This issue of Teaching and Learning Connections considers “impact” in teaching and learning. Over the past two years, successive issues of this e-newsletter have touched upon three areas of strategic importance for the University: internationalisation, innovation, and interdisciplinarity. [...]

Following seven issues discussing about various topics of teaching and learning, the current Issue 8 brings us to take a look at the impact of teaching and learning. We have collected articles that focus on the impact on students, faculty members, research postgraduates and teaching assistants, [...]

One may think that it is always the healthcare professionals who offer a helping hand to serve the needy. Indeed, it is observed that helping can be bi-directional [...]

When I became a National Teaching Fellow (NTF) in 2016 I had no idea where this award would take me – colleagues spoke of it ‘opening doors to new opportunities and [...]

The University of Hong Kong relies heavily on tutors and teaching assistants to form the essential backbone of the teaching workforce. Despite the prevalence of the [...]

We’ve been drawn to a question underlying this issue of Teaching and Learning Connections: in what ways can teaching and learning generate an impact on student development, local community, and maybe society at large? If adding new perspectives can enhance this impact, then an initiative we’ve been working on may [...]

One effective way to achieve impact of teaching and learning is to invite all stakeholders to gather together, sharing, discussing and exploring pedagogical approaches and learning environments that are conducive to excellence in learning and teaching. This is what has happened in CETL’s International Conference [...]