Can Social Annotation Foster Student Engagement in a Large-class? A Preliminary Study
Friday 25 March 2022, 10:00-11:00 am
ABSTRACT
Prof Foong May will present her ongoing project on social annotation in relation to student engagement analysed using the ICAP framework and some analysis on scientific proficiency using the SOLO taxonomy.
BIOGRAPHY
Foong May is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at NUS. Her educational research interests relate to competency mapping for life sciences students and understanding problem solving behaviours in online discussion forums. She is a molecular and cell biologist by training. She holds a B.Sc. in Microbiology from NUS and a Ph.D. in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Vienna, Austria. She is Fellow at NUS Teaching Academy. More recently, she completed a Master’s in Research in Education and Social Research from the Institute of Education at University College London.