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Dr. Davy Ng has been an IT Panel Head at a local secondary school in Hong Kong and a Visiting Scholar at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He holds PhD Education and Technology from the University of Hong Kong (HKU), MEd Educational Psychology, BSc Computer Science, and Postgraduate qualification in ICT Education from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). His research interests lie in the areas of (Generative) AI literacy, metaverse and STEAM education, and technology-enhanced pedagogic innovation. He has published around 50 articles, many in Q1 journals, and authored a book on AI literacy that obtained the China New Development Award from Springer Nature in 2023. He was a recipient of HKU Foundation Publication Award for Research Postgraduate, Social Innovation Leadership Award at CUHK, and Outstanding Paper Award in the International Postgraduate Roundtable and Research Forum at the Education University of Hong Kong. He has been named in the 2024 Stanford's List of World's Top 2% Scientists in Education. He achieved an h-index of 25 over the years. 

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AI in learning and education, (Generative) AI literacy, Educational technology, Emerging issues in education, STEAM education

Scholarly Books

• Ng, D.T.K., Chu, S.K.W., & O’dea, C. (2024). Effective practices in AI literacy education: Case studies and reflections. Emerald publishing. [edited book]
• Ng, D.T.K., O’dea, C., Chu, S.K.W., & Leung, J.K.L. (2024). From AI Literacy to Generative AI Literacy: Theory, Policy and Practice. Switzerland: Springer Nature.  [edited book]
• Ng, D.T.K., Leung, J.K.L., Su, J., Yim, H.Y., Shen, S., & Chu., S.K.W. (2022). AI Literacy in K-16 Education. Switzerland: Springer Nature.

