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jazzin' with LEGO Mindstorms :-)

through God's grace alone, my team has had an absolutely fantastic year. we had the opportunity today to get some much deserved R&R, with LEGO Mindstorms :-) here we are, lined up against a wall, just jazzin' to science :-) Continue reading

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Disciplinary Intuitions / Maker Motes: featured in Contact magazine

the present issue of the Ministry of Education's Contact magazine - which bills itself as the teachers' digest - has a feature on our work with teachers from the Mathematics department at Yio Chu Kang Secondary School. issue #31 -... Continue reading

Posted 2 days ago at voyeurism

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Disciplinary Intuitions: sharing with visitors from the Chinese Academy of Sciences

my team and i were very humbled to be afforded the opportunity today to engage in conversation with a team of visitors from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. we would like to thank our colleagues from the Public, International, and... Continue reading

Posted Nov 27, 2018 at voyeurism

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Maker Motes and Geographic Information Systems (GIS): appointment as Research Mentor

through God's grace, a collaboration between my team and a small inter-divisional team from the Ministry of Education here in Singapore, will be starting next year. we just received the wonderful news that our application for funding of approximately US$25000... Continue reading

Posted Nov 13, 2018 at voyeurism

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Guide to developing digital games for early grade literacy for developing countries: at this year's symposium of the Mobiles for Education Alliance

i'm currently attending this year's symposium of the Mobiles for Education Alliance, during which i shared on 'Schools in Indonesia exploring local micro-climates'. here's a pic from the All Children Reading booth :-) if you look carefully, you might spot... Continue reading

Posted Nov 6, 2018 at voyeurism

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Disciplinary Intuitions / Six Learnings / Maker Motes: pre-conference workshop at National Tsinghua University

back in June, i shared that through God's grace, i will be delivering a keynote at the International Conference on Educational Innovation (ICEI) 2018, at National Tsinghua University. my team and i have also been invited to facilitate a series... Continue reading

Posted Nov 1, 2018 at voyeurism

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Disciplinary Intuitions / Six Learnings: follow up workshop at National Pingtung University

with thanks to God, following our successful series of STEM workshops at the National Pingtung University in May, my team and i have been invited back on the 12th of this month for an extension workshop themed on Basic building... Continue reading

Posted Nov 1, 2018 at voyeurism

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AGE08D Designing learning environments with a focus on the Internet of Things - student projects

this academic semester, my team and i have been facilitating the inaugural run of a course we conceptualised - AGE08D Designing learning environments with a focus on the Internet of Things. we have been very impressed by the thought that... Continue reading

Posted Oct 15, 2018 at voyeurism

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Maker Motes at this year's symposium of the Mobiles for Education Alliance

i am happy to share that the work of my team and my collaborating partners at the Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, on the use of open-source microclimatic sensors (which we have dubbed Maker Motes) is to be shared during the 8th... Continue reading

Posted Oct 3, 2018 at voyeurism

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overseas guests to AGE08D Designing learning environments with a focus on the Internet of Things

i am very grateful that my team's General Elective AGE08D - Designing learning environments with a focus on the Internet of Things - has been able to benefit from the exchange of perspectives from overseas visitors. last week, we were... Continue reading

Posted Sep 18, 2018 at voyeurism

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congratulations to my PhD student for clearing his candidature confirmation seminar :-)

today was a very happy day for me. my very first PhD student had a successful candidature confirmation seminar :-) the thesis is titled A Study of the Development of Interest in Learning in a Maker-centered Learning Environment through the... Continue reading

Posted Sep 12, 2018 at voyeurism

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Disciplinary Intuitions / Six Learnings / Maker Motes: welcoming three college students to NTU's Undergraduate Research Experience on Campus (URECA) AY 2018 / 2019

further to my post four months’ ago, my team and i are really happy and privileged to welcome three college students to our projects offered under NTU’s Undergraduate Research Experience on Campus (URECA) programme for the Academic Year 2018 /... Continue reading

Posted Sep 11, 2018 at voyeurism

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Disciplinary Intuitions / Maker Motes at the international conference of the Bulgarian Geography Society

i will be visiting Sofia to present a paper at this year’s international conference of the Bulgarian Geography Society, on either the 2nd or 3rd of November. This year’s conference is very special because it celebrates the centenary of the... Continue reading

