Interactive Chinese Characters Project as a New Learning Method

Dr Hung Keung, Associate Professor in the Department of Cultural and Creative Arts, recently received the Silver Medal at the 70th International Trade Fair “Ideas – Inventions – New Products” (iENA) in Nuremberg, Germany.

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The award recognised Dr Hung’s research project “Interactive Chinese Characters as a New Learning Method”. This pedagogy integrates digital media technology with the meaning and structure of Chinese characters to create an inclusive art education system.  It integrates Chinese ‘brush writing’ and ‘painting’ practice in 2D and 4D as part of creative teaching methodologies, providing learners with an elevated experience with the cultural ideas of observe-appreciation, play-appreciation and literati, with Chinese characters. Combining Chinese culture, arts and digital technology, both experienced learners and novices can contribute to the learning process in different ways, enhancing cross-generation and cross-cultural relationships.

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The first inventions and new products exhibition took place in Nuremberg in 1948. Since then Nuremberg has established itself as a city of inventors and the iENA as a meeting point for international inventors. On its 70th anniversary, iENA shined with a new look: the approximately 800 inventions from all over the world were presented for the first time in the new 3C exhibition hall of the Nurenberg Exhibition Center, from 1 to 4 November 2018.

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文化與創意藝術學系副教授洪強博士研發的一套集書法，動畫及互動遊戲於一身的中文字學習媒體教學方案，於第七十屆iENA德國紐倫堡國際發明展（iENA）榮獲銀獎。

 

這套嶄新融合教學方案透過新媒體學習中文字的形和意，利用數碼科技將中文的「寫」和「畫」呈現在二維（平面）和四維（立體和時間）空間，學習者可以在一個新層面體驗中文字的觀賞、玩賞和雅集。不同背景的人士可在中文文化、藝術和數碼科技上互相取長補短，達致跨年齡、跨文化的共融學習。

 

自一九四八年首度舉辦發明展後，紐倫堡逐步發展成發明家之都，而iENA亦成為國際發明家的匯點。於二零一八年十一月一至四日舉行的iENA紐倫堡國際發明展，更為慶祝其七十周年誌慶展現新貌：來自全世界約八百項發明，首次在紐倫堡會展中心的全新3C展覽廳亮相。