Journal Publications

• Ng, D.T.K., Lai, W.Y.W., Jong, M.S.Y., & Ng, C.W. (2024). Using cospaces in augmented reality digital story creation: A thematic analysis. Computers & Education: X Reality, 5, 100090.
• Lo, C.K., Leung, H.P.Y., Xu, S., Ng, D.T.K. & Jong, M.S.Y. (2024). Exploring the application of ChatGPT in ESL/EFL education and related research issues: A systematic review of empirical studies. Smart Learning Environments.
• O’Dea, X., Ng, D.T.K., O’Dea, M., & Shkuratskyy, V. (2024). Factors affecting university students’ generative AI literacy: Evidence and evaluation in the UK and Hong Kong contexts. Policy Futures in Education, 14782103241287401.
• Fang, X., Ng, D.T.K., & Yuen, M. (2024). Effects of geogebra-enhanced scratch computational thinking instruction on fifth-grade students' motivation, anxiety, cognitive load. Education and Information Technologies, 1-26.
• Cheng, H.F.K., Leung, K.S., Leung, K.C.I, Ma, C.H., Man, Y.K., Ng, D.T.K., & Yuen, M. (2024). Identifying mathematics teacher’s competency to look at elementary Mathematics from an advanced standpoint: A pilot study. Frontiers in Education, 9, 1222510.
• Lo, C.K. & Ng, D.T.K.​ (2024). Observing mathematical properties in the virtual world: An exploratory study of online independent learning of locus concepts. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 1-22.
• Fang, X; Guo, K., & Ng, D.T.K. (2024). Sudowrite: Co-writing creative stories with artificial intelligence. RELC Journal., 00336882241250109.
• Ng, D.T.K.​, Tan, C. W., & Leung, J.K.L. (2024). Empowering student self-regulated learning and science education through ChatGPT: A pioneering pilot study​. British Journal of Educational Technology.
• Yue, M., Jong, M.S.Y. & Ng, D.T.K. (2024). Understanding K–12 teachers’ technological pedagogical content knowledge readiness and attitude toward artificial intelligence education. Education and Information Technologies.
• Leung, J.K.L., Ng, D.T.K., & Tsui, C.Y. (2024). A Primer for Design and Systems Thinkers: A First-Year Engineering Course for Mindset Development. Education Sciences, 14(1), 86.
• Ng, D.T.K., Wu, W., Leung, J.K.L., & Chu, S.K.W. (2024). Design and validation of the AI literacy questionnaire: The affective, behavioral, cognitive and ethical approach. British Journal of Educational Technology.
• Ng, D.T.K., Xinyu, C., Leung, J. K. L., & Chu, S. K. W. (2024). Fostering students' AI literacy development through educational games: AI knowledge, affective and cognitive engagement. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning.
• Shen, Q., Yeung, S.S., Shen, X., Leung J.K.L, Ng, D.T.K., & Chu, S.K.W. (2024). How competitive, cooperative, collaborative gamification impacts student learning and engagement. Language Learning and Technology, 28(1), 1–19. 
• Fang, R., & Ng, D.T.K. (2023). Educational inequity in prolonged online learning among young learners: A two-year longitudinal study of Chinese cross-border education. Education and Information Technologies, 1-23.
• Ng, D.T.K., Su, J., Leung, J. K. L., & Chu, S. K. W. (2023). Artificial intelligence (AI) literacy education in secondary schools: a review. Interactive Learning Environments, 1-21.
• Ng, D.T.K., Leung, J.K.L., Su., J, & Chu, S.K.W. (2024). Fostering secondary school students’ AI literacy through making AI-driven recycling bins. Education and Information Technologies, 1-32. 
• Fang, R., Ng, D.T.K., Leung, J.K.L & Xu, H. (2023). The applications of the ARCS model in instructional design, theoretical framework, and measurement tool: a systematic review of empirical studies. Interactive Learning Environments, 1-28.
• Ng, D.T.K., Lee, M., Tan R.J.Y., Hu, X., Downie, J.S., & Chu, S.K.W. (2022). A review of AI teaching and learning from 2000 to 2020. Education and Information Technologies, 28(7), 8445-8501.
• Fang, R., Ng, D.T.K., Tam, W.T., & Yuen, M. (2023). Integrating computational thinking into primary mathematics: A case study of fraction lessons with scratch programming activities. Asian Journal for Mathematics Education, 2(2), 220-239.
• Fang, R., Ng, D.T.K., Leung, J,K.L., & Chu, S.K.W. (2023). A systematic review of artificial intelligence technologies used for story writing. Education and Information Technologies, 1-37. 
• Ng, D.T.K., Su. J., & Ng, R.C.W. (2023). Fostering non-aviation undergraduates’ aviation literacy in an online aviation laboratory: Effects on students’ perceptions, motivation, industry optimism. Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 1-28.
• Ng, D.T.K., Chin, C.H., & Law. S. (2023). Online learning in management education amid the pandemic: A bibliometric and content analysis. International Journal of Management Education, 21(2), 100796.
• Ng, D.T.K., Leung J.K.L, Ng, R.C.W., Su, J., & Chu, S.K.W. (2023). Teachers’ AI digital competencies and 21st century skills in the post-pandemic world. Educational Technology Research and Development, 71(1), 137-161.
• Ng, D.T.K., Ng, R.C.W. & Chu, S.K.W. (2023). Engaging students in virtual tours to learn language and digital literacy. Journal of Computers in Education, 1-28.
• Su, J., Ng, D.T.K., & Chu, S.K.W. (2023). Artificial intelligence (AI) literacy in early childhood education: The challenges and opportunities. Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence, 4, 100124.
• Yang, W., Ng, D.T.K., & Su, J. (2023). The impact of story-inspired programming on pre-school children’s computational thinking: A multi-group experiment. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 47, 101218.
