E-ngaging, E-ffective and E-fficient: Pedagogy with technology for large class teaching

CETL Workshop: E-ngaging, E-ffective and E-fficient: Pedagogy with technology for large class teaching

Date: Jan 17, 2012 (Tue)
Time: 12:45pm – 2pm
Venue: Room 321, Run Run Shaw Building
Facilitator: Dr Cathy Gunn

It can be hard to distinguish the hype about new technologies from evidence of their educational merit. University teachers and senior managers need such evidence to inform decisions about what technologies to adopt, and when and why to use them to support good pedagogy in different teaching contexts. One stream of evidence shows how student learning in large classes is being transformed by creative, technology-dependent teaching strategies that can successfully engage each individual learner in the mass-scale and diverse contexts that are common in undergraduate classes.

Participants are invited to review a range of technology enabled teaching, learning and assessment strategies used in large classes, and to critique evidence that suggests they are becoming essential to engage learners, achieve high success rates and keep teaching workloads manageable in the current university context.

For details and online registration, please go to http://www.cetl.hku.hk/workshop120117.

About the Facilitator:

Dr Cathy Gunn is currently Head of e-learning Group at the Centre for Academic Development, The University of Auckland. In her current role, Cathy leads and manages a multi-skilled professional elearning team in a central service unit that promotes the institutional strategic objective of excellence in teaching and learning.

Supporting curriculum renewal and innovation in a research-intensive university: challenges and opportunities

CETL Seminar : Supporting curriculum renewal and innovation in a research-intensive university: challenges and opportunities

Date: Jan 19, 2012 (Thur)
Time: 12:45pm to 2pm
Venue: Room 321, Run Run Shaw Building
Facilitator: Dr Cathy Gunn

This seminar outlines how a Capacity Development Framework – one of many theoretical models designed to manage strategic change – could keep a strategic curriculum renewal initiative on track in a large, research-intensive university, where a complex combination of external (government policy and international trends) and internal (institutional and individual) influences are present. The challenge of aligning institutional, Faculty and individual priorities and perspectives is acknowledged as significant in this context. The exceptional and timely opportunities created by a sector-wide curriculum renewal initiative in Hong Kong in 2012 are noted as powerful enabling factors. Evidence drawn from personal experience and published sources is offered to support the case presented.

For details and online registration, please go to http://www.cetl.hku.hk/seminar120119

For enquiries, please contact Mr William Yieu by email wyieu@hku.hk.

About the Facilitator:

Dr Cathy Gunn is currently Head of e-learning Group at the Centre for Academic Development, The University of Auckland. In her current role, Cathy leads and manages a multi-skilled professional elearning team in a central service unit that promotes the institutional strategic objective of excellence in teaching and learning.

Introduction to Teaching and Learning @ HKU

Introduction to Teaching and Learning @ HKU
Organized by
Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL)

Date: 10 Jan 2012 (Tue)
Time: 9:15am-3:45pm
Venue: Room 321, Run Run Shaw Building

This one-day programme is a foundation programme in teaching and learning at the University of Hong Kong and is designed for teaching staff, regardless of previous teaching experience, who are new to teaching at HKU. The overall aim is to provide new staff with a better understanding of specific issues relating to teaching in Hong Kong and at HKU.

Some of the topics included:

  • HK and HKU education system, e.g. 4-year curriculum reform, including the common core curriculum and experiential learning
  • Students: their demography, culture, expectations and transition to university
  • English as the medium of instruction, policy and implications
  • Teaching related opportunities such as Teaching Development Grants and Teaching Awards
  • Different teaching and learning evaluation in HKU and how to enhance student learning

The ‘Introduction to Teaching and Learning @ HKU’ is a mandatory programme for all new academic and academic-related staff with full-time teaching responsibilities commencing on or after September 1, 2011, and should be taken within the first year of service. Please note there are no exemptions.

Early registration is encouraged as enrolment is limited. For course details and registrations, please refer to the following link: http://www.cetl.hku.hk/itl120110

Should you have any inquiries, please contact Ms. Eva Poon, CETL at 2859 8996 or email evapoon@hku.hk

Academic Advising Professional Development Workshop December 6-7, 2011

This development workshop is organized by the Academic Advising Office and is designed for teaching staff who are engaged or interested in learning more about academic advising.

  • What does good academic advising look like?
  • Why is advising considered an extension of teaching?
  • How do I empower students to be well-informed decision makers?
  • What are the major issues in academic advising on campus?

    • And many more discussion topics with practical case studies …

The workshop will be conducted by Professor Avis Hinkson, Dean of Barnard College, Columbia University. Professor Hinkson served as the Director of Undergraduate Advising at the University of California-Berkeley for six years before joining Columbia. She had orchestrated the academic advising of over 18,000 undergraduate liberal arts students at Berkeley.

