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​"Technology Enhanced Learning & Library Literacy Programmes for AY2019/20”​

THEi Learning Commons will organize a series of Programmes on “Technology-Enhanced Learning & Professional Development, Library Literacy & Academic Writing Programmes for AY2019/20” in this academic year.

 

THEi Learning Commons are going to hold “WGSN by Ascential Databases Workshop” on 21st February 2020, a Module in the Programme, “Library Resources and Academic Writing”.

 

Also, we will set up the information booth to provide more detailed databases information, THEi staff and students are welcome! 

 

Details are as below:

Workshop topic:

WGSN by Ascential Databases Workshop

Date:

21st February 2020 (Friday)

Time:

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. 

Participant:

THEi staff and students

Capacity:

28

Medium of Instruction:

English

Venue:

Learning Commons E-classroom, THEi (Chai Wan)

Workshop outline:

WGSN by Ascential is the world's leading online business-to-business news and information service for the fashion and style industries. Offers over 300,000 pages of the most comprehensive, invaluable and up-to-the-minute international style intelligence.

Information Booth:

It will be held on Learning Commons, 1/F from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm.

Registration:

Please register online through Link

Deadline: 14th February 2020 (Friday)

Remarks: Participating staff will be awarded Continuous Professional Development (CPD) hours and the record will be uploaded centrally by the HR.

Also, participants will be awarded an electronic Certificate of Attendance of the workshop.

 

 

Current THEi students and staff could get access to Learning Commons newly-subscribed e-resources within THEi campus: https://www.thei.edu.hk/student-services/learning-commons/library-services/ejournal

 

e-Resources

 

THEi e-Databases https://learning.thei.edu.hk/wiki/index.php/New_Available_Electronic_Databases

  • EBSCO Discovery
  • ASCE Library (American Society of Civil Engineers)
  • Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
  • CSMAR
  • Harper's Bazaar Archive
  • IEEE Computer Society Digital Library
  • GALE/Cengage - Culinary Arts Collection
  • GALE/Cengage - Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection
  • GALE/Cengage - Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Collection
  • 華藝線上圖書館 Airiti Library

THEi e-Books https://learning.thei.edu.hk/wiki/index.php/E-Book

  • IET eBooks
  • IET.tv
  • Wiley Online Library

THEi e-Journals https://learning.thei.edu.hk/wiki/index.php/E-Journals_(RGC)

 

*You can go to THEi Learning Commons website to read the whole semester schedule for all the workshops:

https://www.thei.edu.hk/student-services/learning-commons/programme

 

**Technology-Enhanced Learning & Professional Development, Library Literacy & Academic Writing Programmes for AY2019/20

Programme #1: Course Management Systems and Institute Technology Support Service

Programme #2: Creating an Interactive Classroom

Programme #3: Creative Media Production and Courseware Production

Programme #4 : Library Resources and Academic Writing

Programme #5 : Smart Workplace

"Technology Enhanced Learning & Library Literacy Programmes for AY2019/20”​

THEi Learning Commons will organize the workshop “Library Cataloging Workshop” in Learning Commons E-classroom, THEi (Chai Wan) on 13th February 2020 (Thursday). We are pleased to invite you to participate in the workshop.

Rescheduled

Details are as below:

Workshop topic:

Library Cataloging Workshop

Speaker:

Mr CHEUNG Man-hon, Matthew

(Program Leader, Library and Information Science, College of Life Science and Technology, HKU SPACE)

Mr Cheung Man-hon, Matthew is a Program Leader, at HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education ( HKU SPACE) since 2012. He carries out teaching duties in Higher Diploma, Undergraduate and Postgraduate programs on library and information studies. He also plans lectures, involves in e-learning programs development and supports HKU SPACE programs promotion.

 

Mr CHAN Wai Ming

(Assistant Librarian I, Cataloguing Librarian, Technical Services, the University of Hong Kong Libraries (HKUL))

Mr Chan Wai Ming is an Assistant Librarian I, Cataloguing Librarian, Technical Services, at the University of Hong Kong Libraries (HKUL). He is the Head of CJK and AV materials Cataloguing Team and the Head of Physical Processing Team to provide effective cataloguing operations that meet users’ needs and support the library’s mission. He has been serving at HKUL since 1989.

