Professional development seminars, workshops and sharing sessions are normally organized during the term break or study breaks. Both FT and PT academic staff are welcome to take part.
| Date/ Time/ Venue | Theme/Topic/Speaker(s) | Synopsis | Presentation slides (login required) | ||
| 1 | 8 Apr (Wed) Seminar | Teaching ePortfolio and Advance HE Fellowship Dr Eva Tsang ALTO | To support colleagues in developing high quality teaching ePortfolios and to strengthen career pathways in teaching excellence, new arrangements will be introduced in phases. Join this Zoom seminar to learn about:
| Download | |
| 2 | 20 Apr (Mon) Workshop | [Pedagogical Principles and Practices] To Slop or Not to Slop: That Is the AI Question Mr Ross VERMEER ALTO | As the use of AI spreads throughout our daily lives, a backlash is forming. Many AI users – including coders, writers, artists, educators, and media producers – complain about being flooded with 'slop', i.e. low-quality AI output. AI slop clogs our feeds, and frustrates our attempts to produce content of our own. So is AI slop just harmless amusement – or is it the end of human thinking? Views differ, to say the least. In this seminar we'll learn to identify AI slop, consider its effects on our students (and ourselves), and learn some methods of avoiding and overcoming it, especially in the context of higher education. | ||
| 3 | 20 Apr (Mon) Workshop | [Pedagogical Principles and Practices] Disciplinary AI Literacy: Upgrading learning activities to encourage critical AI engagement Mr ARAFA Amr Mohamed Mr Gary CHEUNG ALTO | This workshop supports HKMU's teaching staff in upgrading their learning activities to help students engage critically and thoughtfully with AI within their disciplinary contexts. Participants will explore key ideas related to AI literacy, consider how these connect with their already existing teaching approaches, and reflect on ways to help students evaluate AI-generated content using appropriate academic, professional, and ethical standards. Through guided individual work, discussion, and collaborative feedback, participants will rethink their lesson plans and incorporate an AI literacy component tailored to their subject area and teaching goals. ***For hands-on experience, participants are required to bring their laptops.*** | ||
| 4 | 20 Apr (Mon) Seminar | [Academic Analytics] Academic & Learner Analytics: Data-Driven Insights for Student Success and Institutional Strategy Mr Goldcup TSAI OPA Dr Eva Tsang ALTO | This session introduces the OPA Academic Analytics Dashboards, which turn institutional data into actionable insights. Participants will learn how to use learner analytics to identify At-risk Students early, enabling timely intervention and support. The session will also showcase dashboards for Graduation Survey data to understand student outcomes, Research Performance to visualise publication trends and collaboration patterns, and tools for mapping International Research Network to uncover new collaboration opportunities. | Part 1: Part 2: | |
| 5 | 22 Apr (Wed) Workshop | [Pedagogical Principles and Practices] Assessing students' AI competency using the UNESCO AI Competency Framework Mrs Caroline LEUNG Ms Crystal CHENG ALTO | AI competency is now an essential skill for our graduates, and it goes far beyond simply knowing how to use AI tools. How can we measure and assess the progression of a student's AI competency? Drawing upon the UNESCO AI Competency Framework, this workshop will guide you through the process of designing and adapting assessment tasks and rubric criteria to evaluate students' AI competency in the context of your subject area. You will reflect on ways of assessing students' ability to use AI responsibly and ethically, maintain a human-centred mindset, and master AI applications and system design. ***For hands-on experience, participants are required to bring their laptops.*** | PPT: Handout: Worksheet: | |
| 6 | 22 Apr (Wed) Workshop | [Pedagogical Principles and Practices] Think Deeper, Write Better, Teach Better: Using AI in Reflective Journaling to Enhance Your Teaching Mr Francis TSOI Mr HO Lap Sang ALTO | Reflective journaling turns everyday teaching experiences into insights that improve student learning and support professional growth, and it is increasingly used in professional development, evaluation, and SoTL. Yet many educators are unsure what makes a reflective journal effective, insightful, and useful. This introductory workshop has two parts. In the first, the presenter will introduce key elements and principles of reflective journaling, and participants will then practise structuring meaningful reflections on their own teaching. In the second, participants will experiment with AI tools and prompts to analyze their reflections, generate pedagogical ideas, and plan concrete changes to their teaching practice. ***For hands-on experience, participants are required to bring their laptops.*** | PPT: Activity: | |
