About our People

Dr Chen Wenli is an Assistant Professor with the Learning Sciences and Technology (LST) Academic Group and a faculty researcher at the Learning Sciences Lab at the National Institute of Education (NIE) of Singapore. Her research interests include computer cupported collaborative learning, mobile learning, computer-mediated communication and ubiquitous learning environment. She has led a number of national scale research projects and published more than 50 papers on international peer-reviewed journals. She won "Young Researcher Leader Award 2011" from Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education (APSCE). She has won 7 Best Paper Awards in international conferences. Before joining NTU and NIE, she was a journalist with the Xinhua News Agency in China and won several "Best Story" Awards. 

Selected Publications:

Journal Papers:

Chen,W., Lee, C., Tan, A., Wettesinghe, M., & Wong, P. (In Press). From device
centric to people centric ubiquitous computing: Pre-Service Teachers Using
Technology across spaces. To appear in Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced
Learning.

Chen,W., Ho, J.M, & Ng, F.S.D. (In Press). School Leadership in ICT
Implementation: Perspectives from Singapore. To appear in Asia-Pacific
Education Researcher [SSCI].

Wen, Y., Looi, C. K., & Chen, W. (In Press).
Supporting Teachers in Designing CSCL
Activities: A Case Study of Principle-based Pedagogical Patterns in Networked
Second Language Classrooms. To appear in Educational Technology and Society
 [SSCI].

Toh, Y., So, H.J., Seow, P., Chen,
W., & Looi,C.K. (2012) .Seamless learning in the Mobile Age: A Theoretical
and Methodological Discussion on Using Cooperative Inquiry to Study Digital
Kids on-the-Move. Learning, Media and Technology
 [SSCI]. [Abstract]

Sha,
L., Looi, C.K, Chen, W, Seow, P,
& Wong, L.H. (2012). Recognizing and measuring
self-regulated learning in a mobile learning environment. Computers in Human
Behavior
[SSCI], 28, 718-728. [Abstarct]

 Sha, L., Looi, C.K., Chen, W., & Zhang, B.H. (2012). Understanding Mobile Learning from the Perspective of Self-Regulated Learning. Accepted by Journal of Computer Assisted Learning [SSCI]. [Abstract] 

 Song, Y., Chen, W. & Looi, C.K. (2012). A Collaborative Professional Development Model for Rapid Collaborative Knowledge Improvement in Singapore Schools. The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 21(1), 15-27. [SSCI]. [Full Text] 

Chen,
W., Looi, C.K., & Xie, W. (2011). A Design Research on Collaborative Learning
Enabled by GroupScribbles. China Educational Technology, 11, 1-9.

Chen, W., Lim, C., & Tan, A. (2011). From Many-to-One to One-to-Many: The Evolution of Ubiquitous Computing in Education. Educational Tehcnology, 51(1), 21-25. [Abstract]

Chen, W., & Looi,C.K. (2011). Active Classroom Participation in a GroupScribbles Primary Science Classroom. British Journal of Educational Technology [SSCI], 42(4), 676-686. [Abstract]

Chen, W.,
Wen, Y., Looi,C.K. & Ooi, C.Y. (2011). Technology and Pedagogy Design for Collaborative Second Language
Learning. The Communications in Information Science and Management Engineering,
1(8), 19-23.

Chen, W., & Choi, S.K. (2011). Internet and social support among Chinese migrants in Singapore. New Media and Society [SSCI], 13(7), 11-18. [Abstract]

 Chen, W., & Choi, S.K. (2011). Leveraging computer mediated communication for social support in immigrants’ intercultural adaptation. Cross-Cultural Communication, 7(3), 167-176. [Abstract]

Boticki, I., So., H. J., Toh, Y., Chen, W., & Seow, P. (2011). ColInq: A system for collaborative inquiry learning with mobile devices. International Journal of Robots, Education and Art, 1(2), 10-22. [Full Text]

Looi, C.K., So, H.J., Toh, Y. & Chen, W. (2011). The Singapore experience: Synergy of national policy, classroom practice and design research. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning. 6(1), 9-37. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Looi, C.K., Zhang, B.H., Chen W., Seow, P. & Chia, G. (2011). 1:1 mobile inquiry learning experience for primary science students: A study of learning effectiveness. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning [SSCI],27, 269–287. [Abstract]

Deng, F. Chen, W., Chai, C.S., & Qian, Y.Y. (2011).
Constructivist-oriented
Data-logging Activities in Chinese Chemistry Classroom: Enhancing Students’
Conceptual Understanding and Their Metacognition
. The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher [SSCI], 20(2), 207-221. [Full Text]

Wong, L.H., Chen, W., Chai, C.S., Gao, P., & Chin, C.K. (2011). A Blended Collaborative Writing Approach for Chinese L2 Students. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 27(7), 1208-1226. [SSCI]. [Full Text]

