Abstract

“As an instructor, the KEEP platform was very useful for content delivery of multiple different kinds (passive forms such as videos and notes, but also active forms such as automated interactive mathematical exercises with hints), but also keeping track of student engagement with fairly comprehensive back-end support that reported a variety of useful statistics that helped me note performance levels of students.” - CUHK Professor teaching a mathematics course.

Beginning in 2014, the vision for the KEEP platform was to provide an open eLearning platform where teachers could gain access to the best eLearning tools and utilize such tools with various innovative pedagogies to enhance teaching and learning. Since then, KEEP has impacted 30,000+ users across 8 UGC institutions, 300+ courses, more than 2/3 of which are CUHK-led, and innovative technology such as university single sign-on, which allows any student or staff with a CUHK account to gain access to the platform instantaneously. With the high usage of the platform, this project intends to 1) address the feedback from teachers on the existing platform; 2) upgrade the systems to the latest versions and resolve any security issues; and 3) enhance the platform to provide advanced learning functionality. The improvements to the platform hope to achieve outcomes that enable teachers to streamline the use of technology in the classroom, better online learning experience for students, and easier access for all educational stakeholders. Since the original phases of the KEEP project has been achieved and accomplished, this proposal is not only readily achievable, but essential for supporting the development of teaching and learning for existing teachers and students using the platform. These future developments are intended to advance CUHK's eLearning objectives, to enhance CUHK's international reputation.