Organized by Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL)
Speaker: Mr. Darren Harbutt, Instructional Designer, CETL
Date: 6 Nov, 2012 (Tue)
Time: 12.45pm - 2.00pm
Venue:Room 321, Run Run Shaw Building
Abstract
The session will discuss current use of Moodle by CC Tutors and will present some Moodle functions focusing on collaboration and conversation, including forums and groups. Please bring along a laptop as there will be some hands-on time during the workshop.
For information on registration, please contact:
Ms Ivy Lai, CETL
Phone: 3917 8996; Email: laichun2@hku.hk.
Organized by Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL)
Date and Time:
Technology-assisted teaching and learning – 25 Oct, 2012 (Thu) 2:30pm – 4:30pm
Technology-enhanced teaching and learning – 1 Nov, 2012 (Thu) 2:30pm – 4:30pm
Technology-enriched teaching and learning – 8 Nov, 2012 (Thu) 12:45pm – 2:00pm
Venue:
Room 321, Run Run Shaw Building, HKU
Overview:
The e-learning Pedagogical Support Unit is offering a series of 3 workshops which focus on practical ways to successfully incorporate technologies into teaching and learning. Based on the University’s e-learning Strategy, the workshops will cover the following areas:
Technology-assisted teaching and learning: Using a range of Moodle features to add and display content in a functional and meaningful way, including the use of visuals and different types of media.
Technology-enhanced teaching and learning: Defining different forms of learning and rethinking the classroom space.
Technology-enriched teaching and learning: Presentations from colleagues at HKU who have made innovative use of Moodle.
The first two workshops are scheduled to run for 2 hours and will include presentation, discussion and hands-on time to put the theory into practice. The third workshop will showcase good practice from colleagues at HKU. Although the workshops are designed as a series, it is not necessary to attend all three workshops. Please bring a laptop to participate in the hands-on component.
For information on registration, please contact:
Ms Ivy Lai, CETL
Phone: 3917 8996; Email: laichun2@hku.hk.
Abstract
Professor Harry Lewis will report on an experiment teaching in a “flipped classroom”, in which students watched lectures over the Internet in their dormitory rooms, and spent class time solving problems. The subject matter was discrete mathematics, which is well suited to this pedagogical style, but the class was so successful that he expects it will be widely adapted at Harvard—if a variety of serious practical problems can be managed.
About the Speaker
Professor Harry Lewis is Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University. He served as Dean of Harvard College from 1995-2003. He holds A.B., A.M., and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard, all in Applied Mathematics.
Throughout his career, Professor Lewis has been actively involved in pedagogical innovation. He is the author of numerous books and articles in three areas of scholarship: theoretical computer science; the social implications of the development of the Internet; and the history and future of higher education. His recent books include Excellence Without a Soul: Does Liberal Education Have a Future?; Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion; and What Is College For? The Public Purpose of Higher Education.
All are welcome. For enquiries, please mail to commoncore@hku.hk or call 2219 4957.
Lecture 1: Why the Humanities Matter
Speaker: Professor Sander Gilman, Emory University
Date: Wed October 17, 2012
Time: 6:45 – 8:00 pm
Venue: Rayson Huang Theatre (Main venue)
(Webcasting in other venues will be available)
Abstract:
The debates about the value of the Humanities taking place in North America and Europe have been answered to a degree by the new curriculum at the University of Hong Kong. These debates, however, ask not only HOW we should study the Humanities but also WHY we should do so. The answer to this is more than simply topical: What value does such knowledge have for us, for our world, and for our time?
About the Speaker:
Professor Sander Gilman is a distinguished professor of the Liberal Arts and Sciences as well as Professor of Psychiatry at Emory University. A cultural and literary historian, he is the author or editor of over eighty books.
For twenty-five years Professor Gilman was a member of the humanities and medical faculties at Cornell University where he held the Goldwin Smith Professorship of Humane Studies. For six years he held the Henry R. Luce Distinguished Service Professorship of the Liberal Arts in Human Biology at the University of Chicago and for four years was a distinguished professor of the Liberal Arts and Medicine and creator of the Humanities Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has been a visiting professor at numerous universities in North America, South Africa, The United Kingdom, Germany, Israel, China, and New Zealand. Currently, he is a Visiting Research Professor at the University of Hong Kong.
The distinguished lecture will be followed by a conversation with the speaker on Thursday, October 18 from 5:30 – 7:00 pm in Room G-07, Main Building. Students who have attended the lecture on October 18 are most welcome to participate.
