In the first two weeks of Semester 2, 2022-2023, the Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) newly introduced and organized the first Induction Program (IP) at UIC. Our new colleagues showed great interest in it, and there were 70 teaching/teaching staff in total participated.

The IP is specially designed for new teaching staff, including those of teaching support that joined UIC during the academic year 2022-2023, aiming to help them get involved into the teaching and learning environment of UIC. Following this primary objective, CTL organized four different workshops.

The first workshop of IP was on Brief Introduction and Tutorial on iSpace, presented by Ms. Suri Suyi LI (Senior IT Technician, ITSC) on 16 February, 2023, through which our new colleagues learned about not only major functions on iSpace-the UIC E-learning platform, but also information related to assistance-seeking when encountering technical issues.

Ms. Suri Suyi LI

The new teaching staffs

Held on 17 February, 2023, the second IP workshop was divided into two parts. During the first part of the workshop, Dr. Maggie Mei-Kit TANG (Associate Professor of SWSA, FHSS) shared her opinions about how to incorporate practices like role modeling and mentoring into everyday teaching based on her experiences in social work.

Dr. Maggie Mei-Kit TANG and the participants during the sharing

Part two focused on the Higher Education Academy Fellowship Application given by Mr. Alexander Mark JAMES (Senior Lecturer of ELC, SGE). As the first colleague in UIC certified as a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), he shared his hands-on application experiences and the benefits of the FHEA fellowship.

Mr. Alexander Mark JAMES

On 22 February, 2023, in the third IP workshop, Dr. Yi-Lung KUO (Director of CTL/Associate Professor of APSY, FST) thoroughly explained the importance, design, and application of rubrics in a fair assessment of student performance in all sorts of assignments or activities.

Dr. Yi-Lung KUO

The fourth IP workshop was given by Prof. Yanan LIN, CTL Special Advisor and Chen Jingrun Professor at Xiamen University, on the topic of How to Master Teaching Skills and Enhance Teaching Effectiveness. In his sharing, Prof. LIN summarized his rich teaching experiences, introduced multiple teaching models, and emphasized the importance of making good use of teaching contests in improving teaching skills.

Prof. Yanan LIN and the participants

The IP achieved great response and helped new colleagues to get familiar with the outcome-based teaching and learning, strategies for digital learning and teaching, pedagogical knowledge, and teaching support at UIC.