Teaching Assistant

Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong

2017 - 2019; 2021 - 2023

• Co-teaching lectures and leading tutorials of a university-wide general education course CCCH9051 Digitizing Cultural Heritage in Greater China

• Supervising student research interns and assistants in Culture Computing and Multimodal Information Research Lab

• Assisting in supervision of MSc in Library and Information Management students' independent projects

• Assisting in supervision of BASc in Social Data Science student's final-year projects

• Awardee of Research Postgraduate Student Teaching Award 2021

Project Associate

School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

2020

• Assisted in proposal writing for applications of grants (e.g., Quality Education Fund); performing data analysis; drafting manuscripts and project reports

Guest Lecturer (Part-time)

Department of Linguistics and Modern Language Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong

2019

• Co-teaching lectures and leading tutorials of the core course ENG1326 Introduction to English Phonetics and Phonology

Lecturer (Part-time)

UOW College Hong Kong/Community College of City University

2019

• Co-teaching English academic writing workshops and organizing individual consultations for Associate Degree students majoring in Social Work

Research Assistant

Faculty of Education, the University of Hong Kong

2015 - 2018

• Assisted in proposal writing for applications of grants and courses, conducting literature review, recruiting participants, liaising with local, Mainland and international collaborators, collecting and analyzing data, drafting manuscripts for publication and writing up project reports

• Part of the Culture Computing and Multimodal Information Research Lab

Book Chapters

1. Ng, J. T. D. & Hu, X. (forthcoming). Digitizing Cultural Heritage in Hong Kong: An Overview. In Wang, X., Zeng, M. L., & Gao, J. (Eds). Digital Humanities and Intelligent Computing of Cultural Heritage: Global Development and China Solutions. Taylor & Francis.

2. Hu, X. & Ng, J. T. D. (2016). Learning analytics with Wikiglass. In Chu, S. K. W., Hu, X., Chin, Y., Lee, C. W. Y., Lyu, V. J., Ng, J. T. D., & Wong, C. S. Y. (Eds). Plagiarism-free inquiry project-based learning. Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong.

Journal Articles

3. Cobb, P., Cobb, E., Liang, J., Kiyama, R., & Ng. J. (2024). Theoretical Foundations for Archaeological Pedagogy with Digital 3D, Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality Technologies. Journal of Archaeology and Education. 8(1). https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/jae/vol8/iss1/1/

4. Liu, Y., Ng, J. T. D., Hu, X., Ma, Z. & Lai, X. (2023). Adopt or abandon: Facilitators and barriers of in-service teachers’ integration of game learning analytics in K–12 classrooms?. Computers & Education. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2023.104951 (impact factor: 12; ranked 1st in Educational Technology in Google Scholar metrics)

5. Hu, X., Ng, J. & Chu, S. (2022). Implementing Learning Analytics in Wiki-Supported Collaborative Learning in Secondary Education: A Framework-Motivated Empirical Study. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-022-09377-7  (IF: 5.108) 

6. Ching, S. S. Y., Kwok, W. Y. Y., Ng, J. T. D., Zhang, L. W., Ho, C. S. W., & Cheung, K. (2022). University Staff’s perceptions of community college transfer students’ transition experience within “2+2” pathway in an Asian educational context. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.808179 (IF: 2.988; ranked 1st in Psychology)

7. Cheung, K., Chan, E. S., Ng, J., Tsang, H., & Leong, H. V. (2022). Comparison of workload and academic performances of transfer and native students in an Asian educational context. Higher Education Research & Development, 41(2), 300-314. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2020.1845619 (IF: 2.129; ranked 5th in Higher Education)

8. Cheung, K., Li, B., Benz, P., Chow, K. M., Ng, J., Kwok, W., Tsang, H., Leung, D., Lui, J., Li, L., So, E., & Leung, A. (2021). Prototype development of a cross-institutional credit-transfer information system for community college transfer students. Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13169398 (IF: 3.251; ranked 3rd in Sustainable Development)

