Registration (For HKU staff only)

In the past decade, course assessment has been digitized extensively. Apart from multiple-choice question banks, different technology solutions have been introduced in online learning. With some classes being shifted online, there is a pressing need for teachers to evaluate students’ performance within and beyond the campus. However, teachers may worry that conducting online assessment requires high digital literacy skills while some are concerned about the risk of academic misconduct behaviour in online assessment. This seminar will cover some good practices and design considerations in conducting online assessment.

Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Understand the potential and affordances of online assessment
• Understand tactics that can promote academic integrity
• Design low-stakes and high-stakes online assessment
• Design open book examination questions
• Design assessment on Moodle

For enquiries, please contact us at enquiry@teli.hku.hk.

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While peer-learning and collaborative activities have become an essential part of university education, the new classroom and social distancing arrangements may require teachers to rethink how they can deliver and manage group-based learning tasks through blended or online means. This workshop will cover:

• Examples of group-based learning in HKU undergraduate courses
• Technology that facilitates peer-learning and collaboration 
• Tips on monitoring student learning in group settings

Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Identify the challenges and opportunities of conducting group work through blended and online means
• Be familiarized with the learning designs and technology that will support peer-learning and collaboration
• Identify possible ways to keep track of student learning in group work through online means

For enquiries, please contact us at enquiry@teli.hku.hk.

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Conducting synchronous online teaching on Zoom and keeping students engaged in online classes are major challenges shared by many HKU teachers in the past few months. In this online workshop, we will give an overview of the challenges experienced by HKU teachers in the 2019/20 Second Semester during the current switch to online teaching and learning. We will also share good practices on how some teachers leverage the online environment to keep students engaged and even create more exciting learning opportunities. Examples of tools that can help to facilitate online discussions will also be shared in this workshop.

We will introduce:

• good practices of restructuring your lesson to a virtual flipped classroom
• tips on breaking the ice with your students virtually and keeping them engage online; and
• examples of tools that promote online discussions.

Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Identify the strategies and techniques in conducting synchronous online teaching on Zoom
• Select and integrate appropriate tools in online lessons for keeping students engaged and facilitating their discussions online;
• Reflect on practices and considerations in conducting online classes.

For enquiries, please contact us at enquiry@teli.hku.hk.

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In light of the COVID-19 outbreak, teaching and learning have shifted online and students often learn through lecture videos now. One of the challenges for educators is understanding and exploring how best we may produce instructional videos. Video production may seem a daunting task to some teachers. However, producing instructional videos at home can be a reality with the right tools and training.

This workshop will give a brief introduction to the potential and affordances of videos in teaching and assessments. We will introduce:

• examples of how videos have been used in HKU courses for teaching and assessments;
• multimedia production support resources in HKU; and
• tips on DIY video production.

Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Identify the challenges and opportunities of using instructional videos
• Familiarize the required equipment, techniques, and workflows of producing instructional videos at home;
• Identify the support of producing instructional videos at the campus; and
• Reflect on practices and considerations in incorporating videos in their learning design.

For enquiries, please contact us at enquiry@teli.hku.hk.

You are cordially invited to the Responsive4U e-Symposium, an interactive online event featuring a UGC funded project, entitled “The Responsive University: Appreciating Content Sharing in General Education,” (also code-named as Responsive4U).

Visit the e-symposium: https://bit.ly/R4U_esymp

Under the Responsive4U project, 11 General Education courses offered in blended format were shared among four local institutions (HKU, CUHK, PolyU, and HKUST), reaching over 2000 students. This content sharing initiative allows institutions to amplify the impact of their quality teaching. Most importantly, the multilateral exchanges among students, teachers and university administrators have opened up practicable genuinely student-oriented ways of teaching and learning.

The Responsive4U e-Symposium featuring:
From June 9 to June 30, interact with online content at your own pace:

• Presentations on project insights and feedback;
• Panel discussions with project participants;
• Course design sharing posters; and
• Online discussions with project team and event participants.

On June 22 (Monday), 10:00am-12:00noon HKT, join our live session with university leaders to explore how institutions can become more responsive in the digital era.

Come on in to the e-symposium: https://bit.ly/R4U_esymp !

No registration required, all are welcome. We look forward to your presence online!

Responsive4U Project Team
Technology-Enriched Learning Initiative