| 7 | 22 Apr (Wed) Seminar | [Learning Technologies] How to Handle Score Submission on OLE Mr Ben NG ALTO | This session will guide participants through setting up assignments in OLE, linking those assignments to SAS parameters, batch uploading scores, and handling special cases (e.g., no submission, late submissions) to ensure a smooth score transfer. |
| |
| 8 | 23 Apr (Thu) Workshop | [Pedagogical Principles and Practices] Enhancing Multiple-Choice Assessments through AI Ms Crystal CHENG Mr Joshua LAU ALTO | AI can enhance assessments by making learning more meaningful and authentic. In this session, we will explore key principles and hands-on strategies for designing effective multiple-choice assessments that not only measure learning but also enrich and inspire your teaching with AI support. You will experiment with AI-driven approaches to create engaging multiple-choice formats aligned with learning outcomes, gaining practical experience in designing assessments that capture both student learning and your teaching through AI assistance. ***For hands-on experience, participants are required to bring their laptops.*** | PPT: Activity: | |
| 9 | 23 Apr (Thu) Workshop | [Learning Technologies] Co-Teaching with EduAI Core: Preparing Activities and Assessments Dr Eva Tsang Mr Roy YAU ALTO | EduAI Core is an in-house, one-stop AI-powered platform that enables teaching faculty to create customized teaching materials, quizzes, and Bloom's Taxonomy-based questions, and to generate podcast-style audio conversations for comprehension activities. This workshop will guide participants through the workflow of uploading teaching materials, using AI to generate activities, MCQs, editing and refining the results, creating conversations, and releasing the activities to students for learning and assessment. ***For hands-on experience, participants are required to bring their laptops.*** | ||
| 10 | 23 Apr (Thu) Seminar | Insights and Experiences: Awardees Share Strategies for Developing a Successful Teaching ePortfolio | This session brings together awardees of the 2025 President's Awards for Excellence in Inspirational Teaching, who will share their expertise and firsthand experiences in developing compelling Teaching ePortfolios. Gain insights into proven strategies, best practices, and practical tips to effectively highlight your teaching philosophy, accomplishments, and professional growth. The session will conclude with a preview of the 2026 Awards, including key dates and submission guidelines. Rundown Opening: Dr Eva TSANG, Director (ALTO) 2:15pm: Ms Niki SO, Senior Lecturer (N&HS) 2:35pm: Ms Pinky LIU, Lecturer (E&L) 2:55pm: Ms Adeline LEUNG, Part-time Lecturer (LiPACE) 3:15pm: Dr GE Lin, Assistant Professor (B&A) | ||
| 11 | 24 Apr (Fri) Workshop | [Pedagogical Principles and Practices] Using AI to Boost Evidence Based Teaching and Learning Ms Vivien MAK ALTO | Evidence-based teaching and learning is about using strategies that are grounded in solid research, data, and theory, rather than habit or intuition. This workshop helps you use AI tools to design, adapt, and evaluate teaching activities that are aligned with evidence-based practices. Through hands-on practice, you can create AI-assisted learning activities, differentiate them for diverse learners, and design simple assessment and feedback tools you can immediately apply in your courses. ***For hands-on experience, participants are required to bring their laptops.*** | ||
| 12 | 24 Apr (Fri) Workshop | [Learning Technologies] Co-Teaching with Speech Mentor AI: Marking Speaking Tasks Dr Eva Tsang Mr Alex MAK ALTO | Speaking tasks often make students anxious about performing in front of others, while teachers may feel overwhelmed reviewing and marking large numbers of audio submissions, leading to fatigue and inconsistent grading. This session will show you how Speech Mentor AI can help students practise and improve their speaking skills through instant, data-informed feedback on pronunciation, fluency and clarity, encouraging more frequent and confident practice. Participants will also explore how to design learning activities and assignments that integrate Speech Mentor AI with OLE, so the system supports more efficient, transparent and consistent grading of speaking tasks. ***For hands-on experience, participants are required to bring their laptops.*** | ||