To celebrate the full launch of the Common Core Curriculum, the Common Core Curriculum Committee is holding a distinguished lecture series which consists of five lectures to be delivered by world-renowned scholars. These lectures will provide an overview of the role of the Common Core Curriculum in the undergraduate curriculum and an examination of some of the key issues in each of the Area of Inquiry (AoI).
The first three lectures are scheduled for the first semester. Details are as follows:
Lecture 1 – Why the Humanities Matter (Humanities AoI)
Speaker: Professor Sander Gilman, Emory University
Date: Wed October 17, 2012
Time: 6:45 – 8:00 pm
Lecture 2 – Science for Future World Leaders (Scientific & Technological Literacy AoI)
Speaker: Professor Richard Muller, University of California, Berkeley
Date: Wed October 24, 2012
Time: 6:45 – 8:00 pm
Lecture 3 – Excellence with a Soul: The Mission of Undergraduate Education (Common Core Curriculum)
Speaker: Professor Harry Lewis, Harvard University
Date: Tue October 30, 2012
Time: 5:30 – 6:30 pm
Lectures 4 and 5, focusing on the Global Issues AoI and China: Culture, States & Society AoI respectively, will be held in the second semester. More information will be available soon.
This workshop will provide students with practical advice on how to prepare for and master Common Core courses. Current Common Core faculty from each Area of Inquiry and the Director of Common Core will be on a panel addressing typical questions from First Year students and taking questions from the audience.
Date/Time: September 18, 2012 (Tues) 5:30 to 6:45 pm
Venue: Meng Wah Complex, T2
Panelists:
Mr Gwyn Edwards – Director of the Common Core Curriculum
Dr David Pomfret – Humanities
Professor L.C. Chan – Scientific and Technological Literacy
Dr Gina Marchetti – Global Issues
Dr Xianjun Yan – China: Culture, State and Society
Moderator:
Dr Amy Lewis
Academic Adviser, Academic Advising Office
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Since September 2011, the e-learning Pedagogical Support Unit of CETL has been coordinating many Moodle skills-based, pedagogy-oriented, and staff development courses with various units (Computer Centre, LMS Working Group, CITE, Faculties and Departments). Check out the latest schedule below.
Organized by Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL)
Facilitator: Dr. Gayle Morris, CETL, The University of Hong Kong
Date: 17 Oct, 2012 (Wed)
Time: 12:30pm – 2:00pm
Venue: Room 322, Run Run Shaw Building, HKU
This workshop is open to all teaching staff who are interested in finding out more about the Teaching Excellence Awards. Staff will be provided an overview of the award scheme, the key selection criteria and advice in preparing an evidence-based teaching portfolio. Staff who are thinking about applying in the next round are strongly encouraged to attend. Staff who are not sure, or would simply like to know more about the scheme, are most welcome.
For more details and information on registration, please visit this link.
Organized by Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL)
This one-day programme is a foundation programme in teaching and learning at The University of Hong Kong and is designed for teaching staff, regardless of previous teaching experience, who are new to teaching at HKU. The overall aim is to provide new staff with a better understanding of specific issues relating to teaching and learning context in Hong Kong and at HKU. Staff will hear from leading Senior Academics in areas of strategic importance to the University.
“Introduction to Teaching and Learning @ HKU” is a required programme for all new academic and academic-related staff with full-time teaching responsibilities commencing on or after September 1, 2011, and should be taken within the first year of service and there are no exemptions.
For more details and information on registration, please visit this link.
Message from Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning
Speakers:
Dr Samuel Kai Wah Chu, Associate Professor, Division of Information & Technology Studies, and the Deputy Director of Centre for Information Technology in Education, Faculty of Education, the University of Hong Kong.
Mr. Brant Knutzen, Learning Designer, Faculty of Education, the University of Hong Kong
Date : August 29, 2012 (Wednesday)
Time : 12:45 pm – 2pm
Venue : Room 321, Run Run Shaw Building, HKU
Outline:
In this seminar, Dr Samuel Kai Wah Chu, Associate Professor (Division of Information & Technology Studies), will present on his use of social media tools such as wikis, blogs, Facebook, Google Doc and social bookmarking tools to enhance his undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
Mr. Brant Knutzen, Learning Designer, Faculty of Education, will show how instructors can successfully design an online discussion learning activity to increase student engagement and achieve ‘transactive communication’: participants actively build upon each other’s contributions, yet the role of the teacher is still crucial in guiding and scaffolding student understanding.
