Organised by Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL)
Details of the Conference:
Date : 8th March, 2017 (Wednesday) Time : 10:00am – 4:45pm Venue : CPD 2.42, The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus Chair : Dr Cecilia Chan, Head of Professional Development, Associate Professor, CETL, HKU Deputy Chair : Dr Tracy Zou, Assistant Professor, CETL, HKU
Abstract
The purpose of this one-day conference is to share and celebrate innovative pedagogies in higher education teaching and learning, from their discovery through to their dissemination. Specifically, the event will facilitate the sharing and discussion of innovative practices that have emerged from Teaching Development Grant-funded projects and projects conducted by Teaching Excellence Award Winners across the eight publicly funded universities in Hong Kong. Bringing together experienced teachers who have pursued innovations in pedagogy, assessment, curriculum design and flexible learning, the event will provide an opportunity for universities in Hong Kong to learn from each other, and to share their commitment to achieving teaching and learning excellence in an ever-changing educational context. Alongside input sessions, the event will also feature sessions that provide opportunities for future teaching and learning collaboration across universities, including ‘Speed Dating’ Poster Sessions and the Join-the-Conversation Roundtables.
Organised by Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL)
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Date : 24 February, 2017 (Friday) Time : 12:00nn – 1:00pm Venue : Room 321, 3/F, Run Run Shaw Building (Main Campus), HKU Speaker : Dr Tanja Sobko, Assistant Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, HKU Chairman : Ms Alice Lee, Associate Professor, Department of Law, HKU Facilitator : Dr Luke Fryer, Associate Professor, CETL, HKU
Abstract
This Teaching Exchange Fellowship Scheme (TEFS) was focused on ‘ePortfolio as tool for reflective, autonomous learning and the assessment of it.” Dr Sobko has been working on a TDG project “ePortfolio – developing a discipline-based tool for reflective, autonomous learning” and the TEFS was a well-suited complimentary part of the project. The outgoing visit was to another reputable University (University of Auckland), whith a group, working on a similar topic. The purpose of visit was to compare practices and to evaluate the currently running ePortfolio platform (HKU) and to further improve it. The HKU ePortfolio platform, adopted during the pilot project, positions ePortfolios, as a personalised digital collection of artefacts, which are organised in a purposeful way to assess growth over time and scaffold through continuous formative feedback from the tutor. The TEFS experience contributed to the final improved version the ePortfolio, which provides a unique virtual learning environment, rich and diverse learning experience, complementary to face-to-face modes of learning. This in turn will is expected to enhance students’ experiential and lifelong learning process. The finalised ePortfolio platform is now available for the general use, not only at the Faculty level, but also to any tutor/student at HKU.
Grants for overseas reciprocal visits through ‘Teaching Exchange Fellowship Scheme’
To promote HKU staff to bring in new ideas and teaching methods to improve teaching through interaction with overseas university teachers, HKU will award up to $50,000 for reciprocal staff visits. This funding is provided through the “Teaching Exchange Fellowship Scheme”. The seminar provides an overview of this funding scheme and information on the application process. Staff will be guided on how to go about planning exchange visits to enhance the scholarship of teaching at HKU, which is the aim of the scheme. It will explain, and also showcase examples, on how this funding opportunity can be used by HKU teaching staff to share experience and to collaborate on teaching and curriculum development initiatives with overseas reputable universities through reciprocal visits.
