Hong Kong ICT Awards 2014

Dr. Wilton Fok and his members of the e-Learning Development Laboratory won the Hong Kong ICT Awards 2014 – the Green ICT Silver Award, on April 7, 2014. The awarded project “Electronic Textbook for Paperless Education” was a deliverable developed from a Teaching Development Grant project which developed an interactive mobile learning and textbook publishing platform for the enhancement of university teaching and learning. The team members in the e-learning Development Laboratory are Eric Au Yeung(EEE grad 2011), Ken Law (M.Sc.) , Alan Chiang (EEE grad 2011), Paul Wong (CS graduate 2013), Shravan Sunderraman (EEE graduate 2013), Alex Yi (M.Sc.2012), Viki Lei (M.Sc.2013) and Maomao Wu.

About the HK ICT Awards (http://www.hkictawards.hk) The Hong Kong ICT Awards aims to recognise and promote outstanding ICT inventions and applications, thereby encouraging innovation and excellence among Hong Kong’s ICT talents and enterprises in their constant pursuit for creative and better solutions to meet business and social needs. The Hong Kong ICT Awards was established in 2006 with the collaborative efforts of the industry, academia and the Government. Steered by the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer, supported by Hong Kong Productivity Council and Hong Kong Trade Development Council and organized by 10 Hong Kong ICT industry associations and professional bodies, the Awards aims at building a locally espoused and internationally acclaimed brand of ICT awards.

Team members received the trophy on the stage

Demonstration of the e-textbook project in the HK ICT Award prize presentation ceremony