Research Interests
Generally, I am interested in using technology to improve learning experiences and outcomes. My research in has focused on improving student motivation, student engagement, and feedback. Currently, I am particularly interested in gamification, persuasive system design, learning and data analytics, and emerging technologies.
Research Grants
| Year | Grant |
| 2015 | RMIT Learning and Teaching Investment Fund ($54,301) Improving the Learning Experience by Better Understanding One’s Own Learning Process Investigators: Christopher Cheong, France Cheong, Buddhi Jayatilleke, Simon Duff |
| 2013 | Greener Government Buildings (Victorian Government) ($165,000) Powering future cities – information systems for shaping energy use. Investigators: Alemayehu Molla, France Cheong, Christopher Cheong, Vanessa Cooper |
| 2011 | RMIT Learning and Teaching Investment Fund ($43,000) Creating and evaluating interactive simulation models to engage students in industry-based courses Investigators: France Cheong, Prem Chhetri, Christopher Cheong, Caroline Chan, Ferry Jie, Colin Arrowsmith, Tass Katsoulidis, and Jonathan Corcoran |
| 2009 | School of Business IT Seed Fund ($5,740) Modelling Purchasing Behaviour of Customers of Virtual Goods Investigators: France Cheong, Zijad Pita, Christopher Cheong , Leslie Young, and Brian Corbitt |
| 2009 | RMIT Business Research Grant Seed Fund ($14,980) Investigating the current capabilities of the Victorian healthcare system to cope with pandemic outbreaks: A pilot study at the Austin Hospital emergency department Investigators: France Cheong, Christopher Cheong , Brian Corbitt, David Taylor, Simon Judkins, and Paul Johnson |
| 2008 | RMIT Emerging Researcher Grant 2008-2009 ($18,500) Investigating the System Workflow and use of Technology in the Emergency Department of a Victorian Hospital Investigators: Say Yen Teoh and Christopher Cheong |
Research Supervision
PhD Supervision
| Candidate | Thesis Title |
Status |
Supervisory Role |
| Justin Filippou | A Social Motivation Framework to Enhance Learning Using Gamification Techniques | Started 2013 | Primary Supervisor |
| Le Cong Tru | An operational risk management framework for the Vietnamese catfish industry | Completed 2011 | Second Supervisor |
| Fumei Weng | Modeling student retention at Taiwanese higher education institutes | Completed 2010 | Second Supervisor |
| Kevin Leung | Credit scoring using artificial immune systems | Completed 2009 | Second Supervisor |
Master’s By Research Supervision
| Student | Thesis Title |
Status | Supervisory Role |
| Tass Grigoriou | An Investigation of Information Spread on Online Social Networks | Started 2015 | Primary Supervisor |
Honours Supervision
| Student | Thesis Title |
Status | Supervisory Role |
| Tass Grigoriou | Improving Student Learning Through Formative Feedback and Self-Evaluation Using Technology-Enhanced Learning | Completed 2014 | Primary Supervisor |
| Justin Filippou | Developing a model for measuring student acceptance of “gamification” in education | Completed 2012 | Primary Supervisor |
| Raghav Tandon | An investigation of the effectiveness of social networking sites in higher education RMIT News Article: Publication success for research student |
Completed 2010 | Primary Supervisor |
Program Committees
I have been a program committee member for the following conferences:
- 2016 Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS 2016), to be held in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, 5-7 December 2016
- 2016 European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2016), held in Istanbul, Turkey, 12-15 June 2016
- 2013 Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2013), held on Jeju Island, Korea, 18-22 June 2013.
- 2013 Informing Science + IT Education, held in Porto, Portugal, 30 June – 6 July 2013.
- 2011 Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2011), held in Brisbane, Australia, 29 June – 2 July 2011.
- 2011 Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-43), held in Poipu, Kauai, Hawaii, 5-8 January 2010.
- 2010 International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2010), held in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, 12-15 December 2010.
- 2010 Information Systems Educators Conference (ISECON 2010), held in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, 28-31 October 2010.
- 2010 Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2010), held in Taipei, Taiwan, 9-12 July 2010.
- 2009 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC2009), held in Norway, 18-21 May 2009.
- 7th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS08), held in Estoril, Portugal, 12-16 May 2008.
- 2007 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC2007), held in Singapore, 25-28 September 2007.