Teaching Exchange Fellowship Scheme Seminar

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Date : 27 January, 2016 (Wednesday)
Time : 12:45pm – 1:45pm
Venue : Room 321, Run Run Shaw Building
(sandwiches, coffee and tea will be available from 12:30 pm)
Coordinator: Professor Grahame Bilbow, Director, CETL, The University of Hong Kong

Abstract

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 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://intranet.hku.hk/web/reg/adqa/rslleung/TEFS-2015-16.pdf.

Online Registration

For information on registration, please contact:
Ms. Janice Leung , CETL
Phone: 3917 8996; Email: janiceleung331@hku.hk.

More information:
Teaching Exchange Fellowship Scheme

Active Learning Pedagogical Series Workshop 2: “Why are my students not listening to me?”

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Organized by Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning

Active Learning Pedagogical Series Workshop 2
“Why are my students not listening to me?” –
Motivating your students by incorporating SIMPLE active learning activities and assessment in your classroom

Speaker: Dr Cecilia Chan, Head of Professional Development, Associate Professor, CETL
Date: 14 January, 2016 (Thursday)
Time: 12:45pm – 2:00pm
Venue: Room 321, Run Run Shaw Building

Abstract:
It is most discouraging to see your students disengage in your lecture or tutorial – falling asleep or playing with mobile phones and laptops. But what can be done? Some teachers enforce mandatory attendance as part of the assessment thus to fill the seats in the lecture room, but how can attendance be a learning outcome? Mandatory attendance surely does not inspire learning, in fact, often quite the opposite.

This is the second workshop in a series of active learning. In this workshop, we will demonstrate effective pedagogies and assessment methods so that there are more interaction between students and teachers, and students and students, join us to find a way that suits your type of students.

Reference:
Gibbs, G., & Simpson, C. (2004). Does your assessment support your students’ learning. Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 1(1), 1-30.

About the speaker:
ceciliachanDr. Cecilia Chan is the Head of Professional Development and an Associate Professor in the Centre of the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning at The University of Hong Kong (HKU). Cecilia has a dual cultural background; she was originally born in Hong Kong but grew up in Ireland. In addition to her dual cultural background, she also has a dual discipline expertise in engineering and education; she has been playing an important role in enhancing engineering and science education. Her combined expertise in these fields and multi-cultural experience enabled her to lead and conduct research on topics such as assessment, technology enhanced learning and the development and assessment of 21st century skills spanning in engineering education from east to west.

Cecilia holds a PhD in Engineering from Trinity College, a postgraduate diploma and a MA in Higher Education. She also held a Fellowship from King’s College London. She has received many teaching awards and has over 15 years of effective practical experience in engaging students.

For enquiries, please contact Ms Janice Leung by email janiceleung331@hku.hk.

Eliciting Short Responses: How and Why

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What transforms lectures into lessons learnt? Participation, perhaps. Small twists such as inviting students to provide short-written responses would allow for personalized learning in many ways, as suggested by Professor David Carless, Associate Dean (Learning and Teaching) in the Faculty of Education, and Dr. David Pomfret, Chairperson of the Department of History. They gave a seminar on this subject on December 1st, 2015.

In Dr. Pomfret’s history class, students were prompted to write short responses to one question each time. For example,
· “What nation do you think you belong to? Why?”
· “Which do you think is more valuable – history in history books or history in movies?”

These questions invite personal participation and reflection, and are associated with issues to be addressed in the next class, where a summary of the graded responses would be presented by way of a springboard for discussions. The rewards of such a practice are manifold: it enables students to quickly connect learning materials with their personal experiences; and their participation keeps them motivated throughout the semester. Teachers may also gauge common prior knowledge (or misconceptions, sometimes) among students in a timely manner through students’ submissions. In other words, short-written responses facilitate closing the feedback loop in learning.

At the seminar, some teachers suggested inviting students to post their responses on online platforms such as Moodle as it is much faster, and allows everyone in class to view their peers’ submissions. That’s certainly one quick and easily doable way. However, if the teacher would like to have anonymous feedback, an audience response tool such as Mentimeter might serve the purpose better. Would you like to give it a try?