Posted Aug 18, 2018 at voyeurism

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Disciplinary Intuitions / Maker Motes: NTU / NIE unrestricted elective AGE08D - consider joining our class :-)

it’s not too late to sign up for our NTU / NIE unrestricted elective AGE08D Designing learning environments:a focus on the Internet of Things :-) if you are an undergraduate at the NTU / NIE, we would be happy to... Continue reading

Posted Aug 15, 2018 at voyeurism

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Call for Papers: Journal of Virtual Worlds Research Vol 11 No 3 - Special Issue on 'Pedagogy - taking stock and looking forward'

you are cordially invited to consider a contribution to the forthcoming Special Issue of the Journal of Virtual Worlds Research on the theme of Pedagogy - taking stock and looking forward :-) PDF of the Call (53 k) About the... Continue reading

Posted Aug 1, 2018 at voyeurism

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Disciplinary Intuitions / Maker Motes: sharing with visitors from National Tsinghua University

this week, my team and i are extremely privileged to be able to interact with teachers and graduate students visiting through the good graces of National Tsinghua University :-) it’s only been the first day of the workshop, but already... Continue reading

Posted Jul 30, 2018 at voyeurism

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Disciplinary Intuitions / Six Learnings / Maker Motes: diagrammatic represenation of alignment with the Singapore Teaching Practice

further to my post two months’ ago about the alignment of Disciplinary Intuitions, the Six Learnings curriculum design framework, and enabling infrastructures such as Maker Motes, align with the Singapore Teaching Practice, my team member Derek has kindly come up... Continue reading

Posted Jul 18, 2018 at voyeurism

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celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Six Learnings curricular design framework :-)

this year and the next, there have been and will be a couple of significant anniversaries related to my hobbies / work / research interests :-) last month, i already commemorated the tenth anniversary of the opening of the region... Continue reading

Posted Jul 5, 2018 at voyeurism

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Enhancing Mathematics curriculum through Team-Based Learning

yesterday i wrote about how an education research programme that my team and i have greatly benefitted from, had finally ended. as one chapter ends, so another - through God's grace - begins. one of the grants i manage is... Continue reading

Posted Jul 1, 2018 at voyeurism

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the eduLab programme 2010 - 2018

in August 2008, the then Minister for Education in Singapore - Ng Eng Hen - announced that the ministry would "support the establishment of a network of educational labs where innovations can be prototyped and tested." the initiative that evolved... Continue reading

Posted Jun 30, 2018 at voyeurism

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Disciplinary Intuitions / Maker Motes: keynote at the International Conference on Educational Innovation (ICEI) 2018

i was very humbled to receive an invitation to present a keynote address at this year's International Conference on Educational Innovation (ICEI) 2018. the conference is hosted by the Hsinchu Teachers' College of the National Tsing Hua University, and will... Continue reading

Posted Jun 30, 2018 at voyeurism

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Redstone Jammin' - collaborative music making with Minecraft: Gold award from the Nanyang Research Programme

my team and i would like to express our heartiest congratulations to our friend and intern - Lionel Lim - for being awarded Gold for his effort in conceptualising, designing, building, and enacting Redstone Jammin’ - collaborative music making in... Continue reading

Posted Jun 25, 2018 at voyeurism

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celebrating Temasek's tenth anniversary in Second Life :-)

today is a very happy day for me - ten years’ ago, some friends and i opened the island of Temasek in Second Life to the general public to visit :-) it’s fantastic to know that of the original team... Continue reading

Posted Jun 15, 2018 at voyeurism

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Chairing the 'interaction design in collaborative and learning environments' session at HCII 2018

back in April, i shared that my intern’s work on a learning environment for collaborative music-making in Minecraft will be shared at this year’s international conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2018). i have just been invited to chair the session,... Continue reading

Posted Jun 14, 2018 at voyeurism

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Disciplinary Intuitions / Maker Motes: behind the scenes of NTU / NIE unrestricted elective AGE08D

last December i shared about a new NTU / NIE unrestricted elective my team and i are able to offer :-) we’ve been busy preparing for AGE08D Designing learning environments: a focus on the Internet of Things. here’s a sneak... Continue reading

Posted Jun 6, 2018 at voyeurism

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