Date:

13th February 2020 (Thursday)

Time:

9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Lunch)

Participant:

THEi staff

Medium of Instruction:

Cantonese supplemented by English

Venue:

Learning Commons E-classroom, THEi (Chai Wan)

Workshop outline:

1. Differences between AACR2r and RDA

2. Using RDA to describe monographs

3. Using MARC21 to code RDA descriptive data elements

4. Composition of LCC

5. How to construct an LC Call Number

6. Hands-on skills to do the cataloguing of library collection, including print, visual materials and online learning resources

Remarks: Participating staff will be awarded Continuous Professional Development (CPD) hours and the record will be uploaded centrally by the HR.

Also, participants will be awarded an electronic Certificate of Attendance of the workshop.

 

*You can go to THEi Learning Commons website to read the whole semester schedule for all the workshops:

https://www.thei.edu.hk/student-services/learning-commons/programme

 

**Technology Enhanced Learning & Library Literacy Programmes for AY2019/20

Programme #1: Course Management Systems and Institute Technology Support Service

Programme #2: Creating an Interactive Classroom

Programme #3: Creative Media Production and Courseware Production

Programme #4 : Library Resources and Academic Writing

Programme #5 : Smart Workplace

 

For any enquiries, please feel free to contact us at 3890 8026 or thei-lc@vtc.edu.hk

"Technology Enhanced Learning & Library Literacy Programmes for AY2019/20”

THEi Learning Commons will organize a series of Programmes on “Technology Enhanced Learning & Library Literacy Programmes for AY2019/20” in this academic year.

 

Rescheduled

We are going to hold a workshop on “An Introduction to 3D Printing (Basic & Intermediate)” on 18 January 2020, a Module in the Programme, “Creative Media Production and Courseware Production”.

 

Details are as below:

Workshop topic: 

An Introduction to 3D Printing (Basic & Intermediate)

Speaker:

Mr Joshua Yau

Date:

18 January 2020 (Saturday)

Time:

9:30 a.m – 5:00 p.m. (12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Lunch)

Participant:

THEi staff and students

(Note. Priority will be given to teaching staff.)

Medium of Instruction:

English

Capacity:

28

Venue:

Learning Commons E-classroom, THEi (Chai Wan)

Workshop outline:
  • Introduction of 3D printing technology and process
  • Principles, hardware and software operations and demonstrations of FDM and SLA/DLP printing techniques
  • Key points of design the 3D print model
  • Introduction of 3D design software

[Go to Learning Wiki to read more workshop details]
Registration:

Please register online through Link 

Deadline: 8th January 2020 (Wednesday)

 

Remarks: Participating staff will be awarded Continuous Professional Development

(CPD) hours and the record will be uploaded centrally by the HR.

Also, participants will be awarded an electronic Certificate of Attendance of the workshop.

 

*You can go to THEi Learning Commons website to read the whole semester schedule for all the workshops:

https://www.thei.edu.hk/student-services/learning-commons/programme

 

**Technology Enhanced Learning & Library Literacy Programmes for AY2019/20

Programme #1: Course Management Systems and Institute Technology Support Service

Programme #2: Creating an Interactive Classroom

Programme #3: Creative Media Production and Courseware Production

Programme #4 : Library Resources and Academic Writing

Programme #5 : Smart Workplace

 

For any enquiries, please feel free to contact us at 3890 8026 or thei-lc@vtc.edu.hk

THEi Professional Conversations Series - Project-based Learning (PBL) Sharing

THEi Learning Commons will organize the workshop “THEi Professional Conversations Series - Project-based Learning (PBL) Sharing” in S401, Staff Learning Commons, on 17th January 2020 (Friday).

We are pleased to invite you to participate in the workshop.

 

Details are as below:

Workshop topic:

THEi Professional Conversations Series - Project-based Learning (PBL) Sharing

Speaker:

Mr. CHOY Yip Hong Sonny

(Assistant Professor, FDE)

Date:

17th January 2020 (Friday)

Time:

1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

Participant:

THEi teaching staff

Medium of Instruction:

English

Venue:

S401, Staff Learning Commons, THEi (CW)

Workshop outline:

  • Introduction to Project Based Learning
  • Sharing of successful PBL examples
  • Better understand the key components of high-quality project-based experiences by exploring the 8 Key aspects of Gold Standard PBL
  • 5 Steps for planning and designing project briefs to facilitate the implementation of PBL
  • Q & A

Registration:

Please register online through Link

Deadline : 15th January 2020 (Wednesday)

Remarks: Participating staff will be awarded Continuous Professional Development (CPD) hours and the record will be uploaded centrally by the HR.

Also, participants will be awarded an electronic Certificate of Attendance of the workshop.

