Course-based Teaching

eToy lab has provided teaching support for the following subjects:

Year	Subject Code	Subject Title	Number of Student
08/09 Sem 2	COMP316	Object Oriented Methods for Information Systems Development	approx. 50
08/09 Sem 1	COMP303	Human Factors & User Interface	approx. 110
06/07 sem1 07/08 sem1 08/09 sem1	COMP201	Principles of Programming	approx. 120

Project-based Teaching

We have also supported number of COMP451 Final Year Project students:

Year	Number of Students	Projects
08/09	9	• Smartbot Challenge • Intelligent ePet - Elingnes • Natural Language Control for Robots • Visual Progressing Language: How to communication with robot conveniently • Multi-touch Based Interative Educational Applications for kids • Ehance TouchLib to support Multiple Cameras • Physical Control Interface for Robots • Intuitive 3D User Interface Based on Hand
07/08	14	• Robot • Design a game that utilizing physical devices to correlate with virtual components • Teaching Science with Smartbot • Smartbot Challenge - AI enabled Robots with Human Interactions Compete in a Virtual World • Developing a mixed reality Smartbot game • Smart Toys • iPet : Intellient Personality Emotional from a Teddy Bear • Smartbot embedded in Virtual Game World using RFID, Bluetooth and C++ • ePet - Collabration and Behavioural Modeling between Robots • Interative Application for Kids Based on Gesture and Surface Computing • Interactive gGame by using Real-Time Video Hand Tracking and Gesture Recognition System
06/07	14	• Collbration and Behaviour Modeling between Robots • NXT Robot • Sonar Based Occupancy Grid Mapping for Robots • Robotic Vision System • Robot • Intelligent Robots with Simultaneous Localization • Fun Robot • Controlling robots using Hand Gesture Recognition • MotherBot • Integrating Virtual and Physical Component to implement a new enterainment

Service-based Teaching

Services Learning has a long history in our department and the community Outreach Merit Program was set up to formalize and coordinate our efforts in that area. The eToy lab provides active support for a number of projects, both past and ongoing.

Year	Services Project	Number of Student Participants	Number of Beneficiaries
2008	Cultural Immersion and Experience Project for Refugee Children - IT Traning, cultural immersim and language teaching	3	13 refugee children from Africa and South Asia
2008	Heep Yunn Fun Fair - Robot course, IT support	2	1000 students, alumni and visitors
2008	Love Overflows in Gansu 2008: Gansu Orphanage and School IT Infrastructure Setup, Support and Training Project - IT infranstructure setup and support, computer laboratory setup and support, IT training, computer-aided education training	9	50 orphan children, teachers and caretakes at an orphanage boarding school in Gansu, China
2006 2007 2008	Hubei IT Services Learning Tour - IT and language traning	approx 15 - 20	200-300 middle school children and teachers from rural Hubei, China