Mike Choong

Mike Choong is a Senior Lecturer at The Design School, Taylor's University and currently the Programme Director for the Bachelor of Design (Hons) Creative Media (BDCM) programme. He has been in the academic and creative industries for 2 decades which have involved leading the creative multimedia faculty in a pioneer university for creative technology; a Chief Operating Officer in a college owned by the advertising industry association; the Head of Business Development for Valve Corporation’s (South East Asia) education technology development partner; a Managing Director for 3D animation startup studio, and a Technopreneur Association of Malaysia’s (TeAM) council member. He has also taught in many of the leading art and design colleges in the country. His current passion is in education technology, particularly on how virtual, augmented and mixed reality technologies could change the way we learn and collaborate remotely for work and research. Mike’s training was in Graphic Design and Creative Multimedia. His specialization is in interactive narrative for games and video production.