Annual Report 2012–13

Pushing Knowledge Frontiers 31 即時答題系統 中大積極研發新科技來促進教與學。學能 提升研究中心及資訊科技服務處合作進行 中大流動學習計劃，成功開發一項利用雲 端技術作為平台的即時答題系統 (uReply) ， 促進課堂上的師生互動。 透過 uReply ，教師可於課室電腦即時輸入 問題，讓學生以智能手機、平板電腦、手提 電腦等流動裝置回答，這新系統更支援文 字題目。教師可選擇把學生提交的答案即 時投射在屏幕上，方便討論。此外，系統會 保存所有對答記錄，以供參考。 uReply 已率先在 2012 年暑期課程中啟用， 多位師生試用後皆評價甚佳，認為可有效 促進課堂互動。 榮譽與獎項 醫學院李嘉誠醫學講座教授兼化學病理學 系系主任盧煜明教授，因對無創產前診斷 研究貢獻良多，獲世界科學院頒發 2012 年 度「的里雅斯特獎」。此外，盧教授又獲美 國國家科學院頒授外籍院士榮銜。 醫學院矯形外科及創傷學系教授古明達 教授獲大學教育資助委員會頒發 2012 年 「教資會傑出教學獎」，以嘉許其傑出教學 成就。 New Reply System Enhances Classroom Interaction The University is keen at using new technology to enhance efficiency in teaching and learning. Researchers of Mobile Learning @ CUHK Project, applying the cloud computing technology, have developed a new instant reply system ‘uReply’ to enhance the interaction between teachers and students in classroom. Through the uReply system, teachers can throw out questions via classroom computer and students input their answers with their own mobile devices such as phones, tablets and notebooks. The new system can also support open-ended questions. Teachers can select any submitted answers and project them on the screen for discussion instantly. Records of class activities are also retrievable in the system by teachers at a later time. The uReply system was first used in the Summer Session of 2012. It was well received and thought to be useful in facilitating classroom interaction. Honours and Awards Prof. Lo Yuk-ming Dennis, Li Ka Shing Professor of Medicine and chairman of the Department of Chemical Pathology won the 2012 Ernesto Illy Trieste Science Prize for his work on non-invasive prenatal diagnosis. Professor Lo was also elected a foreign associate of the National Academy of Sciences of the US. Prof. Shekhar Kumta, professor in the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology of the Faculty of Medicine, was awarded a 2012 UGC Award for Teaching Excellence by the University Grants Committee. Photo by Keith Hiro Photo by Nick Kwok 盧煜明教授 Prof. Dennis Lo Yuk-ming 古明達教授 Prof. Shekhar Kumta