Developing a mobile learning system for teacher orchestration in collaborative science inquiry”, GRF (HK$619,176) (Jan. 2018- Dec. 2020; Ref. 18610817) (international collaboration)
• Co-I, School learning support and teacher digital competence from a needs satisfaction perspective (HK$324,000.00) (2023-2024; Ref: 14610522)

UGC Fund for Innovative Technology in Education (FITE) 

• PI, “Developing a Metaverse Platform with Virtual Reality – “LearningverseVR” for Learning and Teaching”, UGC’s Fund for Innovative Technology-in-Education (FITE) (HK$800,000) (2023-2025, Ref. 05404). (collaboration with Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
• PI, “A Large and Flexible Immersive Learning System for Language, Health, Chinese History, and Cultural Tourism”, FITE (HK$500,000) (2023-2026, Ref. 05408). (collaboration with Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

UGC Teaching Development Grant (TDG)

• One of Co-PIs: TDG project “Developing and Evaluating a Learning Analytics Platform to Support University Teachers for Pedagogical Decision-making in Fostering Reflective Engagement of Students” (4 universities joint project) Total: HK$7,536,623 (Ref: HKIED7/T&L/12-15) (2014-2017)

International project collaboration

• C-I: OER (Office of Education Research), “Integrating Learning Analytics and Learning Design: Design and Implementation of Seamless Chinese Character Learning in Lower Primary Schools”. National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technology University. Total: S$145,631.00 (about HK$843,305) (16/11/2020-15/11/2022)

Awards and recognition - Academic related awards

• Bronze Award” Educational Technology Innovations in Poster Session at Teaching and Learning Innovation Expo 2023, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• “Dean’s Research Output Prize” (2018 and 2020 respectively)
• Five “Best Paper Presentation awards" in different international conferences from 2020-2023 (Some awards with Dr Yang Yin)
• "Best Teacher Forum Paper Award" at Global Chinese Conference for Computers in Education (GCCCE) 2019.

Awards and recognition - Educational technology invention related awards

• “Learningverse” – a metaverse platform, won “Bronze Medal” at the 48th International Exhibition of Inventions in Geneva, Switzerland 2023; won “Silver Medal” and “Special Award” at The International Invention Innovation Competition in Canada (iCAN) 2023.
• “VocabGo” - The augmented reality app for vocabulary learning won two “Gold Medals” (2020; 2021) in (1) iCAN 2021, and (2) The International Innovation and Invention Competition (IIIC) Taiwan 2020, and “Organizer’s Choice Award” in iCAN 2020.
• “m-Orchestrate” – a mobile app for Collaborative Science Inquiry won “Silver Medal” and “Special Award” at iCAN 2020.

Awards and recognition - Recognition

• The top 2% of the most-cited scientists in the world by Stanford University in 2021 and 2023

Research postgraduate student supervision

• Dr Yang Yin won "Outstanding Research Postgraduate Student Award of the Dean’s Research Fund" 2022/23

External Member of Thesis Advisor Committee (TAC)

• An external member of the Thesis Advisory Committee (TAC) approved by Dean of Graduate Studies and Professional Learning, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (2024-present)

Patents

• Method and apparatus for analyizing emotions of text and generating feedback responses on text (USA 2023 and HK 2024)
• A system and method for animating an avatar in a virtual world (USA, HK and Mainland China 2022)

Editorship (special issues)

• Guest editor: IEEE Transactions of Learning Technologies (SSCI)
• Lead editor & Co-editor: Educational Technology & Society (SSCI)
• Lead editor: Journal of Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning
• Co-editor: Journal of Computers in Education
• On the editorial board of Educational Technology & Society (SSCI)
• On the editorial board of the International Journal of Mobile Learning & Organisation

Key roles in international conferences/organisations

• Founding member and Steering Committee Co-Chair of the International Conference on Future Language Learning 2022
• Executive Member of the Asia-Pacific Society of Computers in Education (APSCE) (2014-present)
• Executive Member of Global Chinese Society for Computers in Education (GCSCE) (2016-present)
• Special Interest Group (SIG) Chair of Technology-Enhanced Language Learning (TELL) at APSCE (2023-present)
• Education Programme sub-Committee Chair at APSCE (2023-present)

• design and development of applications with metaverse, generative AI, AR, and VR technologies;
• innovative pedagogy design with emerging technologies;
• multimodal learning analytics
• technology-enhanced language learning
• design-based research

Scholarly Books, Monographs and Chapters - Chapter in an edited book (author)

• Song, Y. (2018). The Implementation of Mobile Learning in Asia - Hong Kong: Key Trends in Practices and Research. J. Voogt, G. Knezek, R. Christensen, & K-W. Lai (eds.), Second handbook of Information Technology in Primary and Secondary Education (8-.). US: Springer International Publishing.
• Song, Y. & Ku, W-Y. (2016). Enhancing science learning with BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) in a primary school in Hong Kong. N. Kucirkova & G. Falloon, Apps, Technology and Younger Learners (183-194). Oxfordshire, UK: Taylor & Francis/Routledge.
• Song, Y. & Kong, S. C. (2015). Employing a framework to examine the “niche” for mobile-assisted seamless learning from an ecological perspective. L-H. Wong, M. Milrad, & M. Specht, Seamless Learning in the Age of Mobile Connectivity (75-90). Singapore: Springer Singapore.
• Looi, C.-K., Song, Y., Wen, Y., & Chen, W. (2013). Identifying pivotal contributions for group progressive inquiry in a multi-modal interaction environment. Suthers, D., Lund, K., Rose, C., Teplovs, C., & Law, N., Productive Multivocality in the Analysis of Group Interactions (265-289). London: Springer.
• Looi, C.-K., Wong, L.-H., & Song, Y. (2012). Mobile Computer Supported Collaborative Learning. C. Hmelo-Silver, A. O’Donnell, C. Chan & C. Chinn (Eds.), The International Handbook of Collaborative Learning (pp. 420-436). New York: Routledge.
• Song, Y. (2011). Investigating undergraduate student mobile device use in context. A. Kitchenham (Ed), Models for interdisciplinary mobile learning: Delivering information to students (pp.120-136). Hershey, US & London, UK: IGI Global for publication.
• Song, Y. (2009). Handheld educational applications: A review of the research. H. Ryu & D. Parsons (Eds.), Innovative Mobile Learning: Techniques and Technologies Information (pp.302-323). Hershey, US & London, UK: Science Reference (an imprint of IGI Global).
• Song, Y. (2008). A tale of PDA use for learning in two departments: Voices from an undergraduate student. K. R., KATYAL et al. (Eds.), Research Studies in Education (pp.99-108). Hong Kong: Faculty of Education, the University of Hong Kong.
• Song, Y., & Fox, R. (2007). A review of affordances and constraints of handheld devices in higher education. P. Tsang, R. Kwan & R. Fox (Eds.), Learning Through Technology (pp.229-239). Singapore: World Scientific Publishing.
• Song, Y. (2005). Integrating SMS into web-based English as second language vocabulary learning for adults. K. R. Katyal, H. C. Lam & X. Ding (Eds.), Research Studies in Education (288-295). Hong Kong: Faculty of Education, the University of Hong Kong.
• Song, Y., & Liu, J. (2001). Witness of cultural isolation in The Man from Mars. R. Clair & J. Rakusan (Eds.), Intercultural Communication Studies - Values across Cultures: Metaphors, Proverbs, and Social Structure (pp.125-132). San Antonio, US: TX Institute for Cross-Cultural Research.

Scholarly Books, Monographs and Chapters - Textbook (author)

• Pelham, L., King, E., & Song, Y. (2003). Primary English for China (Books 1 & 3). Beijing, Guangzhou, China: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Publishing House and Guangdong Education Publishing House.
• Pelham, L., King, E., & Song, Y. (2001). We Love English (Books 1 & 3) - English Textbooks for Primary School Students. Guangzhou, China: Guangdong Education Publishing House.

Scholarly Books, Monographs and Chapters - Edited book (editor)

• Song Y., Chang, C., Hsu, T.-C., Ogata, H. and Wen Y. (2022). Proceedings of the 1 st APSCE International Conference on Future Language Learning (ICFULL) 2022. Hong Kong: The Education University of Hong Kong.
• Looi, C. K., Shih, J. L., Huang, L. X., Liu, Q. T., Liu, S. Y., Wu, D., Zheng, N. H., Zhuang, Z. Y., Guo, J., Yang, S. Q., Wen, Y., Liao, C. Y., Huang, S. X., Lin, L., Song, Y. J., Wei, Y. T., Liang, Z. Z., & Zhang, M. Z. (2019). Proceedings of the 23rd Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education (GCCCE2019). Wuhan, China: Central China Normal University..
• Song, Y., Chang,M., Chan,T-W.,&Yu,S. (Eds.) (2017). Doctoral Student Forum Proceedings of Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education (GCCCE). Beijing: Beijing Normal University..
• Song, Y., Wu, Y.-T., Chan, T.-W., Kong, S. C., Ma, H. H., Lai, A.-F., Chai, C. S., Wang, L., & Yu, H. (Eds.) (2016). Teacher Forum Proceedings of the 20th Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education 2016. Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Institute of Education.
• Ogata, H., & Song, Y. (eds.) (2007). Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Mobile and Ubiquitous Learning Environments. Hong Kong: APSCE SIG MULE Society.

