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This open access book is the first to systematically introduce the principles of urban informatics and its application to every aspect of the city that involves its functioning, control, management, and future planning. It introduces new models and tools being developed to understand and implement these technologies that enable cities to function more efficiently – to become ‘smart’ and ‘sustainable’. The smart city has quickly emerged as computers have become ever smaller to the point where they can be embedded into the very fabric of the city, as well as being central to new ways in which the population can communicate and act. When cities are wired in this way, they have the potential to become sentient and responsive, generating massive streams of ‘big’ data in real time as well as providing immense opportunities for extracting new forms of urban data through crowdsourcing. This book offers a comprehensive review of the methods that form the core of urban informatics from various kinds of urban remote sensing to new approaches to machine learning and statistical modelling. It provides a detailed technical introduction to the wide array of tools information scientists need to develop the key urban analytics that are fundamental to learning about the smart city, and it outlines ways in which these tools can be used to inform design and policy so that cities can become more efficient with a greater concern for environment and equity.
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- Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics
- Keywords:
- Smart cities Cities towns -- Data processing Cities towns -- Remote sensing Big data
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This webinar will look at the current state of play of eAssessment in PolyU, Hong Kong and beyond. It will then present some examples that move beyond learners writing an essay in front of a webcam, sharing ideas to help stimulate your online assessment practices.
Event Date: 12/01/2021
Facilitator(s): Darren Harbutt (EDC), Laura Zhou (EDC)
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- Assessment & Feedback
- Keywords:
- Educational tests measurements Web-based instruction
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- Video
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Video
Event Date: 22/11/2019
Facilitator(s): Dave Gatrell (EDC), Anthony Ho (EDC), Kong Chau (EDC)
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- Educational Resources
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- Educational technology Video recordings -- Production direction -- Study teaching Web-based instruction
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- Video
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Come to this session to learn how to use Blackboard Collaborate to deliver live online lectures. Gain confidence in sharing content and using essential tools such as the chat, polls, breakout groups and virtual whiteboard to engage your students. Work with other colleagues to draw up a list of best practices in synchronous online teaching and learning.
Event Date: 07/02/2020
Facilitator(s): Kai Pan Mark (EDC), Dick Chan (EDC)
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- Good Practices and Lesson Design
- Keywords:
- Educational technology Instructional systems Computer-assisted instruction
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- Video
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Come to this session to learn how to use uRewind, powered by Panopto, to create, edit and share video content to use in your online teaching.
Event Date: 05/02/2020
Facilitator(s): Mitesh Patel (EDC), Kai Pan Mark (EDC)
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- Educational Resources
- Keywords:
- Educational technology Video recordings -- Production direction -- Study teaching Web-based instruction
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- Video
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Come to this session to learn how to use the essential features of LEARN@PolyU to deliver quality online teaching and learning. Discover how to make learning materials available online and create social presence to ensure constructive interaction with your students through active online learning.
Event Date: 07/02/2020
Facilitator(s): Dave Gatrell (EDC), David Watson (EDC)
- Subjects:
- Lesson Design
- Keywords:
- Educational technology Instructional systems Computer-assisted instruction
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- Video
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Video
Come to this session to learn how to use Blackboard Collaborate to deliver live online lectures. Gain confidence in sharing content and using essential tools such as the chat, polls, breakout groups and virtual whiteboard to engage your students. Work with other colleagues to draw up a list of best practices in synchronous online teaching and learning.
Event Date: 07/02/2020
Facilitator(s): Dave Gatrell (EDC), Dick Chan (EDC)
- Subjects:
- Good Practices and Lesson Design
- Keywords:
- Educational technology Instructional systems Computer-assisted instruction
- Resource Type:
- Video
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Come to this session to learn how you can use your smartphone or computer together with uRewind and PowerPoint to create, edit and share engaging teaching videos that look and sound great.
Event Date: 10/02/2020
Facilitator(s): Dave Gatrell (EDC), Anthony Ho (EDC), Kong Chau (EDC)
- Subjects:
- Educational Resources
- Keywords:
- Educational technology Video recordings -- Production direction -- Study teaching Web-based instruction
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- Video
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Video
Come to this session to learn how to use Blackboard Collaborate to deliver live online lectures. Gain confidence in sharing content and using essential tools such as the chat, polls, breakout groups and virtual whiteboard to engage your students. Work with other colleagues to draw up a list of best practices in synchronous online teaching and learning.
Event Date: 05/02/2020
Facilitator(s): Dave Gatrell (EDC), Dick Chan (EDC)
- Subjects:
- Good Practices and Lesson Design
- Keywords:
- Educational technology Instructional systems Computer-assisted instruction
- Resource Type:
- Video
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Come to this session to learn how to design online formative and summative assessment tasks and adapt existing tasks to assess students online.
Event Date: 12/02/2020
Facilitator(s): Roy Kam (EDC)
- Subjects:
- Assessment & Feedback
- Keywords:
- Educational technology Video recordings -- Production direction -- Study teaching Web-based instruction
- Resource Type:
- Video