The Co-Design of AI-Generated Social Stories and Immersive Mindfulness Resources for Early Childhood Social-Emotional Learning
FEHD Innovative Teaching Grant 2025/26
This project combines mindfulness and social stories to boost early childhood social-emotional learning. By leveraging generative AI to create personalized stories, it transforms them into immersive AR and VR experiences, culminating in a unified digital toolkit for parents and educators.
Project Start Year: 2026, Principal Investigator(s): CHOI, Ka Man, Carmen
SDGs Information: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
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BAECFS Family Fun Day
This project is a student-led community initiative that translates early childhood and family studies theory into practice. It provides local families with expert-led parenting seminars alongside interactive, play-based game booths and mindfulness activities designed by students to support children's emotional and physical development.
Project Start Year: 2025, Principal Investigator(s): CHOI, Ka Man, Carmen
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Future Family Educators: BAECFS Student Development Programme
Specific Student Empowerment Work Scheme (Specific SEWS) Funding 2025/26
The Future Family Educators Programme provides experiential learning to build leadership, communication, and project management skills, preparing first-year students for internships. Collaborating with NGOs and the university, students participate in workshop training, create educational materials, and engage in peer mentorship, with experienced student ambassadors providing structured guidance to newer participants.
Project Start Year: 2025, Principal Investigator(s): CHOI, Ka Man, Carmen
SDGs Information: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
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Enhance Preservice Teachers’ Ability in Supporting Interactive English Language Learning for Young Children through AI-generated Stories and Augmented Reality (AR) for Interactive Story Reading and Story-related Games and Songs.
FEHD Innovative Teaching Grant 24/25
This project is to enhance preservice teachers’ ability to generate language-rich stories and interactive language learning and teaching experience for children using emergent and innovative technologies (e.g., AI and AR)
Project Start Year: 2025, Principal Investigator(s): CHEUNG, Chui Yee Agnes (CHOI, Ka Man, Carmen as Co-Principal Investigator)
SDGs Information: 4 - Quality Education
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Become a LEGO Workshop facilitator and utilize AI-powered social stories to promote communication and collaboration among children with diverse needs.
Departmental Innovative Teaching Grant 2024/25
This project trains LEGO Workshop facilitators to use AI-powered social stories, fostering communication and collaboration among children with diverse needs. LEGO activities promote engagement, while AI tailors experiences for individual needs, enhancing social skills in an inclusive environment.
Project Start Year: 2024, Principal Investigator(s): CHOI, Ka Man, Carmen
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Enhance Students' Ability in Designing Play Setting for Young Children through Designing Play Material E-catalog
Departmental Innovative Teaching Grant 23/24
This project involved the students in analysing various play materials, and created a plaything e-catalog as a manual for designing play settings and activities.
Project Start Year: 2023, Principal Investigator(s): CHEUNG, Chui Yee Agnes (CHOI, Ka Man, Carmen as Co-Investigator)
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Curriculum Review and Enrichment of Teacher Education Programmes in response to 1) Guidelines on Teachers’ Professional Conduct; 2) Guiding Framework for Primary and Secondary Teacher Education Programmes (BEd)
Project Start Year: 2023, Principal Investigator(s): CHENG, Wing Yi, Rebecca (CHOI, Ka Man, Carmen as Co-Investigator)
SDGs Information: 4 - Quality Education
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Enhancing learning through the creation of practices by incorporating videos and Virtual Reality (VR) in educational activities to encourage independent learning in a flipped classroom approach.
This project enhances learning by blending videos and Virtual Reality (VR) in education, fostering independent learning in a flipped classroom model. The multimedia approach empowers students, creating dynamic, immersive experiences for better understanding and retention. By combining videos and VR, traditional teaching methods are revolutionized, promoting active learning and student autonomy.
Project Start Year: 2023, Principal Investigator(s): CHOI, Ka Man, Carmen
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