9. Cheung, K., Ng, J., Tsang, H., & Pang, K. W. (2021). Factors predicting vertical transfer students' GPA and degree attainment in an Asian educational context. Studies in Educational Evaluation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stueduc.2021.101041 (IF: 1.983)

10. Ching, S., Tam, K. Y., Zhang, L., Ng, J., & Cheung, K. (2021). A qualitative exploration of challenges of transfer students in an Asian educational context. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18063238 (IF: 2.468; ranked 4th in Public Health)

11. Ng, J., Lei, L., Iseli-Chan, N., Li, J., Siu, F., Chu, S., & Hu, X. (2020). Non-repository Uses of Learning Management System through Mobile Access. Journal of Educational Technology Development and Exchange. 13 (1). https://doi.org/10.18785/jetde.1301.01 

12. Cheung, K., Ng, J., Tsang, H., Pang, K. K., Wan, C. L., & Moser, K. (2020). Factors Affecting Direct and Transfer Entrants’ Active Coping and Satisfaction with the University. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(8), 2803. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17082803 (IF: 2.468; ranked 4th in Public Health)

13. Chu, S. K. W., Hu, X., & Ng, J. (2020). Exploring secondary school students’ self-perception and actual understanding of plagiarism. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 52(3), 806-817. https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000619872527 (IF: 1.203; ranked 17th in Library & Information Science)

14. Hu, X., Ng, J., Tsang, K. K., & Chu, S. K. (2020). Integrating mobile learning to learning management system in community college. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 44(10-12), 722-737. https://doi.org/10.1080/10668926.2019.1640146 (h5 index: 26; ranked 16th in Higher Education)

15. Hu, X., Ng, J., & Xia, S. (2018). User‐Centered evaluation of metadata schema for nonmovable cultural heritage: Murals and stone cave temples. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 69(12), 1476-1487. https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24065 (IF: 2.738, ranked 1st in Library & Information Science)

16. Ng. T. D. J. (2018). A Pilot Study on Voice Onset Time of English Words in Code-Switching in Hong Kong. LECT – HKU Working Papers in Language Sciences and Research, 1, 63-85. https://linguistics.hku.hk/docs/LECT/LECT_2018.pdf#page=69 (Publication arising from Master’s dissertation)

17. Ng, T. D., & Chen, H. C. (2016). Phonological Changes in Cantonese-English Code-Mixing for ESL Learners in Hong Kong and Their Attitudes Toward Code-Mixing. The Journal of AsiaTEFL, 13(3), 162-185. http://dx.doi.org/10.18823/asiatefl.2016.13.3.1.162 (h5 index: 9) (Publication arising from undergraduate dissertation)

Peer-reviewed papers in formal conference proceedings

18. Wang, Z., Ng, J. T. D., Que, Y. & Hu, X. (2024). Unveiling Synchrony of Learners’ Multimodal Data in Collaborative Maker Activities. Proceedings of LAK24: 14th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference.

19. Que, Y., Ng, J. T. D., Hu, X., Mak, M. K. F., & Yip, P. T. Y. (2024). Using Multimodal Learning Analytics to Examine Learners’ Responses to Different Types of Background Music during Reading Comprehension. Proceedings of LAK24: 14th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference. (Finalist of Best Short Paper)

20. Wang, C., Hu, X., Lopez, N. P. H. & Ng, J. T. D. (2024). Needs Analysis of Learning Analytics Dashboard for College Teacher Online Professional Learning in an International Training Initiative for the Global South. Proceedings of LAK24: 14th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference.

