Introduction to Teaching and Learning @ HKU

Organized by Teaching and Learning Innovation Centre (TALIC)

Date: 10th January 2025 (Friday)
Time: 9:00am - 12:15pm
Venue: Learning Lab (RRS321 & RRS322, 3/F, Run Run Shaw Building, Main Campus, HKU)


This half-day foundation programme aims at providing new staff with a better understanding of the teaching and learning context at HKU. The participants will hear from leading senior academics in the areas of strategic importance to the University: the 4-year undergraduate curriculum reform, the common core curriculum, e-learning, English as a medium of instruction, the demography and culture of HKU students, the academic advising, and the teaching and learning supporting centre (Teaching and Learning Innovation Centre).

This programme will be offered during Semester 2, 2024-25 as follows:

Tentative Programme rundown:

Time	Rundown
9:00 – 9:05	Introduction Teaching and Learning Innovation Centre (TALIC)
9:05 – 9:25	Teaching and Learning at HKU Professor Ian Holliday, Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning)
9:25 – 9:45	TALIC’s Support System for Professional Development and Curriculum Enhancement Dr. Jannie Roed, Director, TALIC
9:45 – 10:05	Unleashing Learning: Teaching in the Common Core Professor Julian Tanner, Director, Common Core
10:05 – 10:20	E-learning Opportunities at HKU Dr. Carson Hung, E-Learning Technologist, TALIC
10:20 – 10:30	Introduction of Moodle Learning Management System for Staff Ms. Ada Yau, Information Technology Services (ITS)
10:30 – 10:40	Advising as Teaching Mr. Nelson Chau, Senior Manager, Academic Advising and Scholarships Office
10:40 – 10:55	Break
10:55 – 11:20	English as a Medium of Instruction: Implications for Teaching and Learning Mr. Sam Cole III, Senior Lecturer, Centre for Applied English Studies
11:20 – 11:45	Data Speak: Course and Programme Evaluations Dr. Maggie Zhao, Assistant Director, TALIC
11:45 – 12:10	Understanding Your Learners – Student Profile and Challenges Professor Samson Tse, Dean of Student Affairs, Centre of Development and Resources for Students
12:10 – 12:15	Wrap up and Evaluation TALIC

For information on registration, please contact:
Ms. Canice Mok, TALIC
Phone: 3917 6069; Email: tsmok@hku.hk​

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