Journal Publications - Publication in refereed journal

• Shadiev, R., Chen, X., Reynolds, B. L., Song, Y., & Altinay, F. (2024). Facilitating cognitive development and addressing stereotypes with a cross-cultural learning activity supported by interactive 360-degree video technology. British Journal of Educational Technology, ., .. https://doi-org.ezproxy.eduhk.hk/10.1111/bjet.13461
• Yang, Y. & Song*, Y. (2024). Developing and evaluating a mobile app with a self-regulation scheme to facilitate primary students’ self-regulated vocabulary learning. Computer Assisted Language Learning, ., .. https://doi.org/10.1080/09588221.2024.2342868
• Chiu, T. K. F., Falloon, G., Song, Y.J., Wong, V. W. L., Zhao, L., & Ismailov, M., A (2024). A self-determination theory approach to teacher digital competence development. Computers & Education, ., 105017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2024.105017
• Wen, Y., Song, Y., Aw, G, P., Goh, H. H., Zheng, Y. & Wang, Y. (2024). Investigating seamless vocabulary learning for young learners: ARCH for bridging Home-based learning and classroom-based learning. Educational Technology & Society, 27(3), 102-113.
• Yang, Y., & Song*, Y. (2023). Understanding primary students’ self-regulated vocabulary learning behaviours on a mobile app via learning analytics and their associated outcomes: A case study. Journal of Computers in Education, 10(3), 469-498. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40692-022-00251-x
• Shadiev, R., Wen, Y., Uosaki, N., & Song, Y. (2023). Future language learning with emerging technologies. Journal of Computers in Education, 10(3), 463-467. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40692-023-00285-9
• Song, Y., Cao, J., Wu, K., Yu, P. L. H., & Lee, J. C. K. (2023). Developing ‘Learningverse’-a 3D Metaverse Platform to Support Teaching, Social and Cognitive Presences. IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 16(6), 1165-1178. https://doi.org/10.1109/TLT.2023.3276574
• Song, Y., Ogata, H., Yang Y., & Mouri, K. (2023). Investigating the impact of a mobile learner-generated-content tool on pupils’ after-school English vocabulary behavioural learning patterns, learning performance and motivation: a case study. International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation, 17(3), 406-425. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMLO.2023.131855
• Yang, Y., Wen Y., & Song*, Y. (2023). A Systematic Review of Technology-Enhanced Self-Regulated Language Learning. Educational Technology & Society, 26(1), 31 - 44. https://doi.org/10.30191/ETS.202301_26(1).0003
•  Song, Y., Cao, J., Yang, Y., & Looi, C. K. (2022). Mapping primary studentsˇ mobile collaborative inquiry-based learning behaviours in science collaborative problem solving via learning analytics. International Journal of Educational Research, 114, 101992. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2022.101992
• Song, Y., Wen, Y., Yang, Y., & Cao, J. (2022). Developing a ‘Virtual Go mode’ on a mobile app to enhance primary students’ vocabulary learning engagement: an exploratory study. Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 17(2), 354-363. https://doi.org/10.1080/17501229.2022.2047693.
• Hwang, G.J., Chang, S.‐C., Song, Y. & Hsieh, M. C. (2021). Powering up flipped learning: An online learning environment with a concept map‐guided problem‐posing strategy. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 37(2), 429-445.
• Jong S-Y, Song Y., Soloway, E. & Norris C. (2021). Editorial Note: Teacher Professional Development in STEM Education. Educational Technology & Society, 24(4), 81-85.
• Song, Y. (2021). A review of how class orchestration with technology has been conducted for pedagogical practices. Educational Technology Research and Development, 69(3), 1477-1503. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-021-10001-y
• Song, Y. & Ma, Q. (2021). Affordances of a mobile learner-generated tool for pupils’ English as a second language vocabulary learning: An ecological perspective. British Journal of Educational Technology, 52(2), 858-878.
• Wen, Y. & Song, Y. (2021). Learning Analytics for Collaborative Language Learning in Classrooms: From the Holistic Perspective of Learning Analytics, Learning Design and Teacher Inquiry. Educational Technology & Society, 24(1), 1-15.
• Song, Y. & Hwang, G.-J. (2022). What “seams” have been bridged in seamless vocabulary learning? - A review of the literature. Interactive Learning Environments, 30(10), 1967-1983
• Song, Y. (2020). How to flip the classroom in school students’ mathematics learning: Bridging in- and out-of-class activities via innovative strategies. Technology, Pedagogy and Education
• Kong, S.C., Li, P., & Song, Y. (2018). Evaluating a bilingual text-mining system with a taxonomy of key words and hierarchical visualization for understanding learner-generated text. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 56(3), 369-395.
• Song, Y. (2018). Improving primary students’ collaborative problem solving competency in project-based science learning with productive failure instructional design in a seamless learning environment. Educational Technology Research and Development, 66(4), 979-1008.
• Song, Y. & Wen, Y. (2018). Integrating various apps on BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) into seamless inquiry-based learning to enhance primary students’science learning. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 27(2), 165-176.
• Kong, S. C., Li, P. & Song, Y (2018). Evaluating a Bilingual Text-Mining System With a Taxonomy of Key Words and Hierarchical Visualization for Understanding Learner-Generated Text. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 56(3), 369-395.
• Song, Y. & Kong, S. C. (2017). Investigating Students’ Acceptance of a Statistics Learning Platform Using Technology Acceptance Model. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 55(6), 865-897.
• Song, Y. & Kapur, M. (2017). How to flip the classroom – “productive failure” or “traditional flipped classroom” pedagogical design?. Journal of Educational Technology & Society, 20(1), 292-305.
• Song, Y., Jong, M., Chang, M., & Chen, W. (2017). “HOW” to design, implement and evaluate the flipped classroom? – A synthesis. Journal of Educational Technology and Society, 20 (1), 180-183.
• Song, Y. (2016). “We found the ‘black spots’ on campus on our own”: development of inquiry skills in primary science learning with BYOD (Bring Your Own Device). Interactive Learning Environments, 24(2), 291-305.
• Kong, S.C., & Song, Y. (2015). An experience of personalized learning hub initiative embedding BYOD for reflective engagement in higher education. Computers and Education, 88, 227-240.
• Song, Y. (2014). Methodological Issues in Mobile Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (mCSCL): What Methods, What to Measure and When to Measure?. Journal of Educational Technology & Society, 17 (4), 33-48.
• Song, Y., Kong, S. C. (2014). Going beyond textbooks: a study on seamless science inquiry in an upper primary class. Educational Media International, 51(3), 226-236.
• Kong, S.C., & Song, Y. (2014). The impact of a principle-based pedagogical design on inquiry-based learning in a seamless learning environment in Hong Kong. Educational Technology and Society, 17(2), 127-141. 
• Song, Y. (2014). "Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)" for seamless science inquiry in a primary school. Computers & Education, 74, 50-60.
• Kong, S. C. & Song, Y. (2013). A principle-based pedagogical design framework for developing constructivist learning in a seamless learning environment: A teacher development model for learning and teaching in digital classrooms in school education. British Journal of Educational Technology, 44(6), E209-E212.
• Song, Y. (2013). Developing a framework for examining the “niche” for mobile-assisted seamless learning from an ecological perspective. British Journal of Educational Technology, 44(5), E167-E170.
• Yin, C., Song, Y., Tabata, Y., Ogata, H., & Hwang, G. (2013). Developing and implementing a framework of participatory simulation for mobile learning using scaffolding. Educational Technology & Society, 16 (3), 137-150. 
• Looi, C.-K. & Song, Y. (2013). Orchestration in a networked classroom: where the teacher's real-time enactment matters. Computers & Education,, 69, 510-513.
• Song, Y., Chan, W., & Looi, C.-K. (2012). A collaborative professional development model for rapid collaborative knowledge improvement in Singapore schools. The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 21(1), 15-27.
• Song, Y., & Looi, C.-K. (2012). Linking teacher beliefs, practices and student Inquiry-based learning in a CSCL environment: A tale of two teachers. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 7(1), 129-159.
• Song, Y., Wong, L.-H., & Looi, C.-K. (2012). Fostering personalized learning in science inquiry supported by mobile technologies. Educational Technology Research and Development, 60(4), 679-701.
• Song, Y. (2011). What are the affordances and constraints of handheld devices for learning at higher education?. British Journal of Educational Technology, 42(6), E163-E166.
• Liu, Eric Z.-F., Ho, H. C., & Song, Y. (2011). Effects of an online rational emotive curriculum on primary school student's tendencies for online and real-world aggression. TOJET: The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, 10(3), 83-93.
• Song, Y. & Fox, R. (2008). Using PDAs for undergraduate student incidental vocabulary learning. ReCALL (European Association of Computer Assisted Language Learning), 20(3), 290-314.
• Song, Y., & Fox, R. (2008). Integrating incidental vocabulary learning using PDAs into academic studies: Undergraduate student experiences. Hybrid Learning and Education, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 5169, 238-249.
• Song Y., & Fox, R. (2008). Affordances of PDAs: Undergraduate student perceptions. Journal of the Research Center for Educational Technology, 4(1), 19-38.
• Song, Y. (2008). SMS enhanced vocabulary learning for mobile audiences. International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organization, 2(1), 81-98.
• Song, Y. (2007). Educational uses of handheld devices: What are the consequences?. TechTrends, 51(5), 38-45.

