2006 Faculty Orientation Programme

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2006Faculty Orientation Programme
How the EDO can Help

• Eva Wong
• with Colleagues from
• Education Development Office
• 18 August 2006

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Outline

• Introduction
• Teaching development
• e-Learning environment support
• How LASSI can help
• Student learning support
• Join us

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Teaching Development

• Teaching Learning Course for RPg Students
• By request, developed for FBs research students
• Workshops will be open for students from other
  Faculty/School
• Language Clinic based on the FHS experience
• FB Language Clinic established
• FSE SLW in discussion
• Next TDG Residence Language Clinic
• DSLs Coffee Table
• Visits to Departments to discuss TL issues
• Tailor-made seminars on specific topics
• Next round discussion on LASSI
• An Online e-Learning Guide for
• Action verbs TLAs/Assessments Bb Tools
  mapping

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Collaborations forTeaching Development Grant

• Existing
• Peer Assisted Learning Scheme (PALS)
• With FSE
• e-Learning collaborative project
• With FB, FHS, FSE
• Language Clinic
• With FHS for FB, SLW, FSE,
• English e-Portfolio
• With ELC
• Current Round to be decided
• Language Clinic at the Residence
• With various Hall Masters/Tutors
• Podcasting/Voice flash cards
• With FB, FHS, FSE
• Student Internship
• With FHS
• Motivation to Learn
• With FB, FHS, FSE

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e-Learning Environment Support

• Population
• Full deployment for all credit-bearing courses in
  2006-07
• Course list (under e-Learning tab in e-Portal)
• Class list (under each course sites control
  panel)
• Course Details
• Course Profile
• Class Profile
• Student Status
• Student Class Schedule
• Student Photo
• Usage in Sem B 2005-06
• 821 Courses with Bb sites (55 of courses offered
  in Semester B)
• 1130 instructors 21340 students
• A Bb site for each programme

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e-Learning Environment Support

• Functions
• Full Chinese support with Bb 7.1
• Bb7.1 new features
• Turnitin full pilot
• Horizon Wimba voice more

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How Learning and Study Strategies Inventory
(LASSI) Can Help?

• Teachers
• Understanding your students
• Helping your students to improve
• Students
• Helping students to understand their learning
  ways to improve

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LASSI to Students Staff

• LASSI is now compulsory for all NEW
  undergraduates
• UGC-funded
• JUPAS Applicants
• UGC-funded Direct Applicants
• Foundation Year
• Self-financed Direct Applicants
• Completion is online
• Interim and Exit completion of LASSI to follow
• Traffic-light system of help for students
• Workshops for staff

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Student Learning Support

• Traffic Light System for LASSI
• Students LASSI workshops - Attitude Motivation
• Learning to Learn credit-bearing course
• Online materials for e-Learning
• Bb sites for Student Orientation
• Presentations by
• Student Learning Ambassadors at
• Mentor-Mentees meetings
• Faculty/School/Departmental Student Orientation
  Sessions

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Join Us

• Bb Workshops (August September)
• Jump Start
• Teaching Functions
• Assessments
• e-Learning Facilitated Series
• LASSI Workshops
• Scores interpretation
• How to help students improve their Will, Skills
  Self-Regulation
• Faculty Orientation Information for New Staff
  site
• Strategic Teaching Enhancement Programme (STEP)
• Workshops on Teaching Learning for RPG students

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Contacting EDO

• Staff List
• Email edo_at_cityu.edu.hk
• Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone]

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2006Faculty Orientation Programme17-18 August
2006

• Thank you