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Personal life
Maureen Tam lives in Kowloon ,Hong Kong. She currently works as Professor at the Department of International Education and Lifelong Learning (IELL), The Education University of Hong Kong. Maureen does research in Lifelong Learning, Elder Learning, Further (Post-compulsory) Education, Senior Adult Education and Higher Education. Her current project is 'Retirement adjustment and lifelong learning'.

Professor Tamm has made many contributions to the field of  Instructional design and technology. Among her areas of interest are Outcome based Learning, Aging and Learning. Educational Gerontology

She also has a son who completed his Masters in Architecture program with Columbia University.

Education

 * EdD Education 1997-2001 ( Durham University )
 * Master of Education, MEd , Education Management 1985-1987 (The University of Hong Kong )
 * Bachelor of Arts,(Hons)English Studies and Comparative Literature 1979-1982 (The University of Hong Kong )

Academic Career

 * The Education University of Hong Kong/ Hong Kong -Department of International Education and Lifelong Learning (IELL) > (2017-Present) Professor 
 * The Education University of Hong Kong/ Hong Kong -Department of International Education and Lifelong Learning (IELL) > (2017-Present) Professor
 * The Education University of Hong Kong/ Hong Kong - Center for Lifelong Learning Research and Development (CLLRD) February 2009- -Present) > Associate Director
 * The Education University of Hong Kong/ Hong Kong -Department of International Education and Lifelong Learning (IELL) > ( February 2009- November 2017)  Associate Professor
 * Lingham University /Hong Kong (2007-2008) Dean of Community College and Further Education
 * Lingham University /Hong Kong (1996-2007) Director of Teaching and Learning Co-Ordinator
 * The University of Sydney / Sydney (1993-1996) >  Instructional Designer
 * Hong Kong Polytechnic University /Hong Kong (1988-1993) Curriculum and Instructional Designer
 * Hong Kong Baptist University /Hong Kong (1984-1987) Senior/Course Co-Ordinator 

Areas of Expertise
·        Elderly education

·        Adult and lifelong learning

·        Professional and vocationa l education

·        Education management

·        Quality assurance in higher education

·        Teaching and learning development

·        Outcomes-based education

Research
Dr. Tam researched Outcomes based approach to quality assessment and curriculum improvement in higher education

She also researched areas including Feasibility Study for a Curriculum Comparison in Vocational Education and Training Intermediary Report II: Education-Employment Linkage And Constructivism, Instructional Design, and Technology: Implications for Transforming Distance Learning. In 2013 she conducted research on the topic Increasing professionalization and vocationalization of continuing education in Hong Kong: trends and issues  Vocation

In many ways she has successfully examined the characteristics and value of designed instruction. She is known to have established alignments between pedagogica l and technological skills. In her research she shared that Distance learning lends itself to the infusion of the constructivist principles where participants are expected to function as  self -directed, self motivated agents in their own learning. She believed that technology supported environments produced greater learning experiences and outcomes. She also researched managing changes in higher education for greater transformation.

Publications / Books

 * Maureen Tam. “Constructivism, Instructional Design, and Technology: Implications for Transforming Distance Learning.” Journal of Educational Technology & Society, vol. 3, no. 2, 2000, pp. 50–60. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/jeductechsoci.3.2.50. Accessed 21 Feb. 2021.
 * Active Aging, Active Learning- Issues and Challenges Boulton -Lewis Gillian &Maureen Tam
 * Maureen Tam (2001) Measuring Quality and Performance in Higher Education, Quality in Higher Education, 7:1, 47-54, DOI: 10.1080/13538320120045076
 * Maureen Tam (2014) Intergenerational Service Learning Between the Old and Young: What, Why and How, Educational Gerontology, 40:6, 401-413, DOI: 10.1080/03601277.2013.822201


 * Outcomes -based approach to quality assessment and curriculum improvement in higher education. DOI: 10.1108/QAE-09-2011-0059April 2014 Quality Assurance in Education 22(2) . 
 * Christopher K. Morgan & Maureen Tam (1999) Unravelling the complexities of distance education student attrition, Distance Education, 20:1, 96-108, DOI: 10.1080/0158791990200108
 * Findsen B, Catts R, Preece J. Reviews: Active Ageing, Active Learning: Issues and Challenges, Dialogic: Education for the Internet Age, Education Quality and Social Justice in the Global South: Challenges for Policy, Practice and Research. Journal of Adult and Continuing Education. 2013;19(1):125-130. doi:10.7227/JACE.19.1.8