Conference Papers - Refereed conference paper

• Song, Y., Wu, K., & Ding, J. (2024, May). LearningverseVR: Intergrating generative AI and VR technology in an immersive game-based learning platform. Proceedings of the 28th Global Chinese Conference for Computers in Education (GCCCE), Chongqing, China.
• Song, Y., Tao, L., & Yau, J. (2024, April). What could the metaverse add to primary students’ collaborative inquiry-based coding activities in the physical classroom: An empirical study on group cohesion and immersion. International Congress on Educational Futures, Hong Kong.
• Song, Y., Cao, J., Tao, L., Gašević, D. (2023, December). A holistic visualisation solution to understanding multimodal data in an educational metaverse platform – Learningverse. 31st International Conference on Computers in Education, Japan.
• Song, Y., Cao, J., Wu, K., Tao, L. (2023, June). Development of an avatar expression remix system to identify avatars’ facial expressions for authentic social interactions in the metaverse. The 1st International Conference on Metaverse and Artificial Companions in Education and Society, Hong Kong.
• Song, Y., Yang, Y., & Tao, L. (2023, May). Applications of the Metaverse in Education – A Systematic Review Of Studies From 2013-2022. International Conference On Learning And Teaching For Future Readiness 2023, Hong Kong.
• Yang Y. & Song Y. (2023, May). Investigating Primary Students’ Self-regulated Vocabulary Learning Mediated by the Mobile App Through the Lens of Affordance-Actualization Theory.. Proceedings of The 2nd APSCE International Conference on Future Language Learning 2023, Beijing.
• Yang, Y., & Song, Y. (2023, May). Investigating primary students’ self-regulated vocabulary learning mediated by the mobile app through the lens of affordance-actualization theory. Proceedings of The 2nd APSCE International Conference on Future Language Learning 2023 (pp. 65-66), Beijing.
• Lo, C. K., & Song, Y. (2023, January). A scoping review of empirical studies in Gather.town. 2023 11th International Conference on Information and Education Technology, Japan. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIET56899.2023.10111430
• Yang, Y., & Song, Y. (2023, January). Clustering primary students’ self-regulated vocabulary learning behaviours mediated by a mobile-assisted self-regulation scheme.. In Proceedings of the 1st APSCE International Conference on Future Language Learning 2023, Hong Kong.
• Yang, Y., & Song, Y. (2022). Examining primary student self-regulated vocabulary learning behavioural patterns and vocabulary learning outcomes leveraged by the mobile app with a self-regulation scheme. Proceedings of the XXIst International CALL Research Conference (pp. 204-211), Japan. https://doi.org/10.29140/9781914291050-28
• Yang, Y., & Song, Y. (2022, July). A Study on Social Interactions Among Primary Students in English Vocabulary Acquisition in a Mobile Learner-Generated Content Learning Environment. Proceedings of the XXIst International CALL Research Conference, Online. https://doi.org/10.29140/9781914291050-28
• Yang, Y., & Song, Y. (2022, July). A study on social interactions among primary students in English vocabulary acquisition in a mobile learner-generated content learning environment.. Proceedings of the XXIst International CALL Research Conference, Japan.
• Yang, Y., & Song, Y. (2022, July). Clustering primary students’ self-regulated vocabulary learning behaviours on a mobile app embedded with a self-regulation scheme. The 1st APSCE International Conference on Future Language Learning (ICFULL), Hong Kong.
• Yang, Y., & Song, Y. (2022, July). Examining Primary Student Self-Regulated Vocabulary Learning Behavioral Patterns and Vocabulary Learning Outcomes Leveraged by the Mobile App with A Self-Regulation Scheme. Proceedings of the XXIst International CALL Research Conference, Online. https://doi.org/10.29140/9781914291050-28
• Song, Y., Yu, L. H. P., Lee, C. K. J., Wu, K., & Cao, J. (2022, June). Developing an avatar generation system for the metaverse in education. The 1st International Workshop on Metaverse and Artificial Companions in Education and Society (MetaACES 2022), Hong Kong.
• Song, Y., Yu, P.L.H., Lee, J.C.K., Wu, K., & Cao, J. (2022, June). Developing an Avatar Generation System for the Metaverse in Education. Paper presented at The 1st International Workshop on Metaverse and Artificial Companions in Education and Society (MetaACES 2022), Hong Kong. https://www.eduhk.hk/metaaces2022/download/MetaACES%202022%20Program_20220622.pdf
• Yang, Y., & Song, Y. (2022, May). Effects of a self-regulation scheme embedded in a mobile app on undergraduate students’ English vocabulary learning performance and cognitive engagement.. In Conference Proceedings (English paper track) of the 26th Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education (GCCCE2021), National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan.
• Wong, L.-H., Teo, C. L., Ogata, H., Song, Y., Wu, L., & Yu, F.Y.1. (2021). Leveraging Student-Generated Ideas (SGI) to facilitate socio-constructivist learning and conceptual change: The roles of technology in SGI learning trajectories. Proceedings of 29th International Conference on Computers in Education Conference, Cyberspace. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85122963793&partnerID=8YFLogxK Scopus publicationLink to publication in Scopus, https://icce2021.apsce.net/proceedings/published version
• Song, Y., & Yang, Y. (2021, December). Development and Implementation of a “self-regulation scheme” on a mobile app to enhance students’ self-regulated vocabulary learning. International Conference on Learning and Teaching 2021 (ICLT2021), Hong Kong.
• Song, Y., Yang, Y., & Lung, K. M. (2021, November). Developing and Evaluating a “Virtual Go Mode” Feature on an Augmented Reality App to Enhance Primary Students’ Vocabulary Learning Engagement. Paper presented at the 29th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE 2021), Hong Kong. https://icce2021.apsce.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/ICCE2021-Vol.II-PP.-129-135.pdf
• Yang, Y., & Song, Y. (2021, September). How Did Technologies “Assist” Self-Regulated Language Learning? A Systematic Review of Research from 2011 to 2020. Paper presented at the 25th Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education (GCCCE2021), Hong Kong. https://www.eduhk.hk/gccce2021/proceedings.htmlpublished version
• Yang, Y., Song, Y., Cao, J., & Wu, K. (2021, June). Understanding Undergraduate Students’ Self-regulated Vocabulary Learning Processes and Outcomes Leveraged by a Mobile App Embedded with a Self-regulated Scheme.. Paper presented at the 4th Pedagogy and Practice in Technology Enhanced Language Learning (PPTELL 2021), Taipei, Taiwan.
• SONG, Y., LAI, Y.C., & LING, M.H.A. (2020, November). Design of an augmented reality app for pupil’s vocabulary learning in a seamless learning environment. Paper presented at The International Conference on Education and Artificial Intelligence 2020 (ICEAI 2020)
• Song, Y. Ogata, H., Yang, Y. & Mouri, K. (2020, November). Examining primary students’ after-class vocabulary behavioural learning patterns in user-generated learning context: a case study. Proceedings of 28th International Conference on Computers in Education, online.
• Song, Y. & Cao, J. (2020, November). Development of a dashboard on a mobile collaborative science inquiry app – m-Orchestrate. Proceedings of 28th International Conference on Computers in Education Conference Proceedings, online.
• Song, Y. & Yang, Y. (2020, November). Enhancing primary students’ vocabulary learning motivation and outcomes using the mobile user-generated-content tool. CALL for widening participation: short papers from EUROCALL 2020, Voillans, France.
• Song, Y. Lai (2020, November). Design of an augmented reality app for pupil’s vocabulary learning in a seamless learning environment. The International Conference on Education and Artificial Intelligence 2020 (ICEAI 2020), Hong Kong.
• Song, Y., Cao, J., & Yang, Y. (2020, November). Evaluation of the m-Orchestrate app for scaffolding pupils’ collaborative science inquiry during COVID-19. Workshop Proceedings of 28th International Conference on Computers in Education, online.
• Cao, J., & Song, Y. (2020, March). Design of an Interactive Dashboard for Teacher Orchestration in Collaborative Science Inquiry. Companion Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge (LAK20), Frankfurt, Germany.
• Cao, J., & Song, Y. (2019, December). Beyond Just Following Data: How Does Visualization Strategy Facilitate Learning Analytics Design. Paper presented at the 27th International Conference on Computers in Education, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
• Song, Y., & Cao, J. (2019, December). A case study on adopting innovative pedagogical strategies in STEM education in a primary school. Paper presented at 2019 International Conference on Advances in STEM Education (ASTEM 2019), Hong Kong.
• Song, Y., & Yang, Y. (2019, December). Enhancing Hong Kong Secondary Students’ English Grammar Learning and Collaborative Problem-solving Skills with Productive Failure Instructional Design in a MCSCL Environment. Paper presented at 27th International Conference on Computers in Education, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
• Song, Y., Ogata, H. & Mouri K. (2019, July). Enhancing pupils’ English vocabulary learning mediated by a learner-generated content tool from an ecological perspective. 20th International conference of computer-assisted language learning, Hong Kong.
• Song, Y. & Yang, Y. (2019, May). What “seams” have been bridged in seamless vocabulary learning? - A review of the literature. Proceedings of the 23rd Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education (GCCCE2019), Wuhan, China.
• Song, Y., Lung, K. M., Ogata, H., Yang, Y., Hasnine, N., & Mouri, K. (2019, May). (Best Teacher Forum Paper Award) Bridging in-class and real-life vocabulary learning using a mobile learner-generated content tool: A case study. Teacher Forum Proceedings of the 23rd Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education (GCCCE2019), Wuhan, China.
• Song,Y., Cao, J., Tam, W. L., & Looi, C.-K. (2019, May). M-Orchestrate Learning System - A platform for orchestrating collaborative science inquiry. Proceedings of the 23rd Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education (GCCCE2019), Wuhan, China.
• Song, Y. & Lung, K. M. (2018, June). Adopting a productive-failure instructional design in project-based learning to improve primary students' collaborative problem solving. Practitioner and Industrial Track Proceedings at ICLS 2018, co-located with of the 13th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS 2018), London: the UK.
• Lung, K. M. & Song, Y. (2018, May). Examining Primary Students’ Collaborative Problem Solving in Science Using a Mobile Artifact Creation Approach. The 22nd Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education, Guangzhou, China.
• Song Y. & Lung K. M. (2017, December). Improving Primary Students’ Problem Solving Skills in Science Learning in a Seamless Learning Environment. Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Computers in Education, New Zealand.
• Song, Y., Tsang, Y.F., Yeung, Y.Y. (2017, November). Promoting STEM education in senior secondary schools in Hong Kong through STEM Olympiad. Paper presented at the WERA Focal Meeting & HKERA International Conference 2017 (WERA-HKERA 2017): Innovation, Hong Kong.
• Song, Y & Sun, D. (2017, June). Enhancing Science Learning with BYOD in a primary school. Proceedings of Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education (GCCCE) 2017, Beijing.
• Sun, D., Looi, C.-K., & Song,Y (2017, June). Pedagogical Design of Mobile Technology Supported Science Learning: An Evaluation Study. Proceedings of The 21stGlobal Chinese Conference on Computers in Education(GCCCE 2017), Beijing.
• Yanjie Song, Daner Sun (2016, August). Enhancing science learning with BYOD (bring your own device) in a primary school in Hong Kong. The 2016 International Conference of East-Asian Association for Science Education (EASE 2016): Innovations in Science Education Research & Practice: Strengthening International Collaboration, Tokyo, Japan.
• Song, Y., Sun, D., & Jong, S. (2016, June). Enhancing students’ science learning in a seamless inquiry-based learning environment leveraged by BYOD (Bring your own device). Proceedings of the Workshop on Computer-Based Learning Environments for Deep Learning in Inquiry and Problem-Solving Contexts, The International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS), Singapore.
• Sun, D., Song, Y., & Looi,C.-K. (2016, June). Exploring Teacher Adaption of Technology-enabled Science Curriculum at Workshop of "How Students Learn in East Asian Cultures and How That Learning May Evolve in The Future". The International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS), Singapore.
• Ku, C. H. & Song, Y. (2016, May). How to Flip the Classroom? – A Pilot Study on a Novel Pedagogy to Improve Secondary School Students’ Problem Solving Skills in Mathematics. Teacher Forum Proceedings at Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education (GCCCE) 2016, Hong Kong.
• Song, Y. & Fox. R. (2016, May). Undergraduate Use of Mobile Devices for M-learning: Where Is the Niche?. Proceedings of Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education (GCCCE) 2016, Hong Kong.
• Wan, J. & Song, Y. (2016, May). “Productive Failure” in Science Inquiry: A Case Study on “Circuit exploration”. Teacher Forum Proceedings at Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education (GCCCE) 2016, Hong Kong.
• Song, Y. & Kong, S. C. (2015, November). What are the affordances of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) for learning from teachers’ perspectives in higher education?. Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Computers in Education ICCE 2015, Hangzhou, China.
• Kong, S.C., & Song, Y. (2015, May). A study of bring your own device (BYOD) initiative for reflective engagement in a higher education institution. Paper presented at the 19th Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education 2015, Chungli, Taiwan.
• Song, Y.J. (2014, November). A systematic review of assessment methods in mobile computer-supported collaborative learning (mCSCL). Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Computers in Education, Nara, Japan.
• Song, Y. & Ma, C-L. (2013, November). (Best Overall Paper Nominee) Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) for Seamless Science Inquiry: A case study in a Primary School. Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Computers in Education. Indonesia: Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education, Bali, Indonesia.
• Looi, C-K, Song, Y., & Wong. L-H (2013, May). (Outstanding Paper Award) Mobile technology-assisted personalized learning in science inquiry. Proceedings of The 17th Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education (GCCCE), Beijing.
• Song, Y. (2012, November). Mobile learning: Where is the niche?. Workshop Proceedings of 20th International Conference on Computers in Education ICCE 2012, National Institute of Education, Singapore.
• Wong, L.-H., Song, Y., Chai, C.-S., & Ying, Z. (2011, November). (Best paper award) Analyzing Students’ After-School artifact creation processes in a mobile-assisted language learning environment. Proceedings of 19th International Conference on Computers in Education, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
• Song, Y. (2008, October). Dynamic-PDA-Use for learning: An undergraduate student experience. Proceedings of 16th International Conference on Computers in Education, Jhongli, Taiwan.
• Song, Y., & Fox, R. (2007, October). Educational affordances of handheld devices: Undergraduate student perceptions. Proceedings of the 6th mLearn international conference, Melbourne, Australia.
• Song, Y., & Fox, R. (2007, August). Factors influencing student attitude towards handheld educational uses. Proceedings of the 2nd Mobile and Ubiquitous Learning Environments, Hong Kong.
• Song, Y. (2006, November). What consequences have handheld educational uses brought about?. Proceedings of the International workshop on mobile and ubiquitous learning environments, Beijing, China.
• Song, Y., & Fox, R. (2005, November). Integrating m-technology into web-based ESL vocabulary learning for working adult learners. Proceedings of the Third IEEE International Workshop on Wireless and Mobile Technologies in Education, Tokushima, Japan.