The seminar is open to all teaching staff interested in finding out more about this Teaching Exchange Fellowship Scheme. Staff will be provided an overview of the scheme, how to lodge an application, the key objectives, amounts they can apply for, eligibility and advice in preparing an application. Staff who are thinking about applying are strongly encouraged to attend. Staff who attended the last seminar but found they had insufficient time to make overseas contacts, or who are thinking of planning ahead, in time for the second round (having a March 17th, 2016 closing date), would also find the seminar useful. If you are not sure whether this scheme would be relevant to teaching innovations you have in mind, or would simply like to know more about the scheme, you are welcome. The Circular on this scheme can be found at http://intraweb.hku.hk/reserved_2/cdqa/doc/TEFS/TEFS_2016-17.pdf
Organised by Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL)
Details of the workshop:
Date : 25 Jan 2018 (Thursday) Time : 12:00nn – 2:00pm Venue : Room 321, 3/F, Run Run Shaw Building (Main Campus), HKU Speaker : Fun Man Fung, NUS Facilitator : Dr. Cecilia Chan, Head of Professional Development, Associate Professor, HKU
Abstract
What inspires us to learn? How do we create an atmosphere of lifelong learning? How can we apply our creativity in our work as educators and inspire our students? In this seminar, Fun Man FUNG share his personal learning journey in making flipped classroom livelier, adopting educational technology to make instructional videos more realistic. From wearing the GoPro cameras and Google Glass to adopting the Lightboard, Fun Man has experimented with a number of filming devices that suits the blended learning model. He believes that this is one excellent way that excites our undergraduates, encourages them to learn better and cultivates intrinsic motivations, and that educators are in charge in ensuring students acquire a Technology-Enabled Blending Learning Experience (TEBLE) in the 21st century.
In particular, Fun Man will discuss his project that implemented the use of Lightboard videos in a large Chemistry course for 456 student, which is a first in Singapore. The Lightboard, pioneered by Michael Peshkin from Northwestern University, allows users to record lecture videos while they teach on a glass board facing the audience, without the need to write backwards or the need for post processing. The lightboard project has been extremely well-received by students—they are easily digested by students compared to traditional screencast lectures, and allow class time to be effectively utilized for more productive learning activities. Lightboard videos has resulted in a significant improvement in overall student performance.
About the Speaker
Fun Man FUNG is a core faculty (Education) at the Institute for Application of Learning Science and Educational Technology (ALSET) at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He has a joint appointment as an IT-for-Teaching Chemistry Instructor at the Department of Chemistry. Fun Man serves as an elected member of the International Chemistry Olympiad Steering Committee. He leads the Faculty of Science Laboratory-Video IT Taskforce and trail blazes novel filming methods using social media and 360-video. He won the prestigious University Annual Teaching Excellence Award in 2017 and Faculty Teaching Excellence Award 2016. Fun Man is the first educator in Singapore to craft the Lightboard videos for his flipped classroom and also trail-blazes the filming of lab- instructional videos using the unique Instructor’s Point of View (IPOV) technique, engages with his YouTube Channel Fun Man FUNG followed by 2680 learners. Since 2015, he has written six articles for the university and contributed four peer-reviewed journal articles, including four in the Journal of Chemical Education, the highly recognized ACS Publications.
Organised by Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL)
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Date : 2 December, 2016 (Friday) Time : 1:00 – 2:00pm Venue : Room 321, 3/F, Run Run Shaw Building (Main Campus), HKU Speaker : Dr Richard Wu, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, HKU;
Prof Andrew Godwin, Senior Lecturer, Director, Studies, Banking and Finance Law, The University of Melbourne;
Ms Julienne Jen, Principal Lecturer, Department of Professional Legal Education, HKU Facilitator : Dr Luke Fryer, Associate Professor, CETL, HKU
Abstract
Dr Richard Wu and Ms Julienne Jen, both from the Department of Professional Legal Education, Faculty of Law, have successfully applied for Teaching Fellowship Exchange grants recently, looking into different aspects of experiential learning in the context of professional legal education.
In the recent years, experiential learning has become popular not only in law schools but also other professional disciplines in the University. Nowadays, apart from strengthening their knowledge base, gaining of practical skills is also one major aim of University education, in order to equip our students in an international competitive environment. Through sharing of their experience and ideas, the speakers wish to share and promote different forms of experiential learning at the University.
Dr Richard Wu visited the Melbourne Law School and exchanged experience with Professor Andrew Godwin, who developed a “Transactional Law” approach in legal education. At the sharing session, Dr Wu and Professor Godwin will introduce and share their experience and strategies in implementing this “Transactional Law” approach model in the different law subjects which they teach, and how to expand this concept across jurisdictions.
