TDG – Student Practicum in Landscape Construction Techniques

Teaching Development Grants Completed TDG Projects Experiential Learning Student Practicum in Landscape Construction Techniques Abstract This TDG project established a new Landscape Practicum course within the Division of Landscape Architecture, as a core experiential learning component for final year students of the BA(LS) Program, to give students the opportunity for practical application of the technical […]

TDG – Promoting Deep Learning in First Year Biochemistry Education under the New 4-Year Curriculum

Teaching Development Grants Completed TDG Projects Experiential Learning Promoting Deep Learning in First Year Biochemistry Education under the New 4-Year Curriculum Abstract The transition from the 3-year to the 4-year curriculum at HKU provided an opportunity to develop an innovative biochemistry course that promoted deep learning and also to investigate the impact of pedagogical approach […]

TDG – An Assessment, Reflection and Learning Diary for Experiential Clinical Learning – Evaluation and Moderation

Teaching Development Grants Completed TDG Projects Experiential Learning An Assessment, Reflection and Learning Diary for Experiential Clinical Learning – Evaluation and Moderation Abstract Introduction: Clinical skills training is a complex and challenging process for both students and staff, evaluation of these activities is important for teaching and learning and quality assurance. A structured clinical diary […]

Join-the-Conversation: Assessment in the Common Core Curriculum

Co-organized by Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning and Common Core Curriculum Office Panel-led discussion session 1: Assessing in-class participation Date: 12 May (Tue) Time: 11:30 – 12:45 Venue: Rm 321 & 322 Run Run Shaw Building Panellists: Dr. S.J. Aiston; Professor A. Djurisic; Professor Y.K. Kwok Panel-led discussion session 2: Assessing presentations […]

MOOCs and on-campus teaching and learning

Guest blogger series: Michael Pittman on Coursera Partners Conference 2015 Dr. Michael Pittman is a Research Assistant Professor at the Vertebrate Palaeontology Laboratory of the Department of Earth Sciences. He is a multi-disciplinary vertebrate palaeontologist whose primary interests are in the evolutionary biomechanics of vertebrates, especially dinosaurs. In this article I am going to talk […]