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Launching ceremony of an on-line e-learning system for Sichuan students

03 Aug 2009

 

Students from the earthquake hit Yuanjia Primary School at Sichuan will share their experience with Hong Kong students via an on-line e-learning system at a launching ceremony at the University of Hong Kong on 5 August 2009 (Wednesday).

The system has been designed aiming at linking students between Sichuan and Hong Kong in an easy and effective way in the future. It was installed by a group of volunteers including around 50 teachers and students from HKU Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Education and General Education Unit who are now in Sichuan helping the school to install e-learning laboratories, multimedia classrooms and renewable energy systems.

The move is also part of the "512 Sichuan School Rebuild Project", an initiative under HKU "512 Earthquake Roundtable", which joined hands with the 512 Young Engineer Alliance, the Association of Engineering Professions in Society and other organizations after the earthquake to relay the care of the community to the victims. More information about the project is available from the website: http://www.eee.hku.hk/~sichuan/

Mr Joshua Law, Permanent Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs; Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-tai, Member of the Legislative Council and Hong Kong delegate to the National People's Congress; Professor Chow, Shew-Ping, HKU Pro-Vice-Chancellor; and Mr. Lee Yiu-fai, Chairman of Sik Sik Yuen will address the participants in the launching ceremony. In Sichuan, the HKU volunteers and the government officials from the Mainland will greet the guests here via the on-line interactive e-learning system.

Immediately after the ceremony, an interactive class between Sichuan and Hong Kong will be conducted by teachers and students from HKU, two local primary schools, and Yuanjia Primary School in Deyang city. They will share their learning experience and feelings about the earthquake and play interactive games using the newly installed system.

You are cordially invited to cover the event. Details are as follows:

Date: 5 August 2009 (Wednesday)
Time:
2 pm to 3 pm: Ceremony
3 pm to 4 pm: the first Sichuan-HK interactive on-line class
Venue: Rm 101, Runme Shaw Building, HKU

For details of the event, please contact:
Dr. Wilton Fok, the Principal Investigator of the 512 Sichuan School Rebuild Project Tel: 93676877; e-mail: wtfok@eee.hku.hk

For photos of the event, please visit http://www.hku.hk/hkumedia and check "Photo Gallery" .  Please also visit http://www.cite.hku.hk/sichuan/01-1435.flv for a short film of the project at Deyang.

For media enquiries, please contact:
Ms Trinni Choy (Assistant Director (Media), Communications and Public Affairs Office) tel: 2859 2606 email: pychoy@hku.hk