Prof. Huei-Tse Hou
About Prof. Huei-Tse Hou
About Prof. Huei-Tse Hou
■The distinguished professor of Graduate Institute of Applied Science and Technology, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) (currently)
■The distinguished professor of Graduate Institute of Applied Science and Technology, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) (currently)
■Winner of The Excellent Teacher Award in 2018, Ministry of Education (ROC, Taiwan)
■Winner of The Excellent Teacher Award in 2018, Ministry of Education (ROC, Taiwan)
■Winner of The Outstanding Research Award in 2022 & 2016, Ministry of Science and Technology (ROC, Taiwan)
■Winner of The Outstanding Research Award in 2022 & 2016, Ministry of Science and Technology (ROC, Taiwan)
■Prof. Hou has long been studying game-based learning and game-based cognitive design
■Prof. Hou has long been studying game-based learning and game-based cognitive design
■The columnist of “playtime with daddy” and “learning by playing” in Mandarin Daily News
■The columnist of “playtime with daddy” and “learning by playing” in Mandarin Daily News
■The author of “game-based learning” and “knowledge-based board game design” books
■The author of “game-based learning” and “knowledge-based board game design” books
■One of the top 100 creative teachers selected by the “Parenting” magazine
■One of the top 100 creative teachers selected by the “Parenting” magazine
■Prof. Hou has published 60 educational articles in ISI SSCI-indexed journals
■Prof. Hou has published 60 educational articles in ISI SSCI-indexed journals
■The international scholar specializing in “discussion-based learning behavioral pattern analysis” and “game-based learning”
■The international scholar specializing in “discussion-based learning behavioral pattern analysis” and “game-based learning”
■The Taipei city government advisor
■The Taipei city government advisor
■The review committee member of Department of Humanities and Social Sciences in the Ministry of Science and Technology
■The review committee member of Department of Humanities and Social Sciences in the Ministry of Science and Technology
■Prof. Hou has proposed the “micro-flipped game-based learning model” and the “Card-game, Slide, and Learning Sheet gamification teaching model”
■Prof. Hou has proposed the “micro-flipped game-based learning model” and the “Card-game, Slide, and Learning Sheet gamification teaching model”
■The co-host of the Intelligent Ironman Creativity Contest by the Ministry of Education
■The co-host of the Intelligent Ironman Creativity Contest by the Ministry of Education
■Prof. Hou has released many successful educational board games in the market through industry-academia cooperation
■Prof. Hou has released many successful educational board games in the market through industry-academia cooperation
In 2021, Stanford University and Elsevier released the World's Top 2% Scientists list. Based on a combination of citation counts, h-index, HM-index, and other indicators, the top 2% of the world's scientists are selected from a list of nearly 8 million scientists worldwide. The applicant was not only listed on the list, but also ranked ninth on the "Career-long Impact" list in the field of education in Taiwan (only about 20 Taiwan scholars in the field of education were listed in)
The VR game for high school organic chemistry teaching (organic chemistry adventures)
The VR game for high school organic chemistry teaching (organic chemistry adventures)
The awards received:
The awards received:
The Excellent Teacher Award in 2018, Ministry of Education (ROC, Taiwan)
The Excellent Teacher Award in 2018, Ministry of Education (ROC, Taiwan)
The Outstanding Research Award in 2022, 2016, Ministry of Science and Technology (ROC, Taiwan)
The Outstanding Research Award in 2022, 2016, Ministry of Science and Technology (ROC, Taiwan)
The Top 100 Creative Teacher Award in 2017, the Parenting Magazine
The Top 100 Creative Teacher Award in 2017, the Parenting Magazine
The Ta-You Wu Memorial Award in 2010, Ministry of Science and Technology (ROC, Taiwan)
The Ta-You Wu Memorial Award in 2010, Ministry of Science and Technology (ROC, Taiwan)
The NTUST Outstanding Research Award in 2018
The NTUST Outstanding Research Award in 2018
The NTUST Outstanding Teaching Award in 2018
The NTUST Outstanding Teaching Award in 2018
The NTUSTMEG's educational board game WinWin Insurance Plus, an industry-academic collaboration with Cathay Life, the largest life insurance company in Taiwan, won the Silver Award in the 2020 International Educational Games Competition.
