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An automated platform for quantitative student assessment

Project Overview
Project Title	An automated platform for quantitative student assessment
Project Leader	Prof S H Song
School / Dept	SENG / ECE
Project Duration	Jul 2018 - Jun 2020
Project Description	To provide a systematic and quantitative student assessment, an automated platform will be developed to provide course learning outcome and measurement design for teachers to evaluate what students learn and to generate a detailed assessment report about students’ achievement/strength/weakness, instead of a letter grade. Through the support of this TD project, an automated platform will be developed with three areas: Outcome/measurement design To improve the design of learning outcomes, a proper method will be investigated to write course learning outcomes for courses of different natures so that more constructive assessment can be provided to students From outcomes/measurements to course design After determining the learning outcomes, appropriate measurements (e.g. quizzes, labs, exams) for evaluating students’ achievements are required. A systematic method will be developed to identify students’ weakness and provide suggestions to improve associated learning activities. Student assessment A more detailed evaluation regarding students’ strength/weakness in different fields should be provided to assist students’ learning. Instead of their performance in one subject, the automated assessment of students’ overall learning (cognitive processes) will be focused.
Project Outcome	The project is still ongoing. Project outcomes will be updated upon project completion.
Status	Ongoing
Project Documents (Only accessible by HKUST users)	Project Plan
Adaptation	Full Project

Promoting entrepreneurship education across disciplines

Project Overview
Project Title	Promoting entrepreneurship education across disciplines
Project Leader	Prof Erwin Huang
School / Dept	SENG / ECE
Project Duration	Feb 2018 - Jan 2019
Project Description	Through the support of this TD project, learning modules will be developed and deployed in ENTR1001, which is designed as a common core course without prerequisite and made available to all UG students. These learning modules will be in a form of workshops (2-3 working days or 10-15 hours) The pedagogy can be varied can be hands-on workshops, lectures, videos, or lab works. Two modules will be developed in this one-year timeframe: App prototyping module for non-software engineers Courses offered by SENG and SBM on apps development Targeted for programmers or high level business students Learners will be taught with hands on experience on how a mobile app can be developed through persona scenario, storyboarding to generate mockups for testing and try out flows with potential users. Makers-lab hardware prototyping module Developed by the SENG to encourage hardware prototyping To encourage hand-on trial and error within the lab to solve a business or social problem To encourage to try out hardware ideas through rapid prototyping tools in the Markers lab to create products for trials
Project Outcome	The project is still ongoing. Project outcomes will be updated upon project completion.
Status	Ongoing
Project Documents (Only accessible by HKUST users)	Project Plan
Adaptation	Full Project

An extended controlled parallel study of IELM2100S and IELM2100E with a longitudinal follow-up study of graduates from the IELM2100S/E in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019

Project Overview
Project Title	An extended controlled parallel study of IELM2100S and IELM2100E with a longitudinal follow-up study of graduates from the IELM2100S/E in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019
Project Leader	Prof Richard So
School / Dept	SENG / IELM
Project Duration	Dec 2017 - Dec 2019
Project Description	Through the support of this TD project, the learning environments of IELM2100S and IELM2100E will be improved such that students will be stimulated to charge forward but at the same time, not to overwhelm them with fear and worry, nor to be over-reliant on instructor’s help. In Spring 2018 and 2019, the project leader will (i) identify the ‘weaker’ classmates and offer appropriate help; (ii) set up incentive schemes to encourage peer coaching; and (iii) increase the level “mentoring” systematically With students’ feedback from last two years (Spring 2016 and 2017), four hypotheses on improving student learning were generated that can improve students' learning in IELM2100E and will be examined in Spring 2018 and 2019: Evaluation will be conducted to monitor the learning experience and to understand how the presence of mentors could affect the learning quality by measuring the communication between these mentors and each team A longitudinal study of alumni from both IELM2100S and IELM2100E classes from 2016 to 2019 will be conducted with the web-based questionnaire to measure the long term differences between the two modes of learning and to determine how long the knowledge of automation would remain with the students.
Project Outcome	The project is still ongoing. Project outcomes will be updated upon project completion.
Status	Ongoing
Project Documents (Only accessible by HKUST users)	Project Plan
Adaptation	Full Project

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Developing an Experiential Common Core Course in Creative Sound Design

Project Overview
Project Title	Developing an Experiential Common Core Course in Creative Sound Design
Project Leader	Prof Andrew Horner
School / Dept	SENG / CSE
Project Duration	Jan 2018 - Dec 2019
Project Description	Through the support of this TD project, the project team aims to develop an experiential common core course in creative sound design. The common core course: A general introductory course which opens to all students without prerequisites evolves around weekly fantasy-adventure assignments in mood manipulation through music redesigns the 4000-level Computer Music class and restructures it as an experiential class with a sense of adventure, magic, fantasy and mystery like in a Harry Potter potions or charms class at Hogwarts, and also to the wider genre of fantasy adventure, including science fiction and HK comics themes The lecture sessions change accordingly to more of a briefing and de-briefing session format that revolve around the lab assignments. The assignments are very open-endedly experiential and emotive tasks that allow great freedom in musical and technical approaches.
Project Outcome	The project is still ongoing. Project outcomes will be updated upon project completion.
Status	Ongoing
Project Documents (Only accessible by HKUST users)	Project Plan
Adaptation	Full Project