Conference Papers - Other conference paper

• Chan, K. K., & Song, Y. (2010, August). Towards a principle-based approach for knowledge creation in teacher professional development. Knowledge Building Summer Institute, Toronto, Canada.

Creative and Literary Works, Consulting Reports and Case Studies - Consulting or contract research report

• Kong, S.C., Li, K.M, Song, Y. J. & Chui, H.L. (2014). Report for Provision of Services for Conducting the Research Study on the Pilot Scheme on e-Learning in Schools (Part 2). Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Institute of Education.

Developing artificial intelligence agents in an immersive learning environment - ‘AGILE’ to improve university students’ academic presentation competency and self-directed learning

This project aims to develop AI agents in an immersive learning environment called “AGILE” to explore the role and effectiveness of generative AI in enhancing students' academic presentation competency and self-directed learning in an immersive environment.
Project Start Year: 2024, Principal Investigator(s): SONG, Yanjie

Examining social, cognitive and teaching presences and learning outcomes in the metaverse via an intelligent MMLA approach

Examining social, cognitive and teaching presences and learning outcomes in the metaverse via an intelligent MMLA approach
Project Start Year: 2024, Principal Investigator(s): SONG, Yanjie

The Design and Practice of Synchronous Online Mathematics Instruction: A Visual Learning Analytics-supported Design-based Study

Project objectives: 1) To generate principles that guide the design and practice of synchronous online mathematics instruction to engage students in class discussion and increase their mathematics achievement; 2) To enhance a visual learning analytics approach for teachers to review and improve their synchronous online mathematics instruction.
Project Start Year: 2024, Principal Investigator(s): LO, Chung Kwan (SONG, Yanjie as Collaborator)

Developing a multi-modal learning analytics approach to understanding students’ social presence in the metaverse – ‘Learningverse’

This proposed one-year study aims to design and develop a multi-model learning analytics (MMLA) approach to understanding students’ social presence in the metaverse.
Project Start Year: 2023, Principal Investigator(s): SONG, Yanjie

