In 2010, the HKSAR Government launched an e-Learning Pilot Scheme involving 21 projects in 61 schools. The aim of this research is to study how the system and school level factors and their interactions may affect the further development and sustainability of the e-Learning innovations after the Pilot Scheme comes to an end. The research design is underpinned by an ecosystem model of change in which the sustainability of the new species (innovation) depends on the mutual adaptation between the new species and the environmental conditions.

Worldmaker is an iconic modelling tool that supports the construction of models from objects and events. This user-friendly environment enables even young children to create their own simulations, to express their own representations of their world and to explore other people's ideas. Teachers can use it to create and adapt simulations of scientific phenomena to make the learning of abstract concepts accessible and explorable for a wide range of topics found in the school curriculum.