Hong Kong: Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China

Here you will find links to most of the country specific information provided by this site regarding the SAR Hong Kong. You may also want to do a search by clicking on "ICT search" in the sidebar, or a search in one of our databases. Note that most of the projects have a regional impact and therefore are not necessarily listed here.

Information

The Government launched the first, second and third IT in Education Strategies in 1998, 2004 and 2008 respectively. The Government has further committed to formulating new initiatives on the promotion of e-Learning in schools, including the development of e-Learning resources for the enhancement of learning and teaching.The implementation measures include strengthening and expediting the development of the Depository of Curriculum-based Learning and Teaching Resources in different subjects at both primary and junior secondary levels in the 2009/10 to 2012/13 school year, provision of one-off grant to schools for purchasing e-Learning resources in the 2010/11 school year, launch of the three-year Pilot Scheme on e-Learning in schools starting from 2011 and the promotion of the awareness on health and copyright issues related to the use of digital resources and devices.

• The Government of Hong Kong SAR: Education Bureau
• E-Learning (Video)
• Right Technology at the Right Time for the Right Task (2008)
• Empowering Learning and Teaching with IT (2004)
• Information Technology for Learning in a New Era Five-Year Strategy (1998-1999, 2002-2003)
• Review of Five Year Strategy for Education

Projects

• Working Group on Textbooks and E-Learning Resources Development - Final Report (2009)
  The Government has been promoting the use of IT in education vigorously in the past decade. One of its goals is to turn e-Learning into an effective learning mode. Through the extensive use of e-Learning resources, it aims to enhance students’ learning effectiveness, develop their higher-order thinking and information management abilities (which include proficiency in searching, organising, evaluating and presenting information), as well as nurturing their capabilities for life-long learning, which would give them a competitive edge in our rapidly changing world.

• Case studies of ICT integration in Teaching and Learning
  The study shows that the strategy adopted by a school in instituting such change and the resulting variation of pedagogical practices using ICT is strongly dependent on the school leaders’ vision and understanding of the role and impact of ICT in the curriculum, their goals and objectives for ICT integration, as well as the history, culture and background of the school and its general vision and mission. 

• Information Literacy Framework for Hong Kong: Building the Capacity of Learning  The 21st century is the beginning of a new era when knowledge can influence power. Of those who can construct knowledge from information sources, they are the ones who will, by and large, have the competitive edge to be successful over others at school, work or life.

Further information

• Case Study: ICT in Education in Finland and Hong Kong 
  This article gives a general framework for the understanding of the use of ICT in primary, secondary (vocational education excluded) and tertiary education in both Finland and Hong Kong. It describes the quantity and quality of ICT infrastructure and teachers’ skills and attitudes towards it. Based on various surveys and scientific research, the pedagogical use of ICT is also studied from the pupils’ and teachers’ viewpoint.
  
  
• Pilot Scheme on e-Learning in Schools
  With a view to enhancing learning through the use of electronic media, the Working Group on Textbooks and e-Learning Resources Development recommended, to launch a pilot scheme to look into how e-Learning should be implemented in different school contexts to address learner diversity, students’ pursuance of self-directed learning and life-long education.