Centre for Knowledge and Information, shorted as CKI, is the combination of Library, Management Information Technology and System Office (MITS), Museum, University Marketing and Communications (UMC), and Educational Technology (CET).
CET Vision:
The Centre for Educational Technology works to promote innovation and excellence in educational practice facilitated by technology.
Library Vision:
As a research-led academic library, XJTLU Library enriches the intellectual and creative life of our communities and beyond by advancing information discovery, creation, dissemination and preservation of knowledge.
MITS Vision:
To drive business innovation and support business strategy to acquire core competitiveness.
Museum Vision:
To become XJTLU campus culture leading point and bridging for Integration, Inheritance and Innovation.
UMC Vision:
We enhance the University’s brand and reputation by leveraging our professional support. We work across the marketing and communications mix: conducting research on brand strategy, managing media and public relations, creating news and marketing content.
HIGHLIGHTS
ONSITE SUPPORT FROM IT VOLUNTEER - CLASSROOM
Engineers and volunteers from MITS department get to prepare the classrooms for teaching, and check and maintain a comfortable environment for the computer labs every morning. During Mid-term exam week, they installed and tested all kinds of A/V equipment and double-checked for any issues. There are 256 classrooms spreading around XJTLU’s campus, so that our engineers never get bored. We have even established a dedicated Rapid Response Classroom Support Team and Student Volunteer Group to face all these challenges.
NEW VERSION OF XJTLU APP GO LIVE!
As the school’s mobile information portal, XJTLU App provides a unified and convenient window for teachers and students of our university to query the data of different business systems, which saves the cost of obtaining information for users . The XJTLU App is currently a new born “baby” in terms of its stage of development work yet we may foresee the fast extension of new features and steady growth of users in due course after this immediate roll-out.
MITS MONTHLY INTERNAL TRAINING - FROM DEEP LEARNING TO DATA VISUALISATION
On 28 April, MITS held a new internal training which topic is From Deep Learning to Data Visualisation. In this training, department employees actively participated. Starting from the commonly used academic software in XJTLU, they learned about how the technology applied for deep learning, comprehended deeper understanding of MATLAB and Tableau. After training, MITS staff have a keen interest in the research of new technology in deep learning and Data Visualisation.
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X-BAR “ONE DAY HOST” EVENT: INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN-COMPUTER INTEGRATION (HINT) HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY HELD
To provide an open and diversified platform for the exchange of ideas, XJTLU Museum launches the “One Day Host” event located in the campus cultural space–X Bar. This new event is committed to offering an opportunity for the insightful teachers and students of XJTLU to be “One Day Host” of X Bar, based on which the participants could lead online videos about hobbies in different academic area sharing and discussion the deep thinking in various disciplines.
Xiang. Li from the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering at XJTLU shared the experience of Human-Computer Integration (HInt) respectively. More than 30 students participated in the “One Day Host” Event this April.
EVENTS
XJTLU 15TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION SERIES: SOUND EXHIBITION | LISTEN TO XJTLU
To celebrate the up-coming 15th anniversary of our university, Xi 'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Museum is calling for audio entries from all faculty, students and alumni which capture the sound of XJTLU and seal the warmth and brilliance of those moments in the history of XJTLU.
All selected audio works will be exhibited in Exhibition Hall 155 of the Central Building on 18 May, 2021. Welcome to attend the exhibition.
Exhibition Detail:
Time: 18 May, 2021 to 31 July, 2021
Venue: Room 155, Central Building
(Next to east gate of XJTLU Museum)
HIGHLIGHTS
NEWS WRITING IN APRIL
In April, UMC published 29 pieces of English and Chinese news stories. Topics include new XJTLU-JITRI Academy of Industrial Technology which offers industry-driven postgraduate degrees, experts gathering to discuss the future of child care in China, research, staff and students’ stories, XJTLU job fair, and external communication and collaboration.
XJTLU MID-TERM EYESIGHT TEST
A creative WeChat post with interaction to remind XJTLUers to relax eyes while preparing the mid-term examination, and wish every students have a good luck to get ‘All Pass’.
Click HERE for details.
GAOKAO COUNTDOWN, XJTLU IS APPROACHING
Wish you all enjoying good spring day, welcome to XJTLU.
Click HERE to watch the countdown and welcoming video!
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CENTRE FOR EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE MARCH
March saw the continuation of XJTLU’s XR and Assessment Communities of Practice (CoP’s).
The XR CoP welcomed a presentation from Christopher Ward Brighton (Assistant Professor ILEAD) who detailed the use of XR technologies to promote virtual exchange. Then members were afforded the opportunity to explore the use of XR technologies as a means to promote collaboration.
