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]

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)

Date:

13 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

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)

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)

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)

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)

Workshop topic:

An Introduction to Animation (Adobe Character Animator) (Basic)

Speaker:

Mr Gordon Chow

Date:

9th January 2020 (Thursday)

Time:

9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

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:

• Adobe Character Animator overview
• Creating and controlling puppets
• Record and Playback
• Export a scene or puppet

[Go to Learning Wiki to read more workshop details]

Registration:

Please register online through Link  

Deadline : 29th November 2019 (Friday)

Workshop topic:

An Introduction to Animation (Adobe Animate) (Basic & Intermediate)

Speaker:

Mr Gordon Chow

Date:

8th 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

• Getting Start
• Design a Vector Animation
• Construct an Internet Meme Image

Intermediate

• Generate a Promotional Video
• Build a Virtual Clock

[Go to Learning Wiki to read more workshop details]

Registration:

Please register online through Link  

Deadline : 29th November 2019 (Friday)

Workshop topic:

An Introduction to InDesign (Editing Tool) (Basic & Intermediate)

Speaker:

Mr Gordon Chow

Date:

7th 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

• What’s new in CC
• Inside the InDesign Interface
• Creating, Opening, and Saving Documents
• Working with Pages
• Graphics Fundamentals
• Fitting Graphics and Frames Together

Intermediate

• Working with Layers
• Creating Layout Standards
• Using Templates
• Working with Styles
• Using Ruler Guides and Grids
• Defining and Applying Object Styles
• Drawing Free-form Shapes and Curved Paths
• E-books Export

[Go to Learning Wiki to read more workshop details]

Registration:

Please register online through Link

Deadline : 29th November 2019 (Friday)

Workshop topic:

An Introduction to Illustrator (Drawing Tool) (Basic & Intermediate)

