Apple Education Team
Apple Inc.

As iPad is becoming a common learning device in the classroom, teachers no longer design learning activities with iPad only. They have to plan for the whole learning ecosystem and environment which might need to include assessments, sharing knowledge and content management. This session will guide you how to use iPads to address different learning style and choose different alternatives for your student's creation. Hands-on activities will let you experience how you can use various apps to facilitate the whole process from creation, evaluation to sharing and managing students' learning outcomes.

Apple Education Team
Apple Inc.

Mobile devices has been implemented in classroom for nearly 3 years. This technology solution is promoting student self-learning and shifting the pedagogy paradigm of teachers. Its influences is growing and apparent. Practices all over the world will be good references for education development.

Victor Cheng
Hong Kong Education City Limited

Mr. Victor Cheng Pat-Leung (鄭弼亮) is the Executive Director of Hong Kong Education City Limited (HKECL). He manages the largest education portal in Hong Kong, with primary role in promoting and supporting eLearning for all secondary and primary schools. Prior to joining the HKECL, he was the Director of Corporate Services of the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessments Authority (HKEAA) overseeing IT, Finance and administrative services of the HKEAA. Mr. Cheng is a seasoned IT professional in Hong Kong. He has more than 20 years of experience in IT infrastructure and application of IT in education. He has been the Director of IT Services of the Hong Kong Institute of Education for more than 10 years and has led a number of important projects such as developing the first self-learning IT Competency Program for teachers, introducing the online Learning Management System, and pioneering the Learning Commons project to facilitate migrating teaching and learning from traditional classrooms to an integrated mobile learning environment. Mr. Cheng has a Master of Science Degree in Electronic Engineering and a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Hong Kong.

Abstract

Hong Kong has gone through 15 years of experience in eLearning. The upcoming IT in Education Strategy has an important mission to be able to use technology to unleash the potential of every student. This is for a much larger scale, and is virtually for every student. To implement an eLearning initiative in a particular school is very different from a territory-wide implementation. This session will present how to develop an easy to use eLearning environment so that every school can take the advantage of technology and be more sustainable in the long run. Elements to be covered will include network infrastructure, e-Resources, learning platforms, e-Assessment and e-Textbooks. p>