Contact us.

CETL Seminar: Engaging and Assessing Students through Short-written Responses

CETL Seminar: Engaging and Assessing Students through Short-written Responses

Organized by Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL)

Date : 1 December 2015 (Tuesday)
Time : 12:45 – 2:00 pm [Sandwiches will be served with coffee and tea.] Venue : Rm 321, Run Run Shaw Builiding
Speakers: David Carless, Faculty of Education and David Pomfret, Faculty of Arts

Abstract:
In this seminar, we share our experiences of an innovation which aimed to involve all students actively in class. Students are assessed on short in-class written responses to an issue to be addressed in the following lecture. David Pomfret pioneered this strategy with History students and in the Common Core; David Carless observed his implementation and later tried it out with Education students. Positive findings include promoting student engagement; and enabling teachers to understand students’ prior knowledge before the next session. Challenges include the difficulty of assessing the short responses efficiently and reliably. Some alternative modes of promoting student engagement through short responses are also discussed.

About the Speaker:
Professor David Carless is Associate Dean (Learning and Teaching) in the Faculty of Education. He specializes in learning-oriented approaches to assessment and his most recent book is entitled, Excellence in university assessment: Learning from award-winning practice (Routledge, 2015).

Dr David M. Pomfret is Associate Professor and chairperson of the Department of History. He publishes in the history of Europe and its empires, and his most recent book is Youth and Empire: Trans-colonial Childhoods in British and French Asia (Stanford University Press, 2015). He was awarded the UGC Teaching Excellence award in 2012.

Registration

For enquiries, please contact Ms Janice Leung by email janiceleung331@hku.hk.

CETL Seminar: Foundations on Vision Science

CETL Seminar: Foundations on Vision Science

Organized by Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL)

Date : 14 December 2015 (Monday)
Time : 12:45 – 1:45 pm [Sandwiches will be served with coffee and tea.] Venue : Rm 321, Run Run Shaw Builiding
Speakers: Dr. Chia-huei Tseng

Abstract:
This seminar will present a foundation course of Vision Science, a recently strategically developed area in the Department of Psychology at HKU. This course development was supported by HKU’s Teaching Exchange Fellowship Scheme to develop students’ coherent views before receiving more specialised training by individual faculty members in the Psychology Department. The course covers the whole functional visual systems from retina to cortex and our current understanding from neuronal responses to behavioural measurements. It enables students to become more appreciative of ideas, experiments, and results in vision research, to become independent in their thinking, and to be ready for active participation in ongoing research.

About the Speaker:
As a visual scientist by training, Dr. Chia-huei Tseng co-developed this foundation course together with a visiting visual scientist Professor Lothar Spillsmann with the support of HKU Teaching Exchange Fellowship Scheme. She has embraced various teaching innovations such as collaborative learning and gamification in assessments.

Registration

For enquiries, please contact Ms Janice Leung by email janiceleung331@hku.hk.

Teaching Development Grants (TDG) Seminar Series (Postponed: seminar 1)

Teaching Development Grants (TDG) Seminar Series

Organized by Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL)

Due to a clash with a silent march that will occur on 6 Oct, 2015 in HKU, seminar 1 will be postponed. Sorry for any inconvenience that may have been caused.

Seminar 1: Teaching Development Grants Round-table Discussion

Date : Tuesday, 6 Oct 2015 (1:00 – 2:00)
Time : 13:00-14:00
Venue : Room 321, Run Run Shaw Building
Speakers: Dr Cecilia Chan, Head of Professional Development, Associate Professor, CETL
Professor Gray Kochhar-Lindgren, Director of Common Core Curriculum

Abstract:
This roundtable discussion is open to all teaching staff who are interested in finding out more about the Teaching Development Grants funded by the University. Staff will be provided an overview of the funding scheme, the allocation criteria, priority areas and advice in preparing the application. Teachers will have the opportunities to discuss their ideas and challenges with colleagues, and for those, who are looking for cross-discipline partners or guidance, you are strongly encouraged to attend. Staff who are not sure, or would simply like to know more about the grant, are most welcome.