| 13 | 24 Apr (Fri) Seminar | Insights and Experiences: Awardees Share Strategies for Developing a Successful Teaching ePortfolio | This session brings together awardees of the 2025 President's Awards for Excellence in Inspirational Teaching, who will share their expertise and firsthand experiences in developing compelling Teaching ePortfolios. Gain valuable insights into proven strategies, best practices, and actionable tips to effectively highlight your teaching philosophy, accomplishments, and professional growth. The session will conclude with a preview of the 2026 Awards, including key dates and submission guidelines. Rundown Opening: Dr Eva TSANG, Director (ALTO) 2:15pm: Dr Monica TANG, Part-time Tutor (B&A) 2:35pm: Mr Louis KWOK, Senior Lecturer (B&A) 2:55pm: Dr TIAN Vane Ing, Assistant Professor (B&A) 3:15pm: Dr Agnes LAI, Associate Professor (N&HS) | ||
| 14 | 27 Apr (Mon) Workshop | [Learning Technologies] AI-Powered Lessons with Canva and Leonardo AI Mr Nelson LEE Mr Gary CHEUNG ALTO | This hands-on workshop will show you how to efficiently prepare lessons using Canva. You will learn how to use AI to generate lesson plans, create presentation outlines, decorate your slides with custom images and videos using Leonardo AI, and deliver your lesson smoothly using Presenter view. By the end of the session, you'll be able to create dynamic, professional teaching materials that engage your students and save preparation time. ***For hands-on experience, participants are required to bring their laptops.*** | ||
| 15 | 27 Apr (Mon) Workshop | [Learning Technologies] Teaching ePortfolios in Practice: Design, Evidence and Reflection Dr Eva Tsang ALTO | This workshop begins by introducing the Teaching ePortfolio as a form of teaching practice. The session then provides an overview of the platform's key features and essential preparation items, followed by hands-on practice including: setting up profile information, creating ePortfolio pages with digital artifacts, linking multimedia content, utilizing special design features, and crafting effective reflections. Participants will also receive practical tips for developing a professional Teaching ePortfolio, equipping them with the skills to compete for the President’s Awards for Excellence in Inspirational Teaching. ***For hands-on experience, participants are required to bring their laptops.*** | PPT: Resources:
| |
| 16 | 28 Apr (Tue) Workshop | [Student Engagement] From Study Skills to ePortfolios: Tools to Boost Student Success Dr Eva Tsang Mr Nelson LEE ALTO | This session will introduce the online Study Skills platform and student ePortfolios as complementary tools to boost student success. Participants will first explore how the Study Skills website helps students build core abilities in reading, writing, exam preparation, note-taking, and other essential areas. They will then see how courses integrate ePortfolios as activities and assessments that enable students to document, reflect on, and showcase their learning over time. Finally, participants will try out both tools and consider practical ways to embed them into their own course and assessment design. ***For hands-on experience, participants are required to bring their laptops.*** | ||
| 17 | 29 Apr (Wed) Workshop | [Learning Technologies] Co-Teaching with InnoLearn AI: Personalised Feedback at Scale Dr Eva Tsang Mr Alex MAK ALTO | InnoLearn AI is an in-house developed platform that co-teaches with academic staff, guiding students through AI-supported learning activities in the era of artificial intelligence. Aligned with their curriculum and rubrics, it helps students work through structured tasks while receiving personalised, rubric-based feedback that targets specific learning objectives. In this session, participants will see how InnoLearn AI can scaffold students' learning with step-by-step activities, provide tailored feedback at scale, and offer dashboards that enable them to monitor progress, identify learning gaps, and refine course design over time. ***For hands-on experience, participants are required to bring their laptops.*** |
| Date/ Time/ Venue | Theme/Topic/Speaker(s) | Synopsis | Presentation slides (login required) | |
| 1 | [Cantonese Session] 27 Jan (Tue) 10:00am – 11:00am Seminar (Zoom) | [OLE Training Session Series] How to Handle Score Submission on OLE
Dr Eva Tsang Associate Vice President (Strategic Initiatives) | This session will guide you through setting up assignments in OLE, linking those assignments to SAS parameters, batch uploading scores, and handling special cases (e.g., no submission, late submissions) to ensure a smooth score transfer. | Download |
| 2 | [English Session] 27 Jan (Tue) 2:00pm – 3:00pm Seminar (Zoom) | |||
| 3 | [English Session] 30 Jan (Fri) 11:00am – 12:00nn Seminar (Zoom) | |||
| 4 | [Cantonese Session] 30 Jan (Fri) 4:00pm – 5:00pm Seminar (Zoom) |
