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Dr Shroff Ronnie Homi

Post-doctoral Fellow
Email: rshroff@ied.edu.hk
B4-P-04
Tel: 2948 7252

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Ph.D (City University of Hong Kong) - Information Systems
  • M.A (Hawaii Pacific University, Hawaii) - Human Resource Management (Distinction)
  • B. A (Hawaii Pacific University, Hawaii) - Human Resource Development

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Collaborating with faculty members for the purpose of research and journal publication
  • Utilizing new instructional methods or pedagogies (e.g., use of technology, collaborative learning, constructivist learning, simulations) and creative techniques that effectively engage diverse students and actively support different learning styles and behaviors.
  • Attending and conducting classes, workshops and seminars on teaching and learning and utilizing instructional technologies to support Outcomes Based Teaching and Learning (OBTL)
  • Observing faculty-taught class sessions and discussing new approaches to teaching, learning and assessment with the support of e-learning initiatives
  • Supporting staff in teaching development projects

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

  • The use of technology to support social-constructivist learning environments, collaborative learning and effective learning environments.
  • The development of cognitive learning skills and motivational dispositions and how this development can be facilitated through interactive and learner-centered mediated instruction and the incorporation of instructional technologies across teaching and learning settings.

JOURNAL PAPERS:

  • Ronnie H. Shroff. Douglas R. Vogel, John Coombes (2008), "Assessing Individual-level Factors Supporting Student Intrinsic Motivation in Online Discussions: A Qualitative Study." Journal of Information Systems Education. Forthcoming.
  • Ronnie H. Shroff, Douglas R. Vogel, John Coombes, Fion Lee (2007), "Student e-learning intrinsic motivation: A qualitative analysis," Communications of the AIS, 19, 12, 241-260.
  • Douglas R. Vogel, Robert Davison and Ronnie H. Shroff (2001) "Sociocultural Learning: A Perspective on GSS-Enabled Global Education," Communications of the AIS, 7, 9, 1-41

CONFERENCE PAPERS PUBLISHED IN PROCEEDINGS:

  • Douglas R. Vogel, Ronnie H. Shroff, Sharon Kwok and John Coombes (2002), "Student e-learning intrinsic motivation: A qualitative analysis," in Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems. Tokyo, Japan.
  • Douglas R. Vogel, Robert Davison, Ronnie H. Shroff, Sajda Qureshi (2001), "Sociocultural Learning in Globally Distributed Teams: An Exploratory Study," in Informing Science Conference, Krakow, Poland.
  • Douglas R. Vogel, Robert Davison, Ronnie H. Shroff, Sajda Qureshi (2001),"Methodological Issues in Assessing Sociocultural Learning" in Proceedings of the 34th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences ( HICSS-34)-Volume 8.

RESEARCH PROJECTS:

  • Information and Communication Technologies for Poverty Alleviation.
  • Enabling and Assessing Sociocultural Learning through Group Support Systems.
  • Sociocultural Learning in Globally Distributed Teams: An Exploratory Study.
  • Methodological Issues in Assessing Sociocultural Learning.
  • Development and Assessment of Group Support Systems Structure, Interfaces and Protocols to Support Collaborative Learning in Distributed Contexts.