Registration

Seminar 2

Date : Monday, 16 Nov 2015 (1:00 – 2:00)
Time : 13:00-14:00
Venue : Room 321, Run Run Shaw Building
Speaker: Dr Chun-kit Chui, Lecturer, Department of Computer Science

1st part: A study on applying the self-learning paradigm in teaching advanced technical courses

Abstract:
Computer science and information technology are two fast evolving fields in the modern world. An undergraduate program in these fields must consist of two key components: (1) a training in the fundamental knowledge of the discipline and (2) a training in self-learning. The latter component is especially important for graduates to adapt to the ever-changing world of technology. This project aims at studying the effect of applying the self-learning paradigm in teaching advanced technical courses in the computer science program. We identify the key differences between a self-learning lab-based method of teaching and the traditional classroom-based method. We study these differences through a controlled experiment in which we teach the same materials to two cohorts of students under the two different modes of study. We systematically collect and analyze student feedback, and compare and contrast student progress under the two teaching schemes. We also study how Moodle can be used to support self-learning courses.

About the speaker:
Dr Chun-kit Chui received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Hong Kong. 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 2012-2013 and in 2011-2012, and the Best Tutor Award in 2007-2008, 2008-2009 and 2010-2011.

2nd part: Experiential learning through ultrasonography in undergraduate medical education paradigm

Abstract:
Ultrasound is an emerging tool in the undergraduate medical education to facilitate pre-clinical teaching on anatomy and physiology, and adjunct in clinical skills training. The integration of ultrasonography into undergraduate medical education has been met by constraints in limited curricular time, expensive equipment and cost of having a large number of trained faculty members to conduct such activity. This TDG aim at delivering an e-learning platform on ultrasonography, from the basis of physics to improving the understanding of human anatomy and integration in clinical management. The e-learning resource will supplement the current curriculum, in both vertical and horizontal integrations to make more efficient use of the hands-on workshop and engaging students in active learning.

Registration

For information on registration, please contact:
Ms Ivy Lai , CETL
Phone: 3917 8996; Email:

Email: laichun2@hku.hk.

Teaching Exchange Fellowship Scheme Seminar

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Date : 14 October, 2015 (Wednesday)
Time : 12:45pm – 1:45pm
Venue : Room 321, Run Run Shaw Building
(sandwiches, coffee and tea will be available from 12:30 pm)
Coordinator: Dr Suki Ekaratne, Associate Professor, CETL, The University of Hong Kong

Abstract

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 (the first round has a November 13th closing date). 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 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://intranet.hku.hk/web/reg/adqa/rslleung/TEFS-2015-16.pdf.

Online Registration

For information on registration, please contact:
Ms Ivy Lai , CETL
Phone: 3917 8996; Email: laichun2@hku.hk.

More information:
Teaching Exchange Fellowship Scheme

New Assessment Resources for HKU Teachers

Wise Assessment Forum

Organized by Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning

Dear colleagues

As you may know, assessment is one of the key themes for teaching and learning enhancement at HKU. I am therefore delighted to share with you some important new teaching and learning resources on the theme of assessment that the Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL) has been responsible for creating over recent months.

The resources on the newly-created “Wise Assessment Forum” website take the form of twelve wise assessment briefings (including local and international case examples), which we hope will help colleagues to enhance the design of assessment in their courses or programmes.

These wise assessment briefings are organised around four themes: assessment in the Common Core Curriculum, assessing experiential learning, understanding standards, and high-impact feedback. The resources have been created on the basis of a comprehensive literature review, interviews with a sample of HKU teachers and students, and advice from world renowned experts on assessment.

These new resources are tangible outputs from the Centre’s on-going Community of Practice Project, which seeks to identify, surface, synthesise, and share effective teaching and learning practices across the University. They follow closely on the heels of three “Join-the-Conversation” events which were organised in the spring semester of 2014-15 and attracted over 160 participants from HKU, and other local and overseas universities to share and discuss their professional practices.

