Prof. CHIU Kin-fung, Thomas

BSc (HKUST), PGDE, PhD (HKU), MSc (PolyU)

Assistant Professor
Prof. CHIU Kin-fung, Thomas

Prof. CHIU Kin-fung, Thomas

Assistant Professor

HTB Rm. 303
3943 6932
tchiu@cuhk.edu.hk

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Introduction
Thomas Chiu is Assistant Professor of Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Associate Director of the Centre for Learning Sciences and Technologies, and a member of Policy Research @ Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has a passion for his work and for collaboration across institutions, disciplines and geographies, to further research, insights and the field as a whole. He has a strong academic background in Mathematics, Technology and Teacher Education – BSc (HKUST), PGDE, PhD (HKU), MSc (PolyU), Oracle Super Trainer and Microsoft System Trainer, with extensive teaching and leadership experience in schools.

Thomas has expertise in quantitative and design-based research methodologies. His specializations include educational technology (multimedia learning, IT in education policy, online pedagogy), and motivation and learning (Self-determination theory). His research subject domains focus on mathematics and technology. He regularly presents at international and national conferences, and provides consultancy services on elearning policies, the design and organization of professional development activities. He is an international scholar of the Center for Self-determination theory. He served as a co-chair of the international conference International Mobile Learning Festival. Currently, he is an associate editor of Australasian Journal of Educational Technology (AJET), a review editor of Frontiers in STEM Education, and also sits on the editorial board of various journals including Interactive Learning Environments (ILE).

He is an award-winning educator and School-University Partnership Director, from his time with the University of Hong Kong. His teaching areas are Mathematics Education, Learning Sciences and Technology.

Outside of work, he is an avid chess, tennis, and football enthusiast.

To collaborate with Thomas in any of these professional or personal areas, please contact him at tchiu@cuhk.edu.hk

He also provides consultancy services to design and organize school-based staff development activities.

Please also visit my site: https://sites.google.com/view/tchiu/home
RCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2887-5477
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com.hk/citations?user=waxoip4AAAAJ&hl=en
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Thomas_Kf_Chiu
Research Areas
Technology enhanced learning; Motivation and learning; Mathematics and technology education; Teacher education.
Selected Publications
Special Issues of Journal Editorials
  1. The Asia-Pacific Education Research: Motivating online learning: The challenges of COVID-19 and beyond (2021)
  2. Educational Media International: Integrating mobile technologies, social media and learning design (2014)

