{"id":22633,"date":"2025-05-14T10:44:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T02:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/oetools\/?page_id=22633"},"modified":"2025-06-19T09:25:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T01:25:26","slug":"about_us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/oetools\/about_us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"22633\" class=\"elementor elementor-22633\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider wavo-column-gap-default elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-70f9e4c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"70f9e4c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[],&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6d47d11\" data-id=\"6d47d11\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df9cfc0 wavo-transform transform-type-translate elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"df9cfc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><h2 data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-pen-placeholder=\"Type Here...\" style=\"color: white; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: poppins; font-weight: 400 !important; line-height:  !important; font-size: 40px !important;\">About Us<\/h2><\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider wavo-column-gap-default elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4444a87 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4444a87\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3f69dbf\" data-id=\"3f69dbf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c684f5 wavo-transform transform-type-translate elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6c684f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">This project aims to create a vibrant and adaptive community of practice to benefit from free and online tools, especially the emerging Artificial Intelligence (AI) empowered ones, in their teaching and learning practices in Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) and other self-financing tertiary education institutions. 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