Profile
I am an educator specializing in English for Academic Purposes and Academic skills with experiences mainly from the UK and China. I have worked closely on various STEM programmes, where I taught subject specific language and academic skills, and research methods helping STEM professionals in their studies and careers.
Over the years, I have had numerous roles in higher education which fuelled my passion for learning design. I am particularly interested in educational technologies, online pedagogies, student experience design, curriculum and materials design with the primary goal of understanding specific design choices and their effects on teaching and learning.
Currently, I am a lecturer in Technical English and Academic Skills and the lead learning designer in the of Queen Mary School Hainan.
Teaching
QHF 3004 Technical Language and Academic Study Skills I
QHF 3005 Technical Language and Academic Study Skills II
QHF 3001 Personal Development Plan I
QHF 4001 Personal Development Plan II
QHF 5001 Personal Development Plan III
Research
Research Interests:
Evaluating quality of MOOCs course design: a case study on Udemy and Coursera.
Podcast Project: on improving speaking skills via podcasts
Leveraging Large Language Models for AI-Driven Personalised Feedback in Data Science Education
Interactive Visual Learning in Machine Learning: A Cognitive Learning Theories-Driven Approach
JISC’s International students’ digital experience (ISDX) research project