Refereed Journal Papers
  1. Chiu T.K.F., Meng, H., Chai C.S., King I., Wong S，& Yeung Y. (under review) Creation and Evaluation of a Pre-tertiary Artificial Intelligence (AI) Curriculum, IEEE Transactions on Education. (preprint: https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2101/2101.07570.pdf)
  2. Chiu T.K.F.(under review). Preparing secondary school teachers to design and teach Artificial Intelligence (AI), Journal of Education for Teaching.
  3. Chiu T.K.F. (revise and resubmit). Applying the Self-determination Theory (SDT) to explain student engagement and motivation in online learning during the pandemic, Journal of Research on Technology in Education.
  4. Chiu T. K.F. (revision). School student engagement and disengagement in online learning from a Self-determined Theory perspective, Interactive Learning Environments.
  5. Chiu T.K.F., Chai C.S., Williams, J, and Lin T.J. (accepted) Teacher Professional Development on Self-determination Theory-based Design Thinking in STEM Education, Education Technology & Society.
  6. Chai C.S, Lin P.Y., Jong M.S.Y, Dai Y, Chiu T.K.F., & Qin J. (in press). Primary school students’ perceptions and behavioral intentions of learning artificial intelligence, Educational Technology & Society.
  7. Chiu T.K.F., & Chai, C.S. (2020). Sustainable Curriculum Planning for Artificial Intelligence Education: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective. Sustainability, 12(14), 5568; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12145568
  8. Chiu T.K.F., Lin T.J., & Lonka, Kirsti. (2020). Motivating online learning: The challenges of COVID-19 and beyond. The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher. Special Issue call.
  9. Chiu, T.K.F., Jong, M.S.Y., & Mok, I.A.C. (2020). Does learner expertise matter when designing emotional multimedia for learners of primary school mathematics? Educational Technology Research and Development.
  10. Chiu, T.K.F., & Lim, C.P. (2020). Strategic use of technology for inclusive education in Hong Kong: A content-level perspective, ECNU Review of Education
  11. Chiu, T.K.F., & Hew, T.K.F (2018). Asynchronous online discussion forum in MOOCs: Does openness matter for peer learning and performance?. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 34(4). https://doi.org/10.14742/ajet.3240
  12. Lam, Y.W., Hew, T.K.F., & Chiu, T.K.F. (2018) Improving Hong Kong secondary school students’ argumentative writing: Effects of a blended learning approach and gamification. Language Learning and Technology.
  13. Chiu, T.K.F., & Mok, I.A.C. (2017). Learner expertise and mathematics different order thinking skills in multimedia learning. Computers & Education. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2017.01.008
  14. Chan, B.S.K., Churchill, D., & Chiu, T.K.F. (2017). Digital literacy learning in higher education through digital storytelling approach. Journal of International Education Research. https://doi.org/10.19030/jier.v13i1.9907
  15. Chiu, T.K.F. (2017). Introducing electronic textbooks as daily-use technology in schools: A top-down adoption process. British Journal of Educational Technology, 48(2), 524-537. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjet.12432.
  16. Chiu, T.K.F., & Churchill, D. (2016). Design of learning objects for concept learning: Effects of multimedia learning principles and an instructional approach. Interactive Learning Environments, 24(6), 1355-1370. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10494820.2015.1006237.
  17. Chiu, T.K.F., & Churchill, D. (2015). Adoption of mobile devices in teaching: Changes in teacher beliefs, attitudes and anxiety. Interactive Learning Environments, 24(2), 317-327. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10494820.2015.1113709.
  18. Chiu, T.K.F., & Churchill, D. (2015). Exploring the characteristics of an optimal design of digital materials for concept learning in mathematics: multimedia learning and variation theory. Computers & Education, 82, 280-291. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2014.12.001 Impact Factor: 3.819; Top 5% in educational research
  19. Churchill, D., Lu, J., & Chiu, T.K.F. (2014). Integrating mobile technologies, social media and learning design. Educational Media International, 51(3), 163-165.

Press release
  1. CUHK Study Reveals that Local Secondary School Students Face Great Challenges and Pressure in Online Learning Under the Epidemic (English version).
    https://www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk/en/press_detail.php?id=3290&t=cuhk-study-reveals-that-local-secondary-school-students-face-great-challenges-and-pressure-in-online-learning-under-the-epidemic&s=

Scholar Books
  1. Churchill, D., Lu, J., Chiu, T.K.F., & Fox, B. (2016). Mobile Learning Design: Theories and Applications. Springer: New York Top ten scholar book seller in 2016 Springer

Book Chapters
  1. Chiu, T.K.F. (2016). Effects of Prior Knowledge on Mathematics Different Order Thinking Skills in Mobile Multimedia Environments Mobile learning: theories and applications. Springer: New York, 373-386.

Book Review
  1. Weng, X., Jong, M.S.Y., & Chiu, T. K. (2020). Smart Learning Environments–Lecture Notes in Educational Technology (Book review). Bulletin of the Technical Committee on Learning Technology (ISSN: 2306-0212), 20(1).