21. Ng, J., Liu, R., Wang, Z. & Hu, X. (2023). Automated Analysis of Text in Student-created Virtual Reality Content. Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT 2023). (with IEEE TCLT Student Travel Award)

22. Ng, J., Liu, Y, Chui, D. S. Y., Man, J. C. H. & Hu, X. (2023). Leveraging LMS Logs to Analyze Self-Regulated Learning Behaviours in a Maker-based Course. Proceedings of LAK23: 13th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3576050.3576111 (acceptance rate = 30%) (co-authored with BASc in Social Data Science students)

23. Ng, J., Sun, Y. & Hu, X (2022). An Exploratory Study on Students’ Digital Curation Competency and Experience in a General Education Course. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the International Society of Learning Sciences (ISLS) 2022. (co-authored with a MSc in Information Technology in Education student)

24. Hu, X, Ng, J., Lee, C. N. H. & Tsang, H. Y. H. (2022). Towards Automated Analysis of Undergraduate Academic Writing using Metadiscourse, Cognitive Level and Word Network. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the International Society of Learning Sciences (ISLS) 2022. (co-authored with BASc in Social Data Science students)

25. Wang, Z., Ng, J. T. D., Liu, R. & Hu, X. (2022). Learning Analytics Enabled Virtual Reality Content Creation Platform: System Design and Preliminary Evaluation. Proceedings of the 22nd IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT 2022). pp. 161 – 163. https://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/ICALT55010.2022.00055  (h5-index: 23)

26. Ng, J., Wang, Z., & Hu, X. (2022). Needs Analysis and Prototype Evaluation of Student-facing LA Dashboard for Virtual Reality Content Creation. In Proceedings of LAK22: 12th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference, pp. 444-450. https://doi.org/10.1145/3506860.3506880 (h5 index: 43, ranked 12th in Educational Technology) (with LAK Conference Scholarship)

27. Ng. J., Hu, X., & Que, Y. (2022). Towards Multi-modal Evaluation of Eye-tracked Virtual Heritage Environment. In Proceedings of LAK22: 12th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference, pp. 451 - 457. https://doi.org/10.1145/3506860.3506881 (with LAK Conference Scholarship)

28. Hu, X., Ng, J., & Lei, L. (2021). Evaluation of a Lightweight Learning Analytics Tool in Moodle and edX: Preliminary Results. Proceedings of 2021 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT52272.2021.00054 (h5 index: 17) (with IEEE TCLT Student Travel Award)

29. Li, F., Wang, Z., Ng., J. T. D., & Hu, X. (2021). Studying with Learners’ Own Music: Preliminary Findings on Concentration and Task Load. Proceedings of International Learning Analytics & Knowledge Conference 2021 (LAK’21). https://doi.org/10.1145/3448139.3448206

30. Hu, X., Ng, J., & Jiang, X. (2021). Young students’ experience of analytics-supported CSCL and the influence of parental attitudes. in Proceedings of the 1st Annual Meeting of the International Society of Learning Sciences (ISLS). https://doi.dx.org/10.22318/cscl2021.225 (with ISLS Wallace Student Scholarship)

31. Hu, X., Ng, J. T.-d., & Liu, R. (2021). Development and Evaluation of a Digital Museum of a National Intangible Cultural Heritage from China. In Proceedings of iConference 2021. (h5 index: 15) (Finalist for Best Short Research Paper) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71305-8_42

32. Li, F., Xiao, Z., Ng, J. T.-d., & Hu, X. (2021). Exploring Interdisciplinary Data Science Education for Undergraduates: Preliminary Results. In Proceedings of iConference 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71305-8_42 (Part of Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series)

33. Lau, E., Lei, C.-U., Ng, J., Lui, K.-S., Lam, K. H., Hew, T. K. H., & Tam, V. (2020). Designing an Autonomous Vehicle System Design Course for COVID-19 Remote Learning under First Principles of Instruction Framework. In Proceedings of 2020 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE). https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE48869.2020.9368449 (h5 index: 11) (Outstanding Paper Award)

34. Ng, J. T.-d., Liu, W., Hu, X., & Jung, T. P. (2020). Evaluation of Low-end Virtual Reality Content of Cultural Heritage: A Preliminary Study with Eye Movement. In Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries in 2020, 365-368. https://doi.org/10.1145/3383583.3398603 (h5 index: 19)

