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An orientation session for part-time lecturers was successfully held on 27 September 2019 at L1-2610 from 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm to network with fellow teaching and professional staff, and to receive updates on the latest developments of SCOPE. The orientation session was kicked off by a welcome speech given by Dr. Louis Ma, Director of SCOPE. Dr. Ma also gave a presentation about SCOPE's programme operations and the future development of SCOPE. After Dr. Ma's presentation, Dr. Paul Corrigan, senior education development officer of EDGE, City University of Hong Kong, gave an introduction about the staff development courses offered by EDGE. It was followed by Ms. Mimi Chan, Academic Services Manager, who outlined and discussed the important administrative matters a part-time teaching staff should pay attention. The PTL Corner, an e-portal on the SCOPE’s website, was also introduced to the attendees. Finally, a group photo was taken and all attendees were served with light refreshment while networking with each other . It was a wonderful event for both current and new part-time teaching staff to mingle with the management and all participants enjoyed the orientation very much.
In this seminar, Dr. Paul Corrigan, Senior Educational Development Officer in EDGE, CityU, started his presentation with the value of teaching through lectures. Then, he continued his presentation on how to use the OBTL format to plan lectures (Plan), deliver lectures interactively (Implement) and evaluate the effectiveness of the lecture (Evaluate). Throughout his presentation, Dr. Corrigan posed several stimulating questions for participants to get involved discuss actively together. It was an inspiring, enlightening, informative and entertaining seminar. After the presentation, participants enjoyed the refreshments and exchanged views with each other.
An orientation session for part-time lecturers was successfully held on 28 September 2018 at L1-2610 to network with fellow teaching and professional staff, and to receive updates on the latest developments of SCOPE. The orientation session was kicked off by a welcome speech given by Dr. Louis Ma, Director of SCOPE. Dr. Ma also gave a presentation about SCOPE's programme operations and the future development of SCOPE. After Dr. Ma's presentation, Dr. Paul Corrigan, senior education development officer of EDGE, City University of Hong Kong, gave an introduction about the staff development courses offered by EDGE. It was followed by Ms. Mimi Chan, Programme Officer, who informed our Part-Time Lecturers of some important administrative matters they need to pay attention. Finally, a group photo was taken and all participants were served with light refreshment while networking with each other.
In this seminar, Professor Yau gave us a very fruitful and enjoyable speech. He started his speech with a brief introduction of his background, followed by ten techniques on motivating and impressing our younger generation to have a good learning attitude as well as a positive view of life by quoting some real examples from his past teaching experience. The points he covered were so interesting and aspiring that it has opened our eyes as well as minds, especially his perseverance, determination, selfless dedication and devotion in helping students. After his presentation, participants enjoyed the refreshments and exchanged views with each other.
In this seminar, Dr. Corrigan started with a description of what a discussion is. Then, he identified the six types of discussions, explained how to apply five solutions to problems with discussions, four reasons for using discussions, three ways to start discussion, two effects of discussion on student and how to create discussion plan for tutorial. After the seminar, participants exchanged their teaching experience and views with Dr. Corrigan while enjoying the light refreshments outside the classroom.
In this seminar, Dr. Ma gave an interesting and fruitful talk on how to apply Outcomes-Based Teaching and Learning (OBTL) approach for effective student learning. At the beginning, Dr. Ma gave an overview of OBTL, followed by a presentation on how to enhance Intended Learning Outcomes (ILO). Finally, he shared his practical experience in OBTL with the participants. After the seminar, participants were served with light refreshments while sharing their experiences and views on OBTL.
An "Orientation Day for Part-time Teaching Staff" was organized in 2015, 2016 and 2017, aiming to enhance the communication between CityU SCOPE and the part-time lecturers. Part-time lecturers as well as full-time academic and administrative staff were invited to join the event. Participants were updated with the latest developments of the School, arrangements on administrative support and staff development courses that were available for part-time lecturers. The event also included a sharing session on specific educational topics, such as “Education beyond Teaching”, “Real Value of Networking” and so on. Participants exchanged ideas on teaching and learning while enjoying light refreshments after the event.