The Assessment CoP welcomed presentations from Lissy Yu Wang (Educational Developer, Educational Development Unit) who spoke about ‘Project-Based Learning and Teaching’, and Jie Wang (Lecturer, Chinese Cultural Teaching Centre) who introduced ‘Peer Assessment as a means of assessment and evaluation’ to our CoP Members.
If you want to know more, you can join our communities via the Mattermost Platform @ The XJTLU XR CoP Channel and The Assessment CoP Channel respectively.
EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE
We are thrilled to share with you that the Educational Technology Showcase on Thursday, 15 April, has been a successful and engaging event.
Ten teachers from a range of departments across the university presented their use of a list of Educational Technologies, for example, Peer Assessment, GradeScope, H5P, Level-up, Coursework, Learning analytics, and Workshop to more than fifty participants both online and onsite.
A VR station was set up by MITS and Tiffany (Rui Xu) from the English Language Centre for the participants to experience how VR can be used for teaching purposes.
We would like to thank everyone who participated in the event.
TAKE NOTES WITHIN A MODULE
There’s a need to write the key knowledge or important notice down when we are learning. It will be helpful to enhance our learning and productivity. Without taking a notebook with you or opening another app, you can take notes on Learning Mall Online now.
The Notetaker activity on LMO allows both teachers and students to take notes for private use or for public sharing. In addition to just put the text, we can insert images, videos, audios and HTML. Though it’s designed for taking notes, it can be used in different ways. For example, by sharing individuals’ research findings or projects in Notetaker, students will have the opportunity to learn from each other. We believe that the small, simple and useful tool will bring teachers and students a lot of convenience and much better online teaching and learning experience.
HIGHLIGHTS
XJTLU LIBRARY READING MONTH 2021
XJTLU Library launched its 3rd reading month in April. On the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the University, the theme of the Reading Month 2021 was “Reading XJTLU, Reading the World”.
Reading Month 2021 was marked by a rich and diverse calendar of engaging activities that motivate the XJTLUers to read and learn. The activities consisted of 3 online events (One Tweet, One Line, One Book), 5 offline events (Explore the Beauty of the Library, Readathon, One Talk, BookCrossing, Go Reading) and five training courses (Searching Professional, Project Thesis Formatting).
The Reading Month 2021, with hundreds of students and staff members participating in the activities, established a reading culture in the campus and presented the Library’s continuing support for teaching and research.
XJTLU BOOKSHOP HELD AN ACTIVITY “READATHON, MAKE IT HAPPEN”
XJTLU bookshop held a student activity “Readathon, make it happen” to celebrate world reading day in April. It requires participators to borrow the book from XJTLU Bookshop or take their own book to clock in for 21 successive days. Priority will be given to the total reading time if clocking in period is same. Prize and certificate will be awarded to excellent activity participators in May. This activity helps to create campus reading environment and enhance bookshop’s impact on reading promotion.
EVENTS
YOUR VOICE MATTERS - XJTLU LIBRARY USER SURVEY 2021
The annual XJTLU Library User Survey is coming! It will help the Library to find out what are doing well and where should be improved, that are very useful for the Library to offer better services. By completing this survey, you will be entered in a lucky draw to win one prize. The Survey will be closed on 14 May, 2021.
Click HERE to see prizes and start the Survey!
A COLLECTION OF WORKS | EXPLORE THE BEAUTY OF THE LIBRARY
In this special reading month which falls on the XJTLU’s 15th anniversary, we are expecting all the XJTLUers’ thoughts of the Library. Please find the most beautiful moving moments about reading and share through either pictures or words. The entries could be photos, paintings/sketches, audio recordings and calligraphy. Language is unlimited.
The Library will review and screen all the works received, and the selected excellent works will be exhibited in the library. The authors of the shortlisted works in the exhibition will also receive a special gift.
Submission Email: lib-usd@xjtlu.edu.cn
Email Subject: Explore the Beauty of the Library–Name–XJTLU ID number–Mobile phone number–title
Deadline: 10 May, 2021
Click HERE for specific requirements.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PUBLICITY ACTIVITIES ARE IN FULL SWING!
On 26 April (World IP Day), XJTLU Intellectual Property Information Service Center (IPISC) started the publicity activities in the library. Various forms of activities, including an online intellectual property challenge and an offline exhibition of patents that shaped the modern world, are popular with students. 15 patents with historical significance and important impact on human lives selected by China National Intellectual Property Administration. The exhibits are located on the 3rd to 9th floors of the Library.
More than 600 people have participated in the online challenge. Students said, "The exhibition is close to our lives, from which we learned that some common items around us have such an unusual invention process"; "The challenge is very interesting, helping us understand the basics of patent and search methods."
Through the exhibition and the challenge, we popularized the basic knowledge of intellectual property to staff and students, demonstrated the close relationship between intellectual property and human life and production, and helped teachers and students enhance their awareness of intellectual property protection.
The exhibition and online challenge will run until 15 May, welcome to participating!
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