Date: December 6, 2011 (Tuesday) December 7, 2011 (Wednesday)
Time: 9:00 am to 1:30 pm
Venue: KB110, Knowles Building RR321, Run Run Shaw Building
Speaker: Prof. Avis Hinkson, Dean of Barnard College, Columbia University
Registration: Click here Click here

There will be interactive discussion and case studies to illustrate major issues in academic advising on campus. Some of the topics covered include:

  • Advising for first-year and senior students;
  • Developmental advising versus prescriptive advising;
  • Advising versus counselling;
  • Ethical and legal issues in advising;
  • Cultural competencies, gender dynamics and generational differences;
  • How to make the best use of student advisers

ALL Faculty Colleagues are Welcome.
(particularly those who were not able to join the June 2011 sessions)

For enquiries, please contact Mr Nelson Chau at 2219 4681 or Ms Wendy Yau at 2219 4685.

Learn more

Advanced Teaching and Learning @ HKU – Nov 29, 30, Dec 1

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

Date: 29, 30 Nov, 1 Dec 2011(Tue, Wed, Thu)
Venue: Rm 321, Run Run Shaw Building (29, 30 Nov)
Function Rooms A & B, Senior Common Room, 15/F, KK Leung Building (1 Dec)
Time: 9:30am – 4:00pm

This three-day ‘Advanced Teaching and Learning @ HKU’ programme is one of the foundation programmes in teaching and learning at the University of Hong Kong. The programme is designed for teaching staff who are new to teaching at HKU as well as for existing staff who are interested in curriculum renewal. The overall aim of this programme is to provide staff with an opportunity for in-depth application of the principles and concepts of scholarly, evidence-based approaches to teaching and learning. This programme builds on the one-day ‘Introduction to Teaching and Learning @ HKU’.

During this programme, participants will engage in interactive activities which provide them with knowledge and strategies in curriculum design that align with the educational aims of HKU and the 4-year undergraduate curriculum reform. Each of the HKU educational aims is associated with specific institutional learning outcomes. This programme will help you to consider your course learning outcomes, your faculty/programme learning outcomes and their relationship to the HKU educational aims.

The ‘Advanced Teaching and Learning @ HKU’ is a mandatory programme for all new academic and academic-related staff with full-time teaching responsibilities commencing on or after September 1, 2011, and should be taken within the first two years of service.

Early registration is encouraged as enrolment is limited. For course details and registrations, please refer to the following link: http://www.cetl.hku.hk/atl1111

Future sessions are scheduled as follows:

Introduction to Teaching and Learning @ HKU-Jan 10, 2012
Advanced Teaching and Learning @ HKU-Jun 5, 6, 7, 2012
Should you have any inquiries, please contact Ms. Eva Poon, CETL at 2859 8996 or email evapoon@hku.hk.

Seminar: What does a degree result mean?

What does a degree result mean?
Charting UCL’s current journey from Honours Degree Classification to GPA

Speaker:
Professor Michael J. Worton, Vice-Provost, University College London (UCL)

Date: November 22, 2011 (Tuesday)
Time: 12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
Venue: LG-06, Hui Oi Chow Science Building
Language: English
Organized by: Teaching and Learning Quality Committee

Abstract

This presentation will describe why UCL has decided that the honours degree system is no longer fit for purpose, outlining the main arguments against this system, whilst also articulating reasons why this degree classification system has continued to be used for so long. The talk will describe the context of UK debates around measuring and recording of achievement over the past several years and explain why UCL has decided that now is the moment to re-visit this issue and move towards a new system, ranging from changes in education globally, economic drivers, expectations of both students and employers, etc.

The presentation will also set out options on the way forward and a series of issues that will need to be considered before making a final decision.

The presentation will be followed by a discussion with

Professor Michael T. Prosser
Visiting Professor
Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning

Professor Amy H.L. Lau
Director of School of Business
Chair Professor of Accounting
Faculty of Business and Economics

Click here to download the presentation

Click here to watch the presentation

About the speaker

Professor Michael Worton is Vice-Provost of UCL.

He is Higher Education Advisor to the British Council. He has spoken widely throughout the world on the internationalisation of Higher Education (HE) and the purpose and responsibilities of universities in the 21st century. He was a founding member of the Arts and Humanities Research Board, later the Arts and Humanities Research Council, on which he served from 1998-2006, chairing several of its major committees. He is also a member of the Comité International de Consultation en Sciences Humaines et Sociales de l’ANR and of the Advisory Board for the Programme of Artistic Research of the Austrian Research Council (FWF). He has been a member of the European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH) Steering Committee since work began on the European Science Foundation’s ERIH project in 2002. In 2009, he undertook a personal review of language provision in HE for Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and the UK Government.

He is an Officier of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques, Chevalier of the Legion d’Honneur and in 2009 was awarded the Medal of Honoured Worker in HE by the Republic of Kazakhstan. He has published 11 books and nearly 80 articles and chapters in books.

Curriculum Reform Seminar by Mr Simon Kemp

The Steering Committee on 4-Year Undergraduate Curriculum and the Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL) jointly organized a seminar entitled “Embedding Experiential Learning into the Curriculum and Linking to Extra-Curricular Activities” on Oct 24, 2011. Mr Simon Kemp, Director of Employability and Employer Engagement from the Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton, was invited as the speaker.

