HSUHK Teaching and Learning Forum 2023 – Teaching Excellence: Transform to Perform

The HSUHK Teaching Excellence Awards (formerly known as HSMC Teaching Excellence Awards) was launched in the Academic Year 2014/15. Since its inception, the HSUHK Teaching Excellence Awards have acknowledged more than 40 faculty members who have demonstrated exceptional teaching performance and outstanding contribution to the students’ learning experience.

The Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) recently hosted the HSUHK Teaching and Learning Forum 2023 on 6 June to celebrate teaching excellence and recognize the invaluable contributions of our distinguished teachers. Themed “Teaching Excellence: Transform to Perform”, The Centre was honoured to have invited the award recipients of the HSUHK Teaching Excellence Awards and distinguished guests from local institutions who shared their exemplary and innovative teaching practices.

Officiating at the opening ceremony, Professor Simon Ho, President of the HSUHK, delivered a heartfelt speech expressing his sincere gratitude towards all award recipients for their exceptional contribution and unwavering dedication to teaching at HSUHK.

During the same occasion, Dr Ben Cheng, Director of the Centre for Teaching and Learning announced the launch of “My Teaching Story – Teaching Excellence: Transform to Perform”. This special publication is a collection of 26 stories from HSUHK Teaching Awards recipients spanning the Academic Year 2017/18 to 2021/22. These stories capture the teaching journeys of distinguished teachers and the learning journey of novice teachers transforming into exemplary educators.

Professor Jeanne Fu, Vice-President (Learning and Student Experience), presented souvenirs to each award-winning teacher and invited speaker as a token of appreciation. In addition, the Centre prepared a celebratory video that included congratulatory messages from the HSUHK Senior Management and Deans of the Schools to commemorate the event. The opening ceremony was attended by over 100 distinguished guests, including representatives from local UGC universities, educational institutes, principals and representatives from secondary schools and colleges, and HSUHK staff members.

Throughout the day, diverse groups of HSUHK speakers from various departments and schools, as well as guest speakers from other local institutes were invited to deliver and share their experiences and insights at respective forums and parallel sessions.

To begin each forum and parallel session, the Centre was pleased to have the representative from each School to deliver a warm introductory remark, they are  Professor Jeanne Fu, Vice-President (Learning and Student Experience) cum Head of the Department of the Management of the School of Business; Dr Paul Fung, Head of the Department of English, The School of Humanities and Social Science; Dr Shelby Chan, Associate Dean of the School of Translation and Foreign Languages; Dr Thomas Man, Associate Dean (Enterprise and Business Engagement) of the School of Business; Professor Ronald Chiu, Associate Dean of the School of Communication; and Professor Choy Siu Kai, Associate Dean (Research) of the School of Decision and Sciences.

The sharing and exchange of views at each forum and parallel session are the result of the invaluable contributions from our award-winning teachers, invited speakers, and all participants.  Through this exchange of views, it has not only shaped a dynamic and engaging learning environment, but also inspiring innovative approaches to teaching and learning, which makes the forum an essential event for educators.

A list of speakers and their respective topics for each Forum and Parallel Session taking place throughout the full-day event is as follows: