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HKU longitudinal study finds screen readers improve learning efficiency in students with visual impairment

A two-year study by HKU Faculty of Education found screen readers effectively assist people with visual impairment to learn. A total of 50 participants including primary and secondary school students as well as adults with visual impairment were recruited. It found these students mainly used screen readers in language classes at school, which could replace Braille textbooks and help to reduce the weight of their school bags and increase their reading speed; adult users also found screen readers useful for helping them to cope with difficulties in their daily lives. Dr Allan Yuen, Deputy Director of the HKU Centre for Information Technology in Education, called for programme developers to consider the compatibility between screen-reading software when developing software, to provide more software for use by people who are visually impaired. He also recommended schools to provide sufficient computers to students with visual impairment for classroom and after school learning.

HKU launches “Play n Gain” Project to promote play education in kindergartens and the community

The Centre for Advancement in Inclusive and Special Education (CAISE) in the Faculty of Education of HKU and the HKJC Charities Trust co-launched the Jockey Club “Play n Gain” Project which aimed to provide kindergarten teachers and parents of school children aged 4 to 6 with professional training and practical skills on game education, integrate games into daily teaching and encourage children to apply the social skills they learnt through play during free play time.

HKU uses App to help elderly with swallowing difficulties

HKU Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences joined hands with charitable organisation Sik Sik Yuen to help elderly people improve their swallowing ability via speech therapy from a mobile App “Keep on Talking & Eating [KOTE]” designed by HKU. 93 elderly people from Sik Sik Yuen completed the training programme from October to December to train their muscles used for swallowing, with 72% recorded an improvement in their tongue and throat muscles, which increased their swallowing safety. Dr Karen Chan, Assistant Professor and Director of Swallowing Research Laboratory of HKU, hoped more care facilities for the elderly can put swallowing training as part of the routine and hire speech therapists so that elderly people can receive proper training.

Faculty Knowledge Exchange Awards 2018

The annual Faculty Knowledge Exchange (KE) Awards recognise each Faculty’s outstanding KE accomplishment that has made demonstrable economic, social or cultural impacts to benefit the community, business/industry, or partner organisations. Results of the 2018 Faculty KE Awards are now available.

Knowledge Exchange Awards 2017

The annual Faculty Knowledge Exchange (KE) Awards recognise each Faculty’s outstanding KE accomplishment that has made demonstrable economic, social or cultural impacts to benefit the community, business/industry, or partner organisations. Results of the 2017 Faculty KE Awards are now available.

HKU Faculty of Education launches new book on Cantonese operatic singing art

Since 2006, the Centre for Advancement of Chinese Language Education and Research (CACLER) of the Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong (HKU), has been working together with partnering schools, under the HKU Cantonese Opera Education and Research Project, to integrate Cantonese Opera into the secondary school curriculum and on related researches. In 2015, the Lord Wilson Heritage Trust funded the research team led by Dr Dorothy Ng Fung-ping to implement the Publication Project of Cantonese Operatic Singing Art of Leung Yi-chung and Leung So-kam. This new publication records the artistic achievements of Mr Leung Yi-chung and Ms Leung So-kam and gives an account of the Cantonese operatic singing art of the latter.

Knowledge Exchange Awards 2016

The annual Faculty Knowledge Exchange (KE) Awards recognize each Faculty's outstanding KE accomplishment that has made demonstrable economic, social or cultural impacts to benefit the community, business/industry, or partner organizations. The KE Award (Non-Faculty Unit) was introduced with the same objective for the independent centres, institutes and units of the University. Results of the 2016 KE Awards are now available.