Prof. KWOK Chi Wai Ron (郭致偉)
PhD - Information Systems
MSc - Information Systems
BEd (Hons) - Education
Cert Ed - Education
- Associate Professor, Department of Information Systems
- Associate Director (CAI), CityU Academy of Innovation
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Biography
Dr. Ron Chi-Wai KWOK is an Associate Professor in the Department of Information Systems of the City University of Hong Kong (CityU), where he received his Ph.D. in Information Systems. He was an Assistant Professor in the School of Management at the State University of New York at Binghamton (US) before joining the CityU in 2002. He received the University Grants Committee (UGC) Teaching Award (Team Award) in 2017, two CityU Teaching Excellence Awards (2005-06, 2012-13), Innovative CityU-Learning Awards (2020-21) from CityU, and many other teaching awards. Also, Dr. Kwok received the Best Paper Awards in the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (2000) and Outstanding Paper Award in the ED-MEDIA World Conference on Education Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (2007 and 2011). His current research interests include gamification, health/fitness information systems, technology-mediated learning, and online collaborative games in education. His prior research has been published in Information Systems Research, Journal of Management Information Systems, Journal of Association for Information Systems, Decision Support Systems, Information & Management, Communications of ACM, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, European Journal of Information Systems, Computers & Education, and other journals.
Research Interests/Areas
- Gamification
- Technology-mediated learning
- Health/Fitness Information Systems
- Online Collaborative Games in Education
Qualifications/Experiences
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Period |
Department - Institution |
Position |
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7/2006 - Now |
Information Systems - City University of Hong Kong |
Associate Professor |
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7/2002 - 6/2006 |
Information Systems - City University of Hong Kong |
Assistant Professor |
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9/2000 - 8/2002 |
School of Management - State University of New York at Binghamton, USA |
Assistant Professor |
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8/1998 - 8/2000 |
Information Systems - City University of Hong Kong |
Instructor I |
Prizes/Honours
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Award Title |
Institution |
- 2020-2021 "Innovative CityU-Learning Awards" City University of Hong Kong
- 2017 "The University Grants Committee (UGC) Teaching Award (Team award)", UGC, Hong Kong
- 2017 "MOOCr Awards (Honorable Menion), Group Contribution Category of the Course Tools and Application: Social Analyics and Business Intelligence", The 4th Greater China MOOC Symposium (GCMS)
- 2012-2013 "Teaching Excellence Award" City University of Hong Kong
- 2011-2012 "College Teaching Excellence Award" City University of Hong Kong (College of Business)
- 2011 "Outstanding Paper Award" ED-MEDIA-2011 Conference
- 2007-2008 "BBA First Year Teaching Excellence Award" City University of Hong Kong (College of Business)
- 2007 "Outstanding Paper Award" ED-MEDIA-2007 Conference
- 2005-2006 "Teaching Excellent Award" City University of Hong Kong
- 2005-2006 "Best Teaching Evaluation Award" City University of Hong Kong (Department of Information Systems)
- 2004-2005 "Best Teaching Evaluation Award" City University of Hong Kong (Department of Information Systems)
- 2000 "Best Paper Award" HICSS-2000 Conference
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