A 15-person HKBU delegation led by Professor Franklin Luk, Vice-President (Academic), signed a Memorandum of Understanding with SIM University of Singapore during the eLearning Forum Asia 2015 held from 17 to 19 June. Under the agreement, the two institutions will collaborate on academic endeavours and activities that will enhance student learning and quality of teaching for a period of three years. In addition, it is anticipated that students of the two institutions will be able to enroll in selected courses that are supported by e-learning technologies being offered by either institution.

After the ceremony, Professor Luk delivered a plenary presentation entitled “Nurturing Whole Persons in a Technology-Driven World: Success Stories from Hong Kong Baptist University” which highlighted the University’s deployment of e-learning to assist Whole Person Education endeavours. In addition, eight colleagues from HKBU Library, Centre for Holistic Teaching and Learning, School of Chinese Medicine, Department of Mathematics, Department of Music and School of Continuing Education delivered presentations at the Forum.