Appendix III

Training Programmes Organised by Centre for Educational Development (CED) for the Improvement of Staff Teaching Effectiveness – 1996/97 to present

1.        Induction Workshops for New Academic Staff

2.        Teaching Development Camps

3.        Seminars/Workshops on the Practice of Higher Education - topics include:

• Higher Education in the Hong Kong Context
• Learning and Teaching Styles I & II
• Winning the Assessment Game
• The Satisfaction of Teaching Development
• Computer-Assisted Presentation: Planning and Action
• Managing the University Classroom
• Enhancing Teacher-Student Relations Through Mentoring
• Your Voice as an Expression of the Whole Person in the Classroom
• Further along the Road of Powerpoint
• "Minding Your Own Business" - Action Learning as Your Teaching Strategy
• How to Enhance Teaching Development and also Attain Research Rewards?
• Student Experience in the University
• Seeking Wisdom from Years of Practice
• Winning Grants for Research
• Faculty Visitations - First and Second Semesters
• Survey on Teaching Development 1997
• Action Learning Project Consultations
• Departmental Consultations
• Cantonese classes

4.        Teaching Assistants' Workshops - topics include:

• Dialogue on the Role of Teaching Assistants
• Learning Styles and Implications on Teaching
• Small Group Discussions
• Effective Use of Instructional Technology
• Assessing Your Students

5.        Other Activities:

• Workshops on Students' Study Skills and Learning Styles - these workshops are part of the University Life Programme for all new undergraduate students. The University Life programme seeks to enable students to acquire the necessary skills for university studies.
• Providing support services to the teachers acting as mentors under the Mentoring Programme which is also a part of the University Life programme.
• New student profile survey on an annual basis.
• Providing consultations on teaching-learning surveys and other related projects on action learning and teaching enhancement to academic departments and individual staff.

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