The Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) successfully organised the HSUHK Teaching and Learning Forum 2021, themed “Let’s Create a BRAINstorm in a Teacup: Dialogues with Different Educators”, on 25 May 2021. The Forum served as a cross-institutional platform for educators to share the best practices and the most updated experience of teaching and learning for the promotion of teaching excellence. Following the first Forum in 2019, the number of speakers tripled to 18 at the second Forum, featuring the 10 recipients of the HSUHK Teaching Excellence Awards of 2018/19 and 2019/20 and 8 distinguished scholars from a wide range of local tertiary institutions. In the new normal of online teaching, it was CTL’s first-time endeavour to host the HSUHK Teaching and Learning Forum in the mixed mode.
Professor Simon Ho, the President, gave the Welcoming and Opening Address at the Opening Ceremony. Professor Y.V. Hui, Acting Provost and Vice-President (Academic and Research), welcomed and presented souvenirs for the external guest speakers.
The 18 speakers conversed in pairs at the 3 Parallel Sessions covering topics of teaching business, languages, philosophy, social science, quality management, and online teaching in the new normal. Professor Bradley Barnes, Dean of the School of Business, Professor K.K. Tam, Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Science, and Dr Eva Hung, Associate Head of the Department of Social Science, gave warm introductory remarks for the 3 Parallel Sessions. The on-campus Forum with live broadcast was well attended by more than 70 participants, including colleagues and the educators from many other higher education institutions. Besides the dialogues of our excellent teachers and their guests, the participants also had plenty of opportunities to exchange views with the speakers.
Here are the speakers and their topics:
Parallel Session I
| Topic | Guest Speaker | Speaker cum Teaching Excellence Awards recipient |
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| ACT on Learning: Being an Academic, Consultant & Trainer | Dr John Leung
Associate Director,
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Dr Kenneth Kwong
Assistant Professor,
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| Living Management Theories: Learning Teaching with Your Peers | Dr Eko Liao
Associate Professor,
Dr Amy Wang
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| Teacher as Student: Reflective Dialogue about Language Teaching and Learning | Dr Reijiro Aoyama
Research Assistant Professor,
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Dr Joyce Lee
Lecturer,
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Parallel Session II
| Topic | Guest Speaker | Speaker cum Teaching Excellence Awards recipient |
|---|---|---|
| Assessment as Learning: Metacognitive Instruction in Second Language Classrooms | Professor Icy Lee
Professor and Chairman,
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Dr Amy Kong
Senior Lecturer,
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| 卓育菁莪：香港大專中文教學對談 | Professor Kam-siu Cheung
Associate Professor,
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Dr Wing-kin Lam
Senior Lecturer,
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| Zooming in Liberal Arts Education: Online Learning in the New Normal | Professor Julia Kuehn
Head of School,
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Dr Jay Parker
Assistant Professor,
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Parallel Session III
| Topic | Guest Speaker | Speaker cum Teaching Excellence Awards recipient |
|---|---|---|
| Connected Teaching and Learning from Quality Management Perspective | Professor Fugee Tsung
Chair Professor,
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Dr Daniel Mo
Associate Professor,
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| The Everyday Life in Social Science | Dr Vera Hau
Assistant Professor,
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Ms Maggie Wong
Senior Lecturer,
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| Why Philosophy Education Matters? | Dr Benedict Chan
Assistant Professor,
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Dr Muk-yan Wong
Associate Professor,
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- Professor Simon Ho, the President, gives the Welcoming and Opening Remarks at the Opening Ceremony for the Forum.
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- The speakers and the organisers of the Forum
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- Dr John Leung (left) and Dr Kenneth Kwong (right) speak on “ACT on Learning: Being an Academic, Consultant & Trainer”.
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- Dr Amy Wang (left) and Dr Eko Liao (right) speak on “Living Management Theories: Learning Teaching with Your Peers”.
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- Dr Joyce Lee (left) and Dr Reijiro Aoyama (right) speak on “Teacher as Student: Reflective Dialogue about Language Teaching and Learning”.
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- Dr Amy Kong (left) and Professor Icy Lee (right) speak on “Assessment as Learning: Metacognitive Instruction in Second Language Classrooms”.
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- Dr Wing-kin Lam (left) and Professor Kam-siu Cheung (right) speak on teaching Chinese language at tertiary institutions.
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- Dr Jay Parker (left) and Professor Julia Kuehn (right) speak on “Zooming in Liberal Arts Education: Online Learning in the New Normal”.
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- Dr Daniel Mo (left) and Professor Fugee Tsung (right) speak on “Connected Teaching and Learning from Quality Management Perspective”.
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- Dr Muk-yan Wong (left) and Dr Benedict Chan (right) speak on “Why Philosophy Education Matters?”.
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- Ms Maggie Wong (left) and Dr Vera Hau (right) speak on “The Everyday Life in Social Science”.
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- The speakers mingle with the participants.
Playback of the Parallel Sessions (HSU account log-in required) are available on the Forum webpage.
