Events Calendar

 

 

Common Core Tutors Certificate Course – Driving Teaching & Learning through Tech

Zoom

Tutors often struggle with ways to encourage student participation in tutorial classes. Sometimes the challenge is getting everyone to stay motivated and engaged. On top of that, how can tutors guide students in the development of communication skills? Join us for this hands-on and experiential workshop that guides tutors through a range of digital technologies […]

Common Core Tutors Certificate Course – 1-Day Foundations Workshop

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As an initiative to provide a professional development path for tutors, the Common Core, in collaboration with the Centre for Applied English (CAES) and Communication-Intensive Courses (CiC), is hosting a 1-day workshop open to all Common Core tutors.   Date: Monday, 29 August 2022 Time: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Location: Main Building Room 141 […]

Common Core 2022-2023 Semester 1 Tutor Orientation: Future Ready Learning

2/F Digital Interactive Lab HKU Main Library

All of us in the Common Core would like to warmly welcome new and experienced tutors to the first semester of teaching. We hope you can attend our orientation workshop, Future Ready Learning, on September 2, 2022, 10 am – 12 noon in the Digital Interactive Lab, 2/F of HKU Main Library. The session will […]

Digital Communications Literacy – Driving Teaching & Learning through Tech

Zoom

Digital is increasingly driving innovations in teaching and learning, transforming how students learn. Students have new expectations about their higher education experience, increasing pressure to reinvent teaching and learning. Leveraging technology is now a must in driving engagement and building graduate skills for the future. Join us for this hands-on and experiential workshop that guides […]

Online Seminar: Improvisation and Design Thinking in Teaching and Learning

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Higher student expectations of universities and competition from non-traditional educational providers place pressure on teachers to design and facilitate unique and authentic learning experiences. This standalone seminar introduces how the frameworks and tenets of improvisation and design thinking can empower teachers to engage students at a deeper and more expansive level of inquiry, connect across […]

Structured Improvisation 

Common Core / BASc Lounge Room 150 1/F Main Building, The University of Hong Kong

Experiential workshops series - Improvisation and Design thinking in Teaching and Learning These four face-to-face experiential workshops use improvisation and design thinking principles for reimagining teaching and learning in a memorable, fun and engaging way. Each workshop focuses on a different aspect of the frameworks to provide valuable strategies, repertoires, and techniques to enhance your […]

Experimenting, Failing, and Learning

Common Core / BASc Lounge Room 150 1/F Main Building, The University of Hong Kong

Experiential workshops series – Improvisation and Design thinking in Teaching and Learning These four face-to-face experiential workshops use improvisation and design thinking principles for reimagining teaching and learning in a memorable, fun and engaging way. Each workshop focuses on a different aspect of the frameworks to provide valuable strategies, repertoires, and techniques to enhance your […]

Coaching through Conversations and Questions

Common Core / BASc Lounge Room 150 1/F Main Building, The University of Hong Kong

Experiential workshops series – Improvisation and Design thinking in Teaching and Learning These four face-to-face experiential workshops use improvisation and design thinking principles for reimagining teaching and learning in a memorable, fun and engaging way. Each workshop focuses on a different aspect of the frameworks to provide valuable strategies, repertoires, and techniques to enhance your […]

Empowering Participation

Common Core / BASc Lounge Room 150 1/F Main Building, The University of Hong Kong

Experiential workshops series – Improvisation and Design thinking in Teaching and Learning These four face-to-face experiential workshops use improvisation and design thinking principles for reimagining teaching and learning in a memorable, fun and engaging way. Each workshop focuses on a different aspect of the frameworks to provide valuable strategies, repertoires, and techniques to enhance your […]

Creating non-linear stories using Twine to support case-based learning

Zoom

Date: 30 November 2022 (Wednesday) Time: 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm Venue: RRS 321, 3/F Run Run Shaw Building, Main Campus, HKU Speaker: Mr. Donn Gonda, CETL Registration: https://www2.cetl.hku.hk/cetlevents/regist/492/registEvent.php?eventId=492 Abstract Storytelling can be a powerful tool to enhance students’ communication skills. These stories can help students to understand complex and abstract concepts by allowing them […]

Untitled: A.I. and Transformations to Teaching and Learning

Zoom

Untitled: A.I. and Transformations to Teaching and Learning   The rapid technological advances in AI deep generative models have significant and disruptive implications for teaching and learning within higher education. While there are questions and issues around academic honesty, plagiarism, creativity, and originality - the potential to enhance student learning is substantial. Join us for […]

Tutor Certificate Workshop – Foundations in Teaching and Learning

Common Core / BASc Lounge Room 150 1/F Main Building, The University of Hong Kong

As an initiative to provide a professional development path for tutors, the Communication-Intensive Courses (CiC) initiative in collaboration with the Common Core and the Centre for Applied English (CAES), is hosting a 1-day workshop open to tutors.   Date: Wednesday, 11 January 2023 Time: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Location: Common Core Lounge (Main Building Room 150)   This […]