Developing a Metaverse Platform with Virtual Reality – ‘LearningverseVR’ for Learning and Teaching

‘LearningverseVR’ proposes a pioneering solution that merges Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR) with the metaverse, creating an expansive, immersive learning platform that goes beyond traditional limitations. This ecosystem is underpinned by the principles of Embodied cognition, a theory suggesting our understanding and learning are deeply interconnected with our physical interactions within the environment.
Project Start Year: 2023, Principal Investigator(s): SONG, Yanjie

Development of an avatar behaviour remix system

This study proposes the development of an advanced avatar behaviour remix system that leverages the capabilities of OpenCV, MediaPipe, and PyTorch libraries to recognise and remix human behaviours to avatars.
Project Start Year: 2023, Principal Investigator(s): SONG, Yanjie

A Large and Flexible Immersive Learning System for Language, Health, Chinese History, and Cultural Tourism

In this collaborative activity for FITE, we plan to develop a large and flexible immersive learning system that can be generated from one domain to another, to establish a system that is versatile and applicable to many contexts of student learning.
Project Start Year: 2023, Principal Investigator(s): SONG, Yanjie

School learning support and teacher digital competence from a needs satisfaction perspective

This RGC GRF project aims (i) to investigate the mediating role that fulfilling teachers’ needs may play in the relationship between perceived school learning support and perceived personal-ethical and personal-professional competencies and (ii) to identify effective school policies and continuous professional development activities for TDC. The study will propose a research model, implement a sequential explanatory mixed-method study design and collect data via questionnaires, school-based policy documents, professional development activities and individual and focus group interviews. The participants will comprise 300 school teachers from six Hong Kong schools with different levels of academic achievement.
Project Start Year: 2023, Principal Investigator(s): CHIU, Kin Fung, Thomas (SONG, Yanjie as Co-Investigator)

Teachers’ Uses and Concerns about Online Open Educational Resources: A Territory-wide Study

This study has four objectives: 1. To understand teachers’ usage and adoption patterns of open educational resources; 2. To understand teachers’ concerns and barriers regarding the uses of open educational resources; 3. To collect concrete suggestions to inform the on-going and future development of open educational resources; 4. To collect concrete suggestions to inform school policies on using open educational resources.
Project Start Year: 2023, Principal Investigator(s): LO, Chung Kwan (SONG, Yanjie as Co-Investigator)

Understanding students’ cognitive presence in the metaverse: A multimodal learning analytics approach

This proposed study aims to develop a MMLA approach to understanding students’ cognitive presence in the metaverse platform – Learningverse. Learningverse was designed and developed by our research team using CoI as a theoretical framework (Song, et al., 2023).
Project Start Year: 2023, Principal Investigator(s): SONG, Yanjie

Social Robot for English Language Learning among Young Learners

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Project Start Year: 2023, Principal Investigator(s): YEUNG, Siu Sze (SONG, Yanjie as Co-Investigator)

An Intelligent Multi-Modal System for Boccia Training

This project is dedicated to developing an intelligent multimodal sensing system that effectively identifies, quantifies, and visualizes the training process for Boccia athletes and the important factors related to their performance. The goal is to establish a comprehensive system comprising a multimodal sensing system, intelligent algorithms, and a visualization program. This system will benefit both athletes and coaches by providing insights into upper limb movement, lower limb stability, and eye-hand coordination during Boccia training.
Project Start Year: 2022, Principal Investigator(s): FU, Hong (SONG, Yanjie as Co-Investigator)

Developing language teachers’ technological pedagogical content knowledge and enhancing students’ language learning in virtual learning environments

COVID-19 has considerably impacted our lives and education in these two years and has been a real test of our creativity and adaptability in language education. While we may not know when the pandemic will abate, we understand the importance of developing language teachers’ Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) and enhancing students’ language learning in Virtual Learning Environments (VLE). Thus, this project aims to establish a Professional Learning Community (PLC) on technology enhanced language learning (TELL) in VLEs among researchers worldwide and in-service and pre-service language teachers in Hong Kong. The core project team will help language teachers develop TPACK as they learn by doing in the PLC. We will organize public seminars and workshops and provide language teachers with training sessions, consultations, tutorials, roundtable discussions, and technical support to promote their TPACK development. We will also create a Knowledge Transfer (KT) website to promote TELL in VLEs. This website will showcase useful resources and associated learning activities to demonstrate how to use various technologies (e.g., Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), digital games, and diversified online learning systems), and disseminate effective pedagogies for quality language education in VLEs. Additionally, an international conference on TELL in VLEs will be organized to disseminate the project findings and further promote TELL in VLEs.The Education University of Hong Kong has a long history and a strong track record in teacher training, professional development programmes, and integrating technology into language education. With the support from Lingnan University, The University of Hong Kong, Chinese University of Hong Kong, and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, this project will contribute to teaching development and language enhancement during the pandemic and the post-pandemic era. This Inter-Institutional Collaborative initiative will benefit language teachers by developing their TPACK through learning by doing in a PLC. In doing so, this project can effectively foster teachers in integrating technology in their language classrooms to meet the real-time curricular and pedagogical requirements and the needs from individual students.
Through TPACK development in the project, teachers will improve their capacities for developing various VLEs with technologies such as AR, VR, and digital games, which eventually enhance students’ language learning. The project will also evaluate the effects of these virtual learning activities on students’ language learning performance, motivation, engagement, and technology acceptance through assessment and questionnaire surveys. Moreover, student feedback will be continuously collected and analyzed to improve TELL implementation in the form of VLEs. The PLC will also disseminate the project findings concerning TELL by creating VLEs through seminars, workshops, international conferences, and international journal publications.
Project Start Year: 2022, Principal Investigator(s): WANG, Lixun (SONG, Yanjie as Co-Investigator)

Development of an Avatar Expression Remix System

The project aims to (1) develop an avatar expression remix system using a convolutional neural network (CNN) to recognize 7 common expressions in real-time powered by Unity animator, and (2) identify avatars’ facial expressions in online learning and teaching to enhance the effectiveness of pedagogical practices. The study contributes to the literature on avatars’ (mirror real users) seven facial expression recognition in online collaborative learning environments.
Project Start Year: 2022, Principal Investigator(s): SONG, Yanjie

An Intelligent Platform for Desk Behavior Assessment via Joint Action and Attention Analysis

Project Start Year: 2022, Principal Investigator(s): YU, Leung Ho, Philip (SONG, Yanjie as Co-Investigator)

Building a collaborative platform for enhancing artificial intelligence applications in education

This project proposes a collaborative platform for enhancing AI applications in education to lower the entry barriers for educators to develop or apply AI tools in higher education. The proposed platform will consist of educators interested in developing or applying AI tools for education purposes, as well as technical experts experienced in turning ideas into usable tools. It serves to establish a collaborative community of educators to foster an ecosystem of AI development and applications in education.
Project Start Year : 2022  Chief Investigator(s) : LAM, Paul, SEE, Yew Hong Christopher (SONG, Yanjie 宋燕捷 as Co-Investigator)

Developing the Learningverse prototype – a 3D educational metaverse solution focusing on functionalising social interactions between avatars

This Knowledge Transfer project aims to develop a Learningverse prototype as a 3D educational metaverse solution, focusing on the development of the features of avatars’ social interactions and evaluate the prototype with the newly developed feature. It is expected that the Learningverse will provide an authentic, experience-based, interactiveinteractive, and engaging virtual learning environments for learning and teaching in both online and blended learning modes. The development is cutting-edgeinnovative and will contribute to the technological development for educational use.
Project Start Year : 2022  Chief Investigator(s) : SONG, Yanjie 宋燕捷

Developing a leaderboard on the VocabGo app and understanding young learners’ perceptions of it for vocabulary learning

This study aims to develop a leaderboard on the existing VocabGo app, and understand young learners’ perceptions of the leaderboard for their vocabulary learning in a gamified learning environment.
Project Start Year : 2021  Chief Investigator(s) : SONG, Yanjie 宋燕捷

Understanding Pupils’ Vocabulary Learning Engagement and Outcomes Mediated by an Augmented Reality App – VocabGo

This one-year pilot study aims to examine the effectiveness of an AR app –VocabGo developed by the Principal Investigator (PI) on ESL learners’ engagement and outcomes in vocabulary learning both within class and beyond in lower primary schools in Hong Kong. The proposed pedagogical framework integrates VocabGo into a five-stage second language vocabulary acquisition process to enhance learners’ engagement and outcomes in vocabulary learning across in-class and real-life settings. Most importantly, the design is adaptive to online class and after-class settings for learners to learn wherever they go or stay to cope with unexpected situations like COVID-19.
Project Start Year : 2021  Chief Investigator(s) : SONG, Yanjie 宋燕捷

An interactive avatar toolkit: Enhancing students’ online learning engagement in higher education 

