Winter Sandbox Series: Creative Online and Hybrid Course Designing
Message from Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning Dear colleagues, There is a growing concern for the wellbeing of our students during these uncertain times. Research has shown that teaching practices can influence student learning and wellbeing. Dr. Alison Gilmour from the University of Greenwich believes that “Taking a wellbeing lens to our…
Intellectual Property Rights Awareness and Protection
Dear Colleagues and Students, To raise awareness of intellectual property rights, and to ensure their protection and prevent infringement, you are highly encouraged to consult the following webpages maintained by university departments and other offices/work units as well as the relevant resources whenever the need arises in relation to teaching, learning, research, publicaton and other activities/events/functions. Intellectual Property Rights Policy of HKUhttp://www.rss.hku.hk/contracts/ipr Intellectual Property Rights…
IMPORTANT: T&L support (11-01-2021)
Important message from Professor Ian Holliday, Vice-President & Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching & Learning) Dear colleagues One more bulk email mostly recapping an array of information about T&L support. Classroom support The LES website lists and profiles classrooms that are enabled for hybrid lectures. All have upgraded audio signal for high-quality lecture capture and recording. Any teacher…
IMPORTANT: S2 T&L Arrangements (UG & TPG) (08-01-2021)
Important message from Professor Ian Holliday, Vice-President & Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching & Learning) Dear colleagues and students I’m writing with good wishes for the New Year and updates about S2 T&L arrangements. Teaching Arrangements Delivery modes for individual courses were chosen by teachers and programme teams at the end of S1. We released the information to…
[Join us online] Winter Sandbox Series: Creative Online and Hybrid Course Designing (09-12-2020)
Dear Colleagues, We invite Course Coordinators at HKU to join our Winter Sandbox Series: Creative Online and Hybrid Course Designing, which aims at supporting Course Coordinators in their course designs in various aspects, including integrating effective online and blended learning components into their courses. The first session will be held on 11 December 2020 (Friday)….
IMPORTANT: S2 teaching arrangements for UG and TPG courses (to Students) (09-11-2020)
Important message from Professor Ian Holliday, Vice-President & Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching & Learning) Dear students I’m writing to brief you on decisions taken about S2 teaching arrangements for UG and TPG courses. Teaching Teaching arrangements in S2 will be similar to our current arrangements in S1, except that more courses will be delivered purely in online…
IMPORTANT: S2 teaching arrangements for UG and TPG courses (06-11-2020)
Important message from Professor Ian Holliday, Vice-President & Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching & Learning) Dear colleagues Many thanks to the 270 teachers who completed the recent survey on hybrid T&L and the 100 or so colleagues who attended follow-up Zoom town-hall meetings. The data and discussions were extremely useful. I’m writing now to brief you on decisions…
[Revisit online] HKU International Virtual Forum in T&L (15-10-2020)
Message from Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning Dear Colleagues, We are delighted to inform you that the video recordings of the International Virtual Forum: Students-as-Partners in Online Learning – Voices from HKU are now available at https://www.cetl.hku.hk/iforum2020/programme/ The Forum has gathered students, teachers, and senior leaders to discuss online learning in the current…
Important: Exchange Programmes, Spring Semester 2020/21 (14-10-2020)
Important: Exchange Programmes, Spring Semester 2020/21 Dear students We’ve been discussing our S2 exchange programmes with our international partners. Unfortunately, the global public health situation remains unstable, with little sign of improvement in the early part of 2021. We’ve therefore taken the difficult decision to cancel all physical student exchange in S2. Instead, we’re able…
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…