2021 Common Core Teaching Excellence Award Sharing Seminar

Start Date

Tue, 2022-11-01 12:00

In this seminar, teaching award winning speakers will share their experience and strategies to design and deliver their Common Core Teaching Excellence Award winning courses.

Presentations:

It’s a Numbers Game

In this workshop, Prof. Kenneth LEUNG, the recipient of the 2021 Common Core Teaching Excellence Award, will introduce the teaching philosophy and the innovative pedagogical approaches that he has used in his award-winning course COMP2711 Discrete Mathematical Tools for Computer Science.

Recipient of the 2021 Common Core Teaching Excellence Award

	Prof. Kenneth Leung Assistant Professor in Engineering Education Department of Computer Science and Engineering, HKUST Prof. Kenneth LEUNG is an Assistant Professor in Engineering Education in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at HKUST. After receiving his Computer Science degree in University of British Columbia, he has further pursued his Master and PhD studies in Computer Science and Engineering at HKUST. He won the Common Core Teaching Excellence Award 2019 (Honorary Mention) for his course COMP1001 Exploring Multimedia and Internet Computing, and the Common Core Teaching Excellence Award 2021 for his course COMP2711 Discrete Mathematical Tools for Computer Science. As a firm believer in engaging, motivating education, and in making the acquisition of knowledge fun, Kenneth has continuously endeavored to advance and enliven his students' learning experience.

Prof. Kenneth Leung
Assistant Professor in Engineering Education
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, HKUST

Prof. Kenneth LEUNG is an Assistant Professor in Engineering Education in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at HKUST. After receiving his Computer Science degree in University of British Columbia, he has further pursued his Master and PhD studies in Computer Science and Engineering at HKUST. He won the Common Core Teaching Excellence Award 2019 (Honorary Mention) for his course COMP1001 Exploring Multimedia and Internet Computing, and the Common Core Teaching Excellence Award 2021 for his course COMP2711 Discrete Mathematical Tools for Computer Science. As a firm believer in engaging, motivating education, and in making the acquisition of knowledge fun, Kenneth has continuously endeavored to advance and enliven his students' learning experience.

Designing Experiential Learning with Design Thinking

ENGG 1300 – Design Thinking for Health Innovation” is a project‐based experiential learning course predicated on the Design Thinking process in the context of health innovation, all to address real‐world unmet societal needs.

While the course introduces students to the Design Thinking approach, it also behoves the teaching team to apply the same principles in designing and executing a learning experience where students’ learning needs are understood and looked after. An experience that motivates students to learn and expose themselves to the methods of Design Thinking.

In this discussion, we will share the key elements of the course, and give an overview of teaching approaches, team collaboration, and other factors that contributed to the success of this course.

Recipient of the 2021 Honorary Mention

	Mr. Malinda Abeynayake Program Manager / Teaching Associate, the SIGHT Program, HKUST Malinda Abeynayake is the Program Manager/ Teaching Associate at the SIGHT Program since 2016. He has completed his M.Phil in IELM, HKUST with a focus on human factors. He started his teaching career as a Teaching Assistant during his postgraduate studies and won a couple of TA excellent awards during that time period. His current interests are Design Thinking, Human Factors, Social Innovation and Student-Centered Education Innovation.
	Mr. Joel Yu Instructional Assistant, the SIGHT Program, HKUST Joel Yu is the Instructional Assistant at the SIGHT program in HKUST. Having spent his final undergraduate semester as a student participant in the SIGHT Program while completing his B.Sc. in Molecular Biomedical Sciences, he had been involved with all manner of SIGHT programs and courses such as SIGHT Camp and ENGG4930 ever since. His main interests are making things that are at least on the millimeter scale, be it physical, digital or mental.

Mr. Malinda Abeynayake
Program Manager / Teaching Associate, the SIGHT Program, HKUST

Malinda Abeynayake is the Program Manager/ Teaching Associate at the SIGHT Program since 2016. He has completed his M.Phil in IELM, HKUST with a focus on human factors. He started his teaching career as a Teaching Assistant during his postgraduate studies and won a couple of TA excellent awards during that time period. His current interests are Design Thinking, Human Factors, Social Innovation and Student-Centered Education Innovation.

Mr. Joel Yu
Instructional Assistant, the SIGHT Program, HKUST

Joel Yu is the Instructional Assistant at the SIGHT program in HKUST. Having spent his final undergraduate semester as a student participant in the SIGHT Program while completing his B.Sc. in Molecular Biomedical Sciences, he had been involved with all manner of SIGHT programs and courses such as SIGHT Camp and ENGG4930 ever since. His main interests are making things that are at least on the millimeter scale, be it physical, digital or mental.

Date:	24 NOV 2021 (WED)
Time:	12:30 – 13:45
Venue:	Room 6558 (Lift 27/28)
Organized by:	Center for Education Innovation (CEI)

Materials:	PowerPoint Slides: It's a Numbers Game Designing Experiential Learning with Design Thinking