About
Rebecca Cheng is a Serious Educational Games (SEGs) researcher and received her Ph.D. in Education (Cognitive Psychology & Learning Sciences) from George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. She is interested in studying the psychological and physiological dimensions of Flow (the perceived optimal experience) in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and game-based learning.
Rebecca's major research interests focus on user experience/engagement design, science learning in virtual environments, Serious Games, and other informal contexts (both physical and digital), emphasis on cognitive processes, positive emotions, and individual differences. She has participated in various social, behavioral, and cognitive research designs and has experience in eye tracking analysis, psychometric analysis, program evaluation, and statistical analysis of behavioral data. She had worked as an environmental educator at a zoo and aquarium in Hong Kong for eight years and has extensive experience in managing and collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive the execution of multiple projects.
As a female educationist with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology (major in Ecology), Rebecca is devoted to encourage, inspire, and empower other women to actively partake in the challenging and male-dominated STEM* fields. She is dedicated to examining the role of game-based informal contexts in science learning, interest development in STEM career, and self-directed lifelong learning.
Having grown up in Hong Kong and studied in the United States, she has had experience working with and teaching people from a variety of cultural, economic, and social backgrounds. Her multicultural-multilingual background and strong cultural awareness and sensitivity facilitate her to build strong ties between diverse communities.
In her doctoral investigation, she applied the cognitive-affective integrated framework of cognitive psychology in Serious Educational Games (SEGs) research especially the gameplay process and science learning. The title of her dissertation is "Relationship between Visual Attention and Flow Experience in a Serious Educational Game: An Eye Tracking Analysis."
* Note: STEM = Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Rebecca's major research interests focus on user experience/engagement design, science learning in virtual environments, Serious Games, and other informal contexts (both physical and digital), emphasis on cognitive processes, positive emotions, and individual differences. She has participated in various social, behavioral, and cognitive research designs and has experience in eye tracking analysis, psychometric analysis, program evaluation, and statistical analysis of behavioral data. She had worked as an environmental educator at a zoo and aquarium in Hong Kong for eight years and has extensive experience in managing and collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive the execution of multiple projects.
As a female educationist with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology (major in Ecology), Rebecca is devoted to encourage, inspire, and empower other women to actively partake in the challenging and male-dominated STEM* fields. She is dedicated to examining the role of game-based informal contexts in science learning, interest development in STEM career, and self-directed lifelong learning.
Having grown up in Hong Kong and studied in the United States, she has had experience working with and teaching people from a variety of cultural, economic, and social backgrounds. Her multicultural-multilingual background and strong cultural awareness and sensitivity facilitate her to build strong ties between diverse communities.
In her doctoral investigation, she applied the cognitive-affective integrated framework of cognitive psychology in Serious Educational Games (SEGs) research especially the gameplay process and science learning. The title of her dissertation is "Relationship between Visual Attention and Flow Experience in a Serious Educational Game: An Eye Tracking Analysis."
* Note: STEM = Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics