E-education: "Life-long learning" -- Any time, any place, and anywhere Professor Roland Chin Head, Department of Computer Science, HKUST
In August 1998, HKUST released the first web-based, interactive courseware for secondary school students in Hong Kong. Shortly afterwards, it launched an innovative electronic learning tool that allows instantaneous interactive communication in the classroom. Professor Roland will describe some of our achievements and introduce new technologies and programs that are being developed in IT education.	Professor Roland Chin is the Head of the Department of Computer Science at HKUST. After obtaining his PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Missouri, Columbia in 1979, Professor Chin worked at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland for two years, and as a faculty member of the University of Wisconsin, Madison until he joined HKUST in 1992. Professor Chin serves on numerous panels for the University Grants Council, the Research Grants Council, the Industry Department, and the Quality Education Fund.
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