 

For more information, you may visit our website: https://www.thei.edu.hk/student-services/learning-commons/activities

 

For any enquiries, please feel free to contact us at 3890 8026 or thei-lc@vtc.edu.hk

"Technology Enhanced Learning & Library Literacy Programmes for AY2019/20”​

THEi Learning Commons will organize a series of Programmes on “Technology-Enhanced Learning & Professional Development, Library Literacy & Academic Writing Programmes for AY2019/20” in this academic year.

 

We are going to hold a workshop on “MS Office (Microsoft Excel 2016) (Basic & Intermediate)” on 16th January 2020, a Module in the Programme, “Smart Workplace”.

 

Details are as below:

Workshop topic:

MS Office (Microsoft Excel 2016) (Basic & Intermediate)

Speaker:

Mr Peter Chan

Date:

16th January 2020 (Thursday)

Time:

9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Lunch)

Participant:

THEi staff and students

(Note. Priority will be given to teaching staff.)

Medium of Instruction:

English

Capacity:

28

Venue:

S306 (Computer Room 3) , THEi (Chai Wan)

Workshop outline:

Basic

  • Filling and Entering Series
  • Overview of Formulas
  • Entering a Function in a Cell
  • Working with Function
  • Working with Chart
  • Printing Worksheets

Intermediate

  • Share Using Conditional Formatting
  • Creating a Formula by using a Function
  • Data Management
  • Connect External Data to your Workbook
  • Working with PivotTables
  • Protecting Workbooks and Worksheets

[Go to Learning Wiki to read more workshop details]

Registration:

Please register online through Link  

Deadline: 30th November 2019 (Saturday)

Remarks: Participating staff will be awarded Continuous Professional Development (CPD) hours and the record will be uploaded centrally by the HR.

Also, participants will be awarded an electronic Certificate of Attendance of the workshop.

 

*You can go to THEi Learning Commons website to read the whole semester schedule for all the workshops:

https://www.thei.edu.hk/student-services/learning-commons/programme

 

**Technology-Enhanced Learning & Professional Development, Library Literacy & Academic Writing Programmes for AY2019/20

Programme #1: Course Management Systems and Institute Technology Support Service

Programme #2: Creating an Interactive Classroom

Programme #3: Creative Media Production and Courseware Production

Programme #4 : Library Resources and Academic Writing

Programme #5 : Smart Workplace

 

For any enquiries, please feel free to contact us at 3890 8026 or thei-lc@vtc.edu.hk

"Technology Enhanced Learning & Library Literacy Programmes for AY2019/20”​

THEi Learning Commons will organize a series of Programmes on “Technology-Enhanced Learning & Professional Development, Library Literacy & Academic Writing Programmes for AY2019/20” in this academic year.

 

We are going to hold a workshop on “MS Office (Microsoft Word 2016) (Basic & Intermediate)” on 15th January 2020, a Module in the Programme, “Smart Workplace”.

 

Details are as below:

Workshop topic:

MS Office (Microsoft Word 2016) (Basic & Intermediate)

Speaker:

Mr Peter Chan

Date:

15th January 2020 (Wednesday)

Time:

9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Lunch)

Participant:

THEi staff and students

(Note. Priority will be given to teaching staff.)

Medium of Instruction:

English

Capacity:

28

Venue:

S306 (Computer Room 3) , THEi (Chai Wan)

Workshop outline:

Basic

  • Creating Content
  • Finding and Replacing
  • Formatting Text & Paragraph
  • Controlling Page Appearance
  • Tables
  • Document Page Setup

 

Intermediate

  • Share your Document
  • Using Styles
  • Creating Headers and Footers
  • Using Mail Merge
  • Track Changes
  • Protecting Document

[Go to Learning Wiki to read more workshop details]

Registration:

Please register online through Link  

Deadline: 30th November 2019 (Saturday)

Remarks: Participating staff will be awarded Continuous Professional Development (CPD) hours and the record will be uploaded centrally by the HR.

Also, participants will be awarded an electronic Certificate of Attendance of the workshop.

 

*You can go to THEi Learning Commons website to read the whole semester schedule for all the workshops:

https://www.thei.edu.hk/student-services/learning-commons/programme

 

**Technology-Enhanced Learning & Professional Development, Library Literacy & Academic Writing Programmes for AY2019/20

Programme #1: Course Management Systems and Institute Technology Support Service

Programme #2: Creating an Interactive Classroom

Programme #3: Creative Media Production and Courseware Production

Programme #4 : Library Resources and Academic Writing

Programme #5 : Smart Workplace

 

For any enquiries, please feel free to contact us at 3890 8026 or thei-lc@vtc.edu.hk

"Technology Enhanced Learning & Library Literacy Programmes for AY2019/20”​

THEi Learning Commons will organize a series of Programmes on “Technology-Enhanced Learning & Professional Development, Library Literacy & Academic Writing Programmes for AY2019/20” in this academic year.

