Impact Projects 2017-18
The invisible ultra-violet (UV) radiation
Principal Investigator:
Prof. Francis C.M. Lau
( Department of Computer Science )
Telephone: 2859-2170
Email:
fcmlau@cs.hku.hk
Project Objectives:
- To cultivate students' curiosity in UV radiation and its effects through cross-disciplinary learning activities
- To enhance students' ability to integrate and apply knowledge and skills in meteorology and engineering to solve an engineering task
- To raise the awareness of the community towards the hazard of excessive UV radiation
- To foster among the participating students and the public an interest in engineering and its applications
Project Description:
Through organizing an "Ultra-Violet (UV) Radiation Meter Design Competition", the project aims at (1) strengthening students' ability to integrate and apply knowledge and skills in engineering and meteorology; (2) nurturing their creativity, teamwork and problem solving skills, and sparking their interest in engineering; and (3) increasing public awareness and understanding of UV radiation and its effects on health and promoting correct attitudes towards UV protection.
Target Deliverables in 2017/18:
- Organization of the "UV Meter Design Competition"
- An online platform for exchanging and sharing the knowledge of science and engineering about UV radiation and its measurement
Links of the online platform from HKU Engineering Knowledge Exchange Portal
Links of the online platform from HKO and HKMetSoc
- Facebook page and group for communication with participants and general public
- Lecture materials on UV radiation, its potential harm and the appropriate precautionary measures to take to reduce the risk of excessive exposure
- Lecture materials on creating an UV meter by video analysis
- Lecture materials on creating an UV meter by building electronic circuits
- Circuit schematics, component list, and program code, of a DIY UV meter
- Learning resources and hints on small scale STEM activities related to UV radiation
- Organization of Presentation Sessions / Exhibition of the “UV Meter Design Competition”
- Media coverage of the competition and the Knowledge Exchange outcomes
Impacts studies of the KE and R&D projects conducted by the e-Learning Development Laboratory
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Wilton Fok
( Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering )
Telephone: 2857-8490
Email:
wtfok@eee.hku.hk
Project Objectives:
- To collect evidence of the impacts of the e-Learning technologies developed by the Lab
- To measure the effectiveness and efficiency of different means of KE engagement processes
- To share the experience of KE engagement and technology transfer processes
- To evaluate the key success factors of the past KE Impact Projects to the development of the e-Learning Development
- To promote the importance of KE as a university mission
Project Description:
The proposed project aims to collect the impacts of the series of knowledge exchange and development projects contributed of the e-Learning Development Laboratory in since 2010. The impacts on e-learning technology development, pedagogy innovation and formation of Community of Practice in Hong Kong, Mainland China and overseas will be studied.
Target Deliverables in 2017/18:
- A full report, including:
i. Statistics report of all survey
ii. Details of the case studies
iii. A list of impacts, with evidence, generated by the KE projects and technologies developed by the Lab
- A web-site for information dissemination
- A booklet that summaries the case studies and survey result