Case teaching and learning for Social Science and Public Policy Education

Project Overview
Project Title	Case teaching and learning for Social Science and Public Policy Education
Project Leader	Prof James Wong
School / Dept	SHSS / SOSC
Project Duration	Apr 2018 - Jun 2019
Project Description	Through the support of this TD project, a dossier of eight local case studies in social science and public policy will be developed, including teaching plans for case discussions. • The case studies will be implemented in the form of (1) case discussion and (2) case competition. To adopt case teaching in social science and public policy by developing local case studies and other teaching resources so that students learn how to analyze and explain social phenomena and recommend solutions to resolve decision dilemmas in public policy, especially in Hong Kong context There are two main reasons for adopting case teaching in social science and public policy: Most UG classes in social science are offered in a lecture format. Hong Kong local cases are largely unavailable in mainstream textbooks
Project Outcome	The project is still ongoing. Project outcomes will be updated upon project completion.
Status	Ongoing
Project Documents (Only accessible by HKUST users)	Project Plan
Adaptation	Full Project

Learning modules for sustainability education

Project Overview
Project Title	Learning modules for sustainability education
Project Leader	Prof Davis Bookhart
School / Dept	IPO / ENVR
Project Duration	Jan 2018 - Dec 2019
Project Description	Through the support of this TD project, a total of at least 12 (up to 20) “bite-sized” learning modules that focus on four specific areas will be developed for all HKUST students, namely (1) skill building and competencies, (2) human values, (3) global knowledge and (4) local knowledge. These learning modules are offered in one credit block over a four-week summer/winter period. Students are required to complete all four modules (each from these four areas) Each learning module will be delivered in the blended-learning format and is calibrated to be roughly 9 hours of student work: 5 hours for online content (learning module), 3 hours for face-to-face activities and 1 hour for assessment at the end of the 4 module unit.
Project Outcome	The project is still ongoing. Project outcomes will be updated upon project completion.
Status	Onoing
Project Documents (Only accessible by HKUST users)	Project Plan
Adaptation	Full Project

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Development of Learning Materials to Support the Sustainability Education Initiative at HKUST and Related Assessment Innovation

Project Overview
Project Title	Development of Learning Materials to Support the Sustainability Education Initiative at HKUST and Related Assessment Innovation
Project Leader	Prof David Mole
School / Dept	IPO / ENVR
Project Duration	May 2016 - Dec 2017
Project Description	The project funding aims to support a CEI staff member, with a small amount of funding for student interns. The key deliverable has been the development of the course Introduction to Sustainability (SUST 1000). The course was approved for inclusion in the undergraduate common core in June 2016 and was successfully delivered in the Fall and Spring terms 2016 and the Fall term 2017. It is being delivered again in Spring 2018.
Project Outcome	The course is successfully evolving toward a fully-flipped form of blended-learning, with knowledge outcomes chiefly achieved through student review of online materials, while in-class time is used for a wide range of learning activities. The course is interdisciplinary and has provided a vehicle for faculty across The Schools to be involved in The evolution of The curriculum and The delivery of The classes.
Status	Completed
Project Documents (Only accessible by HKUST users)	Project Plan Final Report
Adaptation	Full Project

Revolutionizing Dynamics Teaching and Learning with Interactive Symbolic Computation Tools

Project Overview
Project Title	Revolutionizing Dynamics Teaching and Learning with Interactive Symbolic Computation Tools
Project Leader	Prof Thomas Hu
School / Dept	SENG / CIVL
Project Duration	Jul 2017 - Dec 2018
Project Description	Through the support of this TD project, students in CIVL4430 will be able to solve dynamics problems and have a rapid visualization with the use of handheld CAS units. Lectures: Develop CAS-based solution methods to reduce problem solving time, to allow the teacher to interact with the students through the Navigator, to solve more realistic problems with in-depth treatment and to create more visualization Tutorials: Use the TI Navigator software to send quiz problems to the students so that TA (or RA) can monitor, collect and grade students’ work immediately. Exams: With the CAS calculators and Navigator system, the teacher can send data, graphs to the students during an exam to avoid tedious data entry and students’ cheating problems.
Project Outcome	The project is still ongoing. Project outcomes will be updated upon project completion.
Status	Ongoing
Project Documents (Only accessible by HKUST users)	Project Plan
Adaptation	Full Project

Developing Business Scenerios for Learning Abstract Probability Concepts

Project Overview
Project Title	Developing Business Scenerios for Learning Abstract Probability Concepts
Project Leader	Prof Mike So
School / Dept	SBM / ISOM
Project Duration	Mar 2017 - Jun 2018
Project Description	In this project, we will investigate the use of business scenarios in assisting students to link abstract concepts with real situations so as to arouse students’ interest and to enhance students’ learning effectiveness in courses with abstract theories. The main idea is to design some scenarios that motivate students to think and helps them to use those scenarios to solve real-life problems. Students will also have chance to use business scenarios for planning and assessing business projects. While the above business scenario approach will be implemented in a probability course, the approach is likely to be applicable to other statistics and mathematics courses which involve abstract theories.
Project Outcome	The project is still ongoing. Project outcomes will be updated upon project completion.
Status	Ongoing
Project Documents (Only accessible by HKUST users)	Project Plan
Adaptation	Full Project

Interactive Teaching for Visualizing Microscopic Actions in Semiconductor Devices

Project Overview
Project Title	Interactive Teaching for Visualizing Microscopic Actions in Semiconductor Devices
Project Leader	Prof Mansun Chan
School / Dept	SENG / ECE
Project Duration	Jan 2017 - Dec 2018
Project Description	This project aims at: helping students to visualize the actions of carriers and atoms in the solid engaging the students to spend more time with the system (in contrast to textbook or lecture video) with the positive learning experience and outcome enabling students to design and optimize the performance of a devices by changing the design parameters enabling students to score high mark in design based problem in the final assessment of semiconductor related classes
Project Outcome	The project is still ongoing. Project outcomes will be updated upon project completion.
Status	Ongoing
Project Documents (Only accessible by HKUST users)	Project Plan
Adaptation	Full Project

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