Co-creating New Value for Education – EdUHK Award Winning Innovations Salon
Co-creating New Value for Education – EdUHK Award Winning Innovations Salon
As part of its ongoing effort to promote knowledge transfer, The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) organised an innovation salon today (3 Jan) to showcase its award-winning projects recognised at different international invention exhibitions over the year. During 2019, the University won 17 international awards.
Organised by the Knowledge Transfer Sub-office of Research and Development Office (KT Sub-office), the occasion, titled “EdUHK Award Winning Innovations Salon”, was intended to stimulate scholars from different disciplines to focus on research projects with application value and create collaboration opportunities.
Among the attendees were Professor Lui Tai-lok, Vice President (Research and Development), and Ms Elsa Hung Pui-ling, Assistant Commissioner for Efficiency of HKSAR. Showcased at the event were 14 winning entries, which received awards in The International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva 2019, The Silicon Valley International Invention Festival 2019, The International Invention Innovation Competition in Canada 2019 and The iENA – International Trade Fair "Ideas-Inventions-New Products" in Germany 2019. The innovations cover a wide spectrum of applications, including educational technology for language and music education, learning monitoring and assessment technology, and AI for education and environmental technology.
Professor Lui said, “This international recognition greatly encourages EdUHK researchers to develop more impactful projects with the injection of innovative ideas and technological development. EdUHK will continue to collaborate with different stakeholders for the betterment of education in Hong Kong and beyond.”
In addition to showcasing the research projects, the University set up a start-up zone for the winning companies in the “EdUHK Education and Social Entrepreneurs Fund” to promote their education-supporting businesses.
The list of projects showcased in the salon were as follows:
| iENA – International Trade Fair “Ideas-Inventions-New Products” in Germany 2019 | ||
|---|---|---|
A Mouthpiece with a Supporting Windway | Dr Matsunobu Koji Department of Cultural and Creative Arts | Bronze Medal |
The Grid and Grid Notation for Music Education | Dr Leung Chi-hin Department of Cultural and Creative Arts | Bronze Medal |
| International Invention Innovation Competition in Canada 2019 | ||
|---|---|---|
Personalised Vocabulary Learning System Based on The Checklist of Technique Feature Analysis | Dr Zou Di Dr Xie Haoran* | Gold Medal, Special Award |
GMoodle: Online Evidence-based Assessment System for Student Group Activities | Dr Winnie Lam Wai-man | Silver Medal, Special Award |
Chinese: Take a photo and Learn | Dr Tse Ka-ho | Silver Medal |
A Literacy Play Kit for Supporting Young Children’s English Learning
| Dr Susanna Yeung Siu-sze Dr Ng Mei-lee | Silver Medal
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| Silicon Valley International Invention Festival 2019 in USA | ||
|---|---|---|
Data-driven Chinese Language Learning and Teaching with a Cantonese Corpus
| Dr Andy Chin Chi-on Department of Linguistics and Modern Language Studies | Gold Medal, Special Award
|
An Automated System for Tracking Student Responses to Teacher Feedback | Dr Gary Cheng Kwok-shing Department of Mathematics and Information Technology | Silver Medal
|
Computerised Task-Switching Training for Enhancing Executive Functioning of Children Living in Poverty
| Dr Kean Poon Kei-yan Department of Special Education and Counselling, Professor Chou Kee-lee, Dr Kelvin Cheung Chi-kin Department of Asian and Policy Studies | Silver Medal
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| International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva 2019 | ||
|---|---|---|
Education Linguistics 2.0 – The Use of Corpora in Language Teaching
| Dr Angel Ma Qing, Dr Jackie Lee Fung-king, Dr Wang Lixun and Dr Rebecca Chen Hsueh-chu Department of Linguistics and Modern Language Studies | Silver Medal
|
Fish Feeds from Food Wastes for Sustainable Fish Farming | Professor Wong Ming-hung Department of Science and Environmental Studies | Silver Medal
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Fuzzy Talent Assessment System Based on Educational Big Data | Dr Xie Haoran* Department of Mathematics and Information Technology | Silver Medal
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Using Heart Rate Variability (HRV) for Real-Time Emotion Assessment | Professor Joanne Chung Wai-yee Department of Health and Physical Education, External partner: Professor Thomas K S Wong | Silver Medal
|
Domestic Screening for Age-related Hearing Loss
| Dr Anna Kam Chi-shan Department of Special Education and Counselling | Bronze Medal
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*Departing staff
