2020 / 21

Competing against the representatives of four other universities from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Malaysia, we are thrilled to see that Dr Fridolin Ting has been selected as the Gold Award winner of the Exemplary Teaching and Learning Award – an award that aims to recognise best practices in the effective use of pedagogically driven technology for teaching and learning.

2020 / 21

Prof. Eric Tsui scooped a prestigious Platinum Award in the category “F2F Classroom Training Transfer to Virtual Classroom Training Initiative” at Australia’s LearnX Live! Awards 2020.

2018 / 19

Dr Fridolin Ting and his team received the Bronze Award for YoTeach! A Backchannel Chat App with Machine Learning for Symbol and Math Handwriting Recognition for use in STEM and non-STEM Subjects.

2018 / 19

At EduTech Asia Awards 2019, Dr Fridolin Ting won the Silver Award in Ed Tech Leader (Tertiary) category. In addition, his team of UGC Teaching and Learning Pedagogic and Active Learning Mobile Solutions (PALMS) Project was presented with the Gold Award and the Silver Award in the categories of the Best Classroom Technology Solution and the Best EdTech Solution respectively.

2018 / 19

Dr Shirley Ngai is among the first academics from Hong Kong to receive The National Teaching Achievement Award (Higher Education) for her great contributions to enhance the confidence of her students in the real clinical scenarios, including converting the classroom into a simulated “ward” to allow students applying their professional knowledge in a “simulated” clinical setting.

2021 / 22

Two winning teams respectively led by Professor Daniel Shek, Associate Vice President (Undergraduate Programme) of PolyU, and Dr Fridolin Ting, Senior Teaching Fellow at the Department of Applied Mathematics of PolyU, received one Gold, one Silver and one Bronze prize in the 2021 Awards.

Professor Shek and his team won the Gold Award in the “Nurturing Wellbeing & Purpose” category for their “Leadership and Intrapersonal Development Programme”. Meanwhile, Dr Ting’s team received a Silver Award in the “Science of Learning” category for their project on “Innovative PALMS Drawing Pedagogies and Apps to Increase Active Learning in Mathematics and Science”. A second project of the team on “Developing Active Learning Pedagogies and Mobile Applications in High School Mathematics Education” also achieved a Bronze Award in the “K12” category.

2020 / 21

Dr Fridolin Ting and his project team have passed through five rounds of judging, winning themselves a Bronze Award under the category of “Science of Learning”. The awards in this category are given to the projects that most successfully further scientific, humanistic and critical theoretical understanding of learning; engage in the design and implementation of learning innovations; and consequently improve instructional methodologies.

2018 / 19

The Library’s project “i-Space: A Makerspace and Community for Students of All Backgrounds at the University Library” received the Regional Silver Award in Asia-Pacific and Cultivating Curiosity Bronze Award in the Wharton-Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Reimagine Education 2019. The i-Space was established in 2017 to promote the equality of opportunity for students from diverse disciplines and family backgrounds to access digital equipment. It provides entry-level digital equipment for students to try out and explore that may otherwise be inaccessible and unaffordable to them. It provides an experiential learning space for students to experience emerging technologies, explore knowledge in new formats and share ideas with their peers.

2018 / 19

Dr Fridolin Ting Sze-thou and his team of UGC Teaching and Learning Pedagogic and Active Learning Mobile Solutions (PALMS) Project received three awards at the Wharton-Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Reimagine Education 2019.

Their PALMS project for STEM Tertiary Education garnered a Silver Award in the Natural Sciences Discipline Award category and a Bronze Award in the Hybrid Learning Innovation Award category. At the same time, their YoTeach! mobile application won the Bronze Award in the ICT Tools for Learning and Teaching Award category.

2017 / 18

The University’s Service-Learning and leadership education subjects received two awards at the Reimagine Education Awards 2017/18 for their innovative pedagogies and efforts in enhancing students’ learning experiences, making it the first in the world to capture four awards within two years in the respective categories.

Among them, the “Promotion of Children and Adolescent Development” Service-Learning subject scooped a Gold Award in the Sustainability category while the “Tomorrow’s Leaders” leadership education subject bagged a Silver Award in the Ethical Leadership category.

2016 / 17

PolyU academics scooped four awards at Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Reimagine Education 2016, in recognition of their innovative teaching and learning pedagogies. These global awards are the “Oscars of Higher Education” and PolyU was the only University receiving four distinguished awards.

A project titled Platform for Remote Controlled Physics Experiments led by Dr Peter Tsang Yuen-hong, Dr Mak Chee-leung and Dr Dennis Leung Chi-wah scooped the Gold Award of Regional (Asia) Awards.

A project titled Collaborative Learning with Technology – Peer Instructions with Clickers for Large Classes led by Dr Kevin Chan Hin-wang won the Overall Bronze Award in Best Use of ICT Tools category.

A credit-bearing subject entitled “Service Leadership” led by Prof. Daniel Shek took the Overall Bronze Award in Ethical Leadership category.

A Service-Learning subject entitled “Service Leadership through Serving Children and Families with Special Needs” led by Prof. Daniel Shek won the Bronze Award in Social Enterprise category.