^ Group Photo of the Ministry of Education, Brunei Darussalam and Universiti Brunei Darussalam Delegation and LTTC Colleagues
A Visit from The Ministry of Education, Brunei Darussalam and Universiti Brunei Darussalam
[Hong Kong. June 27, 2024] A delegation from the Ministry of Education, Brunei Darussalam and Universiti Brunei Darussalam, led by Dr. Eddy Fazlin bin Hj Ahmad, the Head of Special Education Department at the Ministry of Education Brunei Darussalam, visited The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK). The visit aimed to explore the top strategies in university transformation and future academic infrastructure, emphasizing generative artificial intelligence (AI) in education and gamification in the metaverse.
Professor Xu Guandong, Chair Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Director of the Centre for Learning, Teaching and Technology (LTTC), and Director of the University Research Facility of Data Science & Artificial Intelligence (UDSAI), warmly welcomed the delegation and commended their visit. The visit commenced at the AI Education Lab, where the delegates from Brunei Darussalam, including Dr. Eddy Fazlin bin Hj Ahmad, Head of Special Education Department at the Ministry of Education, Ms. Hjh Norsusilawati Haji Mohd Tahir, Head of Early Childhood Education at the Ministry of Education, Dr. Hjh Hardimah Binti Hj Mohd Said, Dean of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Institute of Education at Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Dr. Siti Norhedayah Haji Abdul Latif, Associate Dean of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Institute of Education at Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Dr. Nordiana Zakir, Coordinator for Early Childhood Education of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Institute of Education at Universiti Brunei Darussalam, listened to the introduction and recent strategic developments of LTTC from Professor Xu. They learned about the LTTC’s recent work of the Large Language Model (LLM) Studio and the sharing of the newly launched Model as a Service (MaaS) platform, which allows educators to set up their own smart workflow with a low threshold.
The delegation continued to visit the Metaverse Education Lab and the Video Production Room. In the Metaverse Education Lab, the delegation experienced various metaverse spaces and game-based learning developed by LTTC colleagues. Dr. Cheng Kwok Shing Gary, Executive Co-Director of LTTC, introduced the immersive learning scenarios and gamified educational designs within the metaverse. In the Video Production Room, the delegation explored and experienced the facility equipped with state-of-art one-touch video recording system, professional lighting system, chroma-key green screen, wireless microphone, mixers and high-quality pan-tilt-zoom camera, catering all-around needs of forging an e-Learning environment at the university.
Dr. Eddy Fazlin bin Hj Ahmad expressed their delight at the chance to visit and meet at EdUHK. They were impressed by the practices and endeavors on AI in education at EdUHK. Professor Xu believed that the collaboration of higher education institutions between Brunei Darussalam and Hong Kong would present exciting prospects for educational advancement with the use of emerging technologies in the future.
^ Visiting the Metaverse Education Lab of LTTC