Service
- Associate Editor of Instructional Science journal (impact factor = 2.00)
- Associate Editor of the International Journal of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (ijCSCL) (impact factor = 3.11)
- Co-editor of the Proceedings of the CSCL Conference 2012
- Editorial Board Member of the Journal of the Learning Sciences (impact factor = 3.26)
- Member of the Education Committee of the International Society of the Learning Sciences
- Doctoral Consortium Mentor 2014, ICLS Conference
- Early Career Consortium Mentor 2015, CSCL Conference
- Early Career Workshop Co-Chair, 2016, ICLS Conference
Since 2016 International advisory board member on the project Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT)
2011 - 2015 EduLab Evaluation Panel Member: A $25m fund that supports innovative projects in Singapore schools in collaboration with the Universities and Industry
2011 - 2014 International Advisory Board Member on the project Blended synchronicity: Uniting on-campus and distributed learners through media-rich real-time collaboration tools. Funded by Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC); lead institutions: Macquarie University, University of Melbourne, and Charles Sturt University, Australia
2011 - 2013 International Expert Panel Member of Learning Technologies and the Learning Sciences network of the University of Sydney Research Networks Scheme, Australia
2011 - 2013 International Expert Panel Member on Pearson’s bid for PISA 2015 items on Assessments for 21st Century Skills
2009 - 2011 International Expert Panel Member on Assessment for 21st Century Skills project: An international, multi-agency, public-private sector project co-funded by Microsoft, CISCO, Intel, as well as the six co-founder countries, namely, Singapore, USA, UK, Finland, Australia, and Portugal
2009 Ministry of Education (MOE) of Singapore’s Propel-T Initiative Advisor: Learning Technology Research Projects led by MOE Officers in Singapore schools
2007 – 2008 Assistant Director/Program Officer for Interactive & Digital Media R&D, Educational Technology Division, Ministry of Singapore. Manu Kapur directed a S$40m R&D funds to jumpstart Research on Interactive and Digital Media in Education in Singapore.
Chairperson of Ministry of Education (MOE) of Singapore’s Interactive and Digital Media R&D Evaluation Committee Member
2006 – 2008 Ministry of Education (MOE) of Singapore’s Interactive and Digital Media R&D Evaluation Committee Member
2001 – 2002 Deputy Leader of the Singapore International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) National Team to the 43rd IMO in Glasgow, Scotland 2002. Ministry of Education (MOE), Singapore