New Education Normal Webinar Series: Learning Sciences and Innovation Panel Discussion

Continuing the New Education Normal Webinar Series, Research Scientists from the Learning Sciences and Innovation (LS&I) Research Programme in NIE’s Centre for Research in Pedagogy and Practice, conducted a panel discussion on “Learning Technologies in Schools Amid and Beyond the Pandemic”. This panel explored each speaker’s critical perspective of teaching and learning in and out of classrooms, in their respective areas of research in the learning sciences.

Part I of the panel discussion on 2 October 2020 saw Dr Kenneth Lim, Research Scientist at the Office of Education Research (OER), Dr Wu Longkai, OER Research Scientist, and Dr Wong Lung Hsiang, Co-Programme Director (LS&I) and OER Senior Research Scientist, as panellists who shared on the following topics, namely:

- “ The Socially Responsible Behaviour through Embodied Thinking (SORBET) Project”
- "Capitalising on students’ personal interests: A case of promoting interest-driven learning in the science classroom”, and
- “Seamless Learning” respectively.

The session was moderated by Dr Teo Chew Lee, Programme Director (LS&I) and OER Senior Research Scientist.

Part II of the panel discussion took place on 16 October 2020, moderated by Dr Seah Lay Hoon, OER Senior Research Scientist. The panellists were

- Dr Peter Seow, OER Research Scientist, who spoke on “Enacting After-School Tinkering Activities using Blended Approaches”;
- Dr Teo, who presented on “Teachers Knowledge Building Community: A Principle-based Approach to Blended Professional Learning Community Through the Covid-19 time.”; and
- Dr Elizabeth Koh, OER Asst Dean (Research Support) and Senior Research Scientist, who discussed “Formative Learning Analytics”.

Both panel discussions concluded with engaging question and answer segments, where participants sought clarifications, and asked about applications, implementation, and challenges and successes. The sessions were attended by a total of 340 people from across the world.

Watch the recording of “Learning Technologies in Schools Amid and Beyond the Pandemic (Part I)” here:


Watch the recording of “Learning Technologies in Schools Amid and Beyond the Pandemic (Part II)” here: