Welcome to the 2009 Teaching and Learning Innovation Award Ceremony Acknowledging and celebrating excellence and innovation in blended learning at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Finalists for the 2009 Teaching and Learning Innovation Award

Dr Vincent Ng Ms Mei Li Mr Peter Duffy Mr Liu Chun Yu Core SL – HK PolyU in Second Life Dr David Kurt Herold Mr Paul Penfold Mr Newman Lau Ms Au Yeung Yuen Yee Team Members Core SL is the first virtual campus in Asia. Using the 3D world Second Life, it provides interactive and immersive learning for students.

Core SL – HK PolyU in Second Life Blended Learning –Student 3D design portfolios –Virtual, international research –International Guest lecturers –Classroom interaction –Simulated work environments 'Real' teaching –15 subjects with SL components –Introductory Guides for students, teachers, and designers –Teaching tools for easy classroom use.

Core SL – HK PolyU in Second Life Student Assessment –Q&A Tools –Role-Play environments –In-class voting –Multiple-Choice tests –Peer Evaluation –and many more… Sharing outcomes –One conference –Two articles –Ten conference papers –25 Training workshops –7 YouTube videos

Core SL – HK PolyU in Second Life

Dr Marco Pang Department of Rehabilitation Sciences For enriching his students’ learning experience through the implementation of a blended learning approach using of multimedia and a task-based approach.

Dr Marco Pang Department of Rehabilitation Sciences Project 1: Critical Inquiry II –Pre-class online tasks (reading resources and open-ended questions) –Post-class online tasks (clinical scenarios and MCQ) –Increase interactivity. –Link research with clinical practice Project 2: Development of statistics simulators –Interactive. –Teaching and learning tool. –Self-exploration of abstract statistical concepts. –Incorporated into online tasks. –Generic in design.

Dr Marco Pang Department of Rehabilitation Sciences Project 3: Lifespan development: Interactive learning through multi-media >500 video clips in different categories (age groups, different aspect of function) Increased opportunities to observe and evaluate human behaviors. Difficult to bring in a large number of infants/children from the community to PolyU at the same tutorial session. Online pre-class video- based task (reading resources and open-ended questions) Lecture Tutorial or fieldwork

Dr Marco Pang Department of Rehabilitation Sciences

Paul Penfold School of Hotel and Tourism Management Developing practical, user-friendly and sustainable technology-enhanced learning tools / activities which add value to learning and teaching within SHTM and PolyU

Paul Penfold School of Hotel & Tourism Management 1. MOTIVATING STUDENTS Work closely with students & colleagues to identify T&L challenges Test & develop scenarios and tools to enhance student learning through appropriate use of BL. Examples: –Workplace Simulator –PolyU Virtual hotel –Wikibook Group Projects –Blended First Year Experience 2. CURRICULA & RESOURCES Focus on providing resources for faculty to use to enrich their curriculum, enliven the classroom and enhance learning. Examples: –Teaching Resource Bank –e-Teaching Toolkit –SHTM Online - Moodle –Teacher’s Wiki –SHTM Outcomes OBE Web

Paul Penfold School of Hotel & Tourism Management 3. ASSESSMENT APPROACHES Used assessment to: –Drive learning/Motivate students –Provide weekly feedback –Prepare students for class –Develop deeper learning Examples: –Weekly online Pre-tasks –Weekly assessed tutorial task –Peer evaluation –Self-assessment –Orientation competitions –Auto response/feedback system 4. SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY 08/09 Co-Organized International 48- hour SL Conference 2 ‘B’ Grade Journal Papers published 4 Research/Journal Papers (in- progress) 4 Refereed Conference Papers published 7 Workshops on blended learning conducted at PolyU 4 Videos on YouTube Organized International College Fair in Second Life

Paul Penfold School of Hotel & Tourism Management “I believe that pedagogy rather than technology should drive our blended learning development. Our blended learning should be active, applied, and focused on enriching and extending the ability of students to develop higher levels of learning beyond the mere acquisition of knowledge.”

Prof. Eric Tsui Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering For leveraging Web 2.0 tools and interactive learning objects to enhance learning experience and foster a participative co-learning environment for learners and instructors.

Leveraging Web 2.0 tools and interactive learning objects to enhance learning experience … Professor Eric Tsui (ISE) Extend classroom teaching to an ongoing co-learning environment Enhanced pedagogy utilising interactive learning objects e.g. Role play, animations Learn and experience Web 2.0 tools via collaborative discussions, editing, tagging, filtering, and multimedia replay Supports instructional, behavioural, situated learning, and constructionism Bulletin board contributions, social bookmarking, reflective journals included for assessments Far beyond what WebCT CE4 can offer and in line with OBE Learning Outcomes

“The flexible study mode”, “offline and online tutorial sessions, face to face work with the lecturer”, “online tutorial, face to face tutorial”, “In-class discussion and online bulletin board”, “Online learning is more flexible than traditional face to face learning”, “I like the blended learning approach” Extracts of student feedback “Web 2.0, Personal KM Systems, Taxonomy, “new technologies such as Web 2.0”, “RSS feed”, “Provide interactions activities (including online, face-to-face, seminar) with peers”. “I prefer face to face learning in parallel with online tutorial”, “Online learning to acquire basic knowledge on the subject, and face to face to discuss and apply the knowledge” Bill Proudfit – Class Representative, M.Sc. In KM program Leveraging Web 2.0 tools and interactive learning objects to enhance learning experience … Professor Eric Tsui (ISE)

Prof Eric Tsui Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering

Selection Panel Teaching & Learning Innovation Award Professor CK Chan, Associate Dean (AST) and Professor and Associate Head, AMA Mr Gary Cheung, Student, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Ms Winnie Chim, Associate Librarian, Pao Yue-Kong Library Mr David Chiu, Senior Computing Officer, ITS Dr Josephine Csete, Section Leader, eLDSS, Educational Development Centre Mr Nick Noakes, Director, CELT, HKUST Professor Charles Surya Dr Simon Wong, Assistant Professor, SHTM

People’s Choice Award Best Poster 2009 eLearning Showcase

Everyone who voted for the People’s Choice Award has been entered into the draw to win a prize. And the winner is …….

Sincere thanks to Professor Laurillard for visiting The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and sharing with us your expertise and knowledge about eLearning and blended learning.

Professor Suleyman Demokan Vice President (Academic Development) To present certificates to the finalists and announce the winner of the 2009 Teaching and Learning Innovation Award

Finalists Core SL – HKPolyU in Second Life For developing Core SL - the first virtual campus in Asia. Using the 3D world Second Life, it provides interactive and immersive learning for students.

Finalists Dr Marco Pang Department of Rehabilitation Sciences For enriching his students’ learning experience through the implementation of a blended learning approach using of multimedia and a task-based approach.

Finalists Mr Paul Penfold School of Hotel and Tourism Management For developing practical, user-friendly and sustainable technology-enhanced learning tools / activities which add value to learning and teaching within SHTM and PolyU

Finalists Professor Eric Tsui Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering For leveraging Web 2.0 tools and interactive learning objects to enhance learning experience and foster a participative co-learning environment for learners and instructors.

Winner of the 2009 Teaching & Learning Innovation Award Mr Paul Penfold School of Hotel and Tourism Management

Congratulations to the Winner and all our finalists. Thanks to those who helped to organise today’s events and to everyone for attending.

Blended Learning Symposium June 4, 2010 To be held at PolyU with Professor Gilly Salmon giving a keynote speech. More information available soon.