Dr. Caroline Wong
Dr. Caroline Wong
Dr. Caroline Wong
Associate Dean Learning and Teaching | Associate Professor, Business
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Australian National University, 2004-2008
- Master of Business Administration. Australian National University, 2000
- Graduate Certificate in Higher Education. University of Queensland, 2009 - 2010
- SFHEA, Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy, 2022
- Bachelor of Arts, National University of Singapore, 1982-1985
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Biography
Dr. Caroline Wong is the Associate Dean for Learning and Teaching and Associate Professor Business at the James Cook University, Singapore. The drive towards continuous learning, growth & pushing one’s boundaries reflects the attitude she has in applying to research, teaching & learning & service engagement to create significant impact.
Beyond ensuring quality assurance in learning, teaching and assessments, her career vision involves leading transformative changes to support teachers by creating a culture of continuous improvement and innovation so that JCU Singapore students continue to get a holistic and impactful learning experience.
She empowers academics in meeting the challenges of modern-day classroom by initiating S2ALT (Sharing and Scholarship of Learning and Teaching) workshops with support resources in a newly setup online Community of Practice. Under her mentorship, a few faculty have achieved fellowship to Advance Higher Education in UK that met the Professional Standards Framework. In overseeing the smooth technological transformation during COVID period & on-going digital processes to blended learning, she had presented the outcomes at the EduTech Asia conference, Times Higher Education conference & published a book chapter.
Research Interests
Her research in knowledge management (KM) takes on a multi-disciplinary approach that critically examines knowledge flows within and across various industries in Singapore & beyond. Her recent publications bring to fore tropical issues relating to sustainable urban planning and economic growth, consumer purchase behavior, urbanization and well-being of aging population, urban farming & waste management that brought about thought leadership in the industry.
https://research.jcu.edu.au/portfolio/caroline.wong
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0860-0540
Thought leadership to Industry, Government & Universities
Some of her research findings and analysis from two publications on urban planning and aging were discussed at the Economist Intelligence Corporate Network (EICN) as a panel speaker in 2023 to address challenges of promoting productive, inclusive and sustainable urbanization in cities, attended by more than a hundred A-Suite executives from various MNCs and business corporations in Singapore. These deliberations influence industry practices & standards as these companies operate their HQ out of Singapore.
In another high-level discussion with Potsdam City Council administrators and the community in 2022, she was one of the knowledge experts from the New Club of Paris (NCP) to deliberate on how to transform Potsdam from a Science City to a Knowledge City. Her research on Singapore’s urban design planning, transportation system & urban farming has provided valuable insights that engaged the city planners and administrators in this pertinent meeting. Her deliberations regarding Singapore have been published with Le Monde Diplomatique Sep issue (The Diplomatic World), a French monthly newspaper with 5,000 copies distributed, dedicated to foreign policy and geopolitics.
Her research has enabled me to advocate for change in policy discussions, industry events and public forums of the highest level.