At the seminar Mr Kemp defined the meanings of experiential learning, employability and education for sustainable development in universities. It is pointed out that most employers find 1) the ability to work well in a team, 2) the ability to adapt to new situations, 3) communication skills, and 4) work experience to be the important attributes of graduates. In order for experiential learning to be effective, learners must be actively involved, they must reflect on the experience, apply their analytical skills to conceptualize the experience, and use new ideas gained from the experience. Quoting the examples of experiential learning activities in the University of Southampton, Mr Kemp highlighted the beneficial outcomes for graduates, institutions, employers and the society, though there may be possible barriers that need to be paid attention to, such as lack of resources, professional accreditation, and risk of ruining well established contacts.

Click here to see the presentation

About the Speaker

Mr Simon Kemp is the Director of Employability and Employer Engagement, Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton where he has worked since 1996. He has been recognised as an innovator in pedagogical theory and case study practice through the award of a National Teaching Fellowship from the UK’s Higher Education Academy. His teaching and research interests lie in Environmental Management Systems (EMS), Carbon Footprinting, Environmental Law, Waste Management, and Education for Sustainable Development. He has coordinated over a hundred sustainability projects with industrial partners for teaching and assessment projects in sectors such as construction and demolition, retail, freight handling, energy, waste, and health care taking some to ISO14001:2004. One of his main current projects is leading the University of Southampton in a national ‘Green Academy’ project to embed sustainability across the institution.

4-Year Undergraduate Curriculum Reform Seminar Series

Jointly organized by:
Steering Committee on 4-Year Undergraduate Curriculum
Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL)

Title: Embedding Experiential Learning into the Curriculum and Linking to Extra-Curricular Activities

Speaker: Mr Simon Kemp, Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton
Date: Mon 24 Oct 2011
Time: 12:30pm – 2:15pm
Venue: LG-06, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, The University of Hong Kong

Synopsis:

Integrating employability into the curriculum through experiential learning is an agenda of growing international importance for universities. Curriculum reform offers many opportunities for innovative solutions to address this issue.

This presentation will explore the benefits of experiential learning through a number of case study examples of teaching and assessment innovation, student engagement, volunteering, employer engagement and campus greening. A postgraduate module in Environmental Management Systems (EMS) at the University of Southampton will be used as one of the examples to demonstrate the multitudinal benefits that can occur from integrating employability through innovative experiential teaching and assessment methods. The difficulties in embedding experiential learning into the curriculum will be highlighted. It will conclude with a discussion of the potential benefits for students, universities, employers, and society from linking experiential learning with sustainable development activities.

About the Speaker:

Mr Simon Kemp is the Director of Employability and Employer Engagement, Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton where he has worked since 1996. He has been recognised as an innovator in pedagogical theory and case study practice through the award of a National Teaching Fellowship from the UK’s Higher Education Academy. His teaching and research interests lie in Environmental Management Systems (EMS), Carbon Footprinting, Environmental Law, Waste Management, and Education for Sustainable Development. He has coordinated over a hundred sustainability projects with industrial partners for teaching and assessment projects in sectors such as construction and demolition, retail, freight handling, energy, waste, and health care taking some to ISO14001:2004. One of his main current projects is leading the University of Southampton in a national ‘Green Academy’ project to embed sustainability across the institution.

TEAS Workshop B

This workshop is a follow-up for staff who have begun to develop their Teaching Excellence Award Scheme application. Workshop participants will be expected to bring drafts of their application for discussion and further development. Participants should bring to the workshops any progress made so far on their application.

Date: 28 Sep, 2011 (Wed)
Time: 12:30pm – 1:45pm
Venue: Room 322, Run Run Shaw Building, HKU

Please visit http://www.cetl.hku.hk/teas110928 for more information.

Introduction to Teaching and Learning @ HKU

Teachers are invited to join the one-day programme ‘Introduction to Teaching and Learning @ HKU’, organized by CETL which is being offered twice on September 15 and September 21, 2011, from 9:45 am to 4:00 pm.

This one-day programme is a foundation programme in teaching and learning at the University of Hong Kong and is designed for teaching staff, regardless of previous teaching experience, who are new to teaching at HKU. The overall aim is to provide new staff with a better understanding of specific issues relating to teaching in Hong Kong and at HKU.

Some of the topics include:
-HK and HKU education system, e.g. 4-year curriculum reform, common core curriculum, academic advising.
-Assessment policy
-Strategic direction of e-learning at HKU
-Students: their demography, culture, expectations and transition to university
-English as the medium of instruction, policy and implications
-Teaching related opportunities such as Teaching Development Grants and Teaching Awards
-Different teaching and learning evaluation in HKU and how to enhance student learning

The ‘Introduction to Teaching and Learning @ HKU’ is a mandatory programme for all new academic and academic-related staff with full-time teaching responsibilities commencing on or after September 1, 2011, and should be taken within the first year of service and there are no exemptions.

For course details and online registration, please refer to the following link: http://www.cetl.hku.hk/itl110915

Should you have any inquiries, please contact Ms. Eva Poon, CETL at 2859 8996 or email evapoon@hku.hk.