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PolyU Education 4.0 in Action

Stepping towards PolyU Education 4.0 (E4.0) vision, our educators across disciplines are designing innovative, student‑centred initiatives that integrate learning and teaching with AI and smart technologies. Check the following pioneering proposals which are awarded under the Teaching Development Grant (TDG) 2025–28!

Development and Innovative Application of AI Tutor at PolyU-A Cross-Faculty Pilot

PI: Prof. LU Haitian, School of Accounting and Finance (AF)

Fostering a Global Learning Community: A Multi-discipline and Cross-institutional Deployment of an AI-powered Virtual Tutor

PI: Dr Rodney CHU (APSS)

Transforming Mental Health Education: SOLO-Based AI Chatbot for Hong Kong University Students

PI: Dr Wynants HO, Department of Applied Social Sciences (APSS)

CultureCraft: Scenario-based Learning with Conversational AI Agents to Enhance Intercultural Communication Competence

PI: Prof. Richard LI, Department of Applied Social Science (APSS)

iCanLearnNTalk: AI-powered personalized Cantonese learning and 1-to-N immersive oral training integrated systems

CPC: Dr Ken CHENG, Chinese Language Centre (CLC)

PolyCompass: An AI-Powered APP for Student Learning and Well-being

PI: Dr LI Haoyang, Department of Computing (COMP)

WiseLearn: An Open Educational AI Agent Platform Empowered By Large Language Models

PI: Dr ZHANG Mingjin, Department of Computing (COMP)

A Large Model Based Data Agent for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Education

Prof. HUANG Jian, Department of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DSAI)

SMART LAB: Scalable Multi-disciplinary AI-enabled Real-time Training Laboratories for Healthcare Education

PI: Prof. Helen LAW, Department of Health Technology and Informatics (HTI)

Developing an AI-empowered and Student-Centered Institutional Self-awareness and Well-being Support System

PI: Prof. Maxime WANG, School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM)