Prof. KWOK Chi Wai Ron (郭致偉教授)

PhD - Information Systems
MSc - Information Systems
BEd (Hons) - Education
Cert Ed - Education

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Prof. KWOK Chi Wai Ron (郭致偉教授)

Contact Information

Address: 6-282, Lau Ming Wai Academic Building
City University of Hong Kong
Phone: +852 34429599
Fax: +852 34420370
E-mail:
ron.kwok@cityu.edu.hk
Personal Web:
https://www.cb.cityu.edu.hk/staff/isron
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Research Areas

  • Technology mediated learning
  • Gamification of Health and Fitness Apps
  • Health/Fitness Information Systems
  • Online Collaborative Games in Education

Dr. Ron Chi-Wai KWOK is Associate Professor in the Department of Information Systems of the City University of Hong Kong, and was Assistant Professor in the School of Management at the State University of New York at Binghamton (US) before joining the City University of Hong Kong in 2002. He received the University Grants Committee (UGC) Teaching Award (Team award) in Sept 2017, two Teaching Excellence Awards (2005-06, 2012-13), and Innovative CityU-Learning Awards (2020/21), etc., from the City University of Hong Kong. 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). Dr. Kwok has research articles published in several international refereed journals, including Information Systems Research, Information & Management, Journal of Management Information Systems, Communications of ACM, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Decision Support Systems, European Journal of Information Systems and Computers & Education, etc. His research interest lies in the areas of health/fitness information systems, technology-mediated learning, online collaborative games in education, knowledge integration, and e-leadership.

Faculty Positions

Period Department - Institution Position
7/2006 - Now Information Systems - City University of Hong Kong Associate Professor
7/2002 - 6/2006 Information Systems - City University of Hong Kong Assistant Professor
9/2000 - 8/2002 School of Management - State University of New York at Binghamton, USA Assistant Professor
8/1998 - 8/2000 Information Systems - City University of Hong Kong Instructor I

Awards

Award Title Institution
Innovative CityU-Learning Awards 2020 (Semester A, 2020/21) City University of Hong Kong (Office of the Provost)
The University Grants Committee (UGC) Teaching Award (Team award) (2017) The University Grants Committee (UGC)
Teaching Excellence Award (2012-13) City University of Hong Kong
College Teaching Excellence Award (2011-12) City University of Hong Kong (College of Business)
Outstanding Paper Award ED-MEDIA-2011 Conference
BBA First Year Teaching Excellence Award (2007-08) City University of Hong Kong (College of Business)
Outstanding Paper Award ED-MEDIA-2007 Conference
Teaching Excellent Award (2005-06) City University of Hong Kong
Best Teaching Evaluation Award (2005-06) City University of Hong Kong (Department of Information Systems)
Best Teaching Evaluation Award (2004-05) City University of Hong Kong (Department of Information Systems)
Best Paper Award HICSS-2000 Conference

Selected Publications

Journal Publications and Reviews
Conference Papers
Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works