Wong, L.H., Chen, W., & Jan, M.F. (2011). How Artefacts Mediate Small Group Co-Creation Activities in a Mobile-Assisted Seamless Language Learning Environment?  Journal of Computer Assisted Learning [SSCI]. [Abstract]

Chen, W., & Looi,C.K. (2010). What do Students do in a F2F CSCL Classroom?  The Optimization of Multiple Communications Modes. Computers & Education [SSCI], 55(3), 1159-1170. [Abstract]

Chen, W. (2010). Internet Usage Patterns of Immigrants in the Process of Intercultural Adaptation. CyberPsychology, Behavior & Social Networking [SSCI], 13. DOI: 10.1089 = cpb.2009.0249 [ Abstract ]

Chen, W., Seow, P., So, H.J., Toh, Y, & Looi, C.K. (2010). Connecting learning spaces using mobile technology.Educational Technology, 50(5), 45-50. [Abstract]

Looi,C.K., Chen, W., & Patton, C.M. (2010). Principles and Enactment of Rapid Collaborative Knowledge Building in Classrooms. Educational Technology, 50(5), September-October, 26-32. [Abstract]

Looi, C.K. & Chen, W. (2010). Community-based Individual Knowledge Construction in the Classroom: A Process-Oriented Account. To appear in Journal of Computer Assisted Learning [SSCI]. [ Abstract ]

Looi, C.K., Chen, W., & Ng, F.K. (2010). Collaborative activities enabled by GroupScribbles (GS): An exploratory study of learning effectiveness. Computers & Education [SSCI], 54(1),14-26.  [ Abstract ]

Zhang, B., Looi, C.K., Seow, P., Chia, G., Wong, L.H., Chen, W., So, H.J., Soloway, E., & Norris C. (2010). Deconstructing and Reconstructing: Transforming Primary Science Learning via a Mobilized Curriculum. Computers & Education [SSCI], 55(4), 1504-1523.

Teo, T., Tan, S. C., Lee, C. B., Chai, C. S., Koh, J. H. L., Chen, W., & Cheah, H. M. (2010). The Self-Directed Learning with Technology Scale (SDLTS) for young students: An initial development and validation. Computers and Education [SSCI], 55(4), 1764-1771. [Abstract]

Chen, F.H. J., Looi, C.K., & Chen, W. (2009). Integrating technology in the classroom: A visual conceptualization of teachers’ knowledge, goals and beliefs. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning [SSCI], 25(5), 470-488. [ Abstract ]

Looi, C.K., Seow, P., Zhang, B.H., So, H.J., Chen W., & Wong, L.H. (2010). Leveraging mobile technology for sustainable seamless learning: A research agenda. British Journal of Educational Technology [SSCI],  41 (2), 154-169. [Abstract ]

Seow, P., Zhang, B.H., Chen, W., Looi, C.K., & Tan, N. (2009). Designing a seamless learning environment to learn reduce, reuse and recycle in environmental education. International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organization, 3(1), 60-83. [Abstract ]

Looi, C.K., Wong, L.H., So, H., Seow, P., Toh, Y., Norris, C., Soloway, E., Chen, W., & Zhang, B.H. (2009). Anatomy of a mobilized lesson: Learning My Way. Computers &Education [SSCI], 53 (4), 1120-1132. [ Abstract ] 

Chen, W., Tan, N., Looi, C.K., Zhang, B.H., & Seow, P. (2008). Handheld Computers as Cognitive Tools:  Technology-Enhanced Environmental Learning. Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning, 3(3), 231-252. [Abstract]

Chen, W., & Looi C.K. (2007). Incorporating online discussion in face to face classroom learning: A new blended learning approach. Australasian Journal of Educational Research [SSCI], 23(3), 308-327. [ Abstract ] [ Full Paper ]

Book and Book Chapter:

Chen, W. (2008). Internet and the Socialization of Immigrants. Wen Jin Tang Publishing house.Taiwan: Taipei.

Looi, C.K., So, H-J., Chen, W., Zhang, B., Wong, L-H. & Seow, P. (2011). Seamless Learning. In Norbert, S. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning. Munich: Springer.

Chen, W., & Xie W. (2011). Immigrants in Cyberspace.  In Zheng, Y. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Cyber Behavior. IGI Global.

Chai, C.S., Chen, W., & Tan, L. (2010). Creating Meaningful e-learning Units. In C.S. Chai & Q.Y. Wang (Eds.), ICT for self-directed and collaborative learning (pp.310-321). Singapore: Pearson.

Looi, C. K., Lim W. Y., & Chen W. (2008). Communities of practice for continuing professional development in the Twenty-first Century. In Voogt, J., & Knezek,G. (Eds.), International Handbook of Information Technology in Primary and Secondary Education (pp. 489-502). NewYork: Springer.