Chi Yan Lam
Major Field
Assessment and Evaluation
Contact Information
Email: chi.lam@queensu.ca
Supervisor
Biography
Chi Yan Lam is a PhD student in Assessment and Evaluation at Queen's Faculty of Education. He is also an avid user of social media and an aspiring Scholar 2.0. He blogs about program evaluation, design, and classroom assessment at www.chiyanlam.com. He also curates various resources and news on program evaluation, design, and classroom on Twitter: @chiyanlam
Research Interests
- Program evaluation research: developmental evaluation, utilization-focused evaluation, evaluation use
- Professional learning in classroom assessment & pre-service teacher education
- Design research: integrating design thinking into program evaluation and development
- Social innovation, complexity theory, systems thinking
- Program evaluation as a leadership function
- Technology-enhanced learning, mobile learning
- Teacher’s capacity in responding to student medical emergencies
Recent Researh
Principal Evaluator: TORF 2013: An evaluation of recruiters’ needs, expectations, and experiences. 2013-present
Evaluation/Research Associate: Evaluating the Efficacy of the Education and Training Program for the Tri-Council Policy Statement (TCPS 2), 2011-present
Co-Evaluators: The Evaluation of the Practice Objective Structured Clinical Examination (pOSCE), 2011-present
Recent Teaching Related Activities
- Undergraduate TA: PROF150 – Classroom Assessment (2009, 2010, 2012)
- Undergraduate TA: PROF180 – School Law and Policy (2012)
- Graduate TA: EDUC 828 – Program Evaluation (2012)
Select Publications
Lam, C. Y., Ma, M., Sebok, S., Chapman, A., & Mei, Y. (in press). Reflections on using data visualization techniques to engage stakeholders. Graduate Student Symposium Proceedings, 6
Luu, K., Lam, C. Y., & Chapman, A. (2012). Evaluation of a formative objective structured clinical examination program. An evaluation report produced for School of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Lam, C. Y. (2012). TORF 2012: How teachers and teacher candidates come to learn about TORF. A technical report produced for Education Career Services, Faculty of Education, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Lam, C. Y. (2010). Teaching development day: An evaluation design. Kingston, ON: Centre for Teaching and Learning, Queen’s University.
Lam, C. Y. (2009). The integration of undergraduate degree level expectations resources to the Centre of Teaching and Learning web site. Kingston, ON: Centre for Teaching and Learning, Queen’s University.
Lam, C. Y. (2008). Undergraduate degree level expectations implementation efforts by educational developers across Ontario universities. Kingston, ON: Centre for Teaching and Learning, Queen’s University.
Conference Presentations
Lam, C. Y. (2012, October). A Case Study on the Use of Developmental Evaluation for Navigating Uncertainty During Social Innovation. Paper presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Minneapolis, MN.
Shulha, L. M., & Lam, C. Y. (2012, October). A Method to our Madness: Program Evaluation Teaching Techniques. Paper presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Minneapolis, MN.
Jaeger, M., Luu, K., Lam, C. Y., Chapman, A., & Davidson, L. (2012, June). The Effects and Effectiveness of a New Pre-MCC Formative OSCE. Poster presented at the Scholarship in Health Sciences Education: A Showcase highlighting Scholarship in Health Sciences Education, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON.
Shulha, L. M., Klinger, D. A., Luu, K., Ma, J., & Lam, C. Y. (2012, May) Individual explorations of wicked problems in assessment: Moving beyond the constraints of large-group instruction. Paper presented at the 2012 Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Studies in Education (CSSE, CERA), Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON.
Lam, C. Y., & Luu, K. (2012, May). A topology of tweets and the value of ‘tweeting’ for learning. Paper presented at the 2012 Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Studies in Education (CSSE, TATE), Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON.
Lam, C. Y., & Luu, K. (2012, May). Social network analysis of a microblogging educational intervention. Paper presented at the 2012 Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Studies in Education (CSSE, CCGSE), Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON.
Chapman, A., Ma, J., Mei, Y., Lam, C. Y., & Sebok, S. (2012, March). Evolution of data visualization in educational research. Paper presented at the 12th Annual Rosa Bruno Jofré Symposium in Education, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON.
Lam, C. Y., Sebok, S., Mei, Y., Ma, J., & Chapman, A. (2012, March). Enhancing the utilization of assessment results through data visualization. Paper presented at the 12th Annual Rosa Bruno Jofré Symposium in Education, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON.
Membership in Professional Associations
- Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE), Member, 2009-present
- Assessment and Evaluation Group, 2009-present
- American Evaluation Association (AEA), Member, 2010-present
- Canadian Evaluation Society (CES), Member, 2010-present
- American Educational Research Association (AERA), 2012-present
- Design Management Institute, 2012-present