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Join us to explore the metaverse for education!

Registration Link: https://forms.gle/pM1j733QmnUwGsPM9

For the first time ever, we are entering the metaverse—an interconnected digital world that seamlessly integrates physical and virtual spaces. Education can now transcend classroom learning and become a completely immersive experience. So if you’re tired of flipping pages, why not dive into a world that brings the material to life and inspires new ways of thinking?

We are hosting the “Community of Practices Symposium of Education Innovation and Technology” with the theme, “Metaverse for Education,” on Thursday, June 2, 2022. The keynote lectures and presentations will explore this theme and a wide range of sub-themes, including technology, policy, and pedagogical issues. The details of the Symposium are as follows:

Date: Thursday, June 2, 2022
Time: 9:30 am - 5:00 pm (HKT, GMT+8)
Language: English
This event will be hosted over Zoom

We welcome all interested parties to participate in the Symposium. This event will provide an excellent opportunity to foster effective communication, collaboration, and exchanges among academics, researchers, and practitioners. We look forward to welcoming you.

For more information, please visit https://cop22.elite.cuhk.edu.hk/.

Inquiries: [email protected]

Join us to explore the metaverse for education!

Registration Link: https://forms.gle/pM1j733QmnUwGsPM9

For the first time ever, we are entering the metaverse—an interconnected digital world that seamlessly integrates physical and virtual spaces. Education can now transcend classroom learning and become a completely immersive experience. So if you’re tired of flipping pages, why not dive into a world that brings the material to life and inspires new ways of thinking?

We are hosting the “Community of Practices Symposium of Education Innovation and Technology” with the theme, “Metaverse for Education,” on Thursday, June 2, 2022. The keynote lectures and presentations will explore this theme and a wide range of sub-themes, including technology, policy, and pedagogical issues. The details of the Symposium are as follows:

Date: Thursday, June 2, 2022
Time: 9:30 am - 5:00 pm (HKT, GMT+8)
Language: English
This event will be hosted over Zoom

We welcome all interested parties to participate in the Symposium. This event will provide an excellent opportunity to foster effective communication, collaboration, and exchanges among academics, researchers, and practitioners. We look forward to welcoming you.

For more information, please visit https://cop22.elite.cuhk.edu.hk/.
Inquiries: [email protected]

With the increasing digitisation of classrooms, there is constant interest to adopt emergent technologies into teaching and learning. Virtual reality (VR) is one of the new technologies that piqued the interest of educators around the world with the promise to create new learning experiences. It is seen as a valuable tool to create immersive environments and provide a student-centered learning experience through interactions.

While the benefits of AR are apparent, widespread adoption of this technology remains a work in progress. There are many practical issues and concerns yet to be addressed, such as ease of use, scalability and comparative effectiveness. As such, steps taken by pioneers in adopting VR would be insightful for mindful educators.

In this webinar we have invited professional educators from different institutions to share their experience in using VR technology in their classes. In particular, our guest speakers will cover the following topics:

– Practical VR & AR in studio-based learning for architectural design
– Using web-based VR for crime scene investigation studies
– Large-scale VR adoption in medical anatomy classes

Registration: https://buff.ly/3sSRec0

Acknowledgement
This webinar is supported by:

– UGC Special Grant for Strategic Development of Virtual Teaching and Learning – Inter-institutional Collaborative Activities Projects
– IEEE Education Week
– IEEE Region 10 Education Activities Committee
– IEEE Hong Kong Section Education Chapter

Virtual Reality for Teaching, Learning and Assessment (Part II) (Apr 2022) Date/Time: 4 April 2022, 12:30-13:30 (UTC+8) Venue: Virtual Venue – via Zoom Language: English In this webinar we have invited professional educators from different institutions to share their experience in using VR technology in their classes. In particular, our guest speakers will cover the foll...

With the increasing digitisation of classrooms, there is constant interest to adopt emergent technologies into teaching and learning. Virtual reality (VR) is one of the new technologies that piqued the interest of educators around the world with the promise to create new learning experiences. It is seen as a valuable tool to create immersive environments and provide a student-centered learning experience through interactions.

