CETL Seminar: Unprecedented Outreaching via MOOCs: Landscape, Issues, and Opportunities

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Speakers: Professor Ricky Kwok, the Chairman of the HKU MOOC Working Group
Date : 30 October 2014 (Thursday)
Time : 12:45pm – 2:00pm
Venue : Room 321, Run Run Shaw Building

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

Abstract:

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) is touted as being able to bring seismic change to higher education. While such change still remains to be seen, MOOCs have already polarized the higher education community. Indeed, some people wholeheartedly embrace MOOCs as the ultimate form of e-learning or even the real killer-app of the Internet but many others dispose of the notion and treat MOOCs as another bubble waiting to burst. Big questions such as “What values do MOOCs bring back to campus?”, “What is the business plan to make this sustainable?”, etc. keep baffling all major stakeholders of universities.

HKU, like many other world-class universities, has joined edX to deliver MOOCs. In this talk, the speaker, currently overseeing the development of HKU MOOCs, will share his views on the MOOC phenomenon, issues (pedagogical, coordination, etc.) involved, and opportunities available.

About the Speakers:

Ricky Kwok is Professor and Deputy Head of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at HKU. His research and teaching interests are mainly about large scale distributed computing systems. Currently Ricky is serving as the Chairman of the HKU MOOC Working Group, which advises the Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning) on pertinent issues about MOOCs, such as strategic directions, courses development, and technical matters.

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

Invitation to an online e-Learning survey at HKU

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Message from Professor George Tham, Associate Vice-President (Teaching & Learning)

Dear Colleagues,

You are cordially invited to participate in an online e-Learning questionnaire conducted at The University of Hong Kong (HKU). The aim of the survey is to collect data about teachers’ perceptions of their experience on the use of all types of technologies to enhance teaching and learning in conjunction with face-to-face learning in the University. We invite all teachers to participate in this survey. A separate survey investigating students’ perceptions of their e-Learning experience is being administered concurrently. Your feedback will help us to provide a better physical and virtual learning environment.

The questionnaire should take about 5 minutes to complete. Your answers will remain anonymous and your survey responses will be kept strictly confidential.

To participate in the online survey, please visit:

https://onlinesurvey.cetl.hku.hk/elearn.htm

If you have any questions or queries about this survey please contact Dr Maggie Zhao of the Institutional Survey Team at myzhao@hku.hk.

Best regards,

Professor George Tham
Associate Vice-President (Teaching & Learning)
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
Associate Dean (Quality Assurance), Faculty of Engineering
The University of Hong Kong

CETL EPSU Seminar: Turnitin GradeMark: Giving feedback by the pool?

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

Speaker: Mr Darren Harbutt (Instructional Designer, CETL, HKU)
Date: 21st October, 2014 (Tuesday)
Time: 12:45pm – 2:00pm [Sandwiches will be served with coffee and tea.] Venue: Room 321, Run Run Shaw Building

Abstract:

Research has shown that giving feedback is one of the keys to improving student performance, particularly in relation to formative assessment. While handwritten feedback and face-to-face consultations continue to serve us well in this regard, e-learning tools can also play an important role. One such tool is GradeMark, which enables online grading and a variety of forms of feedback, and now comes together with the familiar anti-plagiarism service Turnitin. GradeMark opens up further rich possibilities and can prove a useful addition to teachers’ feedback repertoire.

This seminar will first look at the basics of GradeMark, including hands-on time to explore the tool. Then it will consider examples of how GradeMark can be used for a variety of teaching and learning feedback scenarios: for essays, for presentations, for submissions in non-traditional formats such as images and slides, and finally for marking and giving feedback away from a computer via the Turnitin iPad app. As part of the seminar is hands-on, it would be useful if you could bring along a laptop and/or an iPad.

About the Speaker:

Darren Harbutt has over twenty years’ teaching experience which he finds invaluable in his role as an Instructional Designer in the e-learning Pedagogical Support Unit, located in CETL. In his work in education, learning and teaching are always at the forefront, supported by appropriate technology and based on sound pedagogical principles.

