Prof. LEE Chi Kin John, Vice President (Academic), delivered the welcome speech for staff induction on 5 September 2017. More about staff professional development on page 8.

Student ePortfolio Award launching soon. More on page 7.

ISSUE 4 OCTOBER 2017

NEWSLETTERThe Education University of Hong KongCentre for Learning, Teaching and Technology

We are excited to have the then Under Secretary for Education (and current Secretary for Education) Mr. Kevin YEUNG Yun-hung, JP, our President Prof. CHEUNG Yan Leung, and the Chairperson of the Steering Committee of the Coding and Computational Thinking Education at The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust Ms. Marjorie YANG as officiating guests at the Opening Ceremony of the Coding Education Unit on 31 March 2017! More on page 2 & 3.

Learning coding and developing computational thinking skill is now a prevailing trend. Therefore, Coding Education Unit was established under the Centre for Learning, Teaching and Technology (LTTC) aiming at nurturing youth’s competence, character, confidence, connection and caring for a healthy and productive life through coding education.

The lion dance team of Po Leung Kuk Tin Ka Ping Primary School had a great performance on that day, and the Chinese couplet showed our mission to spread coding education throughout Hong Kong and help students develop computational thinking skills for a better future.

Student-initiated STEM activities

Opening Ceremony of Coding Education Unit cum Computational Thinking Education Seminar

Student-initiated STEM activities

Event Spotlight

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Computer and 3D Printing Room (E-P-12)The room is equipped with 27” iMac and 3D printers.

Mobile Computing Laboratory (E-P-13)The room is equipped with tablets, mobiles devices, robots, electronically programmable parts.

We are honoured to have the then Under Secretary for Education (and current Secretary for Education) Mr. Kevin YEUNG Yun-hung, JP, our President Prof. CHEUNG Yan Leung, and the Chairperson of the Steering Committee of the Coding and Computational Thinking Education at The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust Ms. Marjorie YANG as the officiating guests to take part in a traditional eye-dotting ceremony to kick off a ceremonial lion dance.

A STEM class from a 39-hour course offered by Coding Education UnitStudent-initiated STEM activities

Want to know more about the Coding Education Unit?

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The University determines to strive for enhancing the quality of learning and teaching, and LTTC is committed to provide support on enhancing the quality of learning and teaching. The Learning and Teaching @EdUHK Festival 2017 was held from January to March 2017 with a series of activities in five categories carried out, including Open Class Observation, Video Showcase, Invited Talk/Seminar, Poster Board Exhibition and Conference Day.

Learning and Teaching @EdUHK Festival 2017

Conference Day

Keynote Speakers Prof. Marcelo MILRAD and Mrs. Katrin LINDWALL from Linnaeus University, Sweden, spoke on the topic “Pedagogical Approaches and Digital Technologies to Promote Creativity, Collaboration and Critical and Entrepreneurial Thinking among Students: Challenges and Perspectives”.

Keynote Speakers Prof. H. Werner HESS and Dr. Tushar CHAUDHURI from HKBU, Hong Kong, spoke on the topic “Connecting Minds: Strategies and Outcomes of Embedded Internationalisation”.

Opening Remarks by Prof. LEE Chi Kin John [VP(AC)]

Event Spotlight

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Video Showcase

Poster Board Exhibition

Invited Talk/SeminarOpen Class Observation

A lecture on “Limits” by Dr. CHENG Kell Hiu Fai (MIT)

A lecture on “Parent-Child Relationships: Practices” byDr. LAM Chun Bun Ian (ECE)

Seminar on Teaching Awardees’ SharingDr. CHENG Kell Hiu Fai (MIT) (on left)Dr. LI Wai Chin (SES) (on right)

Seminar on Teaching Development Grant (TDG) ProjectsDr. CHEUNG Lin Hong (CHL) (on left)Dr. CHENG Nga Yee Irene (SES) (on right)

Thank you all guests, colleagues and students for participating in this series of events. If you want to know more about Learning and Teaching @EdUHK Festival 2017, scan the QR code

Some of the speakers from the three Faculties, namely Faculty of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Faculty of Education and Human Development and Faculty of Humanities, and Graduate School presented on Conference Day.

Opening Remarks by Prof. LEE Chi Kin John [VP(AC)]

Prof. KONG Siu Cheung (DLTTC) introduced Learning, Teaching and Technology Activities of the Centre in 2016/17

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e-Learning and Digital Competency

With the key objectives of nurturing engaged and reflective learners, ePortfolio has been implemented to offer a platform for students to document, manage and reflect upon their own learning during their study at EdUHK since 2012. Workshops and briefing sessions were offered to staff and students in collaboration with related units.

ePortfolio and GILOs

Generic Intended Learning Outcomes (GILOs) have been established in EdUHK since 2012 to represent the institutional expectations of all graduates to articulate generic abilities which encompass knowledge, skills, attitude, and dispositions. To facilitate understanding of GILOs among students and academic/ teaching staff, the Rubrics for Generic Intended Learning Outcomes (GILO Rubrics) have been developed since 2015. Workshops were offered to students and staff to enhance their understanding of the University’s expectations of graduates and guide them to connect GILOs with learning and teaching.

Workshops and briefing sessions were offered to staff and students.

Moodle LMS

VBLC serves as a platform for promoting knowledge co-construction in teaching practice.

VBLC

LTTC leads the development of MOOCs in the University and facilitates the development of two MOOC projects: “E-pedagogy in Mathematics Learning and Teaching” and “The English You didn’t Learn in School”.

MOOC

LTTC offers technical support to this initiative aiming to encourage blended learning for students’ reflective engagement and deep learning.

