2017 marks the beginning of the TDG project "Flip, not flop". Chinese language learning has been perceived by students as old-fashioned and tedious. In most cases, Moodle is merely a platform for students to download course notes. "Flip, not flop" aims to create high-quality, engaging videos for Chinese courses. Students who learn through videos (mostly pre-lesson) and Moodle can actively control their learning pace.  

This project is funded by the Teaching Development Grants (TDG).

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Principal Investigator: Dr Ho Wai Chi Vichy

As the generation of digital natives, our students are accustomed to immersing themselves in virtual environments for entertaining and socializing on a daily basis. The use of digital tools has also become a growing trend in job hunting. More and more companies are now inviting candidates to submit digital CVs to showcase their strengths and demonstrate how they can contribute to the firm. To respond quickly to the changing market environment and better equip students for their upcoming job searches and interviews, we develop an online course focused on ‘CV writing and digital CVs’. Students will have the opportunity to learn how to prepare a traditional written CV, how to create a digital CV for self-introduction or specific interview purposes, as well as how to prepare for an interview. Some exercises incorporate game elements (gamification) to increase student engagement and enjoyment in learning. 

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This Open EdX course is funded by the Teaching Development and Language Enhancement Grant (TDLEG) and is collaboratively developed by CAES, CEDARS, CLC, CLEP and TALIC (formerly known as TELI)  

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Principal Investigator: Dr Poon Hon Fong Connie 

The online course ‘Chinese Idioms in Daily Life’ is developed to provide students and teachers with diverse learning and teaching resources for idioms through an interactive online self-learning approach using the Open EdX platform with a user-friendly interface. Some exercises incorporate game elements (gamification) to increase student engagement and enjoyment in learning. The course primarily focuses on self-practice, with most exercises are designed with inspiration from everyday life or current events. The aim is to enable students to not only understand the meanings of idioms, but also learn how to apply them in their daily lives, thereby enhancing their proficiency in both Chinese writing and speaking. Learning Chinese idioms can be enjoyable and interesting. 

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This Open EdX course is funded by the Teaching Development and Language Enhancement Grant (TDLEG)  

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Principal Investigator: Dr Poon Hon Fong Connie

To better equip our graduates for the Common Recruitment Examination (CRE), an online course is developed with a question bank covering the three papers required by the CRE: Use of Chinese, Use of English, and the Aptitude Test. The online courseware also provides students with an opportunity to self-assess their ability before participating in aptitude tests in commercial sectors. The course allows them to enhance their language proficiency and reasoning ability in a self-paced manner. 

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This Open EdX course is funded by the Teaching Development Grants (TDG) and is collaboratively developed by CAES, CEDARS, CLEP and TELI.  

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Principal Investigator: Dr Poon Hon Fong Connie 

As the evolvement of internet technologies, various information and communication technologies are adopted to enhance the language learning process and to facilitate effective communication. Over the past decades, we have been in a whole new world of knowledge learning, diffusion, and communication with augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies. Web extended reality (webXR) is being used as a solution to bridge the real world and the virtual world in learning and communication activities designed under the web browser. The ability to adopt these kinds of technology to diffuse disciplinary knowledge is necessary for our new generations. Aiming at re-envisioning the immersive web learning and communication experience with webXR, we initiated a project in 2022, intended to establish a webXR-based Virtual Chinese Language Learning Centre (VCLLC) to provide a well-structured virtual learning environment for students to deploy both the Chinese language communication skills and the webXR technology ability to effective writing, display and diffuse their disciplinary knowledge in the Chinese language which can be best suit for modern communication. In this paper, we will discuss and share some experiences on the establishment of a transdisciplinary assignment mechanism that helps students’ learning in the use of the Chinese language with latest ICT technology to diffuse and communicate on a new level by promoting hands-on practices, which can encourage our students imagine, create, and deliver innovative XR experiences with their disciplinary context in the Chinese language.

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This project is funded by the Teaching Development and Language Enhancement Grant (TDLEG)  

 

Principal Investigator: Dr Chan Chi Ming