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A Visit from The Language Institute of Thammasat University (LITU) Delegation

[Hong Kong, July 25, 2024] A delegation from the Language Institute of Thammasat University (LITU) in Thailand, led by Dr Supakorn Phoocharoensil, Director of LITU, visited the Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK). The visit was organised by the Department of English Language Education (ELE). LTTC colleagues shared EdUHK’s innovative technologies applied in higher education with the delegation during the visit.

The LITU delegation members included Dr Pragasit Sitthitikul, Vice Director for International Affairs and Research; Dr Supong Tangkiengsirisin, Director of Language Institute Thammasat University Advanced Center for Testings; Dr Buarattana Attachoo, Assistant Director for Academic Services and Public Relations; Mrs Orawan Lertthanu, Head of Academic Affairs; Ms Wichit Chanchaem, Head of Finance and Procurement; and Ms Jurairat Puangsombat, Secretary.

Dr Cheng Kwok Shing Gary, Executive Co-Director of the LTTC warmly welcomed the LITU delegation and commended their visit. The visit commenced at the Metaverse Education Lab (E-P-12), where the LITU colleagues experienced various metaverse spaces and game-based learning activities. LTTC colleagues introduced interactive learning scenarios and gamified educational designs within the metaverse to the delegates.

Subsequently, the delegation continued to visit the AI Education Lab (E-1/F-07) and listened to the LTTC Large Language Model (LLM) Studio’s recent work. LTTC colleagues briefly introduced two recent workshops on LLM applications to support academic research and writing and design smart workflows for learning and teaching. They also demonstrated the newly launched LTTC LLM Studio Model-as-a-Service (MaaS) platform, a low-threshold solution for educators to create customised workflows, which could be empowered by various LLMs and self-curated vectorised datasets. These workflows can be deployed and published as web pages or application programming interfaces (APIs). During engaging discussions with LTTC colleagues, delegates exchanged ideas on integrating LLM into various educational contexts.

Dr Lee Ju Seong, Acting Head of the ELE, expressed that the visit to the LTTC showcased EdUHK’s educational excellence to our partner institute.