Professional Dev for Faculty

Facilitators: May Tse and Rambo Lai, CELT

In this semester, CELT has offered two workshops in related to the use of an online collaborative platform called the Virtual Classroom.

Session I: The “At Your Desktop” Series -  An Experiential Tour to the Virtual Classroom
Format: e-Seminar
Date:  Tue, 22 Oct 2013, 12:30 - 13:30

First Session: Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 10:00 to 12:00
Second Session: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 - 16:00 to 18:00

Presenter: Professor T. C. Pong, Senior Advisor to the Provost (Teaching Innovation and E-learning)

Format: Forum

Speaker: Prof Amine BERMAK, Professor, Department of Electronic & Computer Engineering

Format: Seminar

In this series of seminars, award-winning Professors shared their experience of teaching large classes at HKUST with participants.

Motivating student and getting them involved in acquiring knowledge is very critical for achieving course outcomes and this is particularly challenging in large classes with diverse and polarized students populations.

Speakers: Prof CHAN Che Ting, Chair Professor, Department of Physics

Format: Seminar

In Fall 2013, CELT will offer the following workshops to introduce you to a range of institutional eTools that support your teaching at HKUST. All faculty members and teaching staff are welcome to join the sessions that are of interest.

About the workshops

The Center for Enhanced Learning and Teaching has organized a Faculty Orientation program and a University Teaching and Learning Course that covers various topics and teaching and learning support services at HKUST. All faculty members and teaching staff are welcome to join the sessions that are of interest.

University Teaching and Learning Course is a four-day program offered to all new Assistant Professors on university teaching and learning in a blended-learning format - a mix of face-to-face and online delivery.

University Teaching and Learning Course is a four-day program offered to all new Assistant Professors on university teaching and learning in a blended-learning format - a mix of face-to-face and online delivery.

For registration, please contact Miss Irene Pang at 23586803 or ctirene@ust.hk.

Speaker: Mr. Nick Noakes, Director, Center for Enhanced Learning and Teaching (CELT)

Format: Workshop

In this workshop, participants has been invited to share their experience with using iPad or other tablet device for teaching and research. Participants should have gained some new techniques or apps for using these devices more productively at work and at home.

Workshop Materials:

• Useful Links

Presenter: Prof Naubahar SHARIF, Associate Professor, Division of Social Science, HKUST

Format: Seminar

Presenter: Dr Tak HA

Format: Seminar

In this seminar, the presenter reported on the preliminary findings of a longitudinal study about assessment and student learning conducted at HKUST, including how students were being assessed at HKUST, the learning approaches students used, their learning motivation, inter-correlation between these variables, and brief summaries of individual cases illustrating what affected students’ attitudes towards the courses they studied.