An introduction of Prof. Huei-Tse Hou:
An introduction of Prof. Huei-Tse Hou:
Dr. Hou is an expert in game-based learning, gamification for teaching, and learning behavioral analysis. In behavioral pattern analysis, Prof. Hou adopts quantitative content analysis, lag sequential analysis, and visualization of different learning behavioral patterns to explore learners’ complex learning process (e.g., collaborative problem-solving process) over a period of time. He also works on the development of innovative research methods. Prof. Hou has received many awards, including the Outstanding Research Award from the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan in 2016; the Excellent Teacher Award from the Ministry of Education, Taiwan in 2018; the Ta-You Wu Memorial Award (for young outstanding scholars) from the Ministry of Science and Technology in 2010, and the Outstanding Research and Creation Award from NTUST many times.
Dr. Hou is an expert in game-based learning, gamification for teaching, and learning behavioral analysis. In behavioral pattern analysis, Prof. Hou adopts quantitative content analysis, lag sequential analysis, and visualization of different learning behavioral patterns to explore learners’ complex learning process (e.g., collaborative problem-solving process) over a period of time. He also works on the development of innovative research methods. Prof. Hou has received many awards, including the Outstanding Research Award from the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan in 2016; the Excellent Teacher Award from the Ministry of Education, Taiwan in 2018; the Ta-You Wu Memorial Award (for young outstanding scholars) from the Ministry of Science and Technology in 2010, and the Outstanding Research and Creation Award from NTUST many times.
Prof. Hou has more than 200 publications in the fields of education and technology, including more than 70 JCR-SSCI-indexed journal articles. He is also the editor of international scholar series and the editorial committee member and the reviewer of many international journals (including more than 25 SSCI journals). He has been invited to be the reviewer of many important international projects (e.g., by the Swiss National Science Foundation) and to give speeches in international conferences many times (e.g., International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE).
Prof. Hou has more than 200 publications in the fields of education and technology, including more than 70 JCR-SSCI-indexed journal articles. He is also the editor of international scholar series and the editorial committee member and the reviewer of many international journals (including more than 25 SSCI journals). He has been invited to be the reviewer of many important international projects (e.g., by the Swiss National Science Foundation) and to give speeches in international conferences many times (e.g., International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE).
In game-based learning, Prof. Hou has been developing many educational mini-games (including board games and digital games) and the editing environment (for teachers and students to develop their own games) based on cognitive learning theories. In gamification, Prof. Hou has proposed the “micro-flipped game-based learning model” and the “Card-game, Slide, and Learning Sheet gamification teaching model” to assist teaching, emphasizing the use of micro-autonomous gamification learning and scaffolding in teaching. In practice, Prof. Hou also promotes game-based learning, learning-based board games, and parent-children gamification learning in many primary and high schools and organizations. He has more than 20 industry-academia cooperation projects related to game-based learning, including the release of game-based learning products for school and industry trainings. Five educational board games has been successfully released in the market, and two of them have been the best sellers from their category on a single day on the Books shopping site, which shows a successful example of research applications. In terms of social influences, Prof. Hou’s research team adopts a bottom-up promotion method to build teacher communities and has shared ideas with tens of thousands of teachers in workshops nationwide more than 300 times, which were also reported by the media many times. The research team was invited by the biggest insurance industry in Taiwan for industry-academia cooperation, aiming to develop educational games for the training of thousands of employees in the company. Prof. Hou is an influential scholar in Taiwan, who applies games in flipped teaching based on theories and scientific analysis. In 2016, he published the book “micro-flipped gamed-based learning” as an important reference book and tool for readers to understand the idea of micro-flipped gamed-based learning model. This book was the second best seller from the curriculum and teaching method category on the Books’ online bookstore (2016/7/26).
