Speakers: Mr Nicky Ng (Instructional Designer, CETL, HKU) Date : 29th April, 2015 (Wednesday) Time : 12:45pm – 2:00pm Venue : Room 321, Run Run Shaw Building
This workshop is part two of the E-learning Pedagogical Support Unit (EPSU) seminar on Education Video Production, which took place in February. The initial seminar looked at ways in which the design of educational video impacts on learners’ cognition and ultimately their learning.
As videos become increasingly popular to deliver materials and initiate discussions, such as in blended and ‘flipped’ learning environments, it is essential to consider the form and content of the videos we create. This practical workshop aims to build on the initial theoretical seminar by introducing useful tools to create videos. You will have a chance to create your own multimedia assets, so bring creative energy and ideas on how you do, or would like to, integrate video into your teaching.
About the Speakers:
Nicky Ng is currently working as part of the EPSU team to provide pedagogical support to faculties integrating technology into their teaching and learning environments. He is also supporting the development of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).
Message from Centre for Information Technology in Education within the Faculty of Education
CITE Seminar Series 2014/2015
CITE Seminar – Designing and Evaluating an Affective Information Literacy Game
Date: 24 April 2015 (Friday)
Time: 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm
Venue: Room 101, 1/F., Runme Shaw Building, The University of Hong Kong
Speaker: Miss Yanru Guo, PhD candidate, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Chair: Dr. Xiao Hu, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, HKU
About the Seminar
Students today, having been used to Google and YouTube since birth, demand more interactive and innovative teaching methods, such as digital game-based learning. The ability to respond to a user’s affective states also improves the effectiveness of an online learning environment. My PhD research delves into the possible synergy when both concepts are combined in the form of digital game-based learning involving affective embodied agents.
This seminar discusses the research methods and findings of the three studies conducted in my doctoral work, which aims to examine the influence of affective embodied agents on students’ learning motivation, enjoyment and learning efficacy in a digital information literacy (IL) game. In Study I, 285 tertiary students participated in a between-subjects experiment and found the use of affective embodied agent could provide better motivation and enjoyment for students. Participatory design approach was used in Study II to design an IL game prototype. Study III continues to refine the game design iteratively, where input from professional designers and programmers were gathered.
About the Speaker
Miss Yanru Guo is currently a PhD candidate in the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Her research interest focuses broadly on information literacy education, digital game-based learning, and affective embodied agents. Her PhD research topic is on designing and evaluating the effectiveness of affective embodied agents in a digital information literacy game. She has published papers in international journals (Computers in Human Behavior, Journal of Educational Computing Research) and conferences on Digital Libraries and Information Technologies. She is also a peer reviewer for International Communication Association.
Abstract
Visual communication is one of multiple tools often used in advocacy campaigns to inform target audiences and facilitate change. Among all common forms of visual communication, such as paintings, cartoons, photographs, video and infographics, photography is conventionally the easiest and most convenient form for people to relate to. The use of photography in a range of social change campaigns, both historical and contemporary, will be reviewed in this seminar. A recent and Hong Kong-specific case study – the abuse of Indonesian domestic worker, Erwiana Sulistyaningsih – will be discussed with specific reference to the increased role of non-professional generated content. Another case study about the exploitation of migrant agricultural workers in South Korea will also be presented to illustrate how communications can be tailored to resonate with a target audience. The speaker will also share visual work and stories used in other human rights advocacy campaigns he has managed.
About the Speaker Robert Godden is a human rights advocate with over 14 years experience. He is the founder of the Rights Exposure Project, which explores audio-visual solutions for positive social change. He is currently producing photographs for a book about the lives of migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong. Previously, he worked as Asia-Pacific Campaign Coordinator for Amnesty International with a focus on trafficking for labour exploitation and forced labour.
Date: 17 April 2015 (Fri)
Time: 12:45 – 2:00pm
Venue: Room 321, Run Run Shaw Building
Speaker
Steve Chung (鐘樂偉) (Assistant Lecturer of CUHK Global Studies Programme, PhD Candidate at Hallym University (韓國翰林大學), a well-known blogger on Korean affairs, author of the book
《韓瘋—讓世人瘋狂的韓國現象》)
Facilitator
Rubio Chan (Founder of Eastern Vision, a HK-based political and economic tour organiser for students and young people worldwide. Rubio has led 6 tours to North Korea over the last 2 years and have witnessed first hand the recent changes in the country)
Abstract
Ever since the incumbent leader Kim Jong-un took power, signs of reforms and opening up are becoming obvious. Through the talk, rumours or doubts about North Korea would be debunked with a new insight about the country’s recent development. There are open reforms slowly taking place with which changes may or may not be observable from outsiders. The talk will also touch upon if tourism a useful tool to engage the North Korean people, and to discuss if there are other ways or factors that may impose changes to the country.
