On-Going Research Projects

The learning and teaching of science/engineering subjects face a big challenge under the COVID-19 pandemic because all face-to-face laboratory works in school have been suspended. Since laboratory works are essential and critical elements to science and engineering education, teachers have to try other means such as performing demonstration, simulation or virtual laboratory to relief the effect. However, these alternative forms of teaching might not effectively provide students with real-time hands-on learning experience as they could not see and directly control the laboratory apparatus in “real” time. Hence, through developing a web-based remote laboratory for science and engineering education, this project aims to facilitate students’ independent learning, enhance their learning experience, and solve the adverse effect created by the suspension of face-to-face laboratory works.

There is a genuine need for students to enrich their interactive and immersive learning as well as to equip their up-to-date knowledge of digital technologies. Aiming at enhancing students’ motivation and delivering quality education in the digital era, this theme-based project will establish immersive VR systems with virtual and augmented reality simulations for all business and tourism students of SPEED and HKCC, enabling them to learn their academic subjects in more interactive ways.

The project investigates the Cantonese abilities of non-Cantonese-speaking mainland university students in Hong Kong. It also aims to find out the threshold grammatical competence which the learners need to adequately support their communicative or conversational abilities.

This project aims to offer students offshore internships and related activities to experience the working culture in the Chinese Mainland and the world, embark on new practical experiences and join regional/international events. The “idea Generation Laboratory” (iG-Lab) will be set up to foster international experiential learning and application; it will also act as a facilitator and a promoter to encourage students to proactively grasp and leverage future opportunities associated with world’s fast-growing economy.
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This project aims to improve student learning effectiveness by helping teachers to understand and implement blended learning (BL) at PolyU SPEED. Teachers from other self-financed higher education institutions will also be invited to join the project activities.
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This two-year project aims at achieving well-being through place-making in the local primary and secondary school environment. Good design of school environments has a positive impact on educational outcomes as well as process, both within and beyond the curriculum. It influences well-being through helping students, staff and parents to create a sense of ownership and belongings to their schools, prompting positive social interaction and a healthy lifestyle. A total of 15 sites of place-making would be completed through co-creation, engagement of stakeholders, design thinking and participatory design. A guidebook, an exhibition, public talks and video documentaries will be delivered.
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Over 70 teachers from 15 schools joined the “Design Thinking Workshop 1” at PolyU Hung Hom Bay Campus on 31 October 2020.

This project aims at providing customised and individualised support for students with Special Educational Needs (SEN), equipping them with psychological readiness and practical experiences, and preparing them to have a smooth transition to advanced study in tertiary institutions and future career development. The project shall adopt a holistic approach to cover the support for SEN students in different dimensions. It will help the students to achieve their academic goals and better prepare them for lifelong planning. Training to teachers and student counsellors will be provided to enhance individual academic advice and career facilitation.
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The project aims at providing remedial integrated content and language support to help students, particularly those with a lower level of numeracy and/or with Chinese-Medium Instruction (CMI) learning experience, to cope with the learning challenges in the compulsory English-medium mathematics and/or statistics subjects, and to enhance students’ mathematical ability, analytical skills and numerical sense.

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(From left) Dr Lorena Chan, Dr Esther Tong and Dr Jodie Lee