35. Hu, X., Ng, J., Yang, C., & Chu, S. (2020). Personalized Book Recommendation to Young Readers: Two Online Prototypes and A Preliminary User Evaluation. In Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries in 2020, 413-416. https://doi.org/10.1145/3383583.3398604 (h5 index: 23)

36. Ng, J., Lei, C. U., Lau, E., Lui, K. S., Kwok, T. T., Hu, X., Warning, P., & Tam, V. (2019). Applying Instructional Design in Engineering Education and Industrial Training: An Integrative Review. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE) 2019. https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE48000.2019.9225920  (h5 index: 11)

37. Hu, X., Ng, J., & Lee, J. H. (2019). VR creation experience in cultural heritage education: A preliminary exploration. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), 56(1), 422-426. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.42 (h5 index: 14)

38. Ng, J., Hu, X., Luo, M., & Chu, S. K. (2019). Relations among participation, fairness and performance in collaborative learning with Wiki‐based analytics. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), 56(1), 463-467. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.48 (h5 index: 14) (co-authored with a MSc in Information Technology in Education student)

39. Hu, X., Li, F., & Ng, T. D. J. (2018). On the relationships between music-induced emotion and physiological signals. In Proceedings of the 19th International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference (ISMIR), 362-369. (h5 index: 32, ranked 9th in Multimedia)

40. Hu, X., Ng, J., Xia, S., & Fu, Y. K. Y. (2017). Evaluating metadata schema for murals and stone cave temples: Towards digitizing cultural heritage. Proceedings of the ASIS&T, 54(1), 491-494. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.2017.14505401054 (h5 index: 14) (co-authored with a MSc in Library and Information Management student)

41. Hu, X., Hou, X., Lei, C. U., Yang, C., & Ng, J. (2017). An outcome-based dashboard for moodle and Open edX. In Proceedings of the Seventh International Learning Analytics & Knowledge Conference (pp. 604-605). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3027385.3029483

42. Hu, X., Ng, J. T. D., Lu, T., & Lei, C-U. (2016). Automating Assessment of Collaborative Writing Quality In Multiple Stages: The Case of Wiki, In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge, LAK '16. https://doi.org/10.1145/2883851.2883963 

Other academic publications

43. López, N. P. H., Ng, J. T. D., Lam, S. M. & Chian, M. M. (2023). School-community Partnerships. Academic for Leadership in Teacher Education (ALiTE). Accessible at https://www.alite.edu.hku.hk/post/school-community-partnerships

44. Ng, J. T. D., López, N. P. H., & Chian, M. M. (2023). Experiential Learning. Academic for Leadership in Teacher Education (ALiTE). Accessible at https://www.alite.edu.hku.hk/post/experiential-learning (284 views, as of August 2023)

45. Chan, K. K. H., Chian, M. M., & Ng, J. (2022). Using Classroom Videos to Enhance Teachers' Professional Learning. Academic for Leadership in Teacher Education (ALiTE). Accessible at https://www.alite.edu.hku.hk/post/using-classroom-videos-to-enhance-teachers-professional-learning (521 views, as of August 2023)

46. Lee, C., Ng, J., Chian, M. M., Hoang, A. P. & Kwong, C. (2022). Lifelong Learning. Academic for Leadership in Teacher Education (ALiTE). Accessible at https://www.alite.edu.hku.hk/post/lifelong-learning (366 views, as of August 2023)

47. Chian, M. M., Ng, J., Lei, L. & Hoang, A. P. (2022). Equity and/for Diversity. Academic for Leadership in Teacher Education (ALiTE). Accessible at https://www.alite.edu.hku.hk/post/equity-and-for-diversity (465 views, as of August 2023)

Conference posters & presentations

48. Ng, J. T. D., Hu, X., Fan, Y., Gasevic, D. (2024).  Effects of Learning Analytics Support on Self-Regulated Learning Strategies in Virtual Reality Content Creation. International Learning Analytics & Knowledge Conference. (Honourable Mention Poster Award)

49. Hu, X., Ng, J. T. D., Wang, Z., Que, Y., & Liu, R. (2023). Towards developing a metaverse of student-created virtual heritage environments. International Conference on Learning and Teaching 2023, Hong Kong.

