Message from Professor Ian Holliday, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Teaching & Learning)
Dear Colleagues,
Staff Teaching Space Experience Survey – 2018
IT Services will be conducting an online Teaching Space Experience Survey on behalf of the University for three weeks, commencing on Wednesday 2nd May and closing at 5pm on Friday 25th May 2018.
The purpose of this survey is to gather information about your experience and perceptions of the classroom environments that you use to deliver your lectures and seminars etc. in order to find out what you think is important and any issues to be addressed.
Your opinions are valuable to us and this information will help us understand how we can provide better facilities to support your teaching. A separate survey investigating the student learning environment experience has been undertaken.
The results of this survey will be used to inform the University Strategy for future development of Teaching and Learning Spaces over the coming planning period (2-3 years) to ensure that space provided for teaching and learning is fit for purpose and of good quality in order to enhance the student learning experience.
I am very pleased to announce the award recipients of the University’s Teaching Excellence Awards this year. The Selection Panel was deeply impressed with the awardees’ dedication to teaching, their tireless and creative efforts to make learning enjoyable and challenging, and the impact that they have made on their students’ learning. Awardees this year fall into three categories of award, viz. Outstanding Teaching Award, Early Career Teaching Award and Teaching Innovation Award.
Outstanding Teaching Award
Dr. Shahla Ali, Department of Law, Faculty of Law Dr. Alex W.H. Chan, Faculty of Business and Economics Dr. Rujing Meng, Faculty of Business and Economics Dr. Gavin W. Porter, Faculty of Science
Early Career Teaching Award
Dr. Kennedy K.H. Chan, Faculty of Education Mrs. Chan Pun Kit Ling, Faculty of Education Mr. Kelvin H.F. Kwok, Department of Law, Faculty of Law
Teaching Innovation Award
Dr. Eva N.S. Ng, School of Chinese, Faculty of Arts
The awardees will be honoured at a presentation ceremony on Monday March 26, 2018. Please join that event if you can.
I would like to thank our external assessor Professor Huang Hoon Chng (Associate Provost (Undergraduate Education) of the National University of Singapore) for providing us with expert advice in situ during the final selection process. I would also like to thank the other Panel members, Professor Ian Holliday, Professor Grahame Bilbow, Professor David Carless and Mr. Aaron H.L. Chan (student representative), for their assistance in this important exercise.
Many congratulations to all the awardees – I hope colleagues from across the campus will attend the presentation ceremony!
Professor Peter Mathieson, President
Chairman
Selection Panel for Teaching Excellence Awards 2017
Message from Professor Ian Holliday, Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning)
Dear colleagues and students
First of all, I’d like to extend a very warm welcome to all incoming students to HKU. I wish you a most wonderful and enjoyable academic year ahead!
Over the summer, I’ve been chairing a Review Panel on Residential Hall Education and Culture. The panel’s membership, terms of reference and scope are provided at the bottom of this message. In the past few weeks we’ve organized a series of town-hall meetings to engage with key stakeholders, and I’m writing now to invite you to attend sessions to be held on campus for all staff and students, whether or not you’ve had hall experience at HKU. You can register for these events through the HKU Event Management System (HKUEMS).
Members of the review panel
• Professor Ian Holliday, Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning) (Chairman)
• Dr. Eugenie Leung, Dean of Student Affairs
• Dr. Henry Y.K. Lau, Warden of University Hall
• Mr. Chan Hei Long Aaron, Vice-President (Internal) of the Hong Kong University Students’ Union (HKUSU), Session 2017-2018
• Mr. Ho Kin Tung Tony, Chairperson of R.C. Lee Hall Students’ Association, HKUSU, Session 2017-2018
• Miss Judith Ng, Assistant Registrar, Registry
Terms of reference
To examine residential hall education and culture in the light of the mission, vision and core values of the University, with a view to recommending changes that may be necessary (including to existing rules and regulations, management structures and operational models) to enable the halls of residence to contribute as fully as possible to the achievement of the University’s educational aims.
