In recent years, e-learning systems (e.g. Moodle) have become more popular in the higher education. The systems enabled many learners to have access to online learning resources such as lecture, tutorial, etc. in a collaborative way. Due to the rapid development of technology, the amount of data stored in online learning systems has been constantlyContinue reading “Using Learning Analytics to Discover Serendipitous Learning in Moodle for Formative Assessment in Higher Education”

Despite the promise of web-based instruction, universities in Hong Kong have been slow to utilize available technology to produce quality courses (Lee & Chan, 2008), meet the changing learning needs of students, successfully engage a large number of teachers in innovative new web learning technologies, tap emerging and nontraditional local and regional student markets, andContinue reading “Advancing Online Learning: Aligning Pedagogy, Course Design and ICT with Open-source Delivery”

This proposed project aims to support academic and teaching staff at the HKIEd to develop digital teaching portfolios to build a professional learning community, which will provide them with opportunities to carry out ongoing inquiries into their own and their peers’ teaching and learning practices. The project team will draw upon the elements of professionalContinue reading “Development of Digital Teaching Portfolios to Build a Professional Learning Community at the HKIEd”

This project aims to adopt information and communication technology as a convenient and efficient environment to foster learner-centered learning. Colleagues from six disciplines across three faculties will be involved in this project. The online activities will be anchored with different subject disciplines and context to complement face-to-face learning. There will be no prescribed activities butContinue reading “Fostering Student Teachers’ Learner-centered Learning Capacities by Adopting Information and Communication Technologies as the Change Agents”

This project aims is to adopt new media in the curriculum for experiential and reflective learning in the context of understanding the political, social, economic and cultural dynamics in Hong Kong. By asking students to apply different forms of new media such as face timing, Skype, blogging, video-recording on their projects, students will be ableContinue reading “New Media for an Active and Engaging Reflective and Experiential Learning”

Field experience at the Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd) is viewed as a central aspect to our programmes (see http://www.ied.edu.hk/spfeo/view.php?secid=1589) . One of the major reasons is that it encourages student teachers to innovate and reflect on their practice within a supportive environment as part of their professional development process. Reflection provides an avenueContinue reading “Building a Community of Practice (CoP) to Enhance Student Teachers’ Professional Development in Field Experience via Web Technologies”

Technology has made communication between students and students, students and instructor much more accessible and easier. Taking advantage of the technology can facilitate active interactions between students and teachers by engaging students in the learning process. As the Adapted Physical Education (APE) and health courses involve in many health and disabling conditions that require individualizedContinue reading “Interaction-Designed Activities Inspire Students’ Active Communication and Involvement Through Blended Learning”

This is a project for the transition of Professional and Vocational Education (PVE) programmes to an online format and to develop some course re-engineering to enhance pathways and linkages across PVE programmes as well as build participation. In addition the project enabled closer linkages with the Centre for Lifelong Learning Research and Development. The projectContinue reading “Renewal Proposal for Professional and Vocational Education Programmes”