Area of expertise
South Korea Society and Popular Culture, Politics of Inter-Korean Relations, Foreign Policy of North Korea, International Relations in Northeast Asia.
Speakers: Professor Wei Yao LIANG, Life Fellow and Retired President, Gonville & Caius College, University of Cambridge Date : 1st April, 2015 (Wednesday) Time : 6:30pm – 7:30pm Venue : Room 321, Run Run Shaw Building
Abstract:
Prof. LIANG will introduce the distinctive features of Cambridge’s residential education. He will illustrate their culture, educational support system, entertainment and facilities, and Community of Practice. In addition, Prof. LIANG will inspire us on the current issues in residential education.
Co-organized by the Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Education and Centre for Enhancement of Teaching and Learning
Speaker:Prof. Michael Jacobson, a Professor and Chair of Education in the Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Sydney, Australia Date : Mar 19, 2015 (Thurs) Time : 12:45pm-2:00pm Venue : Runme Shaw Room 101
Abstract
In this talk I discuss a study in which ninth grade students used agent-based computer models to learn difficult scientific knowledge about complex systems of relevance to understanding climate change. We investigated if varying the sequencing of pedagogical structure (SPS) provided for the computer models would result in differential learning outcomes of the targeted complexity and climate concepts. The experimental condition used a low-to-high (LH) SPS sequence based on productive failure (Kapur & Bielaczyc, 2012), whereas the comparison condition was based on a teacher’s suggestion to employ a more traditional teaching approach—which is classified as a high-to-low (HL) SPS sequence—for the classroom activities. The main results found significant learning of ideas such as “greenhouse gases” and “carbon cycle” by both groups on the posttest.
However, for the more conceptually challenging complex system ideas, such as “self organization” and “emergent properties,” only the LH experimental group demonstrated a significantly higher performance on the posttest compared to the HL comparison condition. Theoretical and practical implications of these findings for the design of advanced learning systems are considered.
About the Speakers
Michael J. Jacobson, Ph.D., is a Professor and Chair of Education in the Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Sydney, and an Honorary Associate in the School of Medicine. He also is the Co-director of the Centre for Research on Computer Supported Learning and Cognition (CoCo).
Previously, he was an Associate Professor in the Learning Sciences Laboratory (which he helped establish) at the National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and the Senior Associate Director and an Associate Professor at the Korea University Center for Teaching and Learning in Seoul, Korea. Professor Jacobson has also held faculty and research positions at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Georgia.
His research has focused on the design of learning technologies to foster deep conceptual understanding, conceptual change, and knowledge transfer in challenging conceptual domains. Most recently, his work has explored learning with immersive virtual worlds and agent-based modeling and visualization tools, as well as cognitive and learning issues related to understanding new scientific perspectives emerging from the study of complex systems. Professor Jacobson has published extensively in areas related to the learning sciences and technology, including numerous scientific papers, book chapters, and two books. His 2006 paper in the highly ranked The Journal of the Learning Sciences (with Uri Wilensky) was the most cited paper in the journal between 2006 and 2011. He has given talks and invited addresses at national and international conferences and served as an educational and business consultant both in the United States and abroad.
Groups such as the Australian Research Council, Singapore Ministry of Education, Korean Ministry of Information and Communication, and U.S. National Science Foundation, have funded his research. In addition, he is an Affiliate of the New England Complex Systems Institute. In July 2012, he served as the Chair of the 10th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, which had the conference theme of “the future of learning.”
Professor Jacobson received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1991.
