Thomas Chiu

Thomas Chiu is Assistant Professor of Digital Education at the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, and Associate Director of the Centre for Learning Sciences and Technologies at The Chinese University of Hong Kong since August 2019. Prior to this he was a Lecturer and School-university Partnership Director in the Faculty of Education at The University of Hong Kong. He has a strong academic background in mathematics, engineering, and technology, with extensive teaching and leadership experience in schools.

His research interests include Digital Education, STEM Education, and Teacher Education. To support research agenda, he has been successful in winning grants exceeding HK$256.49 million (USD$ 32.83 m) external fund and ~HK$ 0.64 m (USD$ 0.08 m) internal fund. These include AI for The Future.

Thomas is associate editor of Australasian Journal of Educational Technology (AJET) and The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher (TAPER), and book review editor of Interactive Learning Environments (NILE), and a member of editorial board of three journals in STEM education and educational technology, and is a reviewer for more than 20 international journals, and competitive grants. He is an international scholar of Centre for Self-determination Theory (SDT). Moreover, he has served on a few advisory panels for IT in education policy and curriculum development, and the Steering Committee on Strategic Development of Information Technology in Education.

Thomas is also the recipient of teaching awards from the University of Hong Kong, and Hong Kong Education Bureau and reviewer excellent award from the Journal Educational Technology Research and Development. He is a joint-faculty programme coordinator of BSc Learning Design and Technology, and his teaching expertise is Digital learning, STEM teaching with specific emphasis on mathematics and technology, and research method.

Thomas also provides consultancy services to design and organize school-based staff development activities. Outside of work, he is an avid chess, tennis, and football enthusiast.