Biography

Dr. Davy Ng is currently an Assistant Professor at the Education University of Hong Kong. He has been IT and STEM Education Panel Head at a local secondary school in Hong Kong, and a Visiting Scholar at the Division of Integrative Systems and Design, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He holds PhD Education and Technology from the University of Hong Kong (HKU), MEd Educational Psychology, BSc Computer Science, and Postgraduate qualification in ICT Education from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His research interests lie in the areas of (Generative) AI literacy, metaverse and STEAM education, and technology-enhanced pedagogic innovation. He has published around 50 articles, many in Q1 journals, and authored a book on AI literacy that obtained the China New Development Award from Springer Nature in 2023. His work is informed by recent research on using ChatGPT in self-regulated learning, and conceptualising AI literacy and metaverse. He was a recipient of Research Postgraduate Student Publication Award and Student Paper Presentation Award at HKU, and Social Innovation Leadership Award at CUHK. He has been named in the 2024 Stanford's List of World's Top 2% Scientists in Education.

Davy has been actively involved in serving the community, serving as Principal Investigator on various projects, including the Jockey Club Youth Project on digital music education, Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund on aviation education, and Faculty Development Funds on digital literacy initiatives for older adults and migrants. He has served as a regional editor of Artificial Intelligence in Education, an editor of Discover Education, and committee member of Joint ACM/IEEE Conference on Digital Libraries. He has held leadership and volunteering positions, such as Vice-chairman of the A22 Education-for-all Foundation, co-opted Council Member of the Hong Kong Association for Computer Education, and Committee Member of Curriculum Development Council on Technology Education, HK FlippEducators Association, HK Tertiary Putonghua Recitation Society, and HK Air Cadet Corps (Vocational Qualification Unit and CUHK Unit).

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