EdUHK Signs Cooperation Agreement with Tech Company to Promote AI-Empowered Education and Research Commercialisation

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To promote educational innovation, The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) signed a cooperation agreement with a technology enterprise yesterday. The two parties will collaborate in areas including AI-empowered teaching and learning, teacher education and professional development, and industry-academia-research commercialisation, covering technological applications such as student psychological support and assisted learning. The EdUHK Shenzhen Research Institute will also provide resource-matching support for relevant projects. President Li Zijian pointed out that the education sector and the technology sector must strengthen collaboration to jointly develop innovative and responsible AI education applications.

📋 Cooperation Covers Four Major Directions to Promote Innovation Project Implementation
EdUHK and Tencent Cloud will collaborate in directions including AI-empowered teaching and learning, teacher education and professional development, high-performance computing support for research innovation, and industry-academia-research commercialisation. Through a model of piloting, validation and scaling, they will promote the implementation of innovative projects with practical application value. The two parties have already begun exchanges on projects including AI-assisted learning, student mental health technology, teacher professional development and immersive learning.

💬 Li Zijian: Combining Educational Research and Digital Technology Strength
EdUHK President Li Zijian believes that with the rapid development of AI technology, the education sector and technology sector must strengthen cooperation to jointly explore innovative and responsible educational applications. He believes the cooperation can combine EdUHK's strengths in educational research and talent nurturing with Tencent Cloud's strength in AI and digital technology to promote educational innovation. On the practical front, EdUHK Vice-President (Research and Development) Chan Chi-hon hopes to continuously improve the university's innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem through this cooperation, promoting entrepreneurship nurturing and industry-academia-research development through industry collaboration.

☁️ Tencent Cloud: Helping Upgrade Campus Services Intelligently
Shi Mei, Vice-President of Tencent Cloud and Head of Tencent Education, hopes the enterprise can help upgrade campus services intelligently and promote talent cultivation and research innovation. She looks forward to complementing EdUHK's strengths and, with Tencent Cloud's computing infrastructure and AI technology, jointly exploring innovative application scenarios for AI in teaching and learning, teacher professional development and talent cultivation.