Dr Pauli Lai won the Gold Award in the Smart Omnichannel Campus category and the Global Education Award at the QS Reimagine Education Awards 2024 as one of the interdisciplinary team members for the project led by Dr Rodney Chu of the Department of Applied Social Sciences!
The Reimagine Education Awards are a global contest co-organised by Quacquarelli Symonds, compiler of the QS World University Rankings, and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Known as the Oscars in the education sector, the Awards aim to reward institutions of higher education that have created and implemented outstanding new approaches to teaching and learning.
The winning project “Engage, Empower, Excel: PolyU’s Smart Campus Innovation” leverages the synergy between various educational technology solutions to adapt to the learning habits of the new-generation tech-savvy students. The project features the development of a generative AI chatbot, Virtual Assistant TIMS (VAT), which learns from course materials and teachers’ teaching styles. Operating through instant messaging platforms, VAT responds to student inquiries anytime and anywhere through text, voice and video messages. Its Dialogue Podcast System utilises advanced natural language processing technology to transform challenging academic content into engaging conversational podcasts to improve students’ learning efficiency. There is also the Artificial Intelligence Review Assessment System (AIReAS) that offers immediate feedback and feedforward on assignments, enabling students to engage in cycles of continuous improvement that align with their progress. The platform is moving towards mobile learning management system integration and personalised learning path planning.
Please find more information about the project and the awards at the following links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ne1jvUhf-8
https://www.polyu.edu.hk/media/media-releases/2024/1227_polyu-teams-shine-in-qs-reimagine-education-awards-2024/
