Teaching Matters

Message from Professor Ian Holliday, Vice-President & Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching & Learning) Dear colleagues, As you are aware, assessment is an important vehicle for supporting and guiding student learning. The University has an overarching assessment policy which sets out the philosophy and principles that guide and regulate assessment practices. The key principle is that students should […]

S1 T&L matters for HKU staff

Message from Professor Ian Holliday, Vice-President & Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching & Learning) Dear colleagues Looking ahead to Semester 1, there are a few issues I’d like to brief you on. Add/drop period As in Semester 2 earlier this year, the S1 add/drop period will coincide with a period of almost universal online teaching and learning. As […]

Support on Online Teaching and Learning from AAO (Aug 2020)

Message from Academic Advising Office of the Registry Dear Academic Advisers and Colleagues, The COVID-19 pandemic and the online mode of teaching and learning have brought significant challenges to everyone of us. To support online teaching, AAO has recently developed some tools and tips to strengthen your connection with students and make your virtual classes […]

Summer Sandbox Series: Creative Online Course Designing

Organised by Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL) and Technology-Enriched Learning Initiative (TELI) Designing courses is a creative process. At HKU, the majority of our courses are face-to-face (f2f) with a blended or technology-enhanced approach. As we move into the 2020-21 academic year, how can we learn from last year’s ‘emergency remote […]

Updated Teaching Arrangements for Semester 1, 2020-21

Dear colleagues and students I’m writing to update you on our teaching arrangements for Semester 1 (S1), 2020-21. As I said in my bulk email of May 26, our core aim in Academic Year 2020-21 is to make a gradual and partial return to face-to-face (f2f) teaching. We know we don’t have enough large classrooms […]