DESIGN | DEVELOP | MENTOR | ENGAGE

Mission

The Apps Resource Centre (ARC) was established at HKBU for meeting the learning needs of our current students by expanding the virtual learning environment into their connected world of instant, anytime/anywhere access. We focus on:
  • – engaging faculty in developing professionally designed and pedagogically sound educational apps for their specific courses and pedagogical issues and aspirations
  • – providing assistance to other HKBU offices and faculty in designing their own apps and other educational software
  • – fostering our student’s creativity and employability by offering studio-based mentoring in app making in a freedom-to-fail, non-credit bearing, and non-threatening atmosphere focusing on the creative use of technology

Why Apps?

flexibility

Flexibility and Functionality

Apps can utilize mobile devices’ hardware, including microphones, speakers, accelerometers, cameras, GPS chips, multi-touch tactile screen operations, text input capabilities, internet connectivity, and other functions.

immediacy

Immediacy

Students can carry the app-based course materials with them at all times, capturing time spent during commutes and otherwise waited learning opportunities facilitating ubiquitous learning.

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Media Playback

All interactive content can be pre-installed onto the device for smooth and responsive media playing and searching.

gamification

Gamification

Many apps can contain gaming elements to augment learning and making it more fun.

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Cost and Transportability

Apps can operate without an internet or cellular connection, and there is no cellular data charged to the students’ data plans.