I invite you to visit the “Wise Assessment Forum” website (www.cetl.hku.hk/wise-assessment-forum/) to view and download these resources, which I hope you will find useful in your everyday teaching. I also welcome you to share your assessment designs with us at CETL so that we can keep our resources updated with the latest assessment innovations at HKU and spread wise practice in the area of assessment even further.

If you have any suggestions or queries in relation to these new resources, or teaching and learning more broadly, please feel free to contact my colleague Dr Tracy Zou at tracyzou@hku.hk.

Best regards

Professor Grahame T Bilbow
Director, Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL)
The University of Hong Kong

Teaching Excellence Award Scheme 2015

Message from Curriculum Development and Quality Assurance Section of the Registry

teas2015Further to the circular from the Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor dated July 6, 2015, this is to remind colleagues and students that nominations are now invited for the University Distinguished Teaching Award (UDTA), the Outstanding Teaching Award (OTA) and the newly introduced Teaching Innovation Award (TIA) under the Teaching Excellence Award Scheme (TEAS) in 2015.

The TEAS aims to recognise, reward and promote excellence in teaching at the University. All Faculties are encouraged to nominate colleagues who have made an outstanding contribution to the leadership and scholarship of Teaching and Learning at both Faculty and University levels for UDTA; colleagues who have demonstrated excellence in teaching and curriculum development for OTA; and those who have demonstrated innovation in pedagogy and/or curriculum design for TIA. Both OTA and TIA comprise individual and team awards, the latter is to recognise and promote collaborative effort and achievement in enhancing Teaching and Learning.

For further details, please refer to the circular at:

URL: http://intranet.hku.hk:8030/web/reg/adqa/rslleung/TEAS-List-A-2015.pdf

Nominees are encouraged to contact the Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL) for advice on the preparation of teaching portfolios. Three TEAS workshops organised by CETL will be held on September 17, October 13 and November 20, 2015 to support interested staff members to prepare for their submissions. Details about the workshops are available via this link: http://www.cetl.hku.hk/wshp150917/.

All nominations and the supporting documents should reach Ms. Synthia Chau, Curriculum Development and Quality Assurance Section, Registry, by December 11, 2015. Enquiries may be directed to Ms. Chau on 2859 2440 or via email to schau@hku.hk.

Teaching Excellence Award Scheme Workshop Series

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Organized by Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL)

Teaching Excellence Award Scheme Workshop (1)

Date: 17 September 2015, Thursday
Time : 12:45pm – 2:00pm
Venue : Rm 321, Run Run Shaw Builiding

This workshop is open to all teaching staff who are interested in finding out more about the different Teaching Excellence Awards. Staff will be provided an overview of the award schemes, the key selection criteria and advice in preparing an evidence-based teaching portfolio. Staff who are thinking about applying in the next round are strongly encouraged to attend. Staff who are not sure, or would simply like to know more about the scheme, are most welcome.

Teaching Excellence Award Scheme Workshop and Sharing Session (2)

Date: 13 October 2015, Tuesday
Time : 12:45pm – 2:00pm
Venue : Rm 321, Run Run Shaw Builiding

This workshop is open to all teaching staff who are interested in finding out more about the different Teaching Excellence Awards. Staff who are thinking about applying in the next round are strongly encouraged to attend. Staff who are not sure, or would simply like to know more about the scheme, are most welcome. Previous award winners will be invited to discuss their experience, and a sharing session will be organized.

Preparing an Evidence-Based Teaching Portfolio for your Teaching Excellence Award Workshop (3)

Date: 20 November 2015, Friday
Time : 12:00pm – 2:00pm
Venue : Rm 321, Run Run Shaw Builiding

This workshop is open to all teaching staff who are preparing their teaching portfolio. We strongly advice teaching staff to bring along their work-in-progress teaching portfolio, individual consultation by CETL staff will be arranged on the spot to advise you on the portfolio.

For enquiries, please contact Ms Ivy Lai by email laichun2@hku.hk.