Report of The KT Sub-office

Research and Development Office

The Education University of Hong Kong

KT Sub-office participated in an INTERNATIONALcompetition in September and helped four EdUHKscholars to gain international recognition for theirinnovations in education and environmental technology.

International Invention Innovation Competition

in Canada 2018 (iCAN 2018)

International Invention Innovation Competition 2018(iCAN 2018) was held in Toronto of Canada on 1 Sept.

inventive projects by EdUHK academics won three

gold medals, one silver medal and two special prizes.

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Award Projects

Gold Medal; Special Prize from the Association of Thai Innovation and Invention PromotionAn Innovative Method for Easy and Rapid Development of Online Experiments to Facilitate Effective STEM EducationProfessor YEUNG Yau YueProfessor / Department of Science and Environmental Studies

Gold Medal; Special Prize from the Romanian Inventors ForumInnovative Grid Notation for Electronic Orchestra (e-Orch)Dr LEUNG Chi HinAssistant Professor / Department of Cultural and Creative Arts

Gold MedalNovel Air Purifiers Using LED Activated Graphitic Carbon Nitride PhotocatalystDr HO Wing KeiAssociate Professor/ Department of Science and Environmental Studies

Silver MedalAerobic Exercise Teaching Manual for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)Dr YU Chung WahAssistant Professor/ Department of Health and Physical EducationAnd two external academics

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Awarded KT Project

An Innovative Method for Easy and RapidDevelopment of Online Experiments toFacilitate Effective STEM EducationPrincipal Investigator: Professor YEUNG Yau Yuen (Professor / Department of Science and Environmental Studies)

Integrating low-cost and open-source hardware and software,this innovation enables the rapid and easy development ofonline experiments with embedded pedagogies to support theeffective teaching and learning of STEM subjects in schools.

Students can readily access and manipulate the Arduino-basedplatform via the Internet to conduct and observe authentic andinnovative experiments on any computing or mobile devices atany time and anywhere using an ordinary Web browser, withoutneeding to install bulky or proprietary plugins.

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Awarded KT Project

Innovative Grid Notation for ElectronicOrchestra (e-Orch)Principal Investigator: Dr LEUNG Chi Hin(Assistant Professor / Department of Cultural and Creative Arts)

This newly invented grid notation is designed specifically formusic education and performance on tablet computers (e.g. iPadwith GarageBand) in both solo and orchestral settings.

Presenting basic pitch and rhythm in boxes with softage andsigns, the grid notation is tailor-made for beginner musicians.Such an easy-to-read music score enables music novices to readand play music straight away without long hours of training inscore reading. Using this newly developed notation, anyone canoversee the whole texture of a composition.

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Awarded KT Project

Novel Air Purifiers Using LED ActivatedGraphitic Carbon Nitride PhotocatalystPrincipal Investigator: Dr HO Wing Kei(Associate Professor / Department of Science and Environmental Studies)

A novel graphitic carbon nitride photocatalyst provides aninnovative approach to environmental purification. Instead ofthe UV light tubes used in traditional photocatalyticenvironmental purification technology, the newly developedphotocatalyst can utilise visible light (daylight or indoor light) asthe light source for photocatalytic reactions.

This breakthrough enables the use of visible light (e.g. LEDlighting) for photocatalysis in air purifiers, which is more energysaving and environmentally friendly than traditional means. Thetechnology developed has a wide range of potential applicationsin air purification and disinfection contexts in daily life.

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Awarded KT Project

Exercise Teaching Manual for Childrenwith Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)Principal Investigator: Dr YU Chung Wah(Assistant Professor / Department of Health and Physical Education)

CO- Investigators: Dr CHAN Fung Ying (CUHK) and Dr WONG Wai Lap (HKBU)

This teaching manual describes a new set of game-basedexercises for the physical fitness and mental health training ofchildren with ASD. The exercises and teaching manual weredesigned by a multidisciplinary team (working in pediatrics,physical education and psychology) for children with ASD,according to their respective characteristics, abilities and needs.

The research results indicate that the exercises improvechildren’s physical fitness, ability to follow instructions,concentration span, language use and social skills.

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KT Fund 2018/19

In June 2018, KT Sb-office launched the KT Funds 2018/19 as part of theUniversity’s incentives to create intellectual properties (IPs) and implementactivities or initiatives for KT.

The KT Sub-office received more than 20 applications and applicationswere funded.

