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Program Overview (As of 22 May 2015)

29 May 2015 (Friday)

Time Program Location
08:45 – 09:15 Registration (登記) MW-4/F-open area
09:15 – 10:00 Invited Talk 1 (主題演講) : Challenge-Based Learning: Creating engagement by learning from games and gamification

Speaker:
Dr. David GIBSON (Curtin University)
Chair:
Dr. Timothy HEW (Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, HKU)
Emerging pedagogies and technologies Designing and assessing learning
 MW408A-409A-410
10:00 – 10:30 Invited Talk 2 (主題演講) : Open Access: Promises and Reality

Speakers:
Mr. Peter E SIDORKO (Librarian, HKU)
Mr. Fred CHAN (Research and Data Services Librarian, HKU)
Chair:
Dr. Timothy HEW (Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, HKU)
The future of open learning
 MW408A-409A-410
10:30 – 11:00 Tea Break (茶點) MW-4/F-open area
11:00 – 12:30 Parallel session 1 (多項同步環節 (1)) MW-4/F
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch (午膳)  
14:00 – 14:15 Registration for afternoon session (登記) MW-4/F-open area
14:15 – 14:30 Opening ceremony & Welcoming address (開幕典禮及歡迎辭)

Speakers:
Prof. Stephen ANDREWS (Dean, Faculty of Education, HKU)
Dr. Allan YUEN (Director, CITE, Faculty of Education, HKU)
Prof. Ricky KWOK (Professor, Associate Vice-President (Teaching & Learning), HKU)
 MW408A-409A-410
14:30 – 15:15 Keynote 1 (主題演講): Implications of Digital Generations for a Learning Society: New Technologies, Pedagogies, and Assessments

Speaker:
Prof. Gerald KNEZEK (University of North Texas)
Chair:
Dr. LU Jingyan (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, HKU)
Emerging pedagogies and technologies Designing and assessing learning
 MW408A-409A-410
15:15 – 15:45 Tea Break (茶點) MW-4/F-open area
16:00 – 17:00 Parallel session 2 (多項同步環節 (2)) MW-4/F

30 May 2015 (Saturday)

Time Program Location
08:45 – 09:15 Registration (登記) RHT-foyer
09:15 – 10:00 Keynote 2 (主題演講): Educating All Learners in the Age of Digital Disruption

Speaker:
Dr. James BASHAM (Associate Professor, Department of Special Education, University of Kansas, U.S.)
Chair:
Dr. Allan YUEN (Director, CITE, Faculty of Education, HKU)
Cyber worldness and Cyber worldliness Designing and assessing learning The future of open learning Emerging pedagogies and technologies
 RHT
10:00 – 10:30 Tea Break (茶點) RHT-foyer
10:30 – 11:30 Parallel session 3 (多項同步環節 (3)) RMS-1/F&2/F
11:30 – 12:30 Parallel session 4 (多項同步環節 (4)) RMS-1/F&2/F
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch (午膳)  
14:00 – 14:15 Registration for afternoon session (登記) RHT-foyer
14:15 – 15:15 Parallel session 5 (多項同步環節 (5)) RMS-1/F&2/F
15:15 – 15:45 Tea Break (茶點) RHT-foyer
15:45 – 17:00 Closing Panel Discussion (總結座談) RHT

Locations

MW-4/F Classrooms, 4/F, Meng Wah Complex, The University of Hong Kong
MW-4/F-open area The open area, 4/F, Meng Wah Complex, The University of Hong Kong
MW408A-409A-410 Combined Room 408A-409A-410, 4/F, Meng Wah Complex, The University of Hong Kong
RHT Rayson Huang Theatre, The University of Hong Kong
RHT-foyer The foyer of Rayson Huang Theatre, The University of Hong Kong
RMS-1/F&2/F Classrooms, 1/F & 2/F, Runme Shaw Building, The University of Hong Kong