HONG KONG, July 8 (Xinhua) -- The Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering of The University of Hong Kong (HKU) Tuesday launches its Mobile Learning Platform, which can be used to enhance the quality of teaching and learning.

    The platform includes a mobile learning server, a course content management system, a result display system and a database management system. It enables students to access learning materials and answer instructors' questions anytime and anywhere.

    The real-time report system can also help instructors to closely monitor students' learning progress and efficiently adjust teaching pace or materials accordingly.

    With the broad basis curriculum required under the forthcoming new four-year undergraduate system, the platform would further enable students to enjoy the benefit of mobile learning in a spacious campus.

    To promote mobile learning and to celebrate the Beijing Olympics 2008, the department has organized the Inter-school Mobile Quiz Contest on Tuesday, one month prior to the launch of the Olympics, immediately after the official launch of the learning platform.

    In the contest, about 100 students from 17 local schools used mobile devices to answer questions about Olympics, Equestrian and HKU through the platform.