In game-based learning, Prof. Hou has been developing many educational mini-games (including board games and digital games) and the editing environment (for teachers and students to develop their own games) based on cognitive learning theories. In gamification, Prof. Hou has proposed the “micro-flipped game-based learning model” and the “Card-game, Slide, and Learning Sheet gamification teaching model” to assist teaching, emphasizing the use of micro-autonomous gamification learning and scaffolding in teaching. In practice, Prof. Hou also promotes game-based learning, learning-based board games, and parent-children gamification learning in many primary and high schools and organizations. He has more than 20 industry-academia cooperation projects related to game-based learning, including the release of game-based learning products for school and industry trainings. Five educational board games has been successfully released in the market, and two of them have been the best sellers from their category on a single day on the Books shopping site, which shows a successful example of research applications. In terms of social influences, Prof. Hou’s research team adopts a bottom-up promotion method to build teacher communities and has shared ideas with tens of thousands of teachers in workshops nationwide more than 300 times, which were also reported by the media many times. The research team was invited by the biggest insurance industry in Taiwan for industry-academia cooperation, aiming to develop educational games for the training of thousands of employees in the company. Prof. Hou is an influential scholar in Taiwan, who applies games in flipped teaching based on theories and scientific analysis. In 2016, he published the book “micro-flipped gamed-based learning” as an important reference book and tool for readers to understand the idea of micro-flipped gamed-based learning model. This book was the second best seller from the curriculum and teaching method category on the Books’ online bookstore (2016/7/26).
In July 2018, Prof, Hou published the textbook “knowledge-based board game design” and this book has been gradually used by high school teachers in their featured curriculum. Prof. Hou is an important scholar, who has both academic output and industry-academia output in the field of digital learning in Taiwan. He also received the Excellent Teacher Award from the Ministry of Education in 2018 because of this innovative teaching research and his promotion of teaching in education.
In July 2018, Prof, Hou published the textbook “knowledge-based board game design” and this book has been gradually used by high school teachers in their featured curriculum. Prof. Hou is an important scholar, who has both academic output and industry-academia output in the field of digital learning in Taiwan. He also received the Excellent Teacher Award from the Ministry of Education in 2018 because of this innovative teaching research and his promotion of teaching in education.
Academic services
Academic services
Proposal Reviewer, Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
Proposal Reviewer, Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
Associate Editor, Frontiers in Psychology (SSCI)
Associate Editor, Frontiers in Psychology (SSCI)
Associate Editor, Frontiers in Education
Associate Editor, Frontiers in Education
Section Editor, International Journal of Serious Games (ESCI)
Section Editor, International Journal of Serious Games (ESCI)
Reviewer, Learning and Instruction (SSCI)
Reviewer, Learning and Instruction (SSCI)
Reviewer, International Journal of Science Education (SSCI)
Reviewer, International Journal of Science Education (SSCI)
Reviewer, Computers and Education (SSCI, SCI)
Reviewer, Computers and Education (SSCI, SCI)
Reviewer, Interactive Learning Environments (SSCI)
Reviewer, Interactive Learning Environments (SSCI)
Reviewer, Journal of Computer Assisted Learning (SSCI)
Reviewer, Journal of Computer Assisted Learning (SSCI)
Reviewer, Computers in Human Behavior (SSCI)
Reviewer, Computers in Human Behavior (SSCI)
Reviewer, Innovations in Education and Teaching International (SSCI)
Reviewer, Innovations in Education and Teaching International (SSCI)
Reviewer Panel, British Journal of Educational Technology (SSCI)
Reviewer Panel, British Journal of Educational Technology (SSCI)
Reviewer, Frontiers Psychology (SSCI)