While the benefits of AR are apparent, widespread adoption of this technology remains a work in progress. There are many practical issues and concerns yet to be addressed, such as ease of use, scalability and comparative effectiveness. As such, steps taken by pioneers in adopting VR would be insightful for mindful educators.

In this webinar we have invited professional educators from different institutions to share their experience in using VR technology in their classes. In particular, our guest speakers will cover the following topics:

– Secondary students using VR for heritage discovery
– Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning with VR
– Leveraging VR creation in cultural heritage education

Registration: https://buff.ly/3MqNQNb

Acknowledgement
This webinar is supported by:

– UGC Special Grant for Strategic Development of Virtual Teaching and Learning – Inter-institutional Collaborative Activities Projects
– IEEE Region 10 Education Activities Committee
– IEEE Hong Kong Section Education Chapter

[Webinar on 29 March: Catalysing Innovation with EdTech]

Education Technology (EdTech) is relevant to every person and every industry in the digital age. We have been supporting Esperanza's "Reimagine Education" initiatives. They are seeking community inputs to a study on how Hong Kong can become an education innovation and technology hub in the Greater Bay Area. You are invited to join their webinar on 29 Mar to:

- discuss the recommendations of the Esperanza study and share your views on the roles of different players in driving learning innovation in Hong Kong
- learn from the Jacobs Foundation (Switzerland), the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and EduCapital (France), on how foundations, venture capitalists, universities and startups can work together to unlock the social value of education technology

Admission is free. For more information and registration: bit.ly/3sqTAyj











[3月29日網上硏討會: 以教育科技促進創新]

在數字時代下，教育科技與每個人和每個行業都息息相關。我們一向支持薯片叔叔共創社的使命。共創社正就香港如何發展成為大灣區的教育創新和科技中心的研究，徵求社會各界的意見。請參加共創社在3月29日舉行的網上研討會：

- 討論共創社報告的建議，分享您對不同组織在香港推動學習創新的看法
- 透過位於瑞士的 Jacobs 基金會和聯邦理工學院及法國 EduCapital 的分享，了解基金會、風險投資公司、大學和初創可以怎樣攜手合作，釋放教育科技的社會價值

欲了解更多資料和免費報名：bit.ly/3sqTAyj

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#教育科技
#教育創新
#勞動力發展
#數字化轉型
#技能提升和再培訓

#影響投資

Wishing you a healthy and prosperous Year of the Tiger! 🐯
祝你虎年身體健康、萬事勝意！🐯 #虎年吉祥

Panel Discussion on “Exploring the Place for Micro-credentials in Hong Kong”
REGISTER - https://www.ln.edu.hk/.../registration/credentials_261121
Time/Venue: 26 November 2021 (Friday) at 11:00am–12:00nn (HK TIME), via Zoom

Panel Discussion on “Exploring the Place for Micro-credentials in Hong Kong”

REGISTER - https://www.ln.edu.hk/sys/regbuilder/registration/credentials_261121

Time/Venue: 26 November 2021 (Friday) at 11:00am–12:00nn (HK TIME), via Zoom

The idea of Micro-Credentialing relates to offering flexible and extended learning pathways for academic staff and students and creates an ongoing learning partnership with the institution both before and during UG study, as well as across PG study and beyond.

“In skills, education and training policy around the world, micro-credentials are increasingly being positioned as a solution to a wide range of economic, labour market, and social challenges. Broadly defined, they are stackable, industry-aligned short units of learning designed to help individuals form specific skills and signal those skills to employers”.
REFERENCE OCED - https://www.oecd-forum.org/posts/micro-credentials-the-new-frontier-of-adult-education-and-training

The growing use of micro-credentials is an outcome of the changing nature of the labour market and of growing uncertainty as to what work will look like in the future. Fewer ‘jobs for life’ now exist, and employers demand flexibility and quick reactions to changing circumstances. Micro-credentials are particularly useful as a response to the changing education and economic realities due to Covid-19. In this situation, as they allow for tailored, quick and accessible skills (re)development. This panel will explore the place for micro-credentialing in Hong Kong from various perspectives.

