Bulletin No. 2, 2016

4 Chinese University Bulletin No. 2, 2016 Setting the Stage ‘ CUHK has been unwavering in its academic outreach which values cultural inheritance, innovation and social impact. ’ Prof. Poon Wai-yin Isabella, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, CUHK From iTunes U to MOOCs and more MOOCs CUHK has been of fer ing free educ ati onal programmes for public access by putting some of its most popular and relevant offerings on iTunes U since 2010. In 2013, CUHK joined the world of top-ranked MOOC providers in opening up its intellectual treasure haunts to learners from around the globe. So far, more than 124,900 online learners have benefited from the MOOCs offered by the University. 　 CUHK has spared no effort in widening its open- access education. In addition to our collaboration with Coursera, CUHK has recently partnered with CNMOOC, developed by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, which has become one of the biggest MOOC platforms in China, and will soon offer a plethora of new MOOCs. Prof. Poon Wai-yin Isabella , Pro-Vice-Chancellor of CUHK, said, ‘As a comprehensive research university, it is our mission to disseminate our research and pedagogical discoveries to the public for the betterment of society. Our teachers are often invited to give lectures in the mainland or overseas. If their lectures are pre-recorded and uploaded onto MOOC platforms, the teachers could have saved their travelling time and cease repeatedly lecturing