Executive Committee Member (2008– )
Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education

Past President (January 2006–December 2007)
Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education

President (January 2004–December 2005)
Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education

President-Elect (December 2001–December 2003)
Executive Committee Member (from 1994)
Asia-Pacific Chapter of the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education



Advisory Panel Member, Centre for Educational Development, Republic Polytechnic, Singapore (2006–2010)

Member, Evaluation Committee for the Research and Development Programme on Interactive and Digital Media in Education, Ministry of Education, Singapore (March 2007–March 2008; May 2009–April 2010).

International Advisory Committee Member, Computer Games & Allied Technology 2008 (CGAT '08) Conference, 28–30 April 2008, Singapore.


Invited Presentations and Exhibitions

Designing serious games seriously: Pedagogical considerations. X|Media|Lab Singapore Professional Day Conference: Learning from Games. 6 December 2006. [image]

New literacies for the 21st century. Leaders' Retreat, Curriculum Planning and Development Division, Ministry of Education. 28 December 2006.

Learning with Second Life: A Project with Innova Junior College. Presentation to the Committee of Permanent Secretaries, Government of Singapore, 1 June 2007.

LEP presentation on Educational Games: The LSL Experience, 31 July 2007.

Showcasing of Space Station Leonis game at the NEtwork conference organized by NEXUS, 14 August 2007.

NTU Teaching & Learning Seminar: Invited Talk on Gaming for Learning: Is there a Place for Fun in Learning? 28 February 2008.

LEP presentation on Game-based Learning in the Age of Media Culture, 24 April 2008. [image] [nie news]

Showcasing of the games Space Station Leonis and Escape from Centauri 7 at the NTU International Workshop on IDM Research, 28–30 April 2008. [imageLeonis] [imageCentauri]

Invited presentation Game-based Learning IDM Projects at IDM in Education Panel Discussion, International Conference on Teaching and Learning with Technology, Suntec City, Singapore, 5 August 2008.


Showcasing of research on the game Escape from Centauri 7 at the visit by Dr Abdul Kalam, former President of India, 26 August 2008. [nie news]




Presentation on Game-based Learning in the Age of Digital Media Culture and New Literacies, guest speaker to graduate students taking MCT802, The Curriculum in Singapore: Critical Perspectives, 14 October 2008.

Guest-of-Honour at the Official Launch of the National 3D Game Building Competition with MissionMaker, 16 January 2009; Public presentation on Re-examining Pedagogies for Game-based Learning and Critical Media Literacy, at The Legends, Singapore. [image]

Presentation on Game-based Learning in the Age of Digital Media Culture and New Literacies, guest speaker to graduate students taking MCT802, The Curriculum in Singapore: Critical Perspectives, 9 March 2009.

LEP presentation on Game-based Learning in the Age of Media Culture, 28 April 2009. [image]

Plenary presentation on Bringing the world into the classroom: Reframing the blended use of technology to enhance student learning at the NTU Teaching & Learning Seminar 2009, 28 May 2009. [image]

Keynote talk on Game-based learning: Opportunities and challenges for 21st century education at ISAGA 2009: 40th Anniversary and 1st S. E. Asian Conference of the International Simulation and Gaming Association, 29 June – 3 July 2009, Singapore. [image1] [image2]


Showcasing of IDM game-based learning projects to Dr John Seely Brown during his visit to LSL on 4 September 2009. The photograph below shows the game Legends of Alkhimia in the background.




Invited seminar presentation on Meaning-less cognition: Of body without organs and organs without bodies as part of the Cognitive Science Seminar Series of Temasek Laboratories, National University of Singapore, 22 October 2009.