Annual Report 2013–14

人類學系譚少薇教授得到知識轉移項 目基金資助，開展「Multiculturalism in Action: Promoting Indian Culture as Local Heritage」計劃。這項計劃 是以她過往有關香港南亞裔人口的研 究成果為基礎，採用兩重步驟的跨文 化知識教育的新模式。第一個步驟 是鼓勵社群的參與和培訓文化訓練員 （大學生），第二個步驟是訓練員在 中學進行互動簡報，並製作跨文化學 習的教材套。譚教授邀請印度裔人士 擔任演講嘉賓和合作者，藉此促進華 人與印度人互相了解。 教育學院課程與教學學系莊紹勇教授 及資訊科技教育促進中心的研究團隊 開發的網上學習平台「學習村莊」， 是另一個獲知識轉移項目基金資助的 項目。這是個可以多人參與的角色 扮演遊戲，遊戲內的每條村莊代表一 個要探索的議題，學生以各自的電腦 化身參與探討。至今有十八所本地 中學的學生參加「學習村莊」，就中 學通識教育科內的自我與個人成長、 社會與文化及科學、科技與環境三個 單元的議題，共同探究。 On the technology transfer front, the University granted 61 licences to licensees in the year under review. And 166 patents were filed across the globe, with 136 granted. Remarkable licensing income was harvested this year from commercialization activities, with a total amount of income generated from intellectual property rights at HK$42.5 million. With support from the KPF, Prof. Tam Siu- mi Maria, a cultural anthropologist from the Department of Anthropology, developed the project ‘Multiculturalism in Action: Promoting Indian Culture as Local Heritage’, which drew on her earlier research on the South Asian community in Hong Kong. It pioneered a new model of cross-cultural knowledge education using a two-tier approach. The first tier involved community engagement and training of cultural trainers (university students). In the second tier, the trainers conducted interactive presentations in local secondary schools, and developed an information kit for cross- cultural learning. By involving Indians as speakers and collaborators, Professor Tam encouraged mutual understanding between Chinese and Indians. Also with the support from the KPF, Prof. Jong Siu-yung Morris of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and his research team in the Centre for the Advancement of Information Technology in the Faculty of Education have developed an online learning platform called ‘LearningVillages’ to make learning enjoyable for students. LearningVillages is a role-playing game for multiple participants, in which each village represents an issue of enquiry. Students are represented by their own avatars, and participate collaboratively in enquiry learning. So far, students from 18 Hong Kong secondary schools took part in a LearningVillages tournament to pursue collaborative issue enquiry concerning topics in the three learning areas of liberal studies, namely, self and personal development; society and culture; and science, technology and the environment. 37