Courseware & Online Learning References
To extend learning outside the classrooms and promote self-learning, courseware and online learning references have been developed for specific Biology courses. Some examples are listed below:
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Hong Kong Flora and Vegetation (Prof. But) To facilitate both field and virtual study of plants and vegetation in Hong Kong and also to offer support to the ecotourism industry in Hong Kong, we are selecting appropriate sites and trails in different parts of Hong Kong for the establishment of Quality Education Fund Plant Study Sites and Trails. |
(2001-now) |
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Interactive Virtual Plant Dissection Lab (Dr. CM Chow) Through IVPDL, students can
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(2010-now) |
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BioPhotoSharing@CUHK (Dr. CM Chow) BioPhotoSharing@cuhk is a PHOTO-BASED KNOWLEDGE SHARING PLATFORM built with the integrated efforts from teachers and students of biodiversity-related courses at CUHK. It has started with a seed database containing a set of featured photos generated by teacher.
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(2012-now) |
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Bio Mining (Drs. CM Chow, Lawrence Chiu & KC Chung) To transform the nerve-racking tasks into fun, we, in collaboration with Starwish Little Prince Studio Limited, have developed a trendy mobile application (app) of picture-wise games, Bio-Mining, through which the students can associate the illustrations/photos under a choice of biological topics to the terminologies they learnt in classes. There are three mini-game protocols namely “SHAKE”, “WIPE” and “MATCH". |
(2014-now)
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PlantWalk@CUHK (Drs. David Lau & CM Chow) PlantWalk@CUHK is a smart phone-compatible website that aims to engage the students from botanic courses to authenticate and study selected plants in CUHK campus on five selected site, including learning spots in United College, Central campus, Herbal Garden, Alumni Garden and Chung Chi College. As guided by the built-in interactive map, students can visit these spots and examine the highlighted plants in a stepwise manner by interactive questions. |
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