Ms Julienne Jen is involved in teaching the Clinical Legal Education course at the University, which advocates the “learning through discipleship” model in professional legal education. Ms Jen visited several “Legal Clinics” run by the Monash University Law Faculty and obtained an insight into how the Legal Clinics were run, with the aim of further enhancing the Clinical Legal Education programme at the University. At the sharing session, Ms Jen will introduce the “learning through discipleship” model of teaching and share her experience and insights with a view to promoting such practice to other law curricula and professional disciplines.
About the Speaker Dr Richard Wai-sang Wu, Associate Professor, LLB (HKU) PCLL (HKU), BSc (Economics), LLM (London), MBA (Warwick), LLB, LLM (Peking), LLM (IT and Telecommunications Law) (Strathclyde) and PhD (London). Dr Wu teaches Property Transactions, China Practice and Professional Practice in the Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong. He is active in interdisciplinary legal research, and his current research focuses on four major areas: Legal Profession, Legal Education and Legal Ethics in Hong Kong and China; Telecommunications Law and Policy in Hong Kong; Real Estate Law and Practice in Hong Kong and China; and Chinese Banking Law. Over the years, Dr Wu has published refereed articles in international journals and contributed chapters to academic books published in China and overseas. He has also presented papers at numerous international conferences. In recent years, Dr Wu has succeeded in numerous research grant applications from both local and international funding bodies.
Prof Andrew Godwin is a Senior Lecturer and Director in Transactional Law, Director of Studies in Banking and Finance Law and the Associate Director of the Asian Law Centre of the Melbourne Law School. Professor Godwin spent over 15 years in full-time practice, 10 of which were spent in Shanghai. Professor Godwin’s teaching and research interests include finance and insolvency law, securities disclosure, regulation of legal profession and Chinese law. Professor Godwin also trained lawyers and regulators in the area of drafting and negotiation. Professor Godwin is a regular contributor to academic and professional publication.
Ms Julienne Jen, LLB (London), PCLL (HKU), LLM (London) is a solicitor admitted in the High Court of Hong Kong and the Supreme Court of England and Wales. Prior to joining the University, Ms. Jen practised as a solicitor in the litigation department of an international law firm in Hong Kong. She currently teaches the PCLL and is a strong advocate of experiential learning. She coordinates the Civil Litigation course in the PCLL curriculum and adopts a case file and transactional approach in teaching. She is also involved in adopting the “learning through discipleship” approach in the Clinical Legal Education course and pioneered the use of “Standardised Clients” in the teaching of her courses. Ms. Jen was the recipient of the Faculty Outstanding Teaching Award in 2014.
Organised by Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL)
Details of the workshop:
Date : 1 December, 2016 (Thursday) Time : 12:00nn – 1:30pm Venue : CPD 2.37, 2nd Floor, Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus Panellists : Dr. Michael Botelho, Dr. Gary Harfitt, Dr. Julia Kuehn, and Miss Nicole Tavares Discussants : Ms. Katherine Wan and Ms. Rachel Hong Facilitator : Dr. Susan Bridges and Dr. Tracy Zou
Refreshments will be provided.
Abstract
Undergraduate students at HKU are increasingly exposed to a wealth of dynamic and exciting learning experiences. Using a developmental approach, Academic Advisors can guide undergraduate students in strategically navigating and planning across their curriculum opportunities to gain maximum benefit from these opportunities. A range of challenges may arise including, among others, communicating academic standards, encouraging student agency and ‘stretch’, and referring to other student support services.
In this Join-the-Conversation, four panel speakers will share with us their stories in engaging, inspiring and guiding students to maximise their learning and development opportunities at HKU. The two discussants will also share their perspectives. A panel-led discussion will then follow. We welcome all colleagues to join. Colleagues with an academic advising role or those who are involved in providing guidance to students in their academic and personal development may find this event particularly relevant.
About the Panellists Dr. Michael Botelho has been working at HKU for 21 years and has been actively involved in the design, development and implementation of a range of curriculum innovations and reforms in problem-based learning (PBL), e-learning, simulation training and competency assessments. He is the former Academic Advising co-ordinator in the Faculty of Dentistry. He has published and presented on dental education in journals and at conferences locally and internationally. He has conducted workshops on PBL, facilitator training, problem writing and standards descriptors for clinical skills performance. He is the 2015 Hong Kong UGC teaching award recipient.
