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The Center for Enhanced Learning and Teaching held an
enlightening series of workshops and seminars over the
year, providing a significant platform for discussion on the
latest trends in teaching, motivating faculty to explore fresh
methodologies and technologies for student learning and
inspiring them to initiate innovations of their own.
FOSTERING TEACHING EXCELLENCE
The Center’s activities were presented by international
experts and HKUST faculty with specialist knowledge and
focused on a range of topics, including effective experiential
learning, blended learning, group work and team assessment,
collecting student feedback, Common Core issues, Massive
Open Online Courses and tri-modal education. Overseas
speakers came from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
and UMassOnline, University of California, San Diego,
Coursera, and National Taiwan University, among others.
The Center offered an orientation program for new faculty
members, specifically designed to take account of key
aspects of teaching and learning in the context of HKUST,
and a four-day University Teaching and Learning Course,
organized for new and experienced faculty to explore fresh
approaches to pedagogy.
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earning support for research postgraduates ranged from
sessions focused on improving presentation skills to working
as an effective teaching assistant. There was also the
opportunity to attend a training camp to develop leadership
capabilities. The Center for Engineering Education Innovation
(E²I) participated in and co-organized events over the year
to build cutting-edge approaches to engineering teaching
and learning, and contribute to developments in this field
internationally. In addition, the Sixth International Workshop
on Innovative Engineering Education brought together
academics and students from Sungkyunkwan University and
HKUST on campus to discuss fresh directions and challenges
in engineering education in Hong Kong and Korea.
NEW APPOINTMENTS
Prof Charles Ng (Civil and Environmental Engineering) was
appointed Associate Vice-President (Research and Graduate
Studies). He will assist the Vice-President for Research and
Graduate Studies in overseeing strategic development as
well as overall planning and administration of research
activities and postgraduate studies at the University. Prof
Roger Cheng (Electronic and Computer Engineering) was
appointed Associate Provost (Teaching and Learning).
Prof Cheng will lead the University’s endeavor in setting
the strategic direction and policies for the undergraduate
curriculum, teaching and learning, and quality assurance of
undergraduate and postgraduate education.
Other senior staff appointments were:
PROF KING L CHOW
Director of Interdisciplinary Programs Office
PROF CHRISTOPHER CHAO
Head of Department of Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering
PROF A V MUTHUKRISHNAN
Head of Department of Marketing
PROF YANG WANG
Head of Department of Mathematics
PROF QIANG YANG
Head of Department of Computer Science
and Engineering
The Division of Social Science also completed the hiring
of the founding Director of the HKUST Institute for Public
Policy. Prof Jack A Goldstone, a distinguished sociologist
from George Mason University in the US, will join as a Chair
Professor on 1 January 2016.
HKUST recognized the contributions of the following faculty
members to HKUST by granting them the title of Professor
Emeritus upon their retirement or departure from University
service:
