Professor LAM Lai Chuen Paul 藍澧銓
Address | 502, Hui Yeung Shing Building, Centre for Learning Enhancement And Research, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T. | ![]() |
Phone | (852) 3943 4055 | |
Fax | (852) 3942 0918 | |
paul.lam@cuhk.edu.hk |
Qualifications
BA (Hons), The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
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MA, City University of Hong Kong |
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PhD, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
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Background
Paul Lam joined the Centre for Learning Enhancement And Research at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) in January 2003. He has extensive interest and experience in teaching and learning principles, case-based teaching and learning, web-assisted teaching and learning, and evaluation of elearning and mlearning. He also has experience in designing educational tools. uReply (http://web.ureply.mobi) is a classroom student response system developed under his supervision.
Formerly he was the Language Programme Design and Materials Development Officer in the Neuro-Cognitive Science for Language Education Project, CUHK, where he wrote the English teaching materials for several English enhancement courses with a focus on a cognitive approach. He was the Senior Research Assistant in the Centre for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching at the City University of Hong Kong from 2000 to 2002. Before working in the universities, he was a secondary school teacher for nine years (from 1988-97) in a number of schools, the last being Tang King Po School in To Kwa Wan, Kowloon.
Research
Paul Lam’s research interests range widely across several key aspects of teaching and learning: web-supported teaching and learning, cased based teaching and learning, and English language teaching.
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Recent Publications
Journals
Lam, P. L., & Ng, H. K. Y. (2023). Teaching and learning with mobile technologies under covid-19 pandemic: Crisis or opportunity. International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation, 17(1/2), 198. https://doi.org/10.1504/ijmlo.2023.128359
Lam, P., & Tse, A. (2022). Gamification in everyday classrooms: Observations from schools in Hong Kong. Frontiers in Education, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2021.630666
Ng, H. K. Y. & Lam, P. (2022). Advancing the understanding on the flipped classroom approach from students’ perception on the learning environment: Variation of academic discipline. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education. 24. https://doi.org/10.47408/jldhe.vi24.852
Lee, V. W., Lam, P. L., Lo, J. T., Lee, J. L., & Li, J. T. (2022). Rethinking online assessment from university students’ perspective in COVID-19 pandemic. Cogent Education, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186x.2022.2082079
Lam, P., Ng, H. K. Y., Tse, A. H. H., Lu, M., & Wong, B. Y. W. (2021). eLearning technology and the advancement of practical constructivist pedagogies: Illustrations from classroom observations. Education and Information Technologies. Doi = https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-020-10245-w [SJR2019 = 0.78; IF2019 = 2.01; Education2019: Q1]
Ng, H. K. Y. & Lam, P. (2020). How the number of lessons flipped influence the overall learning effectiveness and the perceptions of flipped learning experiences? Interactive Learning Environments, 31(3), 1242–1251. https://doi.org/10.1080/10494820.2020.1826984
Lam, P., Ng, H. K. Y., Lau, C. K. M., & Tse, A. H. H. (2020). Flip or not? Evaluating the effectiveness of the flipped classroom in Hong Kong Higher Education. Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, p. 89-107.
Lam, P. L. C., & Kwong, T. (2020). International perspectives on the flipped classroom as a pathway to effective learner engagement: A message from the guest editors. Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 31(4), 1-15.
Lam, P., Ng, K. Y. H., Tse, A. H. H., Lu, I. M., & Wong, B. Y. W (2019). eLearning for students with special educational needs: Illustrations from two special schools. Asian Journal of Education and e-Learning, 7(6).
Published conference papers
Ng, H. K., & Lam, P. (2023). Emotional responses toward the flipped classroom approach across academic disciplines. 2023 11th International Conference on Information and Education Technology (ICIET). https://doi.org/10.1109/iciet56899.2023.10111331
Ng, K.Y, Lam, P., Chan, K., Leung, H., & Lai, S. (2020). Flipping the classroom: Will the changes of teachers influence learning outcomes? 2020 The 4th International Conference on Education and E-Learning. https://doi.org/10.1145/3439147.3439156
Lee, V. W., Lam, P., Lo, J., & Lee, J. (2020). Evaluation of the concerns and barriers of online assessment – students’ perspectives. ICERI Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.21125/iceri.2020.0561
Lam, P., & Lau, C. K. (2019). Collective wisdom of flipped classrooms in Hong Kong Higher education: Preparing for potential challenges. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Educational Technologies 2019. https://doi.org/10.33965/icedutech2019_201902l008
Lam, P., Tse, H. H., Ng, K. Y., & Lau, K. M. (2019). Perceived benefits and challenges of flipped classroom: Voices from teachers in Hong Kong’s higher education. Official Conference Proceedings of the 11th Asian Conference on Education, pp. 391-394.
Lam, P., Lau, K. M., & Chan, C. H. (2019). Continuous use of student response systems in university classes: a quantitative study of student response rates, IADIS International Journal on WWW/Internet, 17(1), 51-65.