I have a memorable opportunity to attend the Scholarship Presentation Ceremony organized by the Japan Society of Hong Kong, as one of our Graduates of the Biochemistry Programme (who is studying in the Graduate School in the University of Tokyo) … Continue reading Scholarship Presentation
I offered two biochemistry courses related to diseases during this winter. In Biochemistry and Diseases I, there were 16 talented students; in Biochemistry and Diseases II, which was held on 27 January and 3 February, 13 gifted students had successfully … Continue reading PGT Biochemistry and Diseases I & II
Some recent reports released by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HKPolyU) have triggered some deep thoughts among the educationists in Hong Kong. Together with other previous reports, educationists should have some serious reflection of what is going on. HKPolyU has conducted a study titled ‘Character building – A shared mission for a betterfuture‘. It is anticiplated a total of five reports will be released. Until today (25 January, Thursday), three reports are available online: the first report is based on the perspective from Secondary School students, the second report is based on the perspective from Secondary School teachers, and the third … Continue reading Recent reports and statistics for educationists
This year (2017/18), I have the pleasure to offer two winter courses titled ‘Biochemistry and Diseases I & II’ based on the feedbacks from the alumni of my other courses. The first course was held on 23 and 30 December, … Continue reading PGT Winter courses
Two years ago, we initiated some modifications of the course contents of BCHE4760 Immunology and Haematology Laboratory. Since then, many students have worked hard and obtained outstanding results in the course. From 2017/18, we began another initiative to let our … Continue reading BCHE4760 Site visit
The Orientation Day 2017 was held on 21 October (Saturday). This year, Biochemistry Programme tried some new technology, such as e-learning platform and virtual reality, in … Continue reading Orientation Day 2017
In 2017/18, I am glad to make use of artificial intelligence (AI) for the development of eLearning materials. It is basically my first attempt to use … Continue reading First trial of AI for eLearning
It is my pleasure to join the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) 2017. Here, I presented a poster titled ‘Life Science Education from LEARN 1.0 to LEARN 5.0‘ under the theme of Educational Improvement and Quality Assurance. The road-map … Continue reading ECER2017
CUSA2013 Great Discoveries in Biomedical Sciences (Senior Class) is essentially an upgrade of CUSA1013, which has been offered in previous years. The reason for the upgrade to the senior class is because of the curiosity of our students: they want … Continue reading CUSA2013 2016/17
Since most of the students joining CUSA1013, CUSA2013, and CUSA3003 are interested in interacting with university students for the sharing of knowledge and experience, many talented Biochemistry students have been recruited to give lectures in these courses over the years (2015-16, 2014-15). In the summer of 2017, the student teaching team for CUSA2013 was formed and we had some high tea meeting for the preparation. Continue reading CUSA student teaching team 2016/17