Funded Projects

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Project Title Principal Investigator

Raising Awareness in Teachers and Parents in Mainland China in Support of High Functioning Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Evidence-based Approach for Developing Positive Efficacy

Professor LO Sing Kai(FLASS)

One Country Two Systems in Hong Kong: Historical to Comparative Perspectives

Dr FONG Chi Hang(AHKS)

Promoting the Importance of Students’ Sleep Health to School Administrators, Teachers, Counsellors and Parents

Dr LAU Esther Yuet Ying(PS)

Peek into Other People’s Mind: Developing an Online Training System for Parents and Teachers to Facilitate Hong Kong Children’s Theory of Mind (ToM) Development

Dr WANG Zhenlin (PS)

Supporting Kindergarteners’ Learning English at Home through a Literacy Play Kit

Dr YEUNG Siu Sze (PS)

Developing STEM Teaching Materials for Secondary Schools Dr LEE Hoi Man (SES)

e-Orch Teaching Manual: Curriculum and Resources Dr LEUNG Chi Hin (CCA)Enhancing Teacher Orchestration in Students’ Seamless Collaborative Science Inquiry Leveraged by m-Orchestrate Learning System

Dr SONG Yanjie (MIT)

Design of Picture Books in Learning Mathematics in Primary Mathematics Classrooms

Dr ZHANG Qiaoping(MIT)

“EASE” Fund 2018

As the NEW incentive of engaging student in knowledge transfer and the 1st

entrepreneurship fund scheme in EdUHK, the EdUHK Education And Social Entrepreneurs “EASE” Fund 2018 receives an enthusiastic response among the education community.

Students, staff and alumni demonstrated their passion on creating educational and social innovations that over 20 teams submitted their proposals.

After the pitching in September, teams entered the semi-finalists stage.

The teams are undergoing a series of training workshops conducted by experts in different industries and entrepreneurs to further upgrade their proposals.

3 EASE Fund Training Workshops were organized in October 2018

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11 October (Thursday)

• Topic

• Practical Advice to Entrepreneurs

• Speaker/Trainer

• Mr Ernest CHAN, Co-founder of AESIR HK

• Contents of the Workshop

• Profitable business model for social enterprise

• Business/product development via partnership

• Tips in establishing business

16 October (Tuesday)

• Topic

• What an Angel Investor Looks for

• Speaker/Trainer

• Mr Damien WU, CIO of Link Asset Management Ltd, a private investor and a startup mentor

• Contents of the Workshop

• How to lure investors

• Innovative and profitable product and business development plan

26 October (Friday)

• Topic

• Experience Sharing from an Education Startup

• Speaker/Trainer

• Ir Dr Elizabeth LAI, CEO of Reconnect Environmental Institute

• Contents of the Workshop

• Challenges for an education startup

• The “school” market

• Tips in registered a charity

KT Sharing Session

KT Sub-office invited three recipients of KT Fund 2017/18 toconduct two KT sharing sessions on 4 October and 22 Octoberto share their success stories and practical experience on KTprojects. More than 30 EdUHK staff, students and alumniattended the sharing sessions.

Sharing Session on 4 October 2018

Dr CHEN Chi Wai, Assistant Professor of Department of Culturaland Creative Arts, shared his experience in developing a“comprehensive curriculum” using i-pad in music which issuitable for most of the music teachers and students inHong Kong.

Details and presentation PowerPoint

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Sharing Session on 22 October 2018

Professor CHIU Wing Kai and Dr FONG Chi Hang from TheAcademy of Hong Kong Studies conducted a combined sharingon 22 Oct.

Professor CHIU shared his experience on deepen theunderstanding of relationship between the “Belt and RoadInitiative” and Hong Kong among Non-Chinese SpeakingStudents (NCSs). Dr FONG delivered a sharing on transferringthe findings of thematic research project on “One Country TwoSystems in Hong Kong” to the school community.

Details and presentation PowerPoint (Professor CHIU Wing Kai)

Details and presentation PowerPoint (Dr FONG Chi Hang)

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KT Sub-Office supports academic and teaching staff to apply a variety of external funding.

In September to October 2018, we handled…

External Funding Applications

LOCAL Funding Applications

Successful External Funding

Project of academic staff was supported by local fund

4 2018 (2nd round) ITSP under Tier 2 and Tier 3, Innovation and Technology Commission

4 Quality Education Fund

1 Innovation and Technology Fund for Better Living, Innovation and Technology Bureau

1 Tender Application to Food and Environmental Hygiene Department

1 Tender Application to The Community Investment & Inclusion Fund, Labour and Welfare Bureau

1 Tender Application to Hong Chi Association

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1project from Department of Curriculum and Instruction was funded by Quality Education Fund

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