This workshop is designed for academic and academic-related staff, who recently joined the University or have been newly appointed to academic advising responsibilities at HKU.
What is the aim of this workshop?
The overall aim of the workshop is to provide a foundation on the developmental model of academic advising and to introduce key features of the academic advising system at HKU, as well as support for academic advisers.
Date: 24 Sept 2013 (Tuesday)
Time: Noon to 2:00 pm
Venue: Room 321, Run Run Shaw Building
What will I learn about?
Some of the topics covered in the workshops are:
Academic advising foundations and the role of academic advisers
Web-based academic advising support in the Student Information System
Referrals to University supporting units
Experiences from case studies
Who should I contact if I have questions?
For enquiries, please contact Dr. Amy Lewis at 2219 4684.
Organized by Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL)
Abstract This workshop is open to all teaching staff who are interested in finding out more about the Teaching Excellence Awards. Staff will be provided an overview of the award scheme, 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.
Date: 2 October, 2013 (Wednesday)
Time: 12:45pm – 2:00pm
Venue: Room 321, Run Run Shaw Building
For more information about the workshop and the award scheme, please contact Dr. Cecilia Chan from CETL at 3917 8534 or email her at Cecilia.Chan@cetl.hku.hk
Date: 12 Sept 2013 (Thursday)
Time: 5:45 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Meng Wah Complex, T3
Who is it for?
Open to all students.
What is it about?
This workshop will provide students with practical advice on understanding the common core curriculum requirement and how to prepare for these types of courses. Each area of inquiry will be highlighted. Current common core faculty and the director of common core will address typical questions from first year students and take questions from the audience.
Who will speak?
Mr. Gwyn Edwards, Director of the Common Core Curriculum
Dr. Amy Lewis, Academic Adviser, Academic Advising Office
Representatives from the four Areas of Inquiry:
Humanities
Dr. David Pomfret Convenor of the Humanities AoI and course co-ordinator for “Making History: Engaging with the Powerful Past” (CCHU9003)
Scientific and Technological Literacy:
Professor L.C. Chan Leader for the AoI and course co-ordinator for “Blood, Beliefs, Biology” (CCST9024)
Global Issues
Dr. Gina Marchetti Convenor for the AoI and involved in the teaching of “Hong Kong Cinema through a Global Lens” (CCGL9001) and “Hong Kong Culture in the Context of Globalization”(CCGL9002)
China Culture, State and Society
Dr. Xianjun Yan Course co-ordinator of “Protests, Rebellions and Revolutions in Modern China: From 1840 until Today” (CCCH9009)
ITS and the e-learning Pedagogical Support Unit are offering a series of 3 workshops on enhancing teaching and learning through the use of Moodle. The first part of each workshop will be presented by ITS and will cover the “how to” of the core Moodle features and techniques that will be featured in the pedagogically focused second part of the workshop. There will be time for hands on in the final part of each workshop. The workshops are as follows:
Moodle and Course Content. This workshop will cover uploading files and videos, presentational techniques and how to use Moodle Page and Book
Moodle for Supporting Student Learning. This workshop will cover the Moodle features Choice, Quiz, Lesson and Assignment
Moodle for Creating Interaction. This workshop will cover the Moodle features Forum, Glossary and Wiki
The workshops are scheduled to run for one and half hours will focus first on technology (half an hour) and then on pedagogy (half an hour). There will be time to get hands on with Moodle in the final half hour of each session.
Whilst the workshops have been designed to build on one another, it is not necessary to attend all three workshops.
This workshop helps participants explore how to improve assessment and the quality and productivity of higher education.
Date: Sept 23, 2013 (Mon)
Time: 12:45pm – 2pm
Venue: Room 321, Run Run Shaw Building
Facilitator: Dr Hamish Coates
To begin, I review underpinning contexts and concepts, then analyse two case studies that expose key methods and opportunities. To conclude this first portion of the workshop I present a model that institutions and academics can use to implement structured assessment partnerships.
Next, participants are invited to reflect broadly on how they would use the model to improve assessment, to identify the best single change they could make, and to detail what would be required to make this change work.
The workshop concludes by drawing together participants’ proposals, evaluating the value and feasibility of each, and drawing broader conclusions about how such effort can improve higher education.
Concluding remarks focus on work underway to impel change in this area, such as international transparency initiatives, the development of assessment resources and services, and building professional capacity and community.
This seminar discusses rationales and approaches for using learning technologies on campus to engineer an engaged student experience. It begins by exploring contemporary forces shaping campus-based higher education, looking in particular at the influence of learning technologies. I then unpack the concept of student engagement, drawing on theories and findings from a decade of large-scale research in Australia and abroad. I conclude with suggestions for how academic and support staff can use learning technologies to enhance students’ engagement in campus-based higher education.
Date: Sept 24, 2013 (Tue)
Time: 12:45pm – 2pm
Venue: Room 322, Run Run Shaw Building
Speaker: Dr Hamish Coates
ITS is pleased to organize Moodle and Panopto training courses for you to familiarize with our e-learning services available at HKU.
Moodle is the centrally managed Learning Management System (LMS) supporting e-Courses.
Panopto is the centrally supported lecture capture solution in HKU. It supports recording of audio and video input of your Windows/Macintosh laptop, synchronized with Microsoft PowerPoint presentation and desktop screencast.