Blended Learning for University Enhancement (BLUE) Initiative: One Course One Online Lesson

Staff PD Seminar:Development of a MOOC in EdUHK

LTTC Services

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More about CTE2017

CoolThink@JC, which is created and funded by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust and co-created by EdUHK, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and City University of Hong Kong, organised a series of activities to facilitate students’ computational thinking development. Below shows a 39-hour Professional Development Course on “Coding Pedagogy and Computational Thinking Development” for 36 teachers from 12 local primary schools held at EdUHK.

The Coding Education Unit is currently offering 39-hour courses on “Developing iOS Apps with Swift”, “Introduction to Apps Development and 3D Printing (Android platform)”, and “Coding Apps for Mathematics Learning and Teaching (Android platform)”, and 3-hour workshops on Mobile Apps Development and 3D Printing.

Coding Education Unit

International Conference on Computational Thinking Education 2017 (CTE2017) was held from 13 – 15 July 2017 at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre attracting more than 500 pioneers in computational thinking education from all over the world. You may join International Conference on Computational Thinking Education 2018 if you missed it this year.

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Staff Professional Development

Online Video ResourcesOnline video resources are prepared for staff’s reference and self-learning. Apart from the videos of the above mentioned seminars, videos on e-Learning Pedagogy and Introduction of Critical Thinking Development were also produced.

The Certificate Course “Introduction to Teaching in Higher Education” was offered in partnership with Faculties, Departments and Library to equip new academic and teaching staff with essential knowledge and skills of teaching in higher education.

Certificate Course “Introduction to Teaching in Higher Education”

Two sessions (2 September 2016 & 10 January 2017) of staff induction were provided in 2016/17 to new academic & teaching staff to familiarise them with the policy of the University and the use of various e-Learning platforms. In 2017/18, staff induction will continue to be offered, with the first session on 5 September 2017.

Staff Induction

A book titled “Emerging Practices in Scholarship of Learning and Teaching in a Digital Era” was published in April 2017 for wider dissemination of SoLT.

Scholarship of Learning and Teaching (SoLT)

UGC Teaching Awardees and EdUHK Teaching Awardees were invited for seminars to share with colleagues their good practices. Experienced staff were also invited to share their application, implementation and evaluation of Teaching Development Grant (TDG) Projects.

Sharing Seminars

“Learning to Serve, Serving to Learn”by Dr. Grace Ngai, PolyU

“A Philosophical Approach to Teaching and Learning”by Dr. Chi-Ming Lam, IELL, EdUHK

“The Affective Dimension of Formative Feedback”by Dr. LAM Bick Har, C&I, EdUHK

LTTC Services

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To further promote the creation of ePortfolio at EdUHK, and to encourage students to build an organised ePortfolio with evidences showing their learning process and outcomes with integration of GILOs, Student ePortfolio Award will be launched in September 2017.

Student ePortfolio Award 2017

Regular workshops on Moodle, various ePortfolio platforms and GILOs are provided to staff and students to support the University’s implementation of e-Learning Policy.

Regular Workshops for Staff and Students

The course is for full-time/ part-time undergraduate/ postgraduate students of EdUHK to learn basic statistics in higher education for conducting research related to hypothesis testing. New courses will be available in 2017/18. Don’t miss this popular course!

Basic Statistics in Higher Education (in Blended Learning Mode)

“The Affective Dimension of Formative Feedback”by Dr. LAM Bick Har, C&I, EdUHK

Providing coding education for computational thinking development is gaining popularity nowadays, and students start coding even in primary school. In view of this trend, the coding education unit provides courses and workshops to equip our students with these skills.

Coding Courses and Workshops

Upcoming Events

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More about CTE2018

To provide a platform for academic & teaching staff, the postgraduates and local/ overseas researchers to exchange novel ideas and their experiences in innovative learning and teaching, Learning and Teaching @EdUHK Festival will continue to be organised in 2017/18.

Learning and Teaching @EdUHK 2018

There is an increasing need for creating video resources given the latest development on Video-based Learning Community (VBLC), Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), and the “Blended Learning for University Enhancement” (BLUE) initiative. Hence, the setup of a Video Resource Production Room was proposed to support academic & teaching staff to produce quality video resources.

Development of video resources

Apart from the Certificate Course “Introduction to Teaching in Higher Education” mentioned above, to further enrich all academic and teaching staff’s capacity with specialisation in teaching, the possibility of developing an advanced Certificate Course is being explored.

Certificate Course “Introduction to Teaching in Higher Education” for Staff Some LTTC staff were trained on AV and VR,

and an Aerial Videography team was developed. The Aerial Videography team is planning some workshops for teaching staff and students in the coming academic year. VR content will also be developed step by step from basic to intermediate and advanced level, such as a VR LTTC and a VR EdUHK Campus.

Aerial Videography (AV) and 3D Virtual Reality (VR)

The International Conference on Computational Thinking Education 2017 (CTE2017) was held successfully with more than 500 pioneers in computational thinking education joining the event. The International Conference on Computational Thinking Education 2018 (CTE 2018) will be held from 14 to 16 June 2018, and will comprise keynote speeches, panel discussions, paper presentations, and exhibitions.

International Conference on Computational Thinking Education 2018

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Upcoming Events

LTTC aims to enhance student learning outcomes by applying information technology in support of the development of learning and teaching, and the improvement and innovation of assessment at the university. Therefore, our staff members keep abreast of the latest development in technology, and share with colleagues and students. Members of the CoolThink@JC team shared on developing computational thinking through coding, and aerial photography team demonstrated the use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) at our centre retreat held on 18 July 2017.

LTTC Retreat

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LTTC Retreat

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