• Ng, D.T.K., & Fang, R. (2023). Inequality issue in online learning of Chinese cross-border students under the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal study at a macro-level. Educational Technology and Society, 26(4), 123-135. 
• Ng, D.T.K., & Fang, R. (2023). How to use Zoom to collect data in mathematics educational research: A case study in assessing students’ online mathematics learning. Asian Journal for Mathematics Education, 27527263231188638.
• Shen, Q., Zainindin, Z., Sze, S., Ng, D.T.K., & Chu, S.K.W. (2023). Examining the effects of mixed and non-digital gamification on students’ learning performance, cognitive engagement and course satisfaction. British Journal of Educational Technology, 54(1), 394-413.
• Ng, D.T.K., Tsui, M. F., & Yuen, M. (2022). Exploring the use of 3D printing in mathematics education: A scoping review. Asian Journal of Mathematics Education, 1(3), 338-358.
• Ng, D.T.K. (2022). What is Metaverse? Definitions, technologies and the community of inquiry. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 38(4), 190-205.
• Su, J., Ng, D.T.K., Yang, W., & Li, H. (2022). Global trends in the research on early childhood education during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A bibliometric analysis. Education Sciences, 12(5), 331.
• Su, J., Zhong, Y., & Ng, D.T.K. (2022). A meta-review of literature on educational approaches for teaching AI in K–12 levels in the Asia-Pacific region. Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence, 3, 100065.
• Yang, W., Ng, D.T.K., & Gao, H. (2022). Robot programming Versus Block Play in Early Childhood Education: Effects on Computational Thinking, Sequencing Ability, and Self-regulation. British Journal of Educational Technology, 53(6), 1817-1841.
• Ng, D.T.K. (2022). Online aviation learning experience during the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong and Mainland China. British Journal of Educational Technology, 53(3), 443-474.
• Ng, D.T.K. (2022). Online lab design for aviation engineering students in higher education: A pilot study. Interactive Learning Environments, 1-18. 
• Ng, D.T.K., Luo, W.Y., Chan, M.Y., & Chu, S.K.W. (2022). Using digital story writing as a pedagogy to develop AI literacy among primary students. Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence, 3, 100054.
• Leung, J.K.L., Chu, S.K.W., Pong, T.C., Ng, D.T.K., & Qiao, S. (2022). Developing a framework for blended design-based learning in a first-year multidisciplinary design course. IEEE Transactions on Education, 65(2), 210-219.
• Ng, D.T.K., Ng, E.H.L., & Chu, S.K.W. (2022). Engaging students in creative music making with musical instrument application in an online flipped classroom. Education and Information Technologies, 27(1), 45-64.
• Ng, D.T.K., Leung, J.K.L., Chu, S.K.W., & Qiao, S. (2021). Conceptualizing AI literacy: An exploratory review. Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence, 2, 100041.
• Ng, D.T.K., & Chu, S.K.W. (2021). Motivating students to learn STEM via engaging flight simulation activities. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 30(5), 608-629.
• Ng, D.T.K., & Ho, W.S.Y. (2021). Teaching creatively: case studies with synchronous english, mathematics and music learning in a summer programme. Journal of Communication and Education, 5(1).
• Ng, D.T.K., & Chu, S.K.W. (2021). Motivating students to learn AI through social networking sites: A case study in Hong Kong. Online Learning, 25(1), 195-208.
• Ng, D.T.K. (2021). New interpretation of extracurricular activities via social networking sites: a case study of artificial intelligence learning at a secondary school in Hong Kong. Journal of Education and Training Studies, 9(1), 49-60.
• Ng, D.T.K., Chu, S., Li, X., Reynolds, R., & Chan, M.Y. (2020). Business (teaching) as usual amid the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study of online teaching practice in Hong Kong. Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 19(1), 775-802.

• CoI, Implementing a Design Based Research Approach to Develop a Robust Generative AI Literacy Program for Older Adults, Competitive Research Funding Schemes for the Local Self-financing Degree Sector (HKD $912,050)
• CoI, “We Can Fly” (STEM Learning Programme via Aviation for Grassroot Children), Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund, (HK$373,500)
• PI, FlipMusic.HK - An Online Platform to Help Underprivileged Students Learn Music Online, Yunus Social Business Fund (HK$80,000)

Editorials:

Associate Editor, Artificial Intelligence in Education

Editor, Discover Education

Committee Member, ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries 2024

Organizations:

Vice-chairman, A22 Education-for-all Foundation (2021 - Present)

Professional Co-opt Council Member, Hong Kong Association for Computer Education (2021 - Present)

Committee Member, Curriculum Development Council on Technology Education, HK Education Bureau (2023 - 2024) 

Affiliated Officer, Vocational Qualifications Unit, Hong Kong Air Cadet Corps (2021 - Present)

IT Coordinator, Hong Kong FlipEducators Association (2019 - 2022)

Test Administrator, OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (2018)

External Affair Committee Member, Hong Kong Tertiary Putonghua Recitation Society (2017 - 2024)