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Department of Library and Information Studies


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Anthony S. Chow, Ph.D.

Contact Info:
305 Curry Building
phone #: 334-3411
aschow@uncg.edu
Vita

Teaching areas :   Leadership & Administration, Usability and User Interfaces, Web Design, Information Systems & Technology, Instructional Design, Performance Technology, Educational Reform and Informatics, Distance Learning

         Anthony joined the faculty at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro during the Fall 2006 semester after serving five years on the faculty of FSU's College of Information.

         Anthony was born and raised in Tallahassee, FL and is married to his high school sweetheart Theresa. They have three children, Alex, Maegan, and Emma. Anthony earned his bachelor's degree from San Francisco State in developmental psychology (1992), his master's of science degree in Educational Psychology (1998) and Ph.D. (ABD) in Instructional Systems (2006) from FSU.

         Anthony is guided by the belief that knowledge truly is power. This is one of the primary reasons why he has dedicated himself to exploring the relationship between information, learning, technology, instructional design, and human development. He believes that providing access to meaningful and useful knowledge and information to students and people of all ages to assist them in living more content and meaningful lives is one of the fundamental tenets of education and information science. One of his more popular sayings is "the more you learn, the more you realize how little you know."

         Anthony has a tremendous amount of professional experience outside of the academic setting as well. He managed the computer-based training program of the Florida Department of Revenue¡¯s General Tax Administration Division, served as the manager of quality assurance and training for an Internet company, served as IT Director for Florida State University¡¯s College of Information, worked as Director of the FSU College of Information¡¯s Usability Center, and currently owns a small consulting company and is a general partner in another company dedicated to improving schools nationwide.

         Anthony is a big football and sports fan, especially of the FSU Seminoles, and also enjoys music, reading, taking care of his family dog Allie, and most important of all - being a good husband and father.


Education:

  • B.A. Developmental Psychology (Cum Laude), Philosophy minor, San Francisco State University (1992)
  • M.S. Educational Psychology, Learning & Cognition, Florida State University (1998)
  • Ph.D. (ABD) Instructional Systems, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL (2006)
Teaching areas:
  • Leadership & Administration
  • Usability
  • Web Design
  • Information Technology
  • Instructional Design
  • Performance Technology
Research areas:
  • Leadership and management
  • Usability and User Interfaces
  • Design and testing of Web information systems
  • Educational technology
  • Educational systems
Select Publications:

  • Chow, A. (2006). The Use of Performance Technology in Creating a National Model High School Association for Educational Communications and Technology Annual Conference Proceedings & Mini-mag, Dallas, TX (October 2006).
  • Heo, M. & Chow, A. (2005). The Impact of Computer Augmented Online Learning and Assessment. Educational Technology & Society, 8(1), 113-125.
  • Sommer, S., Young, T., Chow, A. (2005). Library without walls: The George Washington project. Congress on Research and Dance 2005 Annual Conference Proceedings.
  • Schaller, D., Chow, A., Marty, P., Heo, M., Allison-Bunnell, S. (2004). To Flash or not to Flash? Usability and user engagement of HTML vs. Flash. Museums and the 2004 Web Annual Conference Proceedings.
Conference Presentations:
  • Chow, A. (2006). The Use of Performance Technology in Creating a National Model High School. Association for Educational Communications and Technology Annual Conference, Dallas, TX (October 2006).
  • Chow, A. (2006). The Florida governor¡¯s e-Mansion Web site - education and the use of Web and virtual tour technology. Association for Educational Communications and Technology Annual Conference, Dallas, TX (October 2006).
  • Chow, A. (2005). Usability evaluation: increasing the precision of results through quantitative and qualitative methods. Association for Library and Information Science Education 2006 Annual Conference (January 2006).
  • Moore, R., Whitlock, M., Harless, J., Connell, P, Ayers, J, LaForge, C., Chow, A. (2004). The Central Educational Center. Model Schools Conference Annual Conference, Washington, DC (June 2004).
  • Chow, A. & Schrader, L. (2003). Year one results: a work-based charter school designed using a performance technology model. American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL (April 2003).
  • Chow, A., Harless, J., Whitlock, M. (2003). Implementation of the ABCD performance system in a public charter school. International Society for Performance Improvement Annual Conference, Boston, MA (April 2003).
  • Chow, A. (2003). Regional & global issues in museum education. Southern American Studies Association¡¯s Biennial Conference, Tallahassee, FL (February 2003).                       Back to top
2006-2007 Research, Teaching, and Service:

Research
  • Broadening Participation in Computing ¨C STARS Alliance NSF Grant.
    www.starsalliance.org

    • Anthony is Director of Web and Marketing for the 10 university alliance.
  • UNCG Kauffman Campuses Initiative (Proposal)

    • University wide proposal to infuse entrepreneurship education across campus regardless of discipline. The Kauffman Foundation has selected The University of North Carolina to participate in this nationwide initiative.

  • Web Graphic Design & Information Architecture ¨C NSF funded Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)

    • Anthony is supervising four students, two Library and Information Studies master¡¯s students at UNCG (Amanda Click and Katherine Sun) and two information technology undergraduate students at FSU (Karey Johnson and Sharon Wynn) to identify, incorporate, and validate best practices in Web-based graphic design and information architecture.

    Teaching
  • LIS 650 ¨C Library Administration and Management

    • Service
  • UNCG Academic Policy & Regulations Committee
  • UNCG Library Re-visioning Committee
  • LIS Technology Committee
  • LIS Curriculum Committee

    • Page updated: 22 - October - 2007
    Webmaster: Katherine Sun

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    Department of Library and Information Studies, UNCG
    349 Curry Building, PO Box 26170
    Greensboro, NC 27402-6170
    Tel: (336)334-3477
    FAX (336)334-5060
    EMAIL cpfelts@uncg.edu