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PI꞉ Dr Bidisha Banerjee, The Education University of Hong Kong
A Quality Education Fund (QEF) project funded by the Education Bureau (EdB) of Hong Kong (2007/1008). This QEF Project aimed to develop secondary school students’ visual literacy. 
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This is a final project that I completed with my friends to fulfil the graduation requirements of the HD in Software Engineering programme at the Vocational Training Council (VTC), Hong Kong. 
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This is a design concept (First Class) that my friends and I developed for an assignment in the module Software Engineering and Professional Practice & Building Usable Software at the University of Birmingham.
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This was the first program that I coded. Nothing special, but it’s a milestone for me.
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This is a web app (First Class) that my friends and I developed for an assignment in the module Team Project at the University of Birmingham.
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This is a design concept that my friends and I developed for the HackTheMidlands 7.0 Hackathon.
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PI: Professor Yiu-wai Chu, University of Hong Kong
A Public Policy Research (PPR) Funding Scheme project funded by The Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office (PICO) of Hong Kong (2020.A8.094.20B). The research findings will also inspire long-term policies aimed at fostering creativity, culture, and the arts in Hong Kong.
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This is a final project (First Class) that I completed to fulfil the graduation requirements of the BSc Computer Science programme at the University of Birmingham. 
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This is a design concept (First Class) that I developed for an assignment in the module Mobile & Ubiquitous Computing at the University of Birmingham
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This is a group project entitled ‘Optimising Strategies in Repeated Rock Paper’
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A mixed-methods study investigates the metacognitive needs and design requirements for developing an AI literacy tool prototype that promotes critical engagement among university students.
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PI: Dr Robert Whyte, Dr Jane Waite, Professor Sue Sentance, Raspberry Pi Foundation/Cambridge University
This project is driven by the need to prepare young people and equip teachers to embrace a new paradigm of computing in schools.
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PI: Chun Hong Yan, University of Southampton.
This study demonstrates how digital story completion serves as an ethically responsive, decolonially attuned method for migrants to safely voice politically sensitive and silenced experiences that conventional qualitative research often fails to capture.
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Presented at Workshop on Tools for Thought, ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '25), 2025
This workshop paper considers how AI can be designed to augment human thinking rather than replace it, moving from answer machines toward ignorant co-learners.
Recommended citation: Manni Cheung. (2025). "From Answer Machines to Ignorant Co-learners: Designing AI to Augment Rather Than Replace Human Thinking." Workshop on Tools for Thought, ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '25), April 26-May 1, 2025, Yokohama, Japan.
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Presented at Hong Kong Studies Postgraduate Conference 2025, 2025
This paper rethinks the Hong Kong diaspora through the concepts of anticipatory trauma and soft coercion.
Recommended citation: Manni Cheung. (2025). "We All Have Trauma: Rethinking the Hong Kong Diaspora through Anticipatory Trauma and Soft Coercion." Hong Kong Studies Postgraduate Conference 2025, May 23-24, 2025, Hong Kong.
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Presented at Learning and Human Intelligence Expos 2025, 2025
This poster presents an artificial ignorance approach to AI design, positioning AI as an ignorant co-learner rather than an answer provider.
Recommended citation: Manni Cheung. (2025). "The Ignorant Co-Learner: An Artificial Ignorance Approach to AI Design." Learning and Human Intelligence Expos 2025, July 1, 2025, University of Cambridge, UK. (Poster.)
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Presented at Learning and Human Intelligence Expos 2025, 2025
This poster examines how AI-assisted vibecoding can erode foundational skills and learning.
Recommended citation: Manni Cheung. (2025). "The Quiet Harm of Vibecoding: How AI Tools Can Erode Foundational Skills." Learning and Human Intelligence Expos 2025, July 1, 2025, University of Cambridge, UK. (Poster.)
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Published in Hello World: The Magazine for Computing and Digital Making Educators, 2025
This essay examines how AI might undermine learning and argues for designing educational experiences with productive friction.
Recommended citation: Manni Cheung. (2025). "Beyond the Vibe: How AI Might Undermine Learning - Unless We Design for Friction." In Hello World: The Magazine for Computing and Digital Making Educators, September 2025, Raspberry Pi Foundation, UK. (Essay.)
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Published in Raspberry Pi Foundation Blog, 2026
This blog post discusses how data case studies can put data first in K-12 AI education.
Recommended citation: Manni Cheung. (2026). "How to Put Data First in K-12 AI Education by Using Data Case Studies." Raspberry Pi Foundation Blog, January 2026, Raspberry Pi Foundation, UK. (Blog post.)
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Published in Raspberry Pi Foundation Blog, 2026
This blog post presents a research-led framework for teaching about models in AI and data science.
Recommended citation: Manni Cheung. (2025). "A Research-led Framework for Teaching about Models in AI and Data Science." Raspberry Pi Foundation Blog, January 2026, Raspberry Pi Foundation, UK. (Blog post.)
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Presented at Proceedings of the 20th WiPSCE Conference on Primary and Secondary Computing Education (WiPSCE '26), 2026
Based on a systematic review of 84 papers, this study proposes four paradigms of AI and ML education, revealing that current student activities focus primarily on data collection and processing rather than underlying algorithms or transparent, knowledge-based reasoning models.
Recommended citation: Robert Whyte, Manni Cheung, Katharine Childs, Jane Waite, and Sue Sentance. (2026). "Analysing Data Paradigms in K-12 Data Science Activities: A Systematic Literature Review." In Proceedings of the 20th WiPSCE Conference on Primary and Secondary Computing Education (WiPSCE '26), March 11-13, 2026, RWTH Aachen University, Germany.
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Presented at Workshop on Data Literacy, ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26), 2026
This workshop paper maps data literacy trajectories in K-12 education and is presented as part of the Workshop on Data Literacy at CHI ‘26.
Recommended citation: Robert Whyte, Manni Cheung, Katharine Childs, Jane Waite, and Sue Sentance. (2026). "Mapping Data Literacy Trajectories in K-12 Education." Workshop on Data Literacy, ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26), April 13-17, 2026, Barcelona, Spain.
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To be presented at CESSMIR Conference 2026, 2026
This study demonstrates how digital story completion serves as an ethically responsive, decolonially attuned method for migrants to safely voice politically sensitive and silenced experiences that conventional qualitative research often fails to capture.
Recommended citation: Chun Hong Yan and Manni Cheung. (2026). "Examining Migrants' Sensitive and Unheard Experiences in Contentious Times through Digital Story Completion." Centre for the Social Study of Migration and Refugees (CESSMIR) Conference 2026, September 14-16, 2026, Ghent, Belgium. (Forthcoming.)
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To be presented at The 2026 Taiwan Education Research Association (TERA) Conference and The World Education Research Association (WERA) Focal Meeting, 2026
Using the method of story completion, this study demonstrates how Hong Kong migrants leverage education in the host society to uphold pro-democracy identities while simultaneously navigating cultural friction, discrimination, and identity renegotiation.
Recommended citation: Chun Hong Yan and Manni Cheung. (2026). "Social Identity and Education: Stories of Hong Kong (Potential) Migrants." The 2026 Taiwan Education Research Association (TERA) Conference and The World Education Research Association (WERA) Focal Meeting, October 15-18, 2026, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan. (Forthcoming.)
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Undergraduate course, University 1, Department, 2014
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Workshop, University 1, Department, 2015
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