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

CITE Seminar – Flourishing in the Educational Technology Spotlight

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CITE Seminar Series 2014/2015

CITE Seminar – Flourishing in the Educational Technology Spotlight

Date: 10 October 2014 (Friday)
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:20 pm
Venue: Room 101, 1/F., Runme Shaw Building, The University of Hong Kong
Speaker: Sangil Yoon (Sang), Stanford Graduate School of Business
Chair: Dr. Samuel K. W. Chu, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, HKU

About the Seminar
In recent years, Silicon Valley has been electrified with educational technology innovation and unprecedented financial investment. Four Stanford professors experimented with MOOCs and soon realized the potential to disrupt higher education. These professors either left their tenured positions or took leave of absences to lead new startups (i.e., Udacity, NovoEd, Coursera). Many universities took notice and are placing educational technology in the spotlight as a strategic initiative.

In this seminar, Sangil Yoon (Sang), who leads the Stanford Graduate School of Business’ Academic Technology Services (ATS) group, will discuss how the role and expectations of educational technology professionals has evolved in recent years. Several case studies that cover a broad spectrum of ATS initiatives (i.e., flipped classes, MOOCs, certificates) will highlight how educational technology teams can adapt to the rapidly changing education landscape. The seminar will conclude with a facilitated discussion on the disruption of higher education by technology. What will disruption look like? Will it happen from within or outside? What are the biggest challenges we face? What will your role be?

About the Speaker
Sangil Yoon (Sang) is the Director of the Academic Technology Services group at the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB), where he is responsible for leading educational technology initiatives at the GSB.

Sang has extensive experience with educational technology from product design to program and systems management. He holds three degrees from Indiana University – Bloomington: a B.S. in Business Operations, Management and International Business, and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Instructional Systems Technology. Sang’s research and recent teaching centers on emerging e-learning delivery models, including MOOCs, blended courses, and distance education via synchronous technologies.

Please register at
http://www.cite.hku.hk/news.php?id=528&category=cite

TVB Coverage on HKU’s MOOCs

TVB Financial Magazine special on “Online University”

Broadcasted on 14 Sep 2014


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TVB News report on MOOCs

Broadcasted on 14 Sep 2014


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HKUx01 Epidemics featured on HealthMap’s Disease Daily

Screen Shot 2014-09-26 at 1.54.58 pmAn article on HKUx01 Epidemics was posted on HealthMap’s Disease Daily today. Please check it out.

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… In the HKUx “Epidemics” MOOC, Peiris is part of an inter-disciplinary team of eleven experts. He reveals, “Our experiences of fighting previous epidemics such as the 2003 SARS outbreak in Hong Kong showed that we needed a comprehensive skillset to tackle the outbreak. That’s why we’re bringing together laboratory microbiologists, infectious disease epidemiologists, public health physicians and media journalists, both locally and internationally, to collaborate in this course.” …

Join us in the HKUx MOOC on Epidemics to find out more

HKUx Epidemics Preview 4: Communication

The HKUx 01 Epidemics MOOC started on September 23. Join thousands of learners from around the world to explore the origin, spread, control and communication of infectious diseases.

Join us in the HKUx MOOC on Epidemics to find out more


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HKU’s first MOOC Epidemics starts today!

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Hello everyone!

At this time, The University of Hong Kong course HKU01x, Epidemics is available from your edX Dashboard, and the staff would like to officially welcome you!

You’ll find materials for the first week on the Courseware page, including both video lectures and quizzes.

Please take some time to go to the Course Details page to view the course’s learning outcomes, syllabus, assessment and grading criteria, and become familiar with course policies.

I will be your course lead and I hope you will all have a great time learning about epidemics!

On behalf of the staff, welcome, good luck, and have fun!

Gabriel Leung and the HKU01x staff