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Skills Tree

The Skills Tree is a companion app that connects students and educators in a socio-spatial virtual campus that enables learners to gain real-world life skills using skills-based learning pathways for lifelong learning and gamification to encourage the development of positive behaviour that leads to a better learning experience. The Skills Tree gives students visibility and clarity of their potential skills, giving guidance and motivation to help them achieve their competency goals. Gamified elements are integrated into the learning activities to drive the motivation to acquire knowledge and promote desired behaviour.

Contributors

Kenneth Lo is Director of the Office of Digital Learning and Programme Director of campusX at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). His role at the Office of Digital Learning revolves around educational innovations, pedagogy, and educational services such as Edutech, Library, and Fabrication Laboratory. At SUTD, Kenneth is leading campusX, an innovation programme that strives to develop competency, tools, and systems for the future of education and sustainability. Kenneth has experience in technology innovations, predictive machine learning, and in designing engineering systems. 

Dorien Herremans is an Associate Professor with the Information Systems Technology and Design (ISTD) pillar at SUTD, as well as Director of SUTD Game Lab. Prior to SUTD, she was a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Digital Music at Queen Mary University of London, and she received her PhD at the University of Antwerp. After that, she was a lecturer at the Les Roches University in Bluche, Switzerland. Assistant Prof Herremans leads the research group on Audio Music and AI (AMAAI). She is on the Singapore 100 Women in Tech 2021 list, which recognises and celebrates women based in Singapore who have been inspiring and have made significant contributions to the tech industry.

Danny Chow Jiun Jiet is the Lab Manager from the SUTD Game Lab. He has over 10 years' experience in game development and game technologies. Prior to joining SUTD Game Lab, he started his game development career in Sydney, Australia and published eight games. During his time in SUTD Game Lab, he has developed several VR/AR, simulation and serious games for events and research projects.

Koh Chong Lin is a developer from SUTD Game Lab focusing mainly on Design and Art. He contributed to several research projects and serious games in SUTD. With a background in game development, he is interested in applying element of gamifications to projects to improve engagement and motivation.

Marooth Nath Chaowanasatier is an alumni from SUTD's Computer Science and Design pillar (CSD*, Class of 2020), and is currently the Game Programmer (Research Associate) from the SUTD Game Lab. He has contributed in a few VR-related research projects as their VR developer. He is currently one of the backend developer for the Skills Tree project.

*The CSD programme was previously named Information Systems Technology and Design (ISTD).

Chung Zhi Wei received his Bachelor of Arts in Game Design from the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT). He was also a researcher in SIT before joining SUTD. Now he is currently working under campusX as a game developer to develop applications that makes learning fun and exciting.