Augmented reality app used by students to support learning process
Good news for fashion and textile design students who want the opportunity to work with enterprises and design products. Prof. Kinor Jiang, Professor of ITC, recently obtained a Teaching Development Grant of HK$200,000 for 2019-22. The project is called “Building an interactive platform for practical design project between students and industries” which intends to build a sustainable multidimensional online platform so that both students and enterprises can collaborate on practical projects in fashion and textile design. Participating students can look forward to improving their learning capabilities and providing resources to the global market by working with different corporates to design products during their study period. This project can also enhance their communication and collaboration skills with the industries, and the knowledge that the students gain will truly align with the needs of the enterprises and the market. Participating students will obtain the skills to learn in new environments and adapt to them, which means that they will emerge as more independent, effective and adaptive learners.
Ms Nico Liu, Instructor of ITC, received internal funding of HK$100,000 for 2018-19 from the Strategic Plan Initiatives of PolyU for a project titled “Make the Best Use of the Contact Hours by Implementing Visual Learning Scenarios and Peer Learning Groups” which aims to enhance student learning experiences through the use of interactive pedagogies. The aim of the project is to enhance student learning experiences, promote independent and collaborative learning, make best use of contact hours, as well as provide a supportive environment for students to monitor and reflect on their learning based on the implementation of interactive pedagogies by using AR and peer learning as teaching tools. Additional digital learning resources are offered so that students can understand the different events before traditional face to face lessons take place. The use of AR and peer learning tools also facilitates the interest of students to learn about the subject that is taught, as the teaching materials are presented in a more appealing way in comparison to traditional unidirectional methods.