Scope of the review
To explore the contribution of the residential halls to four key HKU values, each of which maps onto one or more of the six UEAs for undergraduate students:
I Supportive of academic excellence (UEA 1)
II Nurturing of responsibility, responsiveness and leadership capacities (UEAs 2/6)
III Positive about difference, diversity, inclusion and integration (UEAs 3/4)
IV Affirmative of working constructively with others (UEA 5)
We look forward to meeting with you and hearing your views.
Professor Ian Holliday
Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor
(Teaching and Learning)
Message from Curriculum Development and Quality Assurance Section of the Registry
Nominations are now invited for awards under the 2017 Teaching Excellence Award Scheme (TEAS).
The TEAS aims to recognise, reward and promote excellence in teaching at the University. Under the Scheme, there are four categories of awards, viz. University Distinguished Teaching Award, Outstanding Teaching Award (OTA), Early Career Teaching Award and Teaching Innovation Award (TIA). Besides individual awards, both OTA and TIA comprise team awards to recognise and encourage collaborative effort and achievement in enhancing teaching and learning. All Faculties are encouraged to nominate colleagues who have made outstanding teaching and learning contributions for these awards.
Nominees are encouraged to contact the Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL) for advice on the preparation of teaching portfolios. Seminars/workshops will be organised by CETL in June and September 2017 to support interested staff members to prepare for their submissions.
All nominations and the supporting documents should reach Ms. Synthia Chau, Curriculum Development and Quality Assurance Section, by September 29, 2017. Enquiries may be directed to Ms. Chau at 2859 2440 or email to schau@hku.hk.
The Teaching Feedback Award: an opportunity for students to share and celebrate their experiences of receiving excellent feedback from their teachers.
I’m delighted that the student-led Teaching Feedback Award has been launched, and I pledge my wholehearted support. I firmly believe that effective learning depends on students receiving timely, clear and constructive feedback from their teachers. Students have an innate understanding of what good feedback is. This new award will enable them to share this understanding and reward teachers whose feedback they find exemplary. Professor Ian Holliday, Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning)
The purpose of the Teaching Feedback Award (TFA) is to celebrate excellent feedback and encourage debate about feedback among teachers and students.
Nomination
The nomination process is open to all students registered on HKU undergraduate programmes. Teachers will be nominated by their students between May and June 2017, using a nomination form distributed by the HKUSU. Nomination forms should be submitted directly to the HKUSU Office on or before 16 June 2017.
Shortlisting
Nominations will be shortlisted at Faculty-level in late June 2017 by small committees of students appointed from student associations and societies. Each of the 10 committees will select the three nominations they judge to be the most outstanding in their Faculty.
Selection
The 30 shortlisted nominations will be considered by a Selection Panel in September 2017, and one teacher will be chosen from each Faculty to receive the TFA. The Selection Panel will consist of the HKUSU President, three student representatives from Faculties, the Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning) and the Director of the Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning. Each TFA will carry a monetary award of HK$10,000.
Here is a chance for you to explore the endless possibilities of interactive online learning with us. HKU will be launching an open online course on the basics of e-learning and blended learning for students, teachers and staffs of all sectors on May 5.
This 15-day course will lead you through design considerations and implementation skills for e-learning at three different scales.
You will:
Convert lecturing portions of traditional face-to-face course into video-lectures and design assessment components
Plan “face time”/active learning activities in blended learning to enhance achievement of intended learning outcomes
Describe the utilities of learning analytics in enhancing learning effectiveness
Date
Session
Topics
5 May
Online Session 0
Online Session 1
E-learning Ecosystem: Setting the Scene
Interactive Online Learning: Getting Started
12 May
Face-to-Face Session A
(12pm – 2pm at HKU)
Creating Your Lecture Video
12 May
Online Session 2
Blended Learning: Teaching On-Campus
15 May
Online Session 3
Learning Analytics: Using Learner’s Data to Improve Teaching
Living conditions on a Sri Lankan tea plantation were the focus of an experiential learning project for 11 Social Sciences and Comparative Literature students, whose output supported the work of the Save the Children organisation.