Organized by
Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL)
Speaker: Mr Neville Chiavaroli, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Education, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, the University of Melbourne, Australia Chair: Dr Susan Bridges, Associate Professor, Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning/ Faculty of Education, HKU Date : 14th April, 2015 (Tuesday) Time : 12:30pm – 2:00pm Venue : Room 321, Run Run Shaw Building
Abstract
MCQ examinations are often seen as a concession to modern-day realities of universities – a way of assessing large numbers of students, reliably, and without the hassle of hands-on marking. If the result is the reduction of our assessments to isolated fact recall, with a consequent loss of validity for the purpose of the assessment, then this is far too high a price to pay. It also greatly underestimates the potential of the ‘single best answer’ MCQ form to assess higher levels of thinking, reasoning and judgement. MCQs are not easy to write, but this short workshop aims to show that the effort required to write scenario-based, ‘higher order’ MCQs is well worth the benefits of broad sampling and automated marking, without having to sacrifice validity. Participants will also be guided through how to evaluate the quality of MCQs, including the use of relatively simple statistical data.
About the Speaker
Neville is a Senior Lecturer in the Medical Education Unit of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences at the University of Melbourne, where his responsibilities include the development and review of assessment philosophy and practices. He originally trained and practiced as a physiotherapist for several years, before completing a Masters of Education and subsequently moving into educational research. He worked for many years at the Australian Council for Educational Research, where he was involved in developing various school and university-based assessments, as well as overseeing the development and production of the Humanities and Social Sciences sections of the medical and health professional selection tests, UMAT and GAMSAT. Since joining the university in 2006, he has conducted assessment workshops for various educational and credentialing organisations, including several medical colleges, the Optometry Council of Australia and New Zealand, the Dietitians Association of Australia, the Australian Dental Council, and the Australasian Veterinary Boards Council. He has acted as an educational consultant to the Australian Medical Council’s programme of MCQ writing workshops, and is currently the Health Professions Education Representative on the DAA Dietetics Credentialing Council.
The Common Core @ HKU
HKU Museum and Art Gallery, the HKU Black Box Theatre
in affiliation with
Papay Gyro Nights Arts Festival Hong Kong
March 17, 2015
Inventing the TransDisciplinary University is a playful jam session sponsored by the Common Core@HKU, the HKU Museum and Art Gallery, the HKU Black Box Theatre (HKUBB), and affiliated with the Papay Gyro Nights Arts Festival Hong Kong. Since the Common Core aims to catalyze learning across disciplines, questions, methodologies, and boundaries, we thought we would co-organize an experiment to explore what qualities might emerge that gesture towards the “TransDisciplinary University” to come.
The event will have two parts. In the first, at the HKU Museum and Art Gallery, Dr. Rick Dolphijn will talk about “What Matters in 21st Century Thought? Speculating the Transdisciplinary University with Deleuze and Serres.” We will then migrate over to the HKUBB on the Centennial Campus, where Florian Knothe, Page Richards, Benoit Guénard, and Aarti Hemnani will each turn a word or two around, sideways, and upside down in order to see how each catches the transdisciplinary light. Participants in the audience will then concoct some next steps and then Dr. Dolphijn will wrap up the evening’s play with a few concluding remarks.
Part 1
4-5pm HKU Museum and Art Gallery (The Drake Gallery)
What Matters in 21st Century Thought? Speculating the Transdisciplinary University with Deleuze and Serres, Rick Dolphijn (Philosophy, Media, and Cultural Studies, University of Utrecht)
Abstract:
What has happened to the “body of knowledge” we call the University over the past fifty years? How is the University mattering in contemporary society? Starting from the Spinozist paradigm that all ideas are ideas from and to its body, we will rethink the idea of the university from a materialist point of view. Taking into account the shift from disciplinary societies to control societies—as Deleuze foresaw—and the shift from metrical space to topological space—as Serres discusses—another “type” of body is now being realized, another “type” of knowledge is now being actualized. This will have great and unforeseen consequences for the University as an institution and for University learning.
About the Speaker:
Rick Dolphijn holds an assistant professorship at the Faculty of Humanities and is Senior Fellow at the Centre for the Humanities, both at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. In 2014/15 he is serving as a fellow at the Descartes Centre for the History and Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities doing research on “the history of matter”. His latest book (edited with Rosi Braidotti) is This Deleuzian Century: Art, Activism and Life (Rodopi 2014). In Hong Kong, he is also serving as the Philosopher-in-Residence for the Papay Gyro Nights Arts Festival.
Inventing the TransDisciplinary University: Traversing Words
Facilitator: Gray Kochhar-Lindgren (Professor & Director, HKU Common Core)
Catalysts:
Page Richards (HKUBB & Creative Writing Director, Poet, Associate Professor of English)
Benoit Guénard (HKU Tropical Ecologist, Ant Biologist, Nature Photographer, and Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences)
Florian Knothe (Director, HKU Museum & Art Gallery)
Aarti Hemnani (HKUBB Manager)
Audience Exercise: Next Steps
What Matters? Rick Dolphijn (Philosopher-in-Residence, Papay Gyro Nights)
All are welcome. Space is limited, so sign up early if you’d like to jam.
