Updated Teaching Arrangements for Semester 1, 2020-21 (10-07-2020)
Message from Professor Ian Holliday, Vice-President & Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching & Learning) Dear colleagues and students I’m writing to update you on our teaching arrangements for Semester 1 (S1), 2020-21. As I said in my bulk email of May 26, our core aim in Academic Year 2020-21 is to make a gradual and partial return to…
T&L Support for HKU Teaching Staff (30-06-2020)
Important message from Vice President (Teaching and Learning) Dear colleagues I’m writing with information about central T&L support this summer. Chi Wah studios Many colleagues are keen to make use of the summer to prepare online teaching materials. For the months of July and August, we’re therefore opening five studios in Chi Wah Learning Commons…
Free Coursera courses for HKU staff and students (17-06-2020)
Message from Technology-Enriched Learning Initiative Dear colleagues and students, We’re pleased to announce that HKU is participating in the “Coursera for Campus” programme. HKU staff and students have an opportunity to learn and earn verified certificates for free. The programme was originally designed to help universities use Coursera content to deliver job-relevant, multi-disciplinary online learning….
IMPORTANT: OLEX examination system (06-05-2020)
Important message from Vice President (Teaching and Learning) Dear colleagues and students I’m writing again about the OLEX examination system. TeLi, ITS and the Examinations Office have held several training sessions this week. If your course will use OLEX for the examination, you are strongly encouraged to join one of our training sessions to familiarize…
Half-Day Virtual Forum: Online T&L 2019-20: The HKU Experience (05-05-2020)
Message from Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning Half-Day Virtual Forum: Online T&L 2019-20: The HKU Experience Jointly organised byCentre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL) & Technology-Enriched Learning Initiative (TELI) With teaching and learning being switched to online due to COVID-19, teachers at HKU have been exploring various approaches in online…
IMPORTANT: Online Examination Arrangement through OLEX (29-04-2020)
Important message from Professor Ian Holliday, Vice-President & Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching & Learning) Dear colleagues I’m writing to update you on our online examination arrangements through OLEX. All exams making use of the OLEX platform are required to follow guidelines prepared by the Examinations Office. Basic information:- The Examinations Office guidelines are available at http://www.exam.hku.hk/. Teachers and…
Scaling Out Your Teaching: Lessons Learned in the QS Reimagine Education Awards (28-04-2020)
Message from Technology-Enriched Learning Initiative Scaling Out Your Teaching: Lessons Learned in the QS Reimagine Education Awards 2019 The Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Reimagine Education Awards are designed to reward institutions of higher education that have created and implemented outstanding new approaches to teaching and learning, particularly those that can demonstrate the uniqueness, innovation, and efficacy of their…
Invitation to Webinars on E-Assessments – 29th & 30th April 2020 (22-04-2020)
Message from Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning Dear Colleagues We would like to inform and invite you to the two below webinars on e-assessments that may be of interested. 29th April 2020 “Detecting and addressing contract cheating in online assessment” 30th April 2020 “Authentic online oral assessment – an examination replacement” These…
[Call for Registration] Join-the-Conversation Seminar on 29 April 2020 (Wed) (17-04-2020)
Message from Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning Join-the-Conversation – Promoting Online Interprofessional Teamwork Skills: Challenges and Opportunities Date: 29 April 2020 (Wed) Time: 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Venue: To be held virtually via Zoom Speakers: Dr. George Tipoe (BIMHSE), Dr. Fraide Ganotice (BIMHSE), Dr. Linda Chan (MBBS and BIMHSE), Ms. Janet Wong (Pharmacology and Pharmacy),…
Overview of Recent Updates to Zoom (09-04-2020)
Dear colleagues and students We have received from Zoom an email on “Overview of Recent Updates to Zoom”. The highlights are: A new Security option is added to meeting host’s toolbar for in-meeting control which can lock meeting, enable waiting room and control participants to share screen, chat and rename themselves. The file transfer option…