Various tools provide a platform to facilitate and support Active Learning strategies in class or online. Some tools are available online for free, while others require a subscription fee to use the complete set of features. Below are some recommended tools for specific Active Learning strategies. Click on the strategies below to learn more.

Using technology to enhance the quality of teaching and learning has always been one of our key goals. We have established an institutional Learning Management platform and a number of innovative eLearning tools to enhance teaching and learning experience at HKUST. To ensure the eLearning platform and tools are implemented effectively, we provide regular eLearning workshops to help teaching staff become familiar with them, understand the pedagogical value behind them and be able to use them effectively in your teaching activities. We also constantly monitor the development of teaching technologies in the market and recommends other innovative tools which we see a pedagogical value in it.

Do not…keep [students] to their studies by compulsion but by play.

As part of our internationalization strategy to reach out globally to students, the establishment of partnerships with two leading MOOC providers, Coursera and edX, to produce MOOCs has complemented this effort. These partnerships began with Coursera in late 2012 – HKUST being the first such partner in Asia – and then with edX shortly after.

The Center of Education and Innovation is committed to supporting the use of experiential learning at The University of Hong Kong Science and Technology. Experiential learning is a natural and powerful learning tool that helps foster problem-solving, critical thinking, and growth. Watch the video below to understand how this is a natural learning process that each of us has utilized from a young age.