Dr. Sun Daner is an Assistant Professor and Associate Head of the Department of Mathematics and Information Technology at the Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK). Before joining EdUHK in 2015, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Learning Sciences Lab, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore.

Dr. Sun's research focuses on emerging technologies in education, AI in education, mobile learning, science education, technology-oriented STEM education, and higher-order thinking in interdisciplinary contexts. Her work addresses contemporary challenges and trends in these areas, contributing significantly to the field. Dr. Sun has published extensively in leading journals such as Computers & Education, British Journal of Educational Technology, Education and Information Technologies, Journal of Science Education and Technology, and Educational Technology & Society. She has authored several book chapters and served as editor or co-editor for special issues and conference proceedings. Notably, she has been ranked as one of the top 20 influential researchers in mobile learning globally (Goksu, 2021).

Currently, Dr. Sun is the Associate Editor for Education and Information Technologies and APSCE's official journal RPTEL. She is also an editorial member of Educational Technology & Society and Technology, Pedagogy and Education and has been recognized with the Outstanding Reviewer Award from Computers & Education (2018).

Dr. Sun's achievements include the President's Award for Outstanding Performance in Research: Early Career Research Excellence Award (2022/23), the APSCE Early Career Researcher Award (2022), the President’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Knowledge Transfer (Team, 2019/20), and the Dean's Research Output Prize (2021/22) at EdUHK.

Active in the academic community, Dr. Sun has played leading roles in organizing international conferences, including ICCE and GCCCE. Her conference papers have received nominations for prestigious awards, including Best Student Paper, Best Overall Paper, and Best Design Paper. She is an Executive Committee Member of APSCE, Chair of the APSCE CUMTEL SIG (2022-23), IPC Chair of GCCCE 2025.

• Emerging Technologies in Education
• AI in Education
• Science Education
• Mobile Learning
• Technology-oriented STEM education
• Innovative Pedagogy in Educational Technology
• Higher-order Thinking in Interdisciplinary Education

Editorship

1)  Jan 2024- Associate Editor,  Education and Information Technologies, SSCI, 16/756, IF=4.8, JCR Q1 in Education, A

2） Jan 2023-, Associate Editor, Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning (RPTEL), SJR, IF=3.1, Q1 in Education, A

3） Jan 2024 -, Editorial Board Member, Discover Education

4)  5 June 2023-, Editorial Board Member, Technology, Pedagogy and Education, SSCI, 60/756, IF=3.4, JCR Q1 in Education, A

5)    1 Jan 2023- , Editorial Board Member, Educational Technology & Society (ET&S), SSCI, 22/756, IF=4.6, JCR Q1 in Education, A

6)    25 Nov 2022-, Academic Editor, PLoS One, SJR, 31/134, IF=2.9 Q1 in Multidisciplinary, A

Journal Special Issue

Sun, D*., Keane, T., & Lee,J.C.-K. (2025). Intelligent Robotics in STEM Education: Pedagogical Innovation, Higher-Order Thinking, and Interdisciplinary Competence. Educational Technology & Society, 28 (4). [SSCI, Q1, IF=4, 46/269 = Top 17%, A] https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IIh5ud9TD4mm2EWD95xPFaqPM0sSAkr9/view

Sun, D*., Wong, L. H., Looi, C-K. (2023). Emerging Technologies and Pedagogical Transformations in STEM Education. Future in Educational Research. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/ 28359402/homepage/call-for-papers/stem-educ. 

Sun, D*., Looi, C-K., Hsu., T-C. & Yang, Y. (2023). Technology Enhanced Science Education: Research Innovations in Pedagogy and Practices. 1) Education Sciences. [SJR, Q1, IF=3, 114/759 = Top 15%, B] 2) Sustainability. [SSCI, Q2, IF=3.9, 48/128 = Top 38%, B]. https://www.mdpi.com/journal/education/special_issues/X100DVF9RZ; https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/7LT039908L

Kuo, B-C., Li, C-H., Hsu, T-C., & Sun, D. (2023). Educational Big Data Analytics for Promoting Smart Learning. Smart Learning Environments. [SJR, Q1, IF=4.8, 63/759 = Top 8%, A]. https://www.springeropen.com/collections/EBDSL 

Sun, D*& Hsu, Y-S. (2016). Innovations of Technology-Supported STEM Education. Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning. [JCI, Q1, IF=3.2, 142/759 = Top 19%, A]

Keynote Speech and Invited Talks

Reviewers of International Journals

Computers and Education:Artificial Intelligence; IEEE Transactions on Learning Technolgies; Educational Review (2022-); Review of Educatioanl Research; Educational Researcher; Journal of Educational Evaulation (2020-); Asia Pacific Journal of Education (2019-); Interactive learning environment; British Journal of Educational Technology; Journal of Computer-Assisted Learning; Computers & Education; Science Education; Technology, Pedagogy and Education; Journal of Science Education and Technology; Journal of Computers in Education; Research in Science Education; Education, Technology & Society; ACM Transactions on Computing Education (2023-); Research in Science & Technological Education; npj Science of Learning (2023-)

Reviewers of International Conferences

• Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education (GCCCE)
• International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS)
• International Conference of Computers on Education (ICCE)
• The National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST)

Chairs and Members in Committees

• IPC Chair of GCCCE 2025
• APSCE Executive Committee (EC) member 2024-2027
• Program Committee Chair, CTE-STEM 2024
• International Program Coordination Vice-Chair, Chair of Doctoral Students Forum of GCCCE2024
• Chair of C 8: PBL and STEM education at GCCIL2023; Mentor of DSC-4 at Doctoral Student Consortium, ICCE 2023
• Vice IPC of GCCCE 2023, Chair of Teacher Forum at GCCCE 2023, Mentor of Doctoral Forum of GCCCE2023
• Chair of SIG CUMTEL 2022-23; Chair of C2, Teacher Forum at GCCCE 2022; Associate Editors of GCCCE2021 proceedings; Hong Kong Local Organising Committee member of GCCCE2021 teacher forum
• Co-Chair of SIG CUMTEL 2020-22; Chair of C1 at GCCCE 2020;Co-chair of C2 at GCCCE 2019; Chair of C2 at GCCCE 2018; Session Chair (C8-7) of GCCCE 2016
• Chair of C4 at ICCE 2019; Chair of W15 of ICCE 2018; Chair of C7 at ICCE 2017; Co-chair of C2 2017; Co-Chair of C7 at ICCE2016; Session chair a CUMTEL session of ICCE2015

• STEM education: curriculum and pedagogy
• Technology-supported learning environment
• Research methods in educational technology/STEM education/AIED
• e-learning pedagogy