The project aims to develop and implement an interactive avatar (iAvatar) toolkit aligned with: (1) a framework of five dimensions of meaningful learning with technology, (2) the iAvatar toolkit design model, and (3) engagement to create a virtual interactive learning community.
Project Start Year : 2021  Chief Investigator(s) : SONG, Yanjie 宋燕捷

Enhancing students’ self-regulated vocabulary learning by developing an app – Vocab+ embedded with a self-regulation scheme 

1. To design and develop a self-regulation scheme embedded on the Vocab+ app to support students’ self-regulated vocabulary learning.
2. To evaluate the effectiveness of the self-regulation scheme in students’ self-regulated vocabulary learning skills and learning outcomes.
Project Start Year : 2021  Chief Investigator(s) : SONG, Yanjie 宋燕捷

Investigating Pupils’ English Vocabulary Learning Engagement Supported by Virtual Location-based Task Tool in COVID-19 

Vocabulary learning for English as a second language (ESL) learners is a boring experience in school education because learners have few opportunities to review and apply the vocabulary learned in class to real-life settings. In the COVID-19, learners have to stay at home most of the time, the opportunities for consolidating the vocabulary in authentic learning environments are even rare. In the light of it, this study aims to develop and implement a virtual location-based task tool (refer to Figure 1) to engage learners in game-based learning activities to perform location-based tasks in a virtual world, especially in COVID-19.
Project Start Year : 2020  Chief Investigator(s) : SONG, Yanjie 宋燕捷

Enhancing Primary Students' Collaborative Science Inquiry Through Meta-cognitive Scaffolding in a Mobile Learning Environment

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Project Start Year : 2020  Chief Investigator(s) : SONG, Yanjie 宋燕捷

Investigating Primary Students' Real-life English as a Second Language Vocabulary Learning Leveraged by a Ubiquitous Learning Platform through Learning Analytics: A Multiple-case Study 

This study aimed at investigating students’ after-class vocabulary behavioural learning patterns on a ubiquitous learning platform by tracking their learning process through learning analytics, and the impact of the patterns on students’ vocabulary learning performance.
Project Start Year : 2020  Chief Investigator(s) : SONG, Yanjie 宋燕捷

Second Language Learning of Kindergarteners and Primary School Students: What Parents and Schools should Know? 

1. To synergize expertise of team members to accelerate our contribution and impact in second language learning.
2. To strengthen current research collaboration among team members and benefit members through (a) sharing of datasets to facilitate research and publications and (b) documentation of impact of the research of team members to ensuring the sustainability of data;
3. To disseminate basic and applied research findings of the team members by organizing knowledge transfer activities (e.g., seminars and workshops) for various stakeholders such as teachers and parents in the local and regional contexts;
4. To design new and innovative interventions to address the current challenges and concerns on second language learning in local and regional contexts; and
5. To generate new research ideas in second language learning based on knowledge exchanges with various stakeholders and academics in the field for securing future research funding.
Project Start Year: 2020, Principal Investigator(s): YEUNG, Siu Sze 楊少詩 (SONG, Yanjie 宋燕捷 as Co-Investigator)

Language Enhancement at EdUHK and Beyond: Fostering a Community of Practice on Technology-enhanced Language Learning and Teaching

This project intends to achieve the following objectives: 1). Identify creative and effective use of technologies in language learning and teaching (English / Cantonese / Putonghua / other modern languages); 2). Investigate how such technologies help to enhance students’ language learning and teachers’ language teaching through guided self-reflection and critical evaluations of their technology-enhanced language learning/teaching practices; 3). Build a Community of Practice on technology-enhanced language learning and teaching among tertiary students and academic/teaching staff and motivate them to use technologies in language learning and teaching; 4). Discuss language learning related issues (e.g., English/Chinese academic writing, corpus-based language learning, etc.) and offer pedagogical suggestions on technology-enhanced language learning and teaching for both students and teachers; 5). Sustain the community members’ interests in using technologies in language learning and teaching through regular sharing of members’ successful experiences and invited talks given by local and overseas experts in the field of technology enhanced language learning and teaching, and through the organization of an international conference on technology-enhanced language learning and teaching.
Project Start Year: 2020, Principal Investigator(s): WANG, Lixun 王立勛 (SONG, Yanjie 宋燕捷 as Co-Investigator)

Facilitating Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Analytics Research in Education 

This project aims to develop AI in education and big data analytics in education as the departmental strategic areas. It is also planned to facilitate the development of the two areas through various related research activities, which include organizing research seminars, undertaking collaborative research, and inviting world-leading scholars for discussion and consultation.
Project Start Year: 2020, Principal Investigator(s): CHENG, Kwok Shing 鄭國城 (SONG, Yanjie 宋燕捷 as Co-Investigator)

Infuse STEM/STEAM Elements into Mathematics and Information Technology Courses 

This project aims to infuse STEM/STEAM elements into our subject-based courses in Mathematics and Information Technology courses. For each learning area of the subject-based courses, a relevant exemplar will be established to integrate STEM/STEAM elements into the teaching and learning of the subject. Instructional materials for each exemplar will be designed and implemented by a team of developers in consultation with the project’s supervisors. The materials will be freely available online to the teaching staff. Students can truly integrate the rich and supportive STEM/STEAM elements in their projects.
Project Start Year: 2019, Principal Investigator(s): SO, Wing Wah Simon 蘇永華 (SONG, Yanjie 宋燕捷 as Co-Investigator)

Investigating Learners’ Co-regulated Learning Process and Co-creation in Collaborative Science Inquiry on a Mobile Learning System

This study aims at investigating learners’ co-regulated learning process and co-creation in collaborative science inquiry on a mobile learning system through learning analytics to trace the time and order of actions in learners’ collaborative learning on a mobile learning system, which contributes to their co-creation of artifacts.
Project Start Year : 2019  Chief Investigator(s) : SONG, Yanjie 宋燕捷

A self-regulated vocabulary learning approach supported by a mobile-user-generated-content tool for pupils in Hong Kong 

This UGC GRF project aims at examining the effect of a self-regulated vocabulary approach leveraged by a mobile-user-generated-content (m-UGC) tool on learning outcomes, self-regulated learning awareness and learning processes.
Project Start Year : 2019  Chief Investigator(s) : SONG, Yanjie 宋燕捷

Developing and Evaluating the Impact of Learning Dashboards on Collaborative Science Inquiry on a Mobile Learning Platform 

This Dean's Individual Fund project aims to develop learning dashboards using visualization plugin for learning analytics to allow learners to monitor their learning progress and adapt their learning behaviors on a mobile learning platform.
Project Start Year : 2019  Chief Investigator(s) : SONG, Yanjie 宋燕捷

Enhancing Preservice Teachers’ Mathematical Proficiency for Teaching: Using Hypothetical Situations within an online eLearning Community in Teacher Education

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Project Start Year : 2019  Chief Investigator(s) : ZHANG, Qiaoping 張僑平   (Dr SONG, Yanjie 宋燕捷 as Co-Investigator)

Enhancing Pupils’ English Vocabulary Learning in a Seamless Learning Environment Supported by an Augmented Reality App 

This Departmental Collaborative Research Fund project aims to develop an AR app to help learners learn vocabulary in an immersive and seamless learning environment, allow them to generate their own vocabulary learning content, increase their interact . .
Project Start Year : 2019  Chief Investigator(s) : SONG, Yanjie 宋燕捷

A Study of Online Evidence-based Assessment System to Promote Collaborative and Cooperative Learning in Group Activities 

Many courses involve group projects and/or activities to let students to collaborate and work together to solve problems. However, it is not easy to ensure all students are actively contributed and collaborate with each other to complete the project.
Project Start Year : 2018  Chief Investigator(s) : LAM, Wai Man Winnie 林惠民   (Dr SONG, Yanjie 宋燕捷 as Co-Investigator)

Bridging Formal Learning and Real Life Learning Experiences with E-book and Learner-generated Content Tools to Enhance Primary Students’ English Vocabulary Learning

This Internal Research Fund (IRG) project aims to bridge the formal language learning and the real life learning experiences via e-book and learner-generated content tools to enhance students’ English vocabulary learning and motivate them to learn at . . .
Project Start Year : 2018  Chief Investigator(s) : SONG, Yanjie 宋燕捷

Designing Science/ STEM Learning with Boundary Activity Based Learning (BABL) Principle 

Although the ubiquitous use of mobile technology creates various opportunities for connecting the formal learning process with informal spaces, the record of success is limited in terms of learning design and implementation. Additionally, there is in . . .
Project Start Year : 2018  Chief Investigator(s) : SUN, Daner 孫丹兒   (Dr SONG, Yanjie 宋燕捷 as Co-Principal Investigator)

Designing and Implementing a STEM-based Learning Environment: IN-STEM for Collaborative Problem Solving 

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Project Start Year : 2018  Chief Investigator(s) : SUN, Daner 孫丹兒   (Dr SONG, Yanjie 宋燕捷 as Co-Investigator)

Enhancement of Student Learning Outcomes: Developing Pre-service and In-service English Teacher’s Corpus Literacy Using Flipped Learning Enhanced by Mobile Technologies 

