[Asis-l] ASIS&T workshop invitation

[samchu]

Dear all,

It's always important to relate to a theory/model in a research. In the workshop "Theory Development within the Information Sciences", Professor Diane Sonnenwald from University College Dublin (the author of the book "Theory Development in the Information Sciences"), Professor Mei-Mei Wu from National Taiwan Normal University, Professor Shanju Lin Chang from National Taiwan University and I (Sam Chu from HKU) will share our experience on how one may create a theory/model in his/her research.

Target Participants:
PhD candidates / junior researchers and/or faculty who wish to learn/teach theory development

For details, please see:
https://www.asist.org/files/meetings/am16/Theory_Development_Within_the_Information_Sciences.pdf

For information on registration, see:

https://www.asist.org/events/annual-meeting/annual-meeting-2016/register/

Best,
Sam
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Samuel Kai Wah Chu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Head, Division of Information and Technology Studies
Deputy Director, Centre for Information Technology in Education
Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong (Ranked 6th best in the world - QS 2015, 2016)
Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
Managing Editor, Journal of Information & Knowledge Management
Tel: (852) 2241-5894  |  Fax: (852) 2517-7194
E-mail: samchu at hku.hk
Skype Name - chukaiwahsamuel
Homepage: http://web.edu.hku.hk/staff/academic/samchu
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Latest publications:
Chu, S.K.W., Reynolds, R.B., Tavares, N.J., Notari, M. & Lee., C.W.Y. (2016, in press). 21st Century Skills Development through Inquiry-based Learning: From Theory to Practice. New York: Springer Science.

Huang, H., Chu, S.K.W., & Chen, D. (2015). Interactions between English-Speaking and Chinese-Speaking users and librarians on Social Networking Sites. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 66(6), 1150-1166. (http://web.hku.hk/~samchu/docs/Huang-in-press-Interactions-between-English.docx) Ranked 13/85 in ISI's Information & Library Science category - top 15%; Impact Factor: 1.9 (JCR 2014)

Cheng, E.W.L., Chu, S.K.W., & Ma, C.S.M. (2015). Tertiary students' intention to e-collaborate for group projects: Exploring the missing link from an extended theory of planned behaviour model. British Journal of Educational Technology. Ranked 61/262 in ISI's Education category - top 23%; Impact Factor: 1.3 (JCR 2014)