Presenter: Dr Arthur McNeill, Director of Language Center
Format: Seminar
Dr Arthur McNeill, Director of Language Center taught PGs how to write up reports of experiments in a professional manner. The workshop was focused on the reporting of quantitative data.
Presenter: Prof Oliver Lo, Adjunct Associate Professor, Division of Humanities
Format: Seminar
In this seminar, Prof Oliver Lo shared with us how to protect and project our voices as a teacher or presenter. By the end of this 90-minute workshop, participants was able to: 1) list ways of maintaining vocal hygiene 2) summarize the physiological aspects of vocal production mechanism 3) apply the learnt materials to develop breath support and optimum vocal placement.
Presenter: Prof King Chow, BIOL; Prof Zongli Lu, HUMA; Prof Mike So, ISOM
Format: Seminar
In this workshop, academic supervisors from various schools (Prof King Chow, BIOL; Prof Zongli Lu, HUMA; Prof Mike So, ISOM) shared their expectations and experiences in working with students. Speakers also answered students' questions related to managing relationships with their supervisors.
This session was delivered by the Acting Provost. It set the context for the program with a brief introduction to our history with respect to our aspirations and mission. A discussion of academic review and promotion regulations and policies at HKUST was arranged after the session.
Under the initiative of Outcome-based Education, the OBE steering group called for a sharing session with representatives from the four Schools and the four academic support units to share the progress and plan of assessments for the institution. The sharing session allowed us to have a glance of the big picture, and signaled the first step towards developing a more coherent and sustainable assessment plan across the institution.