We are pleased to announce that Associate Professor Fei Victor Lim will visit the School of English Language and Literature on November 23 and 24, 2026, to deliver two invited sessions.
Monday, November 23rd, room 308B, 16:00-18:30
Learning as Design with Multimodality
This workshop introduces the perspective of Learning as Design, exploring how learners make meaning, construct knowledge and develop new understandings through the purposeful orchestration of multiple modes of communication. Drawing on multimodality and multiliteracies, the talk examines how learning involves engaging with, interpreting, evaluating and creating meanings across different modes and media. It also considers the role of teachers as designers of learning experiences and the significance of semiotic pedagogical technologies in shaping knowledge representation, pedagogical relationships, and the organisation of learning. For MA and PhD students, the session offers theoretical perspectives and analytical approaches for understanding multimodal learning, while inviting them to reconsider the possibilities of designing more meaningful, reflexive and transformative learning experiences in contemporary educational contexts.
Tuesday, November 24th, room 417, 17:00-18:30
Designing Literacy Learning with Generative Artificial Intelligence
Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is transforming how we read, write, communicate and make meaning. From proposing ideas and summarising information to producing images, videos, presentations and multimodal texts, GenAI is expanding the possibilities of how we engage with knowledge and express ourselves. For university students, these developments raise important questions: What does it mean to be literate in an age of artificial intelligence? How might we learn with GenAI while retaining our capacity to think critically, exercise judgement, and express our own ideas? And how can we use these technologies creatively and responsibly? How do we risk de-skilling or never-skilling with the use of GenAI. My session seeks to inspire a reimagining of what it means to read, write, and communicate in contemporary learning environments, as well as GenAI can be designed to support meaningful learning.
Bio
Fei Victor Lim is Associate Professor and Deputy Head (Research) in English Language and Literature at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His research and teaching focus on multiliteracies, multimodal discourse analysis, and digital learning. He serves as an Editor of Multimodality and Society and Associate Editor of Computers and Composition. He leads the Literacies Research Group at NIE and MERLIN (Multimodality in Educational Research and Learning International Network) comprising a community of researchers and practitioners interested in multimodality and learning.