More Details available here - https://www.ln.edu.hk/tlc/news/events/innovation-week-2021

🎉Upcoming Webinar🎉

Are you an online educator?
Do you seek innovation from digital technologies to help make your courses more than just streaming and recording?

KEEP is organising “VISUAL Seminar: Gamification with KEEP Open edX” next week to showcase the new gamification features adopted by our team!

In this half-hour event, you will be invited to explore the latest functions of the KEEP Open edX and discuss the key issues concerning the application of gamification in the Learning Management System (LMS). Assistance regarding our system will also be provided in the “Questions and Answers” session.

Event: VISUAL Seminar: Gamification with KEEP Open edX
Date: November 26, 2021 (Friday)
Time: 11:30 am - 12:00 nn
Format: Zoom Meeting
Language: English
Registration: https://cuhk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJArdu-rqz0tHN0btITzJ9Qczo0BV5Sv_QfP

Registrations are on a first-come, first-served basis. Should you have any questions, feel free to contact KEEP at [email protected]. We look forward to meeting you soon!

[Join EdTech Summit and Get a Free Global EdTech Market Report]

Join experts from around the world at the 2021 Edventures GBA Summit on 3 Nov (0930 - 1815 HKT) to learn the latest edtech trends and explore how:

· technology can drive education innovation for all
· edtech is transforming workforce development
· we can validate the efficacy of edtech solutions
· private and philanthropic capital can be deployed to support edtech ventures
· we can build a vibrant education innovation ecosystem through cross-sector and cross-border partnerships

You will also learn the edtech market trends in China, Europe, India and the US, and receive a free edtech market report.

Twelve 2021 Edventures GBA Fellows will present their solutions. Check them out from this link. Matching services will be available if you are interested in partnership or investment opportunities with them.

The Summit is organised by the NGO Esperanza and co-created with Cyberport. Interested parties can attend either online or in-person. Admission is free, with an option to join the networking lunch at HK$50. For information and registration, please visit the Summit website. For enquiries, please contact Dezmond +852 9350 5548 or [email protected]

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【參加教育科技峰會兼獲取全球教育科技市場報告】

請即參加11月3日 (香港時間：0930 - 1815) 舉行的「2021 全球教育科技峰會」。與來自世界各地的專家探討教育科技應用趨勢及以下主題：

科技如何推動創新教育, 惠及所有階層
員工培訓的新發展
如何驗證教育科技方案的成效
融合商業和慈善資本支持教育科技企業發展
通過跨界別和國際合作，建立蓬勃的創新教育生態系統

您還將可了解國內、歐洲、印度和美國的教育科技市場趨勢，並免費獲取教育科技市場報告一份。

12 家教育科技企業將展示他們的方案。如果您有興趣與他們建立合作關係或探討投資機會，主辦機構可提供配對服務。請按這裡了解它們。

是次活動由非政府組織薯片叔叔共創社主辦，數碼港為共創夥伴。您可以以在線形式或親自到數碼港參加，備有英語廣東話即時傳譯。峰會免費入場，您同時可選擇以50港元參加交流午餐，詳情及報名請登入網站。如有查詢，請聯絡 Dezmond +852 9350 5548 或 [email protected] 。

Are you always caught in a dilemma or at a loss when facing a plethora of choices? No worries, making decisions has never been easier with Recommender Systems (RS)!

With the rise of artificial intelligence development, RS have been evolving rapidly in recent years. Through users’ browsing patterns, searches, and preferences, RS use algorithms to do decision-making, and hence recommend items to users.

Applying RS in education can benefit students in academic choices, learning activities, learning resources, academic performance, and vocational and educational training. KEEP has incorporated RS into KEEP Moodle and KEEP edX. Stay tuned for more information next week!

祝大家中秋快樂 | Happy Mid Autumn Festival

#人月兩團圓 #中秋節快樂