Educator | Innovator | Storyteller

SELECTED AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

• Dean's Commendation for Research Award 2026

• Tan Poey Quee Doctor in Education Scholarship 2022

• Nanyang Outstanding Young Alumni Award 2019

• President's Award for Teachers 2018

• Ministry of Education Postgraduate Scholarship (Harvard University, USA) - 2012/13

• Awarded Ministry of Education Innovation Fund (>$200,000) to develop an online Citizenship Education game ‘The Rise of Li’ Ttledot’ - 2009

• Certificate of Gifted Education (High Distinction) (University of New South Wales) - 2008

• Inspiring Teacher of English Award - 2008

• Worldwide Innovative Teachers Forum, Helsinki, Finland (2nd Runner-up) - 2007

• Microsoft-Ministry of Education Professional Development Award (Distinction) - 2007

• Nanyang Technological University Alumni Gold Medal (Outstanding Academic and Co-curricular Activities) - 2005

SELECTED RESEARCH PROJECTS
AND PUBLICATIONS

•     Ong, M., Lim, V. (2026). Reflexive Multimodal Composing in the Singapore Primary School English Language Writing Classroom. In Loh, J., Kaur, K., Jones, S.A. (eds) Teaching English to Young Learners. English Language Teaching: Theory, Research and Pedagogy. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-95-2984-1_13

• Lim, F. V., Toh, W., & Ong, M. (2024). Assessing multiliteracies: a systematic review and a perspective from Singapore. Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 44(3), 597–610. https://doi.org/10.1080/02188791.2024.2390658 

• Lim, K.Y.T., Ong, M.Y.C. (2014). The Six Learnings Framework: Exploring the Dialectics of Intuition and Adaptivity in Citizenship Education. In Hung, D., Lim, K., Lee, SS. (eds) Adaptivity as a Transformative Disposition. Education Innovation Series. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4560-17-7_5

• Lim, K. Y. T. and Ong, M.Y.C. (2013). Education Being Citizenship: Citizenship education through The Rise of Li’ Ttledot game and curricular programme. Citizenship Teaching and Learning, 9(1), 71-83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/ctl.9.1.71_1

• Lim, K. Y. T. & Ong, M. Y. C. (2012). The Rise of Li' Ttledot: A study of citizenship education through game-based learning. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 28(8).  https://ajet.org.au/index.php/AJET/article/view/779    

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS/MENTORING