S1 T&L Updates

Message from Professor Ian Holliday, Vice-President & Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching & Learning) Dear students I’m writing to update you on a few issues. Assessment choices As you know, we’re offering all UG and TPG students three assessment choices for S1 courses: letter grade, pass/fail, late drop. Assessment choices can be submitted through SIS from 09:00 on […]

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 […]