 

We are going to hold a workshop on “An Introduction to Premiere (Video Editing) (Basic & Intermediate)” on 14th January 2020, a Module in the Programme, “Creative Media Production, Multimedia and Interactive Courseware Production”.

 

Details are as below:

Workshop topic:

An Introduction to Premiere (Video Editing) (Basic & Intermediate)

Speaker:

Mr Gordon Chow

Date:

14th January 2020 (Tuesday)

Time:

9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Lunch)

Participant:

THEi staff and students

(Note. Priority will be given to teaching staff.)

Medium of Instruction:

English

Capacity:

28

Venue:

S306 (Computer Room 3) , THEi (Chai Wan)

Workshop outline:

Basic

  • Shooting and capturing Great Video Assets
  • Selecting Settings, Adjusting Preferences, and Managing Assets
  • Creating Cuts-Only Videos
  • Adding Video Transitions
  • Managing Your Projects

Intermediate

  • Creating Dynamic Titles
  • Applying Specialized Editing Tools
  • Audio effects
  • Compositing Techniques
  • Exporting Frames, Clips, and Sequences

[Go to Learning Wiki to read more workshop details]

Registration:

Please register online through Link  

Deadline: 30th November 2019 (Saturday)

Remarks: Participating staff will be awarded Continuous Professional Development (CPD) hours and the record will be uploaded centrally by the HR.

Also, participants will be awarded an electronic Certificate of Attendance of the workshop.

 

*You can go to THEi Learning Commons website to read the whole semester schedule for all the workshops:

https://www.thei.edu.hk/student-services/learning-commons/programme

 

**Technology-Enhanced Learning & Professional Development, Library Literacy & Academic Writing Programmes for AY2019/20

Programme #1: Course Management Systems and Institute Technology Support Service

Programme #2: Creating an Interactive Classroom

Programme #3: Creative Media Production and Courseware Production

Programme #4 : Library Resources and Academic Writing

Programme #5 : Smart Workplace

 

For any enquiries, please feel free to contact us at 3890 8026 or thei-lc@vtc.edu.hk

"Technology Enhanced Learning & Library Literacy Programmes for AY2019/20”​

THEi Learning Commons will organize a series of Programmes on “Technology-Enhanced Learning & Professional Development, Library Literacy & Academic Writing Programmes for AY2019/20” in this academic year.

 

We are going to hold a workshop on “An Introduction to Photoshop (Photo Editing) (Basic & Intermediate)” on 13th January 2020, a Module in the Programme, “Creative Media Production, Multimedia and Interactive Courseware Production”.

 

Details are as below:

Workshop topic:

An Introduction to Photoshop (Photo Editing) (Basic & Intermediate)

Speaker:

Mr Gordon Chow

Date:

13th January 2020 (Monday)

Time:

9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Lunch)

Participant:

THEi staff and students

(Note. Priority will be given to teaching staff.)

Medium of Instruction:

English

Capacity:

28

Venue:

S306 (Computer Room 3) , THEi (Chai Wan)

Workshop outline:

Basic

  • Computer Graphics & Photoshop Startup
  • Save large documents

 

Intermediate

  • Nondestructive editing, Masks & Channels
  • Filters
  • Printing From Photoshop
  • Preparing images for press

[Go to Learning Wiki to read more workshop details]

Registration:

Please register online through Link  

Deadline : 30th November 2019 (Saturday)

Remarks: Participating staff will be awarded Continuous Professional Development (CPD) hours and the record will be uploaded centrally by the HR.

Also, participants will be awarded an electronic Certificate of Attendance of the workshop.

 

*You can go to THEi Learning Commons website to read the whole semester schedule for all the workshops:

https://www.thei.edu.hk/student-services/learning-commons/programme

 

**Technology-Enhanced Learning & Professional Development, Library Literacy & Academic Writing Programmes for AY2019/20

Programme #1: Course Management Systems and Institute Technology Support Service

Programme #2: Creating an Interactive Classroom

Programme #3: Creative Media Production and Courseware Production

Programme #4 : Library Resources and Academic Writing

Programme #5 : Smart Workplace

 

For any enquiries, please feel free to contact us at 3890 8026 or thei-lc@vtc.edu.hk