Despite the importance and popularity of corpus linguistics and its great potential in benefiting language teaching and learning, a corpus-based linguistic approach remains largely unknown to the majority of the professional teaching community. This . . .
Project Start Year : 2018  Chief Investigator(s) : MA, Qing 馬清   (Dr SONG, Yanjie 宋燕捷 as Co-Investigator)

Enhancing Teacher Orchestration in Students’ Seamless Collaborative Science Inquiry Leveraged by m-Orchestrate Learning System 

The Knowledge Transfer (KT) project aims To apply m-Orchestrate learning system to students’ seamless collaborative science inquiry to enhance teachers’ capacity in managing learning across different learning spaces; To apply m-Orchestrate learning s . . .
Project Start Year : 2018  Chief Investigator(s) : SONG, Yanjie 宋燕捷

Teaching Development Grant (2018-2019). Productive Failure Meets the Flipped Classroom: An Innovative Pedagogy to Improve Student Learning 

University lecturers typically use the direct instruction (DI) approach. Despite the strengths of DI, there is a need for constructivist pedagogy that can enhance content mastery while at the same time optimizing skills for self-regulation, collabora . . .
Project Start Year : 2018  Chief Investigator(s) : KING, Ronnel Bornasal 龔仁崇   (Dr SONG, Yanjie 宋燕捷 as Co-Investigator)

Trends of Mobile and Web-based Technology Supported Vocabulary Learning: A Literature Review 

This MIT Small Research Grant (SRG) project aims to investigate the strategies employed in mobile and web-based technology-enhanced learning environments to enhance students’ vocabulary learning and explore the trends and challenges in these studies . . .
Project Start Year : 2018  Chief Investigator(s) : SONG, Yanjie 宋燕捷

m-Orchestrate: Developing a Mobile Learning System for Teacher Orchestration in Collaborative Science Inquiry 

This UGC GRF project aims to design and develop the m-Orchestrate learning system for teacher orchestration in collaborative science inquiry in a mobile learning environment;evaluate the effectiveness of implementing the m-Orchestrate learning syste . . .
Project Start Year : 2018  Chief Investigator(s) : SONG, Yanjie 宋燕捷

Exploring STEM Pedagogical Models in Hong Kong Primary School Education

This Dean's Individual Fund project aims at exploring STEM pedagogical models to increase the teachers’ pedagogical competence as well as improve learners’ self-directed learning and problem solving skills, and interdisciplinary knowledge.
Project Start Year : 2017  Chief Investigator(s) : SONG, Yanjie 宋燕捷

Literacy Acquisition 

The purpose of the cluster fund is to create a mutual helping system to advance members’ research work and enhance their research capacity in the following three directions: 1. To conduct cutting-edge research on reading and writing related topics t . . .
Project Start Year : 2017  Chief Investigator(s) : LIN, Dan 林丹   (Dr SONG, Yanjie 宋燕捷 as Co-Investigator)

Resource Recovery from Organic Wastes: Utilization of Different Organic Wastes as Substrates for Production of Biodegradable Plastics with Specific Characteristics for Industrial Applications 

This study will provide a potentially inexpensive source of carbon substrate from different organic wastes for the production of industrially relevant bio-derived biodegradable materials with specific properties through the exploration of novel and a . . .
Project Start Year : 2017  Chief Investigator(s) : TSANG, Yiu Fai 曾耀輝   (Dr SONG, Yanjie 宋燕捷 as Co-Investigator)

m-Orchestrate: Developing a Mobile Learning System for Teacher Orchestration in Collaborative Science Inquiry 

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Project Start Year : 2017  Chief Investigator(s) : SONG, Yanjie 宋燕捷

A Literature Review on Technology-enhanced Teacher Orchestration in School Education 

This study aims at doing a systematic literature review on technology-enhanced teacher orchestration in school education in an attempt to inform researchers of the status of the research area and point out future research direction.
Project Start Year : 2016  Chief Investigator(s) : SONG, Yanjie 宋燕捷

Evaluating Students’ Collaborative Science/Mathematics Inquiry in a Seamless Learning Environment in Hong Kong Schools: A Mobile Artifact Creation Approach 

Research on inquiry-based learning indicates that evaluation of collaborative science/mathematics inquiry in a seamless learning environment remains a rarely researched area. Because learners’ collaboration distributes to different spaces (e.g., form . . .
Project Start Year : 2016  Chief Investigator(s) : SONG, Yanjie 宋燕捷

Learning Sciences Research Program 

Positive education and well-being
Project Start Year : 2016  Chief Investigator(s) : KING, Ronnel Bornasal 龔仁崇   (Dr SONG, Yanjie 宋燕捷 as Co-Investigator)

How to flip the classroom? – Developing a “mobile flipped classroom” pedagogical model for mathematics/science inquiry in school education 

This project aims to explore a novel pedagogical model using productive failure strategy in student science and mathematics inquiry in Hong Kong school education to foster students’ problem solving skills and advance subject knowledge. Productive fai . . .
Project Start Year : 2015  Chief Investigator(s) : SONG, Yanjie 宋燕捷

Developing a Seamless Inquiry-based Pedagogical Model for Primary Students' Science Learning in Hong Kong 

This project aims (1) To evaluate the effects of seamless inquiry-based pedagogical design on students’ domain knowledge and inquiry skills in science supported by mobile technologies; (2) To examine in three iterations how the seamless inquiry-based . . .
Project Start Year : 2014  Chief Investigator(s) : SONG, Yanjie 宋燕捷

Developing and Evaluating a Learning Analytics Platform to Support University Teachers for Pedagogical Decision-making in Fostering Reflective Engagement of Students 

The project aims to develop a learning analytics platform conducive to data-oriented decision-making; to evaluate the impact of a learning analytics platform on facilitating reflective engagement of students in the learning process; and to evaluate t . . .
Project Start Year : 2014  Chief Investigator(s) : KONG, Siu Cheung 江紹祥 ; SONG, Yanjie 宋燕捷 ; POON, Kin Man 潘建文

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) for Reflective Engagement of Learners in Digital Classroom 

The project aims to enhance the competency of HKIEd academic/teaching staff in promoting learners’ reflective engagement in line with HKIEd e-learning strategies. The project has the objectives to enhance the reflective engagement of learners in cour . . .
Project Start Year : 2013  Chief Investigator(s) : KONG, Siu Cheung 江紹祥 ; CHUNG, Wai Yee Joanne 鍾慧儀 ; SONG, Yanjie 宋燕捷

Methodological issues in mobile computer-supported collaborative learning (mCSCL): What measures and what to measure? - A systematic review 

This study aims to investigate (1) what measures utilized in mCSCL research; (2) whether these measures examined what the studies intend to measure in an attempt to bring to light the promising methods and design that are conducive to improving mCSCL . . .
Project Start Year : 2013  Chief Investigator(s) : SONG, Yanjie 宋燕捷

Provision of Services for Conducting the Research Study on the Pilot Scheme on e-Learning in Schools (Part 2) 

The Education Bureau has commissioned the Hong Kong Institute of Education to conduct a research study, in the form of an in-depth case study of the selected 11 e-Learning pilot projects, to evaluate the effectiveness of the Pilot Scheme on e-Learnin . . .
Project Start Year : 2013  Chief Investigator(s) : KONG, Siu Cheung 江紹祥 ; LI, Kai Ming 李啟明 ; SONG, Yanjie 宋燕捷

A case study of investigating “niche m-learning” in English for digital kids on-the-move in a Hong Kong primary school 

This project aims to investigate how the mobile technology can be appropriated as a tool to mediate learning in the “niche” where meaningful mobile learning (m-learning) in English for digital kids on-the-move occurs.
Project Start Year : 2012  Chief Investigator(s) : SONG, Yanjie 宋燕捷

Bring Your Own Device for Mobile Knowledge Building 

"Bring your own device for mobile knowledge building" (2012-2013)
Project Start Year : 2012  Chief Investigator(s) : SONG, Yanjie 宋燕捷

Faculty Conference Grant 

Faculty Conference Grant for Research Postgraduate Students, the University of Hong Kong (2007)
Project Start Year : 2007  Chief Investigator(s) : SONG, Yanjie 宋燕捷

Committee on Research and Conference Grants (CRCG) Research Fund 

“Mobile technology affordances for learning support in higher education” (applied and investigated together with Prof. Robert Fox. This research grant made my PhD research study and publication possible.), the University of Hong Kong (2005-2007)
Project Start Year : 2006    (Dr SONG, Yanjie 宋燕捷 as Co-Investigator)

