STAFF PROFILE
Associate Professor Christopher Cheong
Position:
Associate Professor
College / Portfolio:
Accounting, Info Systems and Supply Chain
School / Department:
Information Systems and Business Analytics
Phone:
99255793
Campus:
Melbourne City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
Dr Christopher Cheong is an experienced educator and researcher who has been in academia since 2003.
His teaching is focused on the design and development of information systems for business. His research interest involves the application of computational techniques to address issues in various domains, such as business and education.
Dr Cheong uses a variety of techniques in his research. This includes: intelligent agents, evolutionary computing, discrete event simulation, agent-based modelling, genetics algorithms, artificial immune systems, and social network analysis. Dr Cheong’s more recent research investigates how to improve student outcomes through the use of technology-enhanced learning. His recent research focus is on analytics and persuasive systems.
Awards
- 2010: Apple University Consortium WWDC Allocated Scholarship 2010
- 2010: RMIT University 2010 Teaching & Research Awards, Teaching Excellence Higher Education Law, Economics, Business and Related Studies. “For aligning teaching and research commitments to enhance student-centred learning through applied problem-solving strategies in business information systems curriculum“ (Certificate of Achievement)
- 2009: RMIT University 2009 Teaching & Research Awards, Programs That Enhance Student Learning category: Flexible Teaching and Learning (Certificate of Achievement)
- 2008: RMIT University 2008 Teaching & Research Awards, Higher Education Discipline Category: Priority Area – Team Teaching in any discipline/s “For a sustained, systematic and successful approach to large team teaching which engages and supports students in Business Information Technology“ (Award)
Memberships
- Chair, Business College Human Ethics Advisory Network (2015 – present)
- Editor, Journal of Information Technology Education: Research (JITE:Research)
- Editor, Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice (JITE:IIP)
Teaching
Course Coordinator
- ISYS2048 – Developing Mobility Solutions
Courses Taught
- ISYS2048 – Business Information Systems Development 2
- ISYS2388 – Business Information Systems Capstone Project
- ISYS2421 – Business Database Fundamentals
- ISYS2399 Business Process Modelling
- INTE2043 Hardware and Operating Systems
- ISYS1039 – Systems Analysis and Design 1
- ISYS2049 – Systems Implementation 2
- Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching and Learning, RMIT University
- Ph.D. (Computer Science), RMIT University, Thesis: Hermes: Goal-Oriented Interactions for Intelligent Agents
- Bachelor of Applied Science (Computer Science) (Honours), RMIT University, Thesis: An Empirical Investigation of Teamwork Infrastructure for Autonomous Agents
- Bachelor of Applied Science (Computer Science) RMIT University
- Bobic, A.,Gutl, C.,Cheong, C. (2021). Infret: Preliminary Findings of a Tool for Explorative Learning of Information Retrieval Concepts In: Cross Reality and Data Science in Engineering, Springer, Switzerland
- Maurer, M.,Cheong, C.,Cheong, F.,Gutl, C. (2021). C2ELT2S- A Competitive, Cooperative and Experiential Learning-Based Teamwork Training Strategy Game: Design and Proof of Concept In: Cross Reality and Data Science in Engineering, Springer, Switzerland
- Munguia, P.,Cheong, C.,Cheong, F.,Gharaie, E. (2020). Exploratory Variations in Course Structure ConsistencyWithin the Learning Management System In: Tertiary Education in a Time of Change, Springer, Singapore
- Bobic, A.,Cheong, C.,Filippou, J.,Cheong, F.,Guetl, C. (2020). Infret: Enhancing a Tool for Explorative Learning of Information Retrieval Concepts In: The Impact of the 4th Industrial Revolution on Engineering Education, Springer, Switzerland
- Filippou, J.,Cheong, C.,Cheong, F. (2018). A model to investigate preference for use of gamification in a learning activity In: Australasian Journal of Information Systems, 22, 1 - 23
- Filippou, J.,Cheong, C.,Cheong, F. (2016). Modelling the impact of study behaviours on academic performance to inform the design of a persuasive system In: Information and Management, 53, 892 - 903
- Cheong, C.,Filippou, J.,Cheong, F.,Pirker, J.,Gutl, C. (2016). Using persuasive system design principles to evaluate two next generation digital learning environment In: Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL 2016), Belfast, United Kingdom, 21-23 September 2016
- Grigoriou, T.,Cheong, C.,Cheong, F. (2015). Improving quality of feedback using a technology-supported learning system In: Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2015), Singapore, 5-9 July 2015
- Gutl, C.,Cheong, C.,Cheong, F.,Chang, V.,Nau, S.,Pirker, J. (2015). Expectations of the Generation NeXt in higher education In: Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL 2015), Florence, Italy, 20-24 September 2015
- Filippou, J.,Cheong, C.,Cheong, F. (2015). Combining the Fogg behavioural model and Hook model to design features in a persuasive app to improve study habits In: Proceedings of the 26th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS 2015), Adelaide, Australia, 30 November-4 December 2015
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
1 PhD Current Supervisions4 PhD Completions
- Investigating the system workflow and use of technology in the emergency department of a Victorian hospital. Funded by: RMIT Emerging Researcher Grants from (2008 to 2009)