Call for submissions Co-Constructing Excellence: Recognising, Scaffolding and Building Excellence in University Learning and Teaching, 18-19 December 2018, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong [...]
Forthcoming events and programmes Join-the-Conversation Internationalisation of the Curriculum (IoC): How Can We Integrate Global and Local Dimensions? (30 May 2018 at Hong Kong Baptist [...]
This is the first time that Teaching and Learning Connections focuses on the topic of innovation in teaching and learning. As highlighted in the Message from the Director of CETL for this issue, [...]
“Innovation” in teaching and learning is sometimes, wrongly, equated with the growing trend to use technology to enrich and enhance teaching and learning. The notion of “innovation”, as we shall [...]
I experienced a day of unlocking innovative learning at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) on May 11, 2018. It was a symposium hosted by the Center for Education [...]
Designing and teaching MOOCs requires new pedagogical practices. Drawn on the experience of a MOOC on Dinosaur Ecosystems, this article discusses a number of innovative pedagogical practices that [...]
As a chemistry educator in the early 2010s, I faced two difficult problems. One of the biggest challenges I faced was the disconnect that students felt with the subject-matter they were being [...]
This issue of Teaching and Learning Connections is on innovation in teaching and learning, and the example I’m sharing is a Common Core (CC) course I taught on Virtual Reality (VR) technology [...]
Conducting an undergraduate tutorial is never an easy job. It has been unsurprising to hear tutors complaining about their students for not being prepared for class or not participating actively [...]