Documente Academic
Documente Profesional
Documente Cultură
Danny Tang
15 October 2014
The University of Hong Kong
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University Population Profile 2013/14
Student Enrollment Male Female Total % International
Postgraduate (Research and Taught) 5,621 6259 11,880 49.5%
Undergraduate 7,265 8,295 15,560 24.0%
Total 12,886 14,554 27,440 35.0%
Source: http://www.cpao.hku.hk/qstats/ 3
3 University Strategic Themes
for 2009-2014
• Enhancing the student learning experience
• Advancing research and innovation
• Promoting knowledge exchange and
demonstrating leadership in communities
across the region
Source: http://www.sppoweb.hku.hk/sdplan/eng/
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Enhancing Student Learning
Experience
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The Enabling Platforms for
“Enhancing Student Learning Experience”
A powerful IT infrastructure
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HKU Campus Network
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JUCC (Joint Universities Computer Centre) and
HARNET (Hong Kong Academic & Research NETwork)
4G
3.5G
8
IT Infrastructure Environment
• 10-Gigabit Ethernet backbone network
– IPV6 enabled
– ~3,000 network devices
– ~45,000 Gigabit Ethernet data points
Network Services – ~4,000 802.11n wifi AP
– HARNET/Internet/Research Networks
• Server and Private cloud infrastructure
Information
– ~ 1,000 physical and virtual servers
Security
– > 1,600 TB raw SAN storage Infrastructure
Campus Server and • Multi-media network services
Network/ Cloud – Basic network services
Internet Platform – Unified communication
– Multi-party video conferencing
– Lecture recording/broadcasting
• Information security architecture 9
3,000
No. of Network Switches
2,805 2,886
2,680
2,500
2,177
2,000 1,852
1,720
1,500
1,083 1,125
1,046
942 979
1,000
500
-
No. of WiFi APs and Login Sessions
4,500 80,000,000
75,976,930
3,994
4,000 3,888 70,000,000
No. of WiFi Access Points
3,500 3,286
No. of WiFi Login Session 60,000,000
3,000
48,332,561
50,000,000
2,500
40,000,000
2,000
1,737 31,092,995
1,625 30,000,000
1,500
20,000,000
1,000 840
537 570 587
500 10,000,000
2,314,099 2,740,632
947,452 1,349,726 1,872,223 4,333,930
0 -
2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14
Peak Internet Traffic (Mbps)
1200
1,000
1000
920
800
600
600
520
400
320
250
200
200 136 150
108
74
0
No. of Centrally Managed Servers
1200
1000
600 559
481
400
40 160
32 110
16
200
311 330 341 341 339
273 270 261 274 284 286
0
Central SAN Raw Storage (TeraBytes)
1,800.0
1,604
1,600.0
1,400.0
1,200.0
1,014.6
993
1,000.0
800.0
600.0
380
400.0 310
200.0 113.7
51.8 78
23.3 31.3
0.0
The Enabling Platforms for
“Enhancing Student Learning Experience”
A powerful IT infrastructure
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Administrative Applications
Research
Smart Card
Administrative
Systems
Systems
Student
Financial
Information
Systems
Systems
Knowledge (Oracle)
(PeopleSoft) Alumni Affairs
Exchange
Systems Facilities Human Capital Systems
Management Management
Systems Systems
(Archibus) (PeopleSoft)
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Student Information Systems
Student Life Cycle
Admission Curriculum Alumni
Registration
Graduation
/Enrolment 1st Year …. Final Year
JUPAS and - Master - Course information - Diploma - Data
non-JUPAS registration - Course enrollment exchange
admission - Student - Adviser/Advisee with
smart card - Data exchange with Moodle alumni
Student - Tuition fee systems
Information - Grade release
System
Services - Degree audit
- Transcript
- Academic
attainment
profile
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The Enabling Platforms for
“Enhancing Student Learning Experience”
A powerful IT infrastructure
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Evolution of eLearning
2013-2014
2012-2013
2012-2013
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ITS Support for T&L
Student Life Cycle
Admission Curriculum Alumni
Registration
Graduation
/Enrolment 1st Year …. Final Year
- Network Connectivity and Mobility
General - Graduate
- Student Portal; Student Email; Mobile App
Services Email
- Orientation; Training and Support Services
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Integrated Virtual Learning Environment
IT Infrastructure
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Number of Courses
Created/Activated in Moodle
2500 2398
2173 2173
2023
Number of Moodle courses
2000 1886
1675
1569 1603
1500
1224 70%
1099 72% 79%
Created
1000
56%
58% Activated
571
500 431 419
350
217 239
61%
50% 57%
0
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Lecture Capture Services
Adoption in 2013/14
Number of pancasts created 368
Total number of pancast views 6748
Total duration of pancasts 676 hours
Average pancast length 1.8 hours
Maximum pancast length 5.6 hours
Major users Engineering and Law
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Physical Learning Environment
• Teaching and Learning spaces
– 192 classrooms/lecture theatres
– Classroom clusters
– Main Campus vs Centennial Campus
• 900-seat performance-level acoustics Grand Hall
• Video conferencing/Broadcasting capabilities
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Collaborative Physical Learning Environment
(Chi Wah Learning Commons)
• 6,000 m2 on two floors
• ~ 1,000 seats
• A variety of spaces
– Individual stations
– flexible group work tables
– 25 group study rooms
– 2 quiet reading rooms
• 2 video walls
• ~ 180 PC’s/Mac’s
• ~ 1,200 data points; ~ 100 wifi devices
• Anywhere printing
• Student advisory services 27
HKU Mobile App
28
HKU App Entry Page
29
HKU App (Staff Corner)
30
HKU App (Student Corner)
31
The University Libraries
32
Student Timetable
33
PC Availability
34
Moodle Mobile Theme
35
Management of IT Services
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Organization Chart
Information Technology
Services
Finance Systems Information Security Systems Team eServices & DBA Team
Team Team
Human Capital
Management Quality Management Operation Team eLearning Team
Systems Team Team
Research Services
Office Administration
Systems Team
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