Message from Professor Ian Holliday, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Teaching & Learning)
Dear Colleagues,
Staff Teaching Space Experience Survey – 2017
IT Services will be conducting an online Teaching Space Experience Survey on behalf of the University for a 3 week, commencing on Monday 20th March and closing at 5pm on Sunday 9th April 2017.
The purpose of this survey is to gather information about your experiences and perceptions of the classroom environments that you use to deliver your lectures and seminars etc. in order to find out what you think is important and of any issues to be addressed.
Your opinions are valuable to us and this information will help us understand how we can provide better facilities to support your teaching. A separate survey investigating the student learning environment experience was closed on Sunday 19th March 2017.
The results of both will be used to inform the University Strategy for future development of Teaching and Learning Spaces over the coming planning period (2-3 years) to ensure that space provided for teaching and learning is fit for purpose and of good quality in order to enhance the student learning experience.
The President and Vice-Chancellor of The University of Hong Kong requests the pleasure of your company at the Award Presentation Ceremony for Excellence in Teaching, Research and Knowledge Exchange
Monday, March 27, 2017
Plaque Unveiling , 4:30 p.m.
Plaque of Honour, LG/F (opposite Grove Café & The Jockey Club Tower entrance), Centennial Campus
Award Presentation Ceremony , 5:00 p.m.
Grand Hall, Lee Shau Kee Lecture Centre, LG/F, Centennial Campus
Dr the Honourable Sir David LI Kwok Po, Pro-Chancellor will be the Guest of Honour at the Ceremony
Outstanding Teaching Award for Excellence in Teaching & Research 2016 Presentation Video by
Message from President and Vice-Chancellor
Dear Colleagues and Students,
I am very pleased to announce the award recipients of the University’s Teaching Excellence Awards this year. The Selection Panel was deeply impressed with the awardees’ dedication to teaching, their tireless and creative efforts to make learning enjoyable and challenging, and the impact that they have made on their students’ learning. Awardees this year fall into three categories of awards, viz. Outstanding Teaching Award, Early Career Teaching Award and Teaching Innovation Award. The Early Career Teaching Award was introduced this year to recognise the outstanding contributions and commitment of our colleagues who are at an early stage of their teaching career.
Outstanding Teaching Award
Mr. David L. Bishop, School of Business, Faculty of Business and Economics Professor David R. Carless, Faculty of Education Dr. Julie Y. Chen, Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care and Bau Institute of Medical and Health Sciences Education, LKS Faculty of Medicine Dr. Katherine N. Cummer, Department of Real Estate and Construction, Faculty of Architecture Dr. Wilton W.T. Fok, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
Early Career Teaching Award
Ms. Jody K.P. Chu, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, LKS Faculty of Medicine Dr. Courtney J. Fung, Department of Politics and Public Administration, Faculty of Social Sciences Dr. Sara Kim, School of Business, Faculty of Business and Economics
Teaching Innovation Award
Mr. Ivan A. Valin and Mr. Scott J. Melbourne of the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture
The awardees will be honoured at a presentation ceremony on Monday March 27, 2017. Please do join us for that if you can.
I would like to thank our external assessor Professor Huang Hoon Chng (Associate Provost (Undergraduate Education) of the National University of Singapore) for providing us with expert advice in situ during the final selection process. I would also like to thank the other Panel members, Professor Ian Holliday, Professor Grahame Bilbow, Ms. Katherine Lynch and Mr. Alasdair Kan (student representative), for their assistance in this important exercise.
Many congratulations to all the awardees – I hope you will attend the presentation ceremony!
Professor Peter Mathieson, President
Chairman
Selection Panel for Teaching Excellence Awards 2016
