Kenneth is a PolyU alumnus. He earned his B.Sc in Enterprise Information Systems from the Department of Computing in 2010 and received his MPhil in Computer Sciences in 2014. He joined the then Office of Service-Learning, OSL (subsequently renamed Service-Learning and Leadership Office, SLLO) in 2012. Since then, he has been providing support to faculty members, conducting and disseminating research on service-learning. Kenneth has been key in establishing the international service-learning scene at PolyU. After 7 years of solid experiences in Cambodia, he helped to set up an offshore base in Cambodia to build up PolyU as a regional Service-Learning hub in Asia. Today, PolyU sends nearly 150 students and staff on service-learning projects to Cambodia every year. In addition to setting up service projects for our teachers, Kenneth also has an interest in technology for development and track record in developing engineering solutions for the underprivileged community. In 2014, he led a team to create the project "Lab in a Suitcase", which received the Best Digital Inclusion Silver Award in the 2014 Hong Kong ICT Awards. This solution was a mobile computer lab that contained a server with eLearning resources and mobile devices. It can be brought out to the site, and the batteries can provide 5-6 hours of power to the server and the wireless router, which is enough for one intensive teaching session. The lab was deployed in Cambodia & Rwanda in 2013 and 2014, reaching over 500 primary school students.

Publications:

Lo, K. W. K., Ngai, G., Chan, S. C. F., & Kwan, K. P. (2019). ‘A computational approach to analyzing associations between students' learning gains and learning experience in service-learning’, in proceedings of International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement Annual Conference, 2019. Albuquerque, NM.

Lo, K. W. K., Chan, S. C. F., Ngai, G., Kalenzi, J. ,Sindayehaba, P., & Habiyaremye, I. (2019). ‘From beneficiary to community leader: capacity building through a renewable energy project in Rwanda’, in Proceedings of IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, 2019. Seattle, WA.

Lo, K. W. K., Kwan, K. P., Nagi, G., & Chan, S. C. G. (2019). ‘Evaluating global citizenship in international service-learning: development and validation of a short form of the Global Citizenship Scale’, in proceedings of the third International Service-Learning Conference. Hong Kong.

Lo, K. W. K., Ip, A. K. Y., Lau, C. K., Wong, W. S., Ngai, G. & Chan, S. C. F. (2018). Integrating majors and non-majors in an international engineering service-learning programme: course design, student assessments and learning outcomes. In D. T. L. Shek, G. Ngai, & S. C. F. Chan (Eds.) Service-Learning for Youth Leadership: The Case of Hong Kong (pp. 145-163). Singapore: Springer.

Lo, K. W. K., Chan, S. C. F., & Ngai, G. “Capacity Building and Development for a Local Community through Student Service-Learning Projects - A 3-year Study in Rural Cambodia,” in Proceedings of IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, 2018. San Jose, CA.

Lo, K. W. K., Ep, K., Ngai, G., & Chan, S. C. F. “Economically-viable Community Development through a Creative University-Community Partnership,” in Proceedings of International Society for Quality-of-life Studies, 2018. Hong Kong.

Lo, K. W. K., Lau, C. K., Chan, S. C. F., & Ngai, G. “Enhancing Social Support and Education in Rural Cambodia through a Service-Learning Setting,” in Proceedings of International Society for Quality-of-life Studies, 2018. Hong Kong.

Lau, C. K., Lo, K. W. K., Ngai, G. Chan, S. C. F., & Kalenzi, J. “Creating Sustained impact of a service-learning project in a developing country through community empowerment – an interpretative Case Study,” in Proceedings of International Society for Quality-of-life Studies, 2018. Hong Kong.

Spear, A. M., Yau, J, H. Y., Lo, K. W. K., & Chan, S. C. F. (2019). ‘Impact of service-learning pedagogy on students' learning outcomes’, in proceedings of the third International Service-Learning Conference. Hong Kong.

Lo, K. W. K., Lau, C.K., Chan, S. C. F., & Ngai, G. (2017). ‘When non-engineering students work on an international service-learning engineering project – a case study.’ Presentation at the 2017 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC2017) in San Jose in Oct 2017.

Lo, K. W. K., Kwan, K. P., Chan, S. C. F., & Ngai, G. (2016). ‘Cross-cultural validation of the Global Citizenship Scale for measuring impacts of international service-learning in Hong Kong setting.’ In International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement. New Orleans, LA.

Lo, K. W. K., Chan, S. C. F., & Ngai, G. (2016). ‘Using a recycled container to setup a community learning centre in rural Cambodia-a Case Study’. In 2016 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC2016). Seattle, USA.

Lau, C.K., Lo, K. W. K., Chan, S. C. F., & Ngai, G. (2016). ‘From zero to one: integrating engineering and non-engineering students in a service-learning engineering project.’ In 2nd International Conference on Service-Learning (pp. 186-191). Hong Kong.

Lo, K. W. K., Kwan, K. P., Ngai, G., & Chan, S. C. F. (2014). ‘An initial exploration of the cross-cultural validity of the Global Citizenship Scale in the Hong Kong Setting’, In 1st International Conference on Service-Learning (pp. 126–131). Hong Kong.

Lee, J. K. Y., Ling, S. L., & Lo, K.W.K. (2014). ‘Case study: essential elements of organizing a student-initiated service-learning project in developing countries’, In 1st International Conference on Service-Learning (pp. 20–21). Hong Kong.

Kwok, T. C. K., Yeung, T. S.W., & Lo, K.W.K. (2014). ‘2-year experiences of deploying eResources in developing countries’, In 1st International Conference on Service-Learning (pp. 324-325). Hong Kong.