The AEE hosts a variety of events and workshops aimed at enhancing and promoting exemplary teaching methods, assessing policies and initiatives, and fostering innovation and collaboration in higher education.
Among the activities coordinated by the AEE are workshops, collaborative workgroups, and targeted initiatives, which include but are not limited to the following:
Inaugural Intake of Academy of Education Excellence (AEE) Fellows
Following a rigorous assessment of all applications, the AEE has selected 21 faculty members who have demonstrated outstanding dedication to enhancing their teaching methods and advancing effective educational practices at HKUST. Through the AEE, they will also participate in scholarly activities aimed at fostering continuous professional growth for academics.
AEE Fellowships are awarded for a three-year term. Fellows will be invited to provide ongoing evidence of teaching excellence to maintain their titles, ensuring that a commitment to innovative pedagogy remains a core focus throughout their tenure.
AEE Workshop Series
Engaging Students: Leveraging on competition and collaboration
Engaging students can be quite challenging, especially in courses where class sizes are high. Prof. Jaisingh shared some techniques he has used in his classes to encourage engagement and participation in the classroom. The techniques leverage on competition and collaboration in the classroom. Students first engage in some form of healthy competition which sparks student interest in a topic, then reflect on the lessons from the competition, and then finally collaborate by sharing their self-discovery with others, which can lead to great synergies in learning.