iClass won the First Prize in the 12th National Challenge Cup 2011

The iClass project won the First Prizes in the 12th National Challenge Cup in Dalian from Oct 15th to 20th, 2011. The Challenge Cup is known as a national academic and technology ‘Olympic’ event of college students in China. The team members are the E-ComE graduates Mr. Au Yeung Hoi Hang Eric and Mr. Law Kam Yuen Ken. The project titled was “iClass—A Mobile Learning Platform”, which uses smartphone as an effective way to enhance the interaction between students and teachers in class. There were 1402 projects from 31 provinces in China, among which, 682 projects were selected in the final competition. In the Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan region, there were 81 students with 51 projects participated in the competition, and four teams from HKU won two 1st Prize, one 2nd Prize and one 3rd Prize.

From left: Ms. Wu Xiaoxi (CS Ph.D.1), Tu Yiheng (EEE M.Phil1), Au Yeung Hoi Hang Eric (E-ComE 2010) and Law Kam Yuen Ken (IMSE MSc1)

Group photo with other universities

HKU booth was very popular