Selected Conference papers
  1. Chiu T.K.F. (2021). Exploring how Teacher Support Dimensions Impact on K12 Student Engagement in Online Learning [Paper Session]. AERA Annual Meeting, Apr 8-12 2021, virtual meeting.
  2. Weng, X.J., Chiu T.K.F., Jong, M.S.Y. (2021). Promoting Integrated STEM Education: Effectiveness of Making and Making with Mentoring Instructions [Paper session]. AERA Annual Meeting, Apr 8-12 2021, virtual meeting.
  3. Chiu, T.K.F., (2020). Six Key Principles in Designing AI Curriculum for Middle Schools. Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention, November 3-7, Jacksonville, Florida.
  4. Chai, C.S., Lin, P.Y., Jong, M.S.Y., Dai, Yun, Chiu, T.K.F., & Huang, B.Y. (2020), Factors influencing students’ behavioral intention to continue artificial intelligence learning, International Symposium on Educational Technology 2020, July 21 – 24, 2020, Bangkok: Thailand.
  5. Weng, X.J., Jong, M.S.Y., & Chiu, T.K.F. (2020), Effects of Gamification on Undergraduate Students with Different Learning Styles, the 24th Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education (GCCCE 2020), June 4-8, 2020, China.
  6. Weng, X.J., Jong, M.S.Y., & Chiu, T.K.F. (2020), Implementation Challenges of STEM Education: from Teachers’ Perspective, the 28th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE 2020), November 23-27, 2020, virtual conference.
  7. Weng, X., Jong, M.S.Y., & Chiu, T. K. (2020). Smart Learning Environments–Lecture Notes in Educational Technology (Book review). Bulletin of the Technical Committee on Learning Technology (ISSN: 2306-0212), 20(1).
  8. Chai, C.S., Lin, P.Y., Jong, M.S.J., Dai, Yun, Chiu, T.K.F., & Huang, B.Y. (2020), Factors influencing students’ behavioral intention to continue artificial intelligence learning, International Symposium on Educational Technology 2020, August 24 – 27, 2020, Bangkok: Thailand.
  9. Chiu, T.K.F., (2020). Strategic use of content-specific and content-neutral technologies to cater learning diversity in Mathematics, In Proceedings the International Conference of Learning Sciences, June 19-23, 2020, Nashville, TN.
  10. Chiu, T.K.F. (2019). Does an Emotional Multimedia Design Work for Everyone in Mathematics Learning? AERA Annual Meeting (Mathematics Education Section), April 5- 9, 2019, Toronto, Canada.
  11. Chiu, T.K.F. (2018). Learner expertise and emotional designs in Mathematics Learning. In Proceedings the International Conference of Learning Sciences, June 23-27, 2018, London, UK.
  12. Chiu, T.K.F. (2018). The Role of Mathematics Spatial Thinking in Achievement and Interest of STEM Education. In Proceedings of the International Mobile Learning Festival, June 8-9, 2018, Singapore
  13. Chiu, T.K.F. (2017). Effects and contributions of external presentation comprising prior knowledge during multimedia learning. AERA Annual Meeting (Mathematics Education Section, April 27-May 1, 2017, San Antonio, Texas.
  14. Chiu, T.K.F. (2017). How teacher beliefs and styles affect mobile instructional strategies. In Proceedings of the International Mobile Learning Festival, June 8-10, 2017, Hong Kong.
  15. Fok, W, Au Yeung, H.H.**, & Chiu, T.K.F. (2017) A Study of Mathematics E-Textbook Usage in Hong Kong Primary School. 2017 6th International Conference on Educational and Information Technology (ICEIT 2017), March 7-10, Cambridge, UK.
  16. Ng, K.H.**, & Chiu, T.K.F. (2017). Emotional Multimedia design for Developing Mathematical Problem solving Skills. HKAECT x AECT 2017 Summer International Research Symposium, June 15-17, 2017
  17. Chiu, T.K.F. (2016). Prior knowledge and mathematics order thinking skill in multimedia learning. The International Conference of Learning Sciences, June 20-24, 2016, Singapore.
  18. Chiu, T.K.F. (2016). Learning designs and computational thinking skill. In Proceedings of the International Mobile Learning Festival, May 15-18, 2016, Bangkok
  19. Chiu, T.K.F. (2016). Design of multimedia external representation: cognitive processing. Paper presented at Global Summit and Expo on Multimedia & Applications, Aug 15-16, 2016, London, UK.
  20. Chiu, T.K.F. (2015). Adoption of mobile learning in schools: Impact of changes in teacher values. In Proceedings of the International Mobile Learning Festival, May 22-23, 2015, Hong Kong.
  21. Chiu, T.K.F. (2015). Design of multimedia external representation: cognitive processing. Paper presented at Global Summit and Expo on Multimedia & Applications, Aug 10-11, 2015, Birmingham, UK.
  22. Chiu, T.K.F. (2014). Effects of prior knowledge and content representation on mathematics concept learning in small screen environments. In Proceedings of the International Mobile Learning Festival, June 2-4, 2014 (pp. 201-215), Bali, Indonesia.
