PROF. DR. SOON FOOK FONG

Professor Dr. Soon Fook Fong is a Professor in Multimedia Education at the Faculty of Social Science & Humanities, Universiti Malaysia Sabah. He was the previous Director of the Centre for e-Learning. His field of research includes Technology Enabled Learning, Learning Designs, Aptitude-Treatment Interactions and Program Evaluation. In 2019, as the UNESCO Consultant he led the development of a National Policy on Inclusive Open Educational Resources. He also served as a UNESCO Expert Consultant for the Development of The Ljubljana OER Action Plan 2017 (Slovenia, 2017); Development of the Guidelines on the Development of OER Policies (UNESCO Paris, 2018) and the UNESCO adopted resolution on “Recommendation on OER 2019”. Fong was the recipient of the Endeavor Executive Award from the Australian Government for his expertise and innovative contributions in the field of multimedia education. He is the current holder of the “Malaysian Higher Education E-Learning Maestro Award 2019-2020