The University Teaching and Learning Course is offered to all new professors and on-the-job faculty. For the new comers, this course will prepare you on some important aspects of university teaching and learning, such as course design, learning assessment and feedback, teaching for student engagement and working with groups. For the experienced faculty, this course can give you new insights in your teaching and useful advice on current teaching pedagogy to enhance student learning.
The “New Faculty Orientation: Teaching and Learning at HKUST” is a teaching and learning introductory program for all teaching staff who has recently joined the University. This two-day program is specifically designed to take account of some key aspects of teaching and learning in the context of HKUST.
Speakers:
Prof May-yi Shaw (Assistant Professor, Division of Humanities, HKUST)
Dr Roselyn Du (Associate Professor, Dept of Journalism, HKBU)
Dr Jess King (Lecturer, Dept of Earth Sciences, HKU)
iPeer is a web-based solution that facilitates student peer- and self-evaluation of group projects. It supports four types of evaluations, namely Point Distribution, Rating Scale, Rubric and Commendation. The web-based application provides a paperless solution for teaching staff to conduct student peer evaluation on group projects in a more efficient and effective way.
Speaker: Dawn Bennett
John Curtin Distinguished Professor of Higher Education
Director, Creative Workforce Initiative,
Curtin University
National Senior Australian Learning and Teaching Fellow, The Australian Learning and Teaching Fellows
Principal Fellow, The Higher Education Academy, UK