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Near Field Communication (NFC) is one of the RFID technologies. Items can be identified individually by radio waves. At PolyU, NFC technology is adopted by the university's identification cards. This technology has been used for access control in using university's facilities, such as classrooms and library. The project team used this technology with ID card for identification. 

With the NFC-based interactive self-paced learning system, it can facilitate the personalization of hands-on learning paths based on the learners' needs. Students are able to store and retrieve the work that they have done anytime and continue to work on it anywhere. Students can also gain a deeper understanding of the materials by participating in the hands-on learning activities after class. 

Once a student has logged into the system with his student card, the NFC system will determine his learning profile according to his personal learning record and associated learning equipment.  Then, the learning content will show on the computer monitor and the student can start or continue the hands-on learning activity on his own pace. The system  will back up all student's work files throughout the learning activity and update his learning profile. All files will be restored automatically once the student has loggied in to the system again.