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Faculty Knowledge Exchange Awards 2019

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 2019 Faculty KE Awards are now available.

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.