This Symposium is funded by the University Grants Committee of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region under the Scheme for Teaching and Learning Related Proposals (2016-19 Triennium) with additional support from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University for the project entitled “Developing Active Learning Pedagogies and Mobile Applications in University STEM Education” (PolyU2/T&L/16-19).

We would like to thank our Associate Vice President of Teaching and Learning at PolyU, Chair Professor Chetwyn CHAN; Former Dean of Faculty of Sciences and Textiles and Deputy President and Provost Professor Wing-tak Wong; Chair of the Department of Applied Mathematics at PolyU, Chair Professor Defeng SUN; Director of Educational Development Centre at PolyU, Dr. Julia CHEN; and all project members from other universities (BU, CUHK, HKU) and PolyU for their continuous support of our UGC T&L Project.  Finally, we would also like to thank AMA’s Department’s administration for their assistance and logistical support of our virtual symposium.