Nanyang Technology University

Academic Profile
Assoc Prof Alton Chua Yeow Kuan

Associate Professor 
Division of Information Studies 
Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information 
College of Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences 



Email: ALTONCHUA@ntu.edu.sg
Phone: (+65)6790 5810 
Office: SCI 05-08 
Education
  • DBA Southern Cross University 2002
  • MEd University of Sheffield 1999
  • BA ICI University 1996
  • BSc National University of Singapore 1993
Biography
Dr. Chua joined NTU in 2005. Prior to this appointment, he was Assistant Professor and Academic Program Content Manager with Universitas 21 Global (U21), a joint-venture between Thomson Learning and U21, a consortium of 16 research-intensive universities. At U21G, he won the Inaugural Faculty Research Award for his research contribution.
Research Interests
His current research interests lie in information and knowledge management, communities of practice, online education and social computing
Research Grant
  • Academic Research Fund Tier 1 (2010-)
  • RCC (2005-)
  • RCC (2007-)
Current Projects
  • A Framework of Knowledge Mobilisation
  • Automated User-Based Question-Answering System
  • MARGE: Layering Gaming Interactions in Mobile Content Sharing Environments
  • Project Rendezvous: Where Entertainment and Instrumentality meet
  • Social problem-solving skills gaming for children
Selected Publications
  • Chua, A., & Heng, S. K. (2010). A Knowledge Management Perspective on Art Education. International Journal of Information Management, 30(4), 326-334.
  • Chua, A, & Goh, D. (2010). A study of Web 2.0 in library websites. Library and Information Science Research, 32(3), 203-211.
  • Chua, A., & Lam, W.,. (2005). Why KM Project Fails: A Multi-case Analysis. Journal of Knowledge Management, 9(3), 6 - 17.
  • Chua, A. (2005). The design and implementation of a simulation game for teaching knowledge management. Journal of the American Society of Information Science and Technology, 56(11), 1207 - 1216.
  • Chua, A., Lam, W. (2005). Knowledge management abandonment: an exploratory examination of root causes. Communications of the Association of Information Systems, 2005(16), 723-743.
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