Dr. Gary Harfitt is Associate Professor and Assistant Dean in the Faculty of Education. He is a former Academic Advising Coordinator in the Faculty of Education. He also served as Programme Director of the 4 double degrees in the Faculty from 2010-2014 and since 2015 has been Assistant Dean for Experiential Learning (EL). He has been involved with integrating experiential learning programmes into Undergraduate and Postgraduate teacher training courses including a pioneering EL ‘block’ for all PGDE full-time students this year. As Assistant Dean he has supported the setting up of multiple students’ EL projects and EL credit-bearing courses in the HK community as well as other locations such as China, Thailand, Australia, Cambodia, India, Vietnam, Nepal and Taiwan.
Dr. Julia Kuehn is Associate Professor and Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning) in the Faculty of Arts. She is also the current Chair of the Academic Advising Committee. Julia has been involved in Academic Advising ever since it was inaugurated, from getting it off the ground in the Faculty of Arts (being on the committee that decided to make all teachers in Arts academic advisors) to looking into improving the system over the years (with a new sign-up system from 2016-17 that gives students more agency in choosing their advisor). As Associate Dean, Julia has also overseen EL initiatives in Arts. With a Faculty that has 22 major and 31 minor programmes, an open curriculum with many choices and a large student body, advising Bachelor of Arts students is a huge challenge as no student is the same. Julia is hoping to learn from today’s discussion as much as she may be able to contribute.
Miss Nicole Tavares is Senior Lecturer in the Division of English Language Education at the Faculty of Education of HKU. Her expertise is in the areas of 21st century skills learning, using educational technologies and social media in teacher professional development, language-across-the-curriculum initiatives, interactive assessment, mistake-management and collaborative learning – all with a prime focus on student-centredness, learner motivation, teacher-student communication and the student voice. Her 2013 co-authored article published in Computers & Education titled ‘From Moodle to Facebook: Exploring students’ motivation and experiences in online communities’ has achieved 98 citations to date. For her commitment to and innovations in teaching and learning, she was presented with the Distinguished Teacher Award (2006), Knowledge Exchange (Team) Award (2010), Teacher Effectiveness Award for the highest average SETL ratings in undergraduate programmes (2011–2014) and Outstanding Teaching Award (2015) by her Faculty as well as the Outstanding Teaching Award in 2015 by HKU. She has been an Academic Advisor for a few years and is keen on seeking ways to play a more effective role in this capacity.
Facilitators
Dr. Susan Bridges, Associate Professor, Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning and Assistant Dean (Curriculum Innovation), Faculty of Education
Dr. Tracy Zou, Assistant Professor, Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning
Organised by Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL)
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Date : 30 November, 2016 (Wednesday) Time : 12:00nn – 1:00pm Venue : Room 321, 3/F, Run Run Shaw Building (Main Campus), HKU Speaker : Dr. Chun-Kit Chui, Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, HKU Facilitator : Dr. Luke Fryer, Associate Professor, CETL, HKU
Abstract:
Dr. Chui has applied the university teaching exchange fellowship scheme (TEFS) and visited the School of Computing (SoC) in the National University of Singapore (NUS) during April -May 2016. NUS is one of the best universities in the field of computing and information system, and their School of Computing hosts a number of cutting-edge pedagogical projects in computing education. In this seminar, Dr. Chui will share his exchange experience in NUS. The areas of focus in this exchange project include the management of in-class activities of flipped learning, the use of scalable online gamification platform, and the enhancement of online instructional materials with visualization techniques in computing education. Some inter-university collaborative teaching initiatives are also being arranged in this exchange project.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Chui is a lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Hong Kong. He is interested in pedagogical research in computing education and aimed to provide high-quality computing education to students in primary, secondary and tertiary levels. He was selected for the University Outstanding Teaching Award (Individual Award) of the University of Hong Kong in 2015/16. He was selected for the Faculty Outstanding Teaching Award (Individual Award) of the Faculty of Engineering in 2012/13. He has also received the Teaching Excellence Award in the Department of Computer Science in 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15.