Please register by clicking the “Register” hyperlinks below. The number of seats is limited. After successful registration, if you cannot attend, please cancel the registration to release the reserved seat for other colleague. Thank you.
OLB-135 = Room 135, Old Library Building
RRS-201 = Room 201, Run Run Shaw Building
CPD-1.21, Central Podium (CPD), Centennial Campus
If you have taken a Moodle hands-oncourse offered by the ITS, we recommend you follow up with an e-learning Pedagogical Support Unit (EPSU) workshop and/or a Faculty of Education/ Centre for Information Technology in Education (CITE) seminar.
The EPSU of the Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL) offers pedagogically focused e-learning workshops, which leverage the central Moodle platform to enable good teaching practices. These workshops focus on teaching approaches and good teaching practices, complement the Moodle courses offered by the ITS and the Moodle seminars offered by the Faculty of Education/CITE, which tend to focus on innovative teaching practice using the new features available in Moodle.
In order to provide new University staff with useful information about the wide range of services offered by Information Technology Services (ITS), we will have a series of orientation activities running between late August and mid September:
ITS Orientation Seminars
ITS Orientation Trails
Exhibition Booths
1. ITS Orientation Seminars
New colleagues are encouraged to join an ITS Orientation seminar on one of the following dates:
August 29, 2013 (Thu) 10:30 am – 12:45 pm
August 30, 2013 (Fri) 10:30 am – 12:45 pm
September 4, 2013 (Wed) 2:30 pm – 4:35 pm
Each seminar will include a one-hour “Introduction to Information Technology Services (ITS)” which gives an overview of the comprehensive range of central IT and network services offered by ITS. In addition to the introductory session, a short presentation will also be given by Dr Iain Doherty about the role of the EPSU in supporting teachers who want to innovate in their courses through the use of e-learning. Colleagues can also attend the 3 parallel sessions through which we will introduce:
– Moodle Learning Management System
– Panopto Lecture Capture System
– Research supporting environment and High Performance Computing (HPC) facilities
In addition to the Orientation seminar, Orientation Trails will also be arranged during the first week of the semester (September 2-6, 2013) at the Learning Commons and centrally timetabled classrooms. The trails will familiarize new University members with the University’s learning environments and give practical demonstrations on the use of the IT/AV facilities. Classroom facilities at the Centennial Campus and Main Campus will be introduced during the orientation trails for staff.
Chi Wah Learning Commons at 11:30 am and 2:30 pm on September 2-6, 2013 (Assembly point: Main Entrance, Ground Floor by the water feature)
The Oval on 1/F, Knowles Building at 2:30 pm on September 2-6, 2013 (Assembly point: Ground Floor reception area, Knowles Building)
Just walk-in and no registration is required for joining the trails.
3. Exhibition Booths
A joint exhibition together with the University Libraries will be held in the first two weeks of the first semester.
During the exhibition, there will be display boards showing the core IT services, in particular the support for teaching and learning, and research, in the University. Staff will be there during designated timeslots to answer questions.
Details of the exhibition are tabulated below:
G/F, Main Library, September 2 (12:00 noon) – September 9 (5:00 pm)
G/F, Chi Wah Learning Commons, September 2 (12:00 noon) – September 13 (5:00 pm)
All new University members are welcome to join the above orientation activities.
Many colleagues will know that Moodle is the University’s Learning Management System of choice. Moodle is a potentially powerful tool for teachers to create rich, rewarding and engaging e-learning experiences. However, Moodle does not do so quite well when we begin to think of students as authors and architects of their learning.
In this seminar we will present Google Applications for Education (GAFE) and discuss the potential of GAFE for giving students spaces engage in learning on their terms and in an environment over which they have control. The seminar will consist of two parts. In part one Iain Doherty will provide an overview of GAFE and present a theoretical perspective on the importance of students having control over their learning. In part two Nicky Ng will provide practical examples of how GAFE might be used in teaching and learning.
Speakers: Dr. Iain Doherty and Mr. Nicky Ng, e-learning Pedagogical Support Unit
Date: 30 July 2013 (Tuesday)
Time: 12:45 – 2:00pm
Venue: Room 321, Run Run Shaw Building, HKU
Speaker: Dr Gary Scudder, Professor of History, Champlain College, Vermont
Date: July 5, 2013 (Friday)
Time: 2 pm – 3:15 pm
Venue: Room 321, Run Run Shaw Building, HKU
Overview
Dr Gary Scudder will discuss opportunities and challenges in implementing a General Education curriculum, focusing on his role as Assistant Dean of Global Engagement in initiating the innovative Global Modules program at Champlain College and as Assistant Dean of Curriculum in heading up the transformation of the Global Appreciation sequence at Zayed University.
About the Speaker
Gary Scudder received his doctorate from the University of Cincinnati and wrote his dissertation on Tudor national security. He has received numerous teaching awards, including the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Vermont Professor of the Year and the Institute for International Education Community Award. Over the years he’s held several administrative posts, including Assistant Dean of Global Engagement at Champlain College, Assistant Dean of Curriculum at Zayed University, and Interdisciplinary Studies Coordinator at Georgia Perimeter College.
Enquiries can be made with Miss Scarlet Poon (tel: 2219 4957; email: scarletws@hku.hk).
This workshop is designed for academic and academic-related staff, who recently joined the University or have been newly appointed to academic advising responsibilities at HKU.
