CUHK :: Centre for Learning Enhancement And Research

Certificate Courses

For Staff

Becoming an Excellent Teacher (in English)

Course Goals

For participants to:

Reflect upon their teaching in a manner which is informed by relevant theory and appropriate evaluation data.

Utilise the principles of curriculum alignment to plan content, learning outcomes, learning activities and evaluation for courses so that student learning outcomes are at an appropriate level.

Facilitators

Professor Carmel McNAUGHT
Professor of Learning Enhancement
Centre for Learning Enhancement And Research, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Course completion

To be awarded a certificate of completion, it is necessary for enrolees to have:

participated actively in all sessions; and

satisfy the assessment requirement (details will be covered in session 4)

Offering

Each course will have a maximum of 25 participants.
All participants will be invited to access a Blackboard site that will be used to support the course objectives.

	Topics
Session 1	a. Aims b. Teaching for Learning
Date	14 May 2012, Mon
Time	2:00pm - 5:00pm
Venue	Room 712, William Mong Engineering Building

Session 2	Assessment
Date	15 May 2012, Tue
Time	2:00pm - 5:00pm
Venue	Room 712, William Mong Engineering Building

Session 3	a. Active and Interactive Learning b. Engaging students in learning
Date	16 May 2012, Wed
Time	2:00pm - 5:00pm
Venue	Room 712, William Mong Engineering Building

Session 4	a. Obtaining feedback for evaluation b. Using technology wisely: a blended approach to enhancing student learning c. Preparation for reflective assessment Option 1 - Individual reflection on teaching Option 2 - Peer observation of teaching
Date	17 May 2012, Thur
Time	2:00pm - 5:00pm
Venue	Room 712, William Mong Engineering Building