New “Mid-course evaluation” function on HKU Moodle (29-09-2020)
Message from Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning Dear colleagues, Gaining mid-course, formative feedback on your course design and teaching can help teachers build on what is working well and provide the opportunity to make timely adjustments. As colleagues move from online to dual-mode, you may wish to run a quick Semester 1…
Taking Students on Virtual Field Trips (24-09-2020)
Taking Students on Virtual Field Trips Speakers: • Mr. Mathew Pryor, Faculty of Architecture • Mr. Gavin Coates, Faculty of Architecture • Dr. Leon Lei, Technology-Enriched Learning Initiative • Ms. Sharon Keung, Technology-Enriched Learning Initiative • Mr. Patrick Desloge, Centre for Applied English Studies (Digital Literacy Support Services) Date: 6 October 2020 (Tuesday)Time: 11:30am – 12:30pmVenue: To be…
Chit-and-Chatting & Get-Together Workshops(16-09-2020)
Message from Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning Dear colleagues, Please see the two workshops below running back to back starting from 1:00pm on Thursday 17 Sept 2020. Building your Teaching Career in Academia – Chit-and-Chatting, Mix and Matching for Teaching and Learning Get-Together唧唧喳喳論學術 Get-Together: Ready for Dual-Mode Teaching? We look forward for…
More Study Tools to Support Online Learning (16-09-2020)
Dear Academic Advisers and Colleagues, Wish you have a good start in the new semester! To provide further support under the dual learning mode, AAO has prepared different study tools and tips for students. You may refer your advisees/students to these resources which we hope would facilitate their learning and adjustment. Study Tips for Online…
Quick start guide on dual mode teaching (11-09-2020)
Dear Associate Deans, A quick start guide on dual mode teaching: https://hku.to/dual-mode-teaching is now available. Please feel free to share this with your colleagues. With best regards,Janet Lau
CETL follow-up (03-09-2020)
THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONGFACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES To: All Teachers of the Faculty The University’s CETL has newly developed a webpage “Designing Online Courses” as a resource of online course designing for teachers’ information. Recorded Summer Sandbox presentations, and other wealth of ideas and practical resources based on particular needs or areas of concern raised in the Sandbox breakout conversations, are also made available…
New Moodle Blocks “Zoom” / “MS Teams” in each Moodle course (28-08-2020)
Dear instructors (Moodle course teachers, teaching assistants, course administrators and departmental course administrators), To better support online & blended teaching and learning in the new academic year 2020-21, we are pleased to inform you that two new Moodle Blocks are created under each Moodle course for instructors to conduct online classes via Zoom or Microsoft Teams (Teams). The Blocks are shown at the top…