Selected Recent Projects (Last five years)
  1. AI for Future, The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust. PI: Pro. Yam Yeung, Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, HK$59,984,488 (US$ 7,690,318). https://cuhkjc-aiforfuture.hk/index.php/en/ai-for-the-future/, 2019-2022
  2. A comparative study on a Self-determination Theory designed professional development programmes for Artificial Intelligence education, Faculty of Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, HK$39,200 (US$ 4,900), 2020-2021
  3. Developing digital learning course for internationalization of curriculum through contemporary learning environments, Grant Scheme for Internationalization of Curriculum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, HK$82,000 (US$ 10,512), 2020-2022
  4. Using learning management systems (LMS) and IT tools to develop self-directed learning abilities of secondary school students, Education Bureau, HK$ 540,960 (US$ 69,353), 2020-2021
  5. Research on how the COVID19 pandemic changed the educational scenario, University da Vinci. http://educovid19.wordpress.com/, 2020-2022
  6. The development of smart learning management system for STOU’s Students, Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, 2020-2022
  7. Professional development programme for school teachers: Effective use of mobile computer devices for e-Learning, Education Bureau, HK$ HK$540,960 (US$ 69,353), 2020-2021
  8. Jockey Club self-directed learning in STEM programme - Inspiring self-directed learners for the Future (賽馬會 STEM 自主學習計劃) (Project S/N Ref.: 2019-0061), The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, PI: Prof. Nancy Law, Centre for Information Technology in Education, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, HK$30,820,000.00 (US$ 3,951,282) https://jcstem.cite.hku.hk/, 2019-2021
  9. Research project on the development and validation of knowledge structures and assessment questions for the mathematics subject for student adaptive learning, Education Bureau, Team: Prof. De La Torre, Dr Mok, HK$ 1,399,680 (US$ 179,487), 2019-2020
  10. Developing mathematics concepts from social-cultural perspectives, Two secondary schools. HK$2,000,000 (US$ 256,410), 2018-2020
  11. Joint university collaboration to develop students’ competence and leadership in promoting integrated STEM education. Funding Scheme for Teaching and Learning, University Grant Council, Project Leader: Dr Yip Wing Yan Valerie, PI: Dr Lee, HK$4,953,900 (US$635,115), 2017-2019
  12. Multilevel leadership network for SDL innovation to advance STEM development, self-directed learning as a strategy to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education at the upper primary and secondary levels, education Bureau. PI: Prof. Law. HK$8,658,000 (US$102,564), 2017-2019
  13. STEM integration models: A Whole School Approach, Cognito College, HK$600,000 (US$ 76,920), 2017-2019
  14. Theory meeting practice: scaffolding pre-service teachers’ reflective thinking and practice through computer-supported collaborative inquiry, Teaching Development Grant. PI: Prof. Chan. HK250,000 (US$32,051), 2017-2019
  15. Student Adaptive Learning System for Mathematics for Primary Schools to Enhance Learning and Teaching, Education Bureau, Team: Prof. De La Torre, Dr Mok, Dr Cheng, HK$ 1,399,660 (US$ 179,487), 2017-2018
  16. Using innovative feedback approaches to enhance student learning, Teaching Development Grant, PI: Prof. Carless. HK$150,000 (US$19,231), 2017-2018
  17. Self-directed learning in Science with e-Learning and bilingual language support for learner diversity and smooth primary-secondary transition, Education Bureau, PI: Prof. Law. HK$$13,291,700 (US$1,704,064), 2014-2017
  18. Parallel curriculum design for STEM education. Quality Education Fund. PI: Two Hong Kong Secondary schools. HK$600,000 (US$76,923), 2016-2018
  19. Student engagement in online learning: What factors and strategies can be learnt from massive open online courses (MOOCs)?. Grant Research Fund. PI: Dr. Hew, T.K.F. HK$262,940 (US$33,710), 2016-2018
  20. Designing and evaluating four master-level courses based on an active learning- flipped classroom-and-gamification framework, Dean Innovation Fund. PI: Dr. Hew, T.K.F. HK$250,000 (US$32,051), 2016-2018
  21. Games: Playing, learning and society. Common Core Teaching Development Grant. HK$70,000 (US$8,974), 2016-2017
  22. Benefits of group multimedia e-portfolios. Faculty Research Fund. HK$27,800 (US$ 3,564), 2016-2017
  23. Applying multimedia learning to online learning. Faculty Teaching Development Fund. HK$80,000 (US$10,256), 2015-2016