Dr. Chien Sing Lee, Associate Professor, Mulitmedia University, Malaysia

"Deriving and facilitating best teaching and learning practices: A knowledge management framework"

Thursday, January 15, 4:10 pm

Packard Lab room 466

Reception prior to talk in Packard Lobby at 3:30

Problem solving is the essence of lifelong competency learning. Planning suitable pedagogy to help students learn problem solving thus requires facilitation and if possible optimization. Instructional design, the science of systematic instruction, has been deemed the answer to instructional planning and many paradigms of learning such as behaviorism, cognitivism and constructivism have brought forth diverse theories and learning systems. An overview of such learning systems is briefly provided followed by an overview of the CogMoLab architecture, whichsupports the learning of both individual and collaborative problem solving. The first CogMoLab learning system attempts to train novice instructors and facilitate experienced instructors in the step-by-step analysis, design, develop and evaluate phases of instructional planning. The second component, a collaborative concept-mapping learning system integrates the cognitive apprenticeship approach with visualization of concepts within a common workspace during groupdiscussions and assisted help during the revision phase. The third component extends towards mobile learning. The final component enables ontology mapping and merging to enable reuse in a repository. These components have passed the first round of proof of concept. Room for collaborative research revolving around a cross-disciplinary knowledge management framework working towards models of best teaching and learning practices will then be discussed.

Dr. Chien Sing Lee is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Information Technology,  Multimedia University, Malaysia. Her research interests revolve around quality instructional design and collaborative learning, personalized learning to adapt content to different student levels optimizing educational opportunities and the applications of the former two to games-based learning, mobile learning and knowledge management. She has successfully published in more than 18 international journals, more than 43 international conferences and 1 book chapter; successfully filed for a patent; led and collaborated in national grants for e-learning amounting to RM2, 053, 630; and obtained a gold and silver medal in the Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition for e-learning. Having served in government-to-government activities, e.g. the Japanese–Malaysian government tele-education satellite project (Networked Multimedia Education System) and the UNESCO-related human resource development initiatives under the Malaysian Ministry of Information, she has embarked on reference modeling as a means to identify and synergize commonalities across physical and disciplinary boundaries. As recognition of her professional contribution and activities, she has obtained recognition as an IEEE Senior member, serves in several editorial boards and participated as a program committee member for several international conferences. Contact: csleester@gmail.com