University Distinguished Teaching Award
Dr Janice Mary JOHNSTON, School of Public Health
The University Distinguished Teaching Award, which is the highest teaching award bestowed by the University on its revered teachers, recognises Dr Johnston’s effort, dedication and unparalleled influence on curriculum innovations in public health education, as well as her commitment to support frontline public health professionals through online professional development initiatives.
Outstanding Teaching Award
Individual
Dr Matthias BUEHLMAIER, Faculty of Business and Economics
With his teaching philosophy centred on real-world applications, ethics and elements of comedy, Dr Buehlmaier strives to help students learn through teamwork and group projects and develop personally and professionally in their studies and in their long-term career.
Dr Janet CHAN Kit Yan, School of Biological Sciences
By bringing the expertise of an environmental professional into her course design, Dr Chan enhances student learning by using a holistic approach for science education and enabling students to deliver impact through international reach, innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Dr KOON Yee Wan, School of Humanities
As an art historian, Dr Koon brings arts into the classroom while taking students out of the classroom, as well as creating projects where students can discover and understand the art ecosystem and in turn make wider cultural contributions.
Dr Thiyagarajan VENGATESEN, School of Biological Sciences
Dr Vengatesen believes in research-led, hands-on and field-based experiential education which brings together students from different disciplines to work on solution-based projects, creating opportunities for them to participate in field observation and understand real-world issues from nature.
Dr Anita WONG Mei Yin, Faculty of Education
Aiming to advance the professional education of speech-language therapists in Hong Kong, Dr Wong uses dialogic teaching to engage students in their learning journey, and helps students integrate theoretical knowledge in the classroom to real-life clinical practice through the use of authentic clinical cases, original video resources and simulated learning activities.
Team
Ms Lindsay ERNST, Faculty of Law
Mr David Lorin BISHOP, Faculty of Business and Economics
‘EmpowerU: A Cross-disciplinary, Community-led, Impact-based Teaching and Learning Platform’
The team created the EmpowerU platform through cross-faculty collaboration and aimed to create cross-cultural, immersive learning experiences where students learn in the classroom, apply that learning in a meaningful and practical way within the community, and gain even deeper understanding from their community engagement.
Early Career Teaching Award
Dr Anya Margaret ADAIR, School of English and Department of Law
Dr Adair believes that active learning in the classroom starts with good communication. She is devoted to inspire active student participation, build each class into a community and develop effective communication between teacher and student.
Dr Tom Joseph BARRY, Faculty of Social Sciences
Dr Barry strives to empower students to define and realise their passions and ambitions by preparing them for their successes, supporting them through their failures, and helping them become confident enough to work with initiative and express their critical insights and creativity.
Dr Edmond CHOI Pui Hang, School of Nursing
With the aim of arming nursing students with the clinical competence, critical thinking, integrity and global vision necessary to become nursing leaders in the future, Dr Choi aspires to foster student-centred learning in the classroom and internationalise the nursing curriculum.
Dr LU Shuang, Department of Social Work and Social Administration
Dr Lu regards inspiring students’ interest as an integral part in her teaching. Her teaching focuses on fostering students’ interest in working with vulnerable populations in cross-cultural contexts and engaging them in the learning process in order to integrate their values, knowledge and skills.
Teaching Innovation Award
Individual
Dr Matthias BUEHLMAIER, Faculty of Business and Economics
‘Pioneering Social Learning in Business Education with Yocle’
Dr Buehlmaier makes use of technology and the new teaching and learning app called ‘Yocle’ to create a community in which students can interact and learn from each other, thereby fostering a form of social learning in business education.
Mr Gavin Scott COATES, Department of Architecture
‘Continuing and Enhancing Field Trip Learning Experiences in the Online and Dual-mode Teaching Environment’
When face-to-face teaching and on-site field trips were suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic, Mr Coates created alternative methods to continue the field trips in an interactive and innovative way to introduce landscape students and others to urban and natural landscapes.
Miss Nicole Judith TAVARES, Faculty of Education
‘I-N-S-P-I-R-E’
Ms Tavares has turned the obstacles facing teachers resulting from the coronavirus outbreak into opportunities and transformed the expected mode of teaching. She inspires teachers-to-be to overcome limitations and redefine teaching expertise, creating unique learning experiences for students during the pandemic and beyond.
Dr Anderson TSANG Chun On, Department of Surgery
‘From Bed-side to Web-side: Transforming Teaching with Telemedicine’
To maintain clinical exposure for the students and to provide them with learning opportunities from real patient scenarios during the pandemic, Dr Tsang and his team have transformed conventional bed-side teaching to ‘web-side teaching’ using telemedicine techniques.
Team
Professor Douglas Wayne ARNER, Faculty of Law (Leader)
Mr David Lorin BISHOP, Faculty of Business and Economics
Mr David LEE Seungwoo, Faculty of Business and Economics
Ms Ellen SETO, Technology-Enriched Learning Initiative
Professor YIU Siu Ming, Faculty of Engineering
‘HKU edX Professional Certificate Programme in FinTech’
The programme brings together interdisciplinary expertise to support online learning of FinTech knowledge and insights at scale and across the world. Exploring innovative ways to amplify the value of the content, the team prompted students to explore FinTech-related questions, such as whether the rise of artificial intelligence and privacy issues will redefine the future FinTech landscape.
Dr John FUNG Tai Chun (Leader)
Dr Veronica LAM Suk Fun
Ms Michelle PANG Tsz Ha
Dr Janet WONG Yuen Ha
Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
‘Evaluation on Students’ Clinical Competence after a Virtual Simulation Education Programme during COVID-19 Pandemic’
The team proposed a new pedagogy to aid students in acquiring clinical skills and experiences when face-to-face teaching and clinical practicum in face-to-face settings were suspended during the pandemic. As an alternative to clinical training modality, the team developed an online virtual simulation education programme for students to engage in activities and learn various clinical skills and nursing processes in a harm-free environment without time and physical constraints.
Dr LAM King Hang, Faculty of Engineering (Leader)
Dr Leon LEI Chi Un, Technology-Enriched Learning Initiative
Dr LUI King Shan, Faculty of Engineering
‘Remote Learning under First Principles of Instruction Framework Applied in the Course Integrated Design Project’
An online simulation programme was developed to enable remote learning and allow overseas students to build prototypes and local students to construct their prototypes through videos. Additionally, the team is also developing a resource hub on COVID-19 Engineering education practices in the Asia-Pacific area.
Mr Mathew Robert PRYOR, Faculty of Architecture (Leader)
Dr Tyrone KWOK Tai On, Technology-Enriched Learning Initiative
Miss Lynn LIN Hanyuning, Faculty of Architecture
‘Digital Exhibition Space (DES)’
The creative e-learning platform – Digital Exhibition Space (DES) – brings students an immersive and interactive learning environment even in a virtual classroom setting. The system leverages different existing web technologies for a coherent workflow that runs on the HKU server and can be integrated with commonly used systems such as Moodle. The application of 3D technology also perfectly replicates the create-exhibit-and-visit experience, enabling students to curate a gallery and visit each other’s works via the platform.
Dr WANG Shuang (Leader)
Dr WANG Aihe
Faculty of Arts
‘Teaching to Empower: Enhancing Critical Thinking by Developing Students as Knowledge Producers’
The team aims to empower students to be knowledge creators, critical thinkers and responsible citizens. Through interdisciplinary training and student-led research, they encourage students to design their own inquisitive angle, and execute and publish their findings independently.
