Professional Dev for Faculty

Speaker:  Dr Tak HA,
               Associate Director (Evaluation & Research)
               Office of Planning & Institutional Research

Format: Seminar

Speakers:  Professor Irwin King
                   Principal Investigator of KEEP
                   Associate Dean (Education), Faculty of Engineering, CUHK

                   Professor T.C. Pong
                   Senior Advisor to the Executive Vice-President and Provost
                   Director of the Center for Engineering Education Innovation

Format: Seminar

Speaker:  Prof. WOO Kam Tim
                Associate Professor of Engineering Education, Dept. of Electronic and Computer Engineering
                Director, Center for Global & Community Engagement

Format: Seminar

Speakers:  Prof Fugee Tsung, Head & Professor
                 Dept. of Industrial Engineering & Logistics Management

                 Prof James S. H. Kwok, Associate Professor of Business Education
                 Dept. of Information Systems, Business Statistics & Operations Management

Format: Seminar

Speakers:  Prof Dit-Yan YEUNG, Professor
                   Prof Cindy LI, Lecturer
                   Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Format:   Seminar

In this sharing session, the presenter has discussed some issues encountered during both the design and delivery of the course that might be of general interest to course designers and instructors not limited to the computing discipline.

Speaker:  Richard Cox
                 Lecturer, Stanford Graduate School of Business
                 Instructor, d.school, Stanford University

Format: Seminar

In this seminar, Rich looked at creativity exercises, the assumptions they hold about teaching in higher education, and the methods for creating a safe environment that increases participation and ensures that the learning objectives are met.

The University Teaching and Learning Course is a four-day program 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 lecturing, course design, and assessment and giving feedbacks. For the experience 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 is a teaching and learning introductory program for all teaching staffs who are either newly on-board or are within one-year of service at HKUST.  The program is specifically designed to take account of some key aspects of teaching and learning in the context of HKUST.

Speaker:  Prof Sarah Vigmostad
                 Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa
                 Visiting Associate Professor, HKUST

Format:  Seminar

Speakers:   Prof Deborah K. Fitzgerald
                   Kenan Sahin Dean, School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
                   Massachusetts Institute of Technology

                   Prof John J. Cunningham
                   Vice President for Academic Affairs, Student Affairs and International Relations
                   University of Massachusetts System
                   Chief Executive Officer, UMassOnline