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Name
Henry Hu
Job title
Educational Technologist
Pronouns
He, Him, His
Team
Learning Centre
Interview
What year did you begin to work at Arts ISIT?
2023
Describe what you do at Arts ISIT
My role involves assisting faculty and instructors with technology-related issues and introducing innovative tools to enhance teaching and learning experiences. I develop websites tailored to faculty needs and create automated scripts and programs that improve team efficiency and save time.
Recently, I have also been engaged in AI-related projects, exploring how AI can best support teaching and learning while recognizing its limitations. Together, these responsibilities allow me to bridge technology and education, ensuring instructors have the tools they need to succeed.
What is the best thing about the work you do at Arts ISIT?
The best part of working in this team is the opportunity to meet brilliant individuals from various units and faculties, and learning from their unique ideas and diverse experiences. I also enjoy having the chance to engage with the latest technologies.
What are your areas of expertise?
My areas of expertise are educational technology, website development, automation and AI. Additionally, I am fluent in English, Chinese, and Japanese.
Which services does your work relate to?
Please list some related projects/tools/resources you work on
- UDL Econometrics Project: Develop an extension/add-on that allows screen readers to interpret complex mathematical expressions and translates LaTeX into natural language.
- Language Glossary Website: I am working on a language glossary website that provides students and instructors with audio, video, and text resources to support language learning.
- Smart Language Learning Assistant: Developed an AI tool that personalizes language learning by adapting to each user’s level, goals, accessibility needs, and preferred learning style.
Can you share some of your personal interests or hobbies?
- Hiking, badminton, billiards, soccer
- Board games and online games (particularly Dota 2 and most games from Blizzard)
- Auto sports and racing with friends on tracks during the summer
- Coding and learning from others’ open-source projects; Recently, I found the AI Retrieval based Voice Conversion project on GitHub particularly interesting.
- I created and host my own podcast where I invite guests from various industries.
