As discussed last year, in 2018/19, I tried to employ some new pedagogical approaches to teach Biochemistry for Secondary School students between the age of 12 and 14. A brand new course, CUSA1103 Learning Biochemistry through games, was offered on … Continue reading Learning Biochemistry through games
It has been quite some time since I first started to be a manuscript reviewer, when I was receiving post-doctoral training in Japan. After the completion … Continue reading My journey to be a reviewer
In the Chinese University of Hong Kong, there is a ‘Student Campus Work Scheme’. In this summer, I have applied for the scheme to recruit some outstanding students to test run the virtual lab. We have some fun working on … Continue reading Student Campus Work Scheme
On 2 June (Sunday), I had the pleasure to be the judge of a debate competition between Chu Hai College and the Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK), with a meaningful topic. The Team from EdUHK was the host and I had a chance to visit the nice campus located in Taipo. It was the third time I served as the judge of a debate competition: I remembered the first time was held in Hong Kong Polytechnic University; while the second time was in the University of Hong Kong. In my humble opinion, serving as the judge is not only a … Continue reading My journey to be a debate judge
I have the pleasure to present a talk during the eLearning Forum Asia 2019 held from 29 to 31 May 2019 in Bangkok Thailand. The topic … Continue reading eLFA2019
Science Interview 2019, organized by the Faculty of Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) was held on 9 and 10 May 2019. As usual, my panel interviewed ~40 outstanding students; unlike students in the past, who were more concerned about their future career. Students nowadays seemed to be more interested in university education for its own sake, for example, I learnt that they wanted to study specific courses during their four years of university education. Moreover, they also admired the natural and social environment of CUHK. They were anticipating the university life and the activities offered by the … Continue reading Science Interview 2019
‘Biochemistry and Infections‘ was first offered last year; this year, the course was held again on 27 April and 4 May. In spite of the rainy weather, we had two interesting weekends studying something related to the immunity against infection. … Continue reading PGT Biochemistry and Infections in 2019 Spring
We arranged a screening activity on 30 April (Tuesday) of a film titled ‘A better tomorrow’. This film is an in-house production jointly produced by the … Continue reading A better tomorrow
In addition to the integration of virtual reality, we have also tried another interesting thing in BCHE4830 Medical Biochemistry Laboratory. Today (15 April, Monday), which was also the last day of the course, we tried to arrange a tea gathering … Continue reading First of its kind in BCHE4830
As mentioned earlier, we have developed several virtual laboratory packages with the aid of virtual reality technology. Two of the virtual lab packages are now ready for real life trial in the laboratory course in the Biochemistry Programme. Some of … Continue reading Virtual lab in action
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