50. Ng, J. T. D., Wang, Z., Liu, R. & Hu, X. (2022). Exploring the Outcomes of Learning Analytic Supported VR Content Creation in Cultural Heritage Education, MetaACES: 1st International Workshop on Metaverse and Artificial Companions in Education and Society, Hong Kong.

51. Ng, J. T. D. & Hu, X. (2021). Towards digitizing immovable heritage: Student experience in capturing VR-compatible spherical panoramas during COVID-19, International Conference on Learning and Teaching 2021, Hong Kong.

52. Ng, T. D. (2020). Learning about, for and with Cultural Heritage through Peer-Supported Low-end VR Content Creation, Research Postgraduate Conference, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

53. Chen, J., Hu, X. & Ng, J. (2018). A Diary Study of Music Listening Behaviours of University Students in China, 19th International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference, Paris, France.

54. Ng, T. D. J. (2017). Phonetics of Cantonese-English Code-Switching in Hong Kong. The 1st International Conference on Bilingualism: Language and Heritage, December 2017, Hong Kong.

55. Ng, T. D. J. (2017). A Cross-Linguistic Study on Voice Onset Time Productions of Cantonese-English Bilinguals in Hong Kong: Acoustic and Sociophonetic Evidence. The 22nd International Conference on Yue Dialects, December 2017, Hong Kong.

56. Ng, T. D. J. (2017). Towards An Interrogation of Asian Stereotypes in Culturally-diverse American TV Show “Glee”, The Third International Conference on Popular Culture and Education, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

57. Yeung, G., Wu, J., Ng, J., & Lau, E. (2016). Intra-sentential code-switching of Cantonese-English bilinguals in Hong Kong: An experimental approach to the evaluation of the Matrix Language Frame (MLF) model, Annual Research Forum 2016 of the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (LSHK), Hong Kong.

58. Kwok, K. K. K., Ng, T. D. J., Chu, S. K. W., & Hu, X. (2016). Information Literacy among Secondary School Students in Hong Kong: Actual Abilities, Self-Perceptions and Teachers’ Support, Centre for Information Technology in Education Research Symposium (CITERS), The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

59. Ng, T. D. J. (2015). Phonological Changes in Cantonese-English Code-mixing for ESL Learners in Hong Kong, presented at Annual Research Forum 2015 of the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (LSHK), Dec. 2015, Hong Kong.

60. Lau, Y. H., Ng, T. D., & Wu, H. C. J. (2015). Usages of /laa1/ among Teenagers in Hong Kong, presented at Annual Research Forum 2015 of the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (LSHK), Dec. 2015, Hong Kong.

Creative Works

61. Ng, J. T. D. (2015). First Date. Poem presented at Our Future Voices, Hong Kong International Literary Festival 2015.

62. Ng, J. T. D. (2015). City, Cornered. Poem presented at Our Future Voices, Hong Kong International Literary Festival 2015.

• “Gifts from Lanmama” (兰妈妈的礼物) [Chinese], China Youth Daily (中国青年报), June 2022.
  http://news.cyol.com/gb/articles/2022-06/02/content_vXejmtl54.html  

• “The 12th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference”", Centre for Education and Learning, Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Universities, March 2022.
  https://www.educationandlearning.nl/news/the-12th-international-learning-analytics-and-knowledge-conference 

• “Language, thought and the world”, The Standard: Postgraduate Program Guide, January 2020. https://www.thestandard.com.hk/emagazines/20200110114622magazine.pdf

• “Transforming People”, HKIEd News: Special Issue, 2015.
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