International and National Professional Associations’ Committee Member
Executive Committee member, Co-Section-head of Curriculum, Assessment, and Evaluation, AAMC CGEA I-DARE (Inclusion, Diversity, Anti-Racism, & Equity) Special Interest Group, 2023-present
Task force member, equity issues in clinical assessments, AAMC Group on Educational Affairs’ Clinical Skills Assessment and Standardization (CLASS) WHO taskforce. Since 2022
Sub-conference Executive Chair/Co-chair, 26th-29th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE 2018-2021) (7 sub conferences in total). ICCE is the flagship conference of Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education
Sub-conference Executive Chair/Co-Chair 24th-28th Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education (GCCCE 2020-2024), organized by the Global Chinese Society for Computers in Education (9 sub conferences in total). Sub-conference Program committee member, GCCCE 2018- 2019.
Chair (April 2019-March 2020), Secretary (June 2018-March 2019), Faculty Development in Medical Education Special Interest Group for Association of American Medical Colleges’ Southern Group on Educational Affairs
Expert peer reviewer panel member, American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual meeting, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020
Track Program Committee Member, IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 2014, 2015, 2016
Institutional Committee Member
Member of Curriculum Renewal Executive Workgroup (CREW), Baylor College of Medicine. Since 2020
Member of Group for Research in Medical Education (GRIME) at University of Virginia School of Medicine. The group has been tasked by Senior Associate Dean for Education to review all research proposals that include medical students as research subjects, 2015-present
Center for Teaching and Learning Grants Task Force member, University of South Dakota. Reviewed Grant Proposals aiming at improving faculty’s teaching and their students’ learning, 2012-2014.
Grant proposals, Conference and Journal Submissions Reviewer
Having been invited to and completed reviews of over 100 submissions to International and national conferences and journals.
Reviewer, The Association of Program Directors in Surgery (APDS) and Association for Surgical Education (ASE): Collaborative Grant Initiative, 2025
Reviewer, AAMC CGEA Medical Education Scholarship Research and Evaluation (MESRE) Collaborative Grant, 2024
Journal and book chapters
Reviewer, Academic Medicine, Aug 2024, Aug 2023, June 2020, April 2020
Reviewer, Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, Jun 2023, Oct 2021
Reviewer, BMC Medical Education, July 2023, Dec 2021
Reviewer, Teaching and Learning in Medicine, May 2023
Reviewer, Educational Technology & Society, March 2022, May-June 2017
Reviewer, Educational Technology Research and Development, Aug 2021, Feb, Jun & Oct 2020
Reviewer, Canadian Medical Education Journal, Feb 2021
Reviewer, Medical Teacher - An International Journal of Education in the Health Sciences, June & Dec 2020, May 2020, Jun & Nov 2019, March 2018, Aug 2017
Reviewer, British Journal of Educational Technology, July 2020, March 2019
Reviewer, Computers & Education: An International Journal, Jul & Oct 2019, May2018, Dec 2015
Reviewer, KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems Journal, Jan 2018
Reviewer, Knowledge Management & E-Learning: An International Journal, 2013-18
Reviewer, Journal of the Learning Sciences, Dec 2017
Reviewer, International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation, July 2016
Reviewer, Book chapter in AECT (Association for Educational Communications and Technology)-Springer Major Reference Work (MRW): “Learning, Design, and Technology: An International Compendium of Theory, Research, Practice and Policy”
Reviewer, Book chapter in Jia, J. (Ed.) (2012). Educational Stages and Interactive Learning: From Kindergarten to Workplace Training. IGI Global.
Conference submissions
Reviewer, Association for Surgical Education at Surgical Education Week Conference, Thinking Out of the Box Presentations, 2024
Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education (GCCCE)
GCCC 2020-2024 “Technology Enhanced Language Learning”
GCCCE 2019: “Technology Enhanced Language Learning” and “Game-based Learning and Gamification” (two sub-conferences)
GCCCE 2018: “Joyful Learning and Society” and “Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and Maker Education” (two sub-conferences)
GCCCE 2014: Joyful Learning and Society
GCCCE 2013: Digital Technology, Innovation, and Education
Expert peer reviewer panel member for American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual meeting,
AERA 2018, 2019, and 2020 Annual Meetings, Division I: Education in the Professions;
AERA 2015 Annual Meeting, Division C - Learning and Instructions, Section 3b: Technology-Based Environments
Track Program Committee Member for IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT)
ICALT 2014: Track Knowledge Management in e-Learning
ICALT 2015: Track Knowledge Management in e-Learning
ICALT 2016: Track Technology Enhanced Language Learning
Reviewer, Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Learn Serve Lead 2018 Meeting
Reviewer, 2017 Research in Medical Education (RIME) Research and Review Papers
Reviewer, 2017 Southern Group on Educational Affairs (SGEA), Southern Group on Student Affairs (SGSA), and Southern Organization of Student Representatives (SOSR) Regional Meeting
Reviewer, Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education 2015 Conference
Reviewer, “Design and Development Division” of AECT (Association for Educational Communications and Technology) 2010 Conference
Other conference organization and International academic exchange
Conference Session Host: Hosted paper presentation and discussion in Session C6-1 “Teacher Professional Development, Policy, and Assessment of Learning” in GCCCE (Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education) conference 2013, Beijing, China, May 2013. Organized by Global Chinese Society for Computers in Education
Volunteered in AECT 2009 Convention, Louisville, Kentucky, provided technology support for presentation sessions. Organized by Association for Educational Communication and Technology
Assisted organization of International Games and Learning Forum, Shanghai, China, Jan 7-8, 2008. It was co-organized by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Peking University. Assisted the translation of conference materials and transportation arrangement.
Assisted organization of First Sino-German Symposium on Knowledge Handling: Representation, Management and Personalized Application, Beijing, China, Nov. 4-9th, 2007. It was co-organized by the Peking University and the University of Augsburg. Assisted reception, logistics, and transportation arrangement.
Assisted in facilitation and coordination of an international academic exchange at the University of Missouri, Jan 2012
Assisted organizing an academic visit for Assoc. Prof. Aihua Wang from Peking University, China. The purpose of her visit was to seek for opportunities of academic cooperation between the educational technology departments of the two universities.
Assisted in facilitation of international academic exchange activities at College of Education in the Peking University, 2006-2008.
Assisted in facilitating activities in which professors and researchers from different academic institutes visiting Peking University, China:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of New Mexico
University of Augsburg, and
University faculty and school teachers from Taiwan and Hong Kong