Press Releases and Stories

2015

Press Releases
Education, Massive Open Online Courses, Teaching and Learning
HKUST Hosts Coursera’s Second Annual Asia Regional Workshop
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) hosted Coursera’s second annual Asia Regional Workshop in Hong Kong.
Press Releases
Education, Massive Open Online Courses
HKUST Launches Open Online Courses in Full Stack Web Development on Coursera to Advance Access to Career-Relevant Education
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) is launching an online course series teaching Full Stack Web Development on Coursera, the world’s largest open online education provider.
Press Releases
Massive Open Online Courses, Teaching and Learning, Technology
HKUST Develops First Visual Analytic System on E-learning Behavior VisMOOC Won HKICT Innovation Award
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has developed the first visual analytic system for Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC), which provides interactive, in-depth, and user-friendly analysis of e-learning behavior, promising improvement in teaching quality and more demand-focu

2014

Press Releases
Massive Open Online Courses, Education, Interdisciplinary
HKUST Launches Hong Kong's First Credit-bearing MOOC and Three New Programs on edX
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) will add its first three courses on edX (xConsortium) - one of the two major platforms in the world that offers Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), in its ongoing efforts to promote this next generation learning medium that not only give

2013

Press Releases
Education, Teaching and Learning, Massive Open Online Courses, Interdisciplinary
HKUST Joins World's Leading Institutions under edX's X University Consortium to foster online learning
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) is pleased to join the X University Consortium of edX (xConsortium), the not-for-profit online learning initiative comprised of leading global institutions founded by Harvard University and MIT.