Announcement on Assessment and Policy on Student Plagiarism

Message from Professor Ian Holliday, Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning) Dear colleagues, Teaching Matters 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 […]

ChatGPT via Azure OpenAI Services – Message from VP(T&L)

Message from Professor Ian Holliday, Vice-President & Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching & Learning) Dear colleagues We are all aware of the significance of ChatGPT and keen to engage and experiment with it. From April 17 to June 30, 2023, the University will enable HKU staff to access ChatGPT via Azure OpenAI Services on a trial basis. Azure […]

Teaching Matters (for HKU Teaching Staff)

Message from Professor Ian Holliday, Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and 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 […]

Summer Sandbox Series: Signature Pedagogies

“Message from Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning” Signature pedagogies refer to the “characteristic forms of teaching and learning that organize the fundamental ways in which future practitioners are educated for their new professions” (Shulman, 2005, p. 52). Different faculties in HKU are known for their signature pedagogies such as problem-based learning in […]