Yan Yin Ho

Dr Ho Yan Yin

Deputy Director

Teaching & Learning Centre

Tel: +65 6248 5477

Email: eXlob0BzdXNzLmVkdS5zZw==

Educational Qualifications

  • 2012

    PhD (Psychology), National University of Singapore, Singapore

  • 2003

    MSc (International Environmental Science), LUMES, Lund University, Sweden

  • 1997

    BA (1st Class Hons) (Psychology), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Academic and Professional Experience

2020
Senior Lecturer, Teaching & Learning Centre, Singapore University of Social Sciences

2016
Lecturer, Teaching & Learning Centre, Singapore University of Social Sciences

2013 - 2016
Lecturer, School of Humanities & Social Sciences, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore

2004 - 2016
Associate Faculty (Psychology Programme), SIM University, Singapore

2011 - 2012
Research Associate, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore

2005
Psychologist, Department of Psychological Services, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

1998 - 2000
Psychologist, TTSH Rehabilitation Centre, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

1997 - 1998
Drug Addiction Counsellor, SCORE Counselling Centre, Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprises, Singapore

1993 - 1997
Research Assistant, Industrial Organization Laboratory, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Yao, S.-Y., & Ho, Y. Y. (2024).
Evaluating the Usefulness of Microlearning to Adult Students in Higher Education: An Empirical Study in Singapore. Adult Learning. https://doi.org/10.1177/10451595241280672

Lin, F., Lim, L., Ho, Y. Y., Tan, B. Z., & Lim, W. Y. (2023).
Validating and applying an adapted OSLQ to examine adult learners’ online self-regulation. Higher Education Research & Development, 42(7), 1684–1699. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2023.2183938

Ho, Y. Y., Yeo, E. Y., & Wijaya, D. S. B. M. (2022).
Turning Coffee Time into Teaching Moments Through Bite-Sized Learning for Adult Learners. The Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 71(2), 183–198. https://doi.org/10.1080/07377363.2021.2024000

Ho, Y. Y., & Lim, L. (2020).

Connecting characteristics with learning behaviour: A report of learning behaviours exhibited by adult learners pursuing tertiary education in an Asian context. In J. P. Egan (Ed.), Proceedings of Adult Education in Global Times: An International Research Conference (pp.315-323). University of British Columbia.

Ho, Y. Y., & Lim, L. (2020).
Targeting student learning needs: the development and preliminary validation of the Learning Needs Questionnaire for a diverse university student population Higher Education Research & Development. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2020.1818062

Ho, Y. Y., & Lim, W. Y. (2020).
Educating adult learners: Bridging learners’ characteristics and the Learning Sciences. In N. W. Gleason and C. S. Sanger (Eds.), International diversity and inclusion: Innovative higher education in Asia. USA: Palgrave.

Ho, Y. Y., Ho, R., & Graham, S. (2009).
Exploring the Dynamic Assessment Paradigm and its Usefulness at Assessing Learning Potential of Schizophrenia Patients. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 35(Supplement 1), 295.

  • Adult Learning
  • Learning to learn
  • Academic coaching
  • Bite-sized learning
May 2018 - April 2020
Bite-sized learning from adult learners: An efficacy study, $89, 503, MOE Tertiary Education Research Fund (TRF) Grant
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