Reviewer, Frontiers Psychology (SSCI)
Reviewer, Entertainment Computing (SCIE)
Reviewer, Entertainment Computing (SCIE)
Reviewer, The Journal of Chemical Education
Reviewer, The Journal of Chemical Education
Reviewer, Behaviour & Information Technology (SSCI)
Reviewer, Behaviour & Information Technology (SSCI)
Reviewer, Educational Technology & Society (SSCI)
Reviewer, Educational Technology & Society (SSCI)
Reviewer, Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking (SSCI)
Reviewer, Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking (SSCI)
Reviewer, The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher (SSCI)
Reviewer, The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher (SSCI)
Reviewer, IEEE’s Transactions on Learning Technologies (SSCI)
Reviewer, IEEE’s Transactions on Learning Technologies (SSCI)
Reviewer, Asia Pacific Education Review (SSCI)
Reviewer, Asia Pacific Education Review (SSCI)
Reviewer, Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology (SSCI)
Reviewer, Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology (SSCI)
Reviewer, International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education (SSCI)
Reviewer, International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education (SSCI)
Reviewer, Universal Access in the Information Society (SSCI)
Reviewer, Universal Access in the Information Society (SSCI)
Reviewer, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications (TOMM) (SCI)
Reviewer, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications (TOMM) (SCI)
Reviewer, International Journal of Engineering Education (SCI)
Reviewer, International Journal of Engineering Education (SCI)
Reviewer, International Journal on Continuous Engineering Education and Life-Long Learning (IJCEELL) (EI)
Reviewer, International Journal on Continuous Engineering Education and Life-Long Learning (IJCEELL) (EI)
Reviewer, International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design
Reviewer, International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design
Reviewer, Studies in Higher Education (SSCI)
Reviewer, Studies in Higher Education (SSCI)
Reviewer, The Internet and Higher Education (SSCI)
Reviewer, The Internet and Higher Education (SSCI)
Reviewer, Teaching and Teacher Education (SSCI)
Reviewer, Teaching and Teacher Education (SSCI)
Reviewer, Computer Assisted Language Learning (SSCI)
Reviewer, Computer Assisted Language Learning (SSCI)
Reviewer, Journal Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning (RPTEL)
Reviewer, Journal Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning (RPTEL)
Reviewer, Program
Reviewer, Program
Reviewer, Engineering Science and Technology
Reviewer, Engineering Science and Technology
Reviewer, International Journal of Peace and Development Studies
Reviewer, International Journal of Peace and Development Studies
Reviewer, Global Chinese Journal for Computers in Education (GCJCE)
Reviewer, Global Chinese Journal for Computers in Education (GCJCE)
Reviewer, Journal of Education and Learning
Reviewer, Journal of Education and Learning
Reviewer, MERLOT Journal of Learning and Teaching
Reviewer, MERLOT Journal of Learning and Teaching
Reviewer, Advances in Education
Reviewer, Advances in Education
Reviewer, Education Journal (Hong Kong)
Reviewer, Education Journal (Hong Kong)
Guest Editor, Technology for Education and Learning
Guest Editor, Technology for Education and Learning
Book Editor, InTech Education and Publishing, Austria
Book Editor, InTech Education and Publishing, Austria
Editorial Board, Journal of Education and Learning
Editorial Board, Journal of Education and Learning
Editorial Board, The Journal of Educational Technology Development and Exchange (JETDE) (2011)
Editorial Board, The Journal of Educational Technology Development and Exchange (JETDE) (2011)
Editorial Board, The Online Journal Distance Education and e-Learning (TOJDEL)
Editorial Board, The Online Journal Distance Education and e-Learning (TOJDEL)
The latest news (in Chinese)
The latest news (in Chinese)
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For any academic cooperation, speech invitation, industry-academia cooperation, or other information, please contact Prof. Hou: hthou@mail.ntust.edu.tw
For any academic cooperation, speech invitation, industry-academia cooperation, or other information, please contact Prof. Hou: hthou@mail.ntust.edu.tw