e-learning News – November 2012

From Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning For the full version of thE newsletter, go to: http://epsu.cetl.hku.hk/elearning-news/. e-learning Pedagogical Support Unit Services The e-learning Pedagogical Support Unit (EPSU) exists to support Faculties with their e-learning needs. If you have an idea for a Faculty level workshop, please get in touch with Iain Doherty. […]

Common Core Curriculum

Common Learning Experiences  ←Learn here The HKU Common Core Curriculum is the centrepiece of our undergraduate curriculum. It stimulates students’ intellectual curiosity to explore issues of profound significance to humankind through four Areas of Inquiry (AoIs): Science, Technology and Big Data, Arts and Humanities, Global Issues, and China: Culture, State and Society. Students are normally […]

TEAS 2012

Congratulations to all winners! Teaching Excellence Awards 2012 Outstanding Teaching Award (OTA) Individual Award Outstanding Teaching Award for Excellence in Teaching & Research 2012 Presentation Video by   [hana-flv-player video=”https://tl.hku.hk/wp-content/resources/videos/2012-OTA.m4v” width=”712″ height=”400″ description=”Provided by Uvision” clickurl=”http://uvision.hku.hk/portal/video.php?video_id=14368″ clicktarget=”_blank” player=”5″ autoplay=”false” loop=”false” autorewind=”true” splashimage=”https://tl.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ota20131.jpg” /] Dr CHAN Lap Ki Institute of Medical and Health Sciences Education & […]

UK Higher education standards: improving course evaluation

In 2011, Electric Paper gathered the opinions of senior academics and student representatives in UK universities to examine the latest issues and trends in course evaluation, and the improvements that need to be made to gain more effective student feedback on courses and lecturers. According to the report, many universities find it hard to get […]

UK HE institutions adopt new perspective on recording student achievement

Some 75 UK Higher Education (HE) institutions have set to produce Higher Education Achievement Reports (HEAR), a new way of recording students’ academic and personal achievements to enhance their employability. According to Professor Bob Burgess, Vice Chancellor of the University of Leicester and Chairman of the Burgess Implementation Steering Group, many HE institutions in the […]