Organised by Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL)
Details of the workshop:
Date : 28 October, 2016 (Friday) Time : 12:00nn – 1:00pm Venue : Room 321, 3/F, Run Run Shaw Building (Main Campus), HKU Facilitator : Dr. Luke Fryer, Associate Professor, CETL, HKU
Abstracts:
Grants for overseas reciprocal visits through ‘Teaching Exchange Fellowship Scheme’
To promote HKU staff to bring in new ideas and teaching methods to improve teaching through interaction with overseas university teachers, HKU will award up to $50,000 for reciprocal staff visits. This funding is provided through the “Teaching Exchange Fellowship Scheme”. The seminar provides an overview of this funding scheme and information on the application process. Staff will be guided on how to go about planning exchange visits to enhance the scholarship of teaching at HKU, which is the aim of the scheme. It will explain, and also showcase examples, on how this funding opportunity can be used by HKU teaching staff to share experience and to collaborate on teaching and curriculum development initiatives with overseas reputable universities through reciprocal visits.
The seminar is open to all teaching staff interested in finding out more about this Teaching Exchange Fellowship Scheme. Staff will be provided an overview of the scheme, how to lodge an application, the key objectives, amounts they can apply for, eligibility and advice in preparing an application. Staff who are thinking about applying are strongly encouraged to attend. Staff who attended the last seminar but found they had insufficient time to make overseas contacts, or who are thinking of planning ahead, in time for the second round (having a November 18th, 2016 closing date), would also find the seminar useful. If you are not sure whether this scheme would be relevant to teaching innovations you have in mind, or would simply like to know more about the scheme, you are welcome. The Circular on this scheme can be found at http://intraweb.hku.hk/reserved_2/cdqa/doc/TEFS/TEFS_2016-17.pdf.
Organised by Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL)
Details of the workshop:
Date : 10 November, 2016 (Thursday) Time : 12:00nn – 1:00pm Venue : Room 321, 3/F, Run Run Shaw Building (Main Campus), HKU Speaker : Dr. Julie Yun Chen, Assistant Professor, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, HKU Facilitator : Dr. Luke Fryer, Associate Professor, CETL, HKU
Abstract:
Medical students are keen to engage in service learning – going abroad to gain broader perspectives on health care and contributing to projects which can make a difference in people’s lives. Service learning supports the experiential aspect of global health which ‘places a priority on improving health and achieving equity in health for all people worldwide by emphasizing transnational health issues, determinants, and solutions’ (Koplan et al, 2009). But does the experience of global health require globetrotting? Do students necessarily need to go abroad to achieve the same outcomes? Experiences at the medical schools of The University of Hong Kong and the University of British Columbia illustrate how the principles of global health can be framed in local service learning initiatives.
About the Speaker:
Dr Julie Chen holds a joint appointment in the Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, and the Bau Institute of Medical and Health Sciences Education. She is engaged in the development, implementation and evaluation of new initiatives in the medical curriculum to encourage early learning of professionalism and humanism in medicine. For her work, she has been recognized with a Faculty Teaching Medal and Teaching Excellence Award (Team).
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Highlights
Cultural diversity and ‘troublesome space’: Opportunities for global engagement and the nurturance of global citizenship – Prof. Chng Huang Hoon
Internationalisation at home: Global citizenship in dentistry – Prof. Chu Chun Hung
Internationalisation through cross-border collaboration: Offshore master programme in Chinese Language Education – Interview with Prof. Tse Shek Kam
A case about cross-institution collaboration in Chinese medicine education – Mr. Yum Tin Pui and Dr. Chen Jianping
Taking the classroom overseas: How experiential learning is transforming teacher training in the Faculty of Education – Dr. Gary Harfitt
What can they do together? A cross-disciplinary experiential learning to improve the quality of life in rural areas – Dr. Ryan Wong and Ms. Jessie Chow