Organized by
e-learning Pedagogical Support Unit, CETL
Speakers:
· Dr. Joseph Wu, Associate Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
· Dr. Chao Quan, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
· Dr. Jingli Cheng, Mr. Darren Harbutt, Instructional Designers, E-learning Pedagogical Support Unit
· Professor Ricky Kwok, Associate Vice-President (Teaching and Learning); Chairman of MOOC Working Group Date : 17th March, 2015 (Tuesday) Time : 12.45pm-2.00pm Venue : Room 321, Run Run Shaw Building
Abstract
From September to December last year, HKU’s first MOOC HKU01x Epidemics ran on the edX platform. Over 10,000 learners enrolled on the course taught by 12 experts in the field, with 12% of students earning a certificate of completion on HKU’s successful first venture into the world of MOOCs. However, the preparation started one year beforehand and the knowledge gained, the experiences shared and the lessons learned will resonate long after the course itself has finished.
In this seminar, the speakers will explore various viewpoints arising from HKU01x Epidemics: the institutional perspective for HKU and how it relates to current and future MOOC development; the professors’ perspective on leading and teaching in a MOOC; the perspective of a coordinator and facilitator; the students’ perspective, gathered from research data; and the development and implementation perspective from the instructional designers. Join us as we look back on this rewarding experience and look forward to HKU’s increasing presence in online learning.
About the Speakers
Joseph Wu leads the infectious disease modeling research in the HKU School of Public Health. In 2014, Joseph led the production of HKU’s first MOOC Epidemics which had more than 10,000 enrollees on the edX platform.
Chao Quan is involved in undergraduate teaching for the MBBS TB Clerkship/Emergency Medicine modules. He has also developed HKU’s MOOC, Epidemics.
Jingli Cheng and Darren Harbutt are instructional designers in the E-learning Pedagogical Support Unit, who helped to design, build and run Epidemics.
Ricky Kwok is Associate Vice-President (Teaching and Learning) and Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at HKU. His work focuses on e-learning, and he is currently leading EPSU to work on HKU MOOCs.
Keynote Speakers:
Professor Jubin Abutalebi, University Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Professor Dekai Wu, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, HKUST
Professor Andrew Tolmie, Professor of Psychology and Human Development, UCL Date: 27-28 Feb (Fri) 2015 Venue: Meng Wah Complex Room 802
This event will showcase the research findings of postgraduate students, post-docs and RAPs who are working in the domain of Science of Learning across all Faculties in the University. We invite young researchers to present their recent research work including published data. The format will be 15 minutes presentation with 5 minutes of QA. Time limits will be strictly enforced by the Chair of the Session. Submissions will be blind reviewed by the Scientific Committee of the Science of Learning Strategic Research Theme. Abstracts should be no longer than 200 words. The deadline for submitting an abstract is Friday, February 6th at midnight. Each abstract must include the name of the speaker, the name of their supervisor and full contact details for correspondence including no more than two references presented in APA format. Please email your abstract to Dr. Loan Vuong by the deadline (lcvuong@hku.hk).
About the keynote speakers
Prof. Jubin Abutalebi, Associate Professor of Neuropsychology, The Faculty of Psychology, University Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.
Professor Jubin Abutalebi, MD, PhD is Consultant Cognitive Neurologist in the Department of Neurology of the University Vita Salute San Raffaele and the Editor-in-Chief of the international journal of Bilingualism: Language and Cognition (Cambridge University Press).
Prof. Dekai Wu, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Professor Dekai Wu is the Founder of the Human Language Technology Center at HKUST. He has served as Associate Editor of AI Journal and ACM Transactions on Speech and Language Processing and is on the Editorial Boards of Computational Linguistics, Machine Translation and theJournal of Natural Language Engineering.
Prof. Andrew Tolmie, Professor of Psychology and Human Development, Dean of the Doctoral School, Institute of Education, UCL, University of London
Professor Andrew Tolmie is Chair of Psychology and Human Development. He is also Deputy Director of the joint IOE/UCL/Birkbeck Centre for Educational Neuroscience, and was Editor of theBritish Journal of Educational Psychology from 2007-12.
