In support of our new “Discover & Innovate” initiative to provide a technology-rich environment to foster discovery and innovation in student learning, the University is upgrading our e-learning technology suite with numerous new additions. The first addition is providing mobile learning capabilities for our Blackboard-based learning management system. The City University of Hong Kong is now the first university in the Greater China region to use Bb Mobile Learn! This mobile app allows smart phone access to CityU’s Blackboard platform and supports iPhone, iPad, Android devices, and BlackBerry. Users’ guide can be found at http://go.cityu.hk/xy45ot for teachers and http://go.cityu.hk/bg6nnj for students. In addition, to engage students in class through surveys, informal quizzes, and questionnaires, we have piloted a subscription to Qualtrics hosted cloud service. Teachers can use this tool to gauge student learning. Totally user-friendly, teachers can easily create questionnaires without prior training. For more information, contact our e-Learning Team (elearn@cityu.edu.hk).
