Seminar Series on Portfolio and E-learning
- 2018
- News Updates
- Department of English Language Education
As e-learning and portfolios continue to gain traction and develop in importance in Hong Kong’s educational system, the Department of English Language Education (ELE) has responded by presenting seminars for colleagues and students at EdUHK. This year the seminar series began in the spring and continued into the fall of 2017.
The seminars aimed to enhance teachers’ professional development in areas relating to portfolio assessment and assessment-as-learning as well as using G Suite (formerly known as Google Apps) for Education to support in-class activities.
Date | Seminar Title | Speaker |
7 March 2017 | Issues in Writing Portfolio Assessment: An Assessment-as-Learning Perspective | Dr Ricky Lam (Hong Kong Baptist University) |
9 October 2017 | Using G Suite to Support In-Class Blended Learning Activities | Mr Sterling Wu (ELE) |
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Issue April 2018 | News Updates
Public Lecture Series by the Department of English Language Education
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Issue April 2018 | Research
General Research Fund (GRF) and Early Career Scheme (ECS) Grants Announcement 2017/18
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Issue April 2018 | News Updates
The 22nd International Conference on Yue Dialects
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