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New Training Facilities
To keep our students abreast of the
latest developments in industry and
enable them to be conversant with the
tools and technologies of tomorrow’s
workplace, various new training facilities
have been planned or established in
different campuses. The advancement
of campus facilities has added further
momentum to the VTC’s endeavours.
Amongst the new initiatives is the
establishment of STEM Education
Centres on the campuses of the Youth
College (Kowloon Bay), IVE (Tsing
Yi) and IVE (Chai Wan) in late 2016
and early 2017. They will support
the learning and teaching of STEM
(Science, Technology, Engineering
and Mathematics) and serve as a
platform for students and staff in these
disciplines to explore related trade
and cross-disciplinary projects. A key
feature of the Centres will be virtual
experience learning zones, making
full use of augmented reality (AR) and
virtual reality (VR) technologies. They
will provide students with an immersive
simulated environment for a virtual
workplace experience.
To increase student engagement and
enhance the effectiveness of skills-
based training, the VTC has been active
in creating digital learning environments
and adopted innovative technologies
in its teaching and learning. A pilot
study on AR/VR-assisted Learning and
Teaching was initiated in June 2014,
and three practical training areas were
identified, namely Building Services
Engineering, Aircraft Maintenance and
Arboriculture. A VR-based simulation
training system was launched in
the Youth College (Kowloon Bay) in
November 2015, allowing students to
explore real-life immersive experiences
in a simulated engine plant room.
A new Human Resource Assessment
Centre was opened during the year at
IVE (Kwun Tong), providing an interactive
environment for training students as
human resources professionals.
嶄新培訓設施
為了讓學生緊貼業界最新發展，協助他
們掌握未來職場的業務科技和工具，多
個校園均已增設或計劃引進新的培訓設
施。持續優化的校園設施，將大大推動
VTC
向前邁進。
芸芸設施當中，
VTC
將於
2016
年底至
2017
年初在青年學院（九龍灣）、
IVE
（青
衣）、
IVE
（柴灣）成立
STEM
教育中心，
支援教授與學習
STEM
科目（即科學、
科技、工程、數學），亦可作為師生研
究相關行業和跨學科專題習作的平台。
STEM
教育中心的一項主要特色，是設
置虛擬體驗學習專區，包羅多類擴增實
境和虛擬實境科技，學生可以在模擬環
境中，體驗職場工作實況。
為了讓學生更投入技術為本的學習，並
提高培訓成效，
VTC
在教與學方面均積
極營造數碼化的學習環境，並且選用創
新科技。我們於
2014
年
6
月推行一項擴
增實境／虛擬實境輔助教學研究，以屋
宇設備工程、飛機維修、樹藝學三項實
務培訓課程為試點研究範圍。青年學院
（九龍灣）在
2015
年
11
月推出一套虛擬
實境的模擬培訓系統，學生可在模擬機
房內體驗實況學習。
年內，
IVE
（觀塘）新成立的人才評估中
心揭幕，為學生營造互動的培訓環境，
裝備他們成為人力資源專才。