Selected keynote / invited speaker

• Invited speaker at Educational Futures: Cultivating future-ready teachers and learners, CUHK-ECNU Joint-Forum, 2024, Hong Kong
• Invited speaker at the 10th International Conference on Education and Training Technologies (ICETT) 2024, Macau, China.
• Invited speaker at a forum on Emerging Technologies and Innovation in Language Learning in 2nd APSCE International Conference on Future Language Learning (ICFULL) 2023, Beijing, China.
• Invited speaker by Zhejiang University, 2023, Hangzhou, China
• Invited speaker by College of Teacher Education, Southwest University, 2023, Chong Qing, China.
• Invited Speaker in 4th International Conference on Computer Science and Technologies in Education (CSTE 2022), May 2022, Shaanxi Normal University, China.
• Invited speaker in Learning & Teaching Expo 2022, Hong Kong.
• Keynote Speaker in 2021 Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Artificial Intelligence Education Forum (2021年粵港澳台人工智慧教育論壇), Dec. 2021, Guangzhou, China.
• Invited Speaker in APSCE Webinar Series XIII: Speeches & Panel: How does new technology enhance vocabulary learning? Possibilities and issues, May 2021, Online.
• Theme-Based Invited Speaker in 24th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE) Nov. 2018, Manila, Philippines.
• Invited speaker on mobile learning from a learning sciences perspective 2016, Beijing Normal University, China
• Keynote speaker on mobile pedagogical practices in Hong Kong, 2014. Tainan Normal University, Taiwan

Selected journal reviewer

• IEEE Transactions of Learning Technologies
• Educational Technology & Society
• Computers & Education
• British Journal of Educational Technology
• Educational Technology Research & Development
• Interactive Learning Environment
• Technology, Pedagogy and Education
• The Internet and Higher Education
• Educational Computing Research

Selected Conference/Workshop Chair/Co-Chair/Organiser

• Executive Chair of Teachers' Forum in 28th Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education (GCCCE) 2024, Chongqing, China
• Chair of Special Interest Group (SIG) Technology-Enhanced Language Learning (TELL) (from 2023 - Present)
• Local Organizing Committee Co-Chair in 1st and 2nd International Conference on Metaverse and Artificial Companions in Education and Society (MetaACES 2023 and 2024)
• Co-Chair of Doctoral Student Consortium in 31th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE) 2023
• Steering Committee Co-Chair of 2nd APSCE International Conference on Future Language Learning (ICFULL) 2023
• Strand Coordinator of International Conference on Learning and Teaching (ICLT) for Future Readiness 2023
• Chair of C3-VR/AR/Metaverse in education in 14th Global Chinese Conference on Inquiry Learning (GCCIL) 2023
• Regional Chair of 7th International Conference on Digital Technology in Education (ICDTE) 2023
• Co-Chair of Doctoral Student Consortium in 30th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE) 2022
• Chair of Session 1B: Technology-enhanced Language Learning (TELL) in 1st International Workshop on Metaverse and Artificial Companions in Education and Society (MetaACES 2022)
• Programme Chair of 1st APSCE International Conference on Future Language Learning (ICFULL) 2022
• Co-Chair of Session C3: Joyful Learning, Educational Games & Digital Toys in 26th Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education (GCCCE) 2022
• Mentor of Doctoral Student Consortium in 29th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE) 2021
• Chair of Extended Summaries in 27th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE) 2019

"Bronze Award" for Educational Technology Innovation ("Learningverse") in Poster Session 2023
Date of receipt: /12/2023, Conferred by: Teaching and Learning Innovation EXPO, Chinese University of Hong Kong

“Silver Medal” and "Special Prize" for the newly developed metaverse platform - “Learningverse” 2023
Date of receipt: /9/2023, Conferred by: The International Invention Innovation Competition in Canada (iCAN) 2023

Best Paper Presentation Award @ 2nd ICFULL 2023
Yin Yang and Yanjie Song's paper presentation "Investigating Primary Students’Self-regulated Vocabulary LearningMediated by the Mobile App through the Lens of Affordance-Actualization Theory" won "The Best Paper Presentation Award" at the 2nd APSCE International Conference onFuture Language Learning 2023.
Date of receipt: 31/5/2023, Conferred by: The 2nd APSCE International Conference on Future Language Learning 2023

Best Oral Presentation Award @ 5th PPTELL 2023
Yin Yang and Yanjie Song's presentation "Understanding undergraduate students' self-regulated vocabulary learning processes and outcomes leveraged by a mobile app embedded with a self-regulation scheme" won "The Best Oral Presentation Award" at the 5th Pedagogy and Practice in Technology Enhanced Language Learning (PPTELL) Conference 2023
Date of receipt: 28/5/2023, Conferred by: The 5th Pedagogy and Practice in Technology Enhanced Language Learning (PPTELL) Conference 2023

Gold Medal
Date of receipt: /4/2023, Conferred by: International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva 2023

“Bronze Medal” for the newly developed metaverse platform - “Learningverse”
The rich experience in developing different apps with cutting-edge technologies provided the foundation for the resesarch team to conduct this project on design and development of the iAvatar toolkit which is further developed into the metaverse platfrom - Learningverse.
Date of receipt: 28/4/2023, Conferred by: The 48th International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva

Best Oral Presentation Award @ 4th PPTELL 2022
Yin Yang, Yanjie Song, Jiaxin Cao, Kaiyi Wu's presentation "Understanding undergraduate students' self-regulated vocabulary learning processes and outcomes leveraged by a mobile app embedded with a self-regulation scheme" won "The Best Oral Presentation Award" at the 4th Pedagogy and Practice in Technology Enhanced Language Learning (PPTeLL) Conference
Date of receipt: 12/7/2022, Conferred by: The 4th Pedagogy and Practice in Technology Enhanced Language Learning (PPTELL) Conference 2022

Best Paper Presentation Award @ 1st ICFULL 2022
Yin YANG and Yanjie SONG's presentation "Clustering Primary Students' Self-regulated Vocabulary Learning Behaviours on A Mobile App Embedded with a Self-regulation Scheme" won "The Best Paper Presentation Award" at the 1st APSCE International Conference on Future Language Learning (ICFULL) 2022
Date of receipt: 2/7/2022, Conferred by: The 1st APSCE International Conference on Future Language Learning (ICFULL) 2022

VocabGo app: "Gold Medal" (2021)
Date of receipt: /8/2021, Conferred by: The International Invention Innovation Competition in Canada (iCAN) 2021

VocabGo app: "Organizer's Choice Award" (2021)
Date of receipt: 28/8/2021, Conferred by: The International Invention Innovation Competition in Canada (iCAN) 2021

VocabGo app: "Gold Medal"
Date of receipt: 16/11/2020, Conferred by: International Innovation and Invention Competition (IIIC) Taiwan 2020

Best Presentation Award @ International Conference on Education and Artificial Intelligence 2020
Date of receipt: 11/11/2020, Conferred by: The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK)

m-Orchestrate app: "Special Award"
Date of receipt: /8/2020, Conferred by: The International Invention Innovation Competition in Canada (iCAN) 2020

m-Orchestrate app: "Silver Medal"
Date of receipt: /8/2020, Conferred by: The International Invention Innovation Competition in Canada (iCAN) 2020

Dean's Research Output Prize 2020
Date of receipt: /6/2020, Conferred by: FLASS, EdUHK

Best Presentation Award @ 2019 International Conference on Advances in STEM Education (ASTEM 2019)
Date of receipt: 20/12/2019, Conferred by: The Education University of Hong Kng (EdUHK)

Special Inventor Award
Date of receipt: 24/8/2019, Conferred by: The International Invention Innovation Competition in Canada (iCAN) 2019

Silver Medal
Date of receipt: 24/8/2019, Conferred by: The International Invention Innovation Competition in Canada (iCAN) 2019

Best Teacher Forum Paper Award 2019
Date of receipt: 27/5/2019, Conferred by: 23rd Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education(GCCCE 2019)

2018年度香港教育大學教職員組硬筆書法比賽教職員組冠軍
Date of receipt: 25/5/2018, Conferred by: 香港教育大學中國語言學系 主辦， 香港教育大學香港教育博物館 協辦

Dean's Research Output Prize 2018
Date of receipt: 9/4/2018, Conferred by: FLASS

Best Teacher Forum Paper Award 2016
Date of receipt: 27/5/2016, Conferred by: Globle Chinese Society for Computers in Education

Best Overall Paper Nominee 2013
Date of receipt: /11/2013, Conferred by: Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education

Best Paper Award 2013
Date of receipt: 30/5/2013, Conferred by: The 17th Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education (GCCCE)

Best Overall Paper Award 2011
Date of receipt: 2/12/2011, Conferred by: Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education

APSCE Merit Scholarship
Date of receipt: 27/10/2008, Conferred by: Asia-Pacific Society of Computers in Education

The graduate Student Community Services Award
Date of receipt: 27/10/2008, Conferred by: Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education

Contribution Award
Date of receipt: 27/8/2007, Conferred by: Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education

The University of Hong Kong Research Postgraduate Studentship (2005-2009)
Date of receipt: /9/2005, Conferred by: The University of Hong Kong

First Prize for Excellent Teaching Results
Date of receipt: 10/8/1996, Conferred by: Graduate School, Harbin Institute of Technology, China