Courseware Development Grant Scheme (CDGS)
CDGS 2025-28
- The Courseware Development Grant Scheme (CDGS) for 2025-28 is funded by the Teaching Development and Language Enhancement Grant (TDLEG) to support the production of micro-modules and other courseware to suit the needs of the overall development of VTL and AI in CUHK during 2025–28. CDGS is overseen and monitored by the Sub-Committee on Education Technologies of the University’s IT Governance Committee (ITGC-SET).
Grant Schemes
- The five schemes offered under CDGS are:
- Scheme 1: to set up exemplary examples for micro-module (MM) production and implementation of new and innovative pedagogies (e.g., game-based learning, project-based learning, AR/VR/MR-based learning, virtual teaching and learning, use of generative AI for teaching and learning)
- Scheme 2: to promote and build capacity for pedagogy research on virtual teaching and learning.
- Scheme 3: to encourage teachers experienced with micro-module production to move forward to aim at the development of high-quality small private online courses (SPOCs) or other Virtual Teaching and Learning (VTL) courses from high-quality micro-modules
- Scheme 4: to set up exemplary examples for non-MM courseware production and implementation of new and innovative pedagogies (e.g., game-based learning, project-based learning, AR/VR/MR-based learning, virtual teaching and learning, use of generative AI for teaching and learning)
- Scheme 5: to support faculties/departments/programmes/units to enhance capacities to support the exploration of new initiatives and further development (e.g., set up/upgrade its equipment/software to promote courseware development and implementation of new and innovation pedagogies, support SEN students, support service learning, engage postgraduate students in teaching and teaching development) at the University level. Applications to Scheme 5 will be considered subject to the availability of sufficient funding for reserved or strategic development purposes.
Application
- Details of each grant scheme - including assessment criteria and financial and reporting arrangements - are available in the “Guidance Notes”.
- Applicantions should be submitted via the Grants Platform: https://tlg-cuhk.grantplatform.com.
- Applications will be reviewed on a first-come, first-served basis upon submission. After an initial check by the support colleagues to confirm readiness, applications will be grouped into batches for review by the Review Committee.
- For 2025–28, the scheme adopts a rolling submission mechanism supplemented by periodic calls to assist applicants with planning.
- Between December 2025 and March 2028, the CDGS scheme will issue periodic calls with indicative timelines (“application ready for review by,” and “results announced by”) to facilitate project planning.
For the 1st Call, the planned schedule is: - Mass announcement: 1 February 2026
- Application ready for review (submitted & checked): 1 March 2026
- Results announced (earliest project start date):
1 April 2026
- Applications may still be submitted after 1 March 2026.
- These submissions will be pooled into subsequent batches for review, which may be arranged depending on volume and regular intervals.
Past projects
- List of CDGS-funded projects for the years 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-22, and 2022-25 are available in the respective pages.
Support Units
- Centre for Learning Enhancement And Research (CLEAR) - Website
- Centre for eLearning Innovation and Technology (ELITE) - Website
- Knowledge & Education Exchange Platform (KEEP) - Website
- Information Technology Services Centre (ITSC) - eLearning - Website
Resources
- AI Hub @ CUHK
- eLearning
- 2017 Faculty-based sessions on eLearning - eLearning Overview
- Virtual Teaching and Learning (VTL)
- Guidelines on Approval for Virtual Teaching and Learning Courses in Taught Programmes (with details about the different types of teaching modes for courses in taught programmes)
- Micro-module (MM) production
- Flipped Classrooms
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- Wolff, L., & Chan, J. (2016). Flipped Classrooms for Legal Education. Singapore: Springer Singapore. (Reviewed by Louis M. Rosen. Excerpt from "Keeping up with New Legal Titles," © 2017 by the American Association of Law Libraries, with permission from the American Association of Law Libraries.)
- 2017 Faculty-based sessions on eLearning - Flipped Classroom Introduction
- AR/VR/MR-based learning
- 2023 Immersive Learning Briefing Session - Learn More About 360 Video, VR, AR, MR & Metaverse for Education
- Generative AI in Teaching and Learning
- IP & Copyright
- The Office of Research and Knowledge Transfer Services (ORKTS) - Policy on Intellectual Property
- Library – Copyright in Teaching and Learning - Website
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