Online continuous assessments can range from totally online, which includes everything from conducting to completing the online assessment tasks in real-time, to partially online, which may only require the online submission of the assessment tasks. Join us in this teacher sharing session to learn about how different continuous assessment tasks can be supported by the online tools PolyU officially provides plus a highlight from an innovative teacher (RS) to share how he adopts one of these tools for his student occupational therapists as a part of the continuous assessment tasks in a professionally-accredited programme. Event Date: 18/09/2020 Facilitator(s): Roy Kam (EDC), Sam C. C. Chan (RS)
The CoP on learning analytics is holding its first event to kick-off the new round of CoPs funded by the University for 2020-2022. During the session you will meet the new facilitators of this CoP, hear about current learning analytics activities at PolyU and have the opportunity to contribute to planning future events held by the CoP. Event Date: 24/09/2020 Facilitator(s): Henry Chan (COMP), Christine Armatas (EDC), Dick Chan (EDC), Ada Tse (EDC)
Teaching in an online environment can be challenging. It is even more challenging to engage and motivate students in an online class when your students do not want to turn on their microphones and webcams. Would you like to get some tips on how to make good use of some of the features of online platforms to create an interactive classroom for online learning? Come and join us in this teacher sharing session and be inspired, enlightened and stimulated! Event Date: 25/09/2020 Facilitator(s): Laura Zhou (EDC), Kannass Chan (EDC), Leo Chon (EDC), Scott Chin (SD)
Assessment is an integral part of teaching and learning. However, designing and conducting online assessments can be challenging tasks. Would you like to get some tips on designing open-book assessments and quizzes, and ways of conducting them effectively online? Join this webinar to learn some good practices and maybe share your own with others! Event Date: 05/10/2020 Facilitator(s): Wallace Lai (LSGI), Kannass Chan(EDC), Laura Zhou(EDC), Leo Chon (EDC)
Explore how you can maximise interactive engagement in the hybrid classroom and address some of the challenges associated with mixed-mode synchronous teaching. Then discover how Dr Margo Turnbull successfully implemented a hybrid approach during the Summer Term. Event Date: 07/10/2020 Facilitator(s): Dave Gatrell(EDC), John Sager (EDC), Margo Turnbull (ENGL)
Explore how you can maximise interactive engagement in the hybrid classroom and address some of the challenges associated with mixed-mode synchronous teaching. Then discover how Dr Margo Turnbull successfully implemented a hybrid approach during the Summer Term. Event Date: 14/10/2020 Facilitator(s): Dave Gatrell(EDC), John Sager (EDC), Margo Turnbull (ENGL)
Develop your hybrid teaching skills and share your initial experiences of mixed-mode synchronous teaching from Semester 1. Then hear how Dr Raymond Cheng implemented a hybrid approach during the Summer Term and discover some of the lessons he learned. Event Date: 21/10/2020 Facilitator(s): Dave Gatrell(EDC), John Sager (EDC), Raymond Cheng (CBS)
Develop your hybrid teaching skills, try out engaging and interactive activities and share your initial perceptions of mixed-mode synchronous teaching from Semester 1. Event Date: 28/10/2020 Facilitator(s): Dave Gatrell(EDC), John Sager (EDC)
Just like ‘contactless’ payments which now are seen as one of the recommended ways of tackling the spread of COVID-19, the UGC-funded Augmented Teaching and Learning Advancement System (ATLAS) can help make ‘contactless’ education with on-campus experience a reality in our current hybrid teaching, learning and assessment mode. Join us in this hybrid sharing session to learn from the innovative principal investigator and SN colleagues about ATLAS and how ‘contactless’ teaching and learning with ATLAS can enable educators to minimize in-person contact and safeguard student activities during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond. Event Date: 24/11/2020 Facilitator(s): Wong Man Sing Charles (LSGI), Lin Yang (SN), Simon Lam (SN), Roy Kam (EDC)
Learn how to design and implement online proctored exams to meet the University’s minimum standards in online proctored assessment. Later in the session, find out how Dr Helen Law and Dr Shara Lee have used online proctored exams to assess students in HTI. Event Date: 26/11/2020 Facilitator(s): Helen Law (HTI), Shara Lee (HTI)
