CTL Weekly - 6 June 2022

Ⅰ. CTL Activities

1. Sharing on the Application of Guangdong First-Class Undergraduate Curriculum申请省一流本科课程分享会 (see attachment 1)
Congratulations to three of UIC the undergraduate curriculums Fundamentals of Communication (传播学基础)、Advanced Scriptwriting (高级剧本), and Management Information Systems (管理信息系统) were recognized as 2021 Guangdong First-Class Undergraduate Curriculums! We are very pleased to have Dr. Chai Lee Lim and Dr. Wei Jiang to share their experiences and tips in the application.
All teaching staff are strongly encouraged to join the sharing sessions. For non-Chinese speaking colleagues, you are welcome to join Chai Lee’s session presented in English.
Date: June 9, 2022 (Thu)
Venue: T7-304
Registration: https://mis.uic.edu.cn/survey/login.jsp

Session 1: 10 am - 11 am
Speakers: Dr. Chai Lee Lim (Assistant Professor of PRA, Programme Director of MACOMM),
Mr. Liming Liu (Instructor II of DHSS)
Language: English

Session 2: 2 pm - 3 pm
Speaker: Dr. Wei Jiang (Executive Dean of DCC, Programme Director of MAFTNM)
Language: Chinese

2. Sharing | Higher Education Academy Fellowship Application (see attachment 2)
Date & Time: noon -1 pm, June 9, 2022 (Thu)
Speakers: Mr. Alexander Mark James, FHEA (Senior Lecturer of ELC)
Language: English
Venue: T7-304
Eligibility: Teaching/Teaching support staff
Registration: https://mis.uic.edu.cn/survey/login.jsp
(DDL: 9 am, June 9, 2022)
Note: Mr. James is the first colleague who has been certified as Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA) during his service at UIC. CTL/HR will fully reimburse the application fee. Applying for the fellowship is a process and a great opportunity to review and reflect your college teaching practices based on the UK Professional Standards Framework. Light lunch will be provided for this special event.
Abstract: In this informal sharing session, Mr. James will describe why the FHEA Fellowship is a worthwhile part of continuous professional development. Specifically, He will describe how it can improve teaching and how his recent experience of achieving Fellowship status.

3. Academic Writing Workshop | The do' s and don'ts of academic writing and how to make it readable and interesting (see attachment 3)
Date & Time: noon -1 pm,  June 10, 2022 (Fri)
Speakers: Prof. Huaxiong Huang, Vice President (Academic) & Mr. Phillip Yeung, Professional Writer
Language: English
Venue: T6-105
Eligibility: Teaching/Teaching support staff
Registration: https://mis.uic.edu.cn/survey/login.jsp
(DDL: 9 am, June 10, 2022)
Note: Prof. Huang will bring two copies of The Elements of Style to give away. Since this workshop will be the last one this semester, CTL will prepare gifts to participants with perfect attendance. Light lunch will be provided.
Abstract: The ability to write proper English is a bedrock skill for academics who aspire to getting their research results published. Too often, regardless of scholastic merits, submissions are rejected by editors for poor English. This talk highlights the linguistic pitfalls to avoid in academic writing, such as the temptation towards “writing to impress, rather than to express”, and the preference for simplicity and clarity. Apart from stressing the need to keep a piece of writing error-free, the workshop will address an important question: “Must academic writing be boring?” In this one-hour presentation, the speakers will share insights and effective writing skills that make an article not only publishable but readable as well.

Ⅱ. HKBU Activities

Workshop | From Local to Global: Experiences and Implications for University Teaching with Technologies
Date & Time: 11 am – 12:30 pm, June 7, 2022 (Tue)
Facilitator(s): Professor Sandy Li (Associate Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences), Dr. Elvan Cobb (Assistant Professor of Department of History), Dr. Daphne Mah Ngar-yin (Director of Asian Energy Studies Centre, Associate Professor of Department of Geography), Dr. Bonnie Mak Kwun Ling (Post-doctoral research fellow in David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies), Ms. Kiki Cheung Wing Kei (PhD candidate of Department of Geography)
Language: English
Venue: via ZOOM
Registration: click Here

Ⅲ. Other T&L Resources

1. Global Impact Grants: An International Member Benefit
Global Impact Grants are an opportunity for colleagues from international Advance HE member institutions to share success stories about higher education projects that have had a demonstrable impact on staff, colleagues and students.
Grants of up to £1,000 will be awarded to 10 successful applicants to provide short case studies of 750-1000 words, of recent innovations and practice that have enhanced learning, teaching, leadership or equality in higher education. The case studies will be published and shared by Advance HE ’s website as resources for members.
Colleagues from international Advance HE member institutions can earn grants through providing short case studies of recent practice that demonstrably enhance learning, teaching, leadership or equality in higher education.
Deadline for Application: BST: 9:00, June 27/ Beijing Time: 16:00, June 27, 2022 (successful applicants will be notified in early July)
Deadline for submission of case studies: BST July 29, 2022                                                            
Website: click Here
Contact: Networks@advance-he.ac.uk

2. Resources | The First Batch Courses for 2022 "Expansion Plan" of the Online Education Research Center of the Ministry of Education教育部在线教育研究中心2022“拓金计划”首批入选课程名单 (see attachment 4)
Note: 为了推广国家级、省级金课建设及应用的优秀经验，大力拓展各类金课的示范引领效应，培育更多优质课程，助力优质教学模式的相互借鉴，广泛开展智慧教学经验交流，教育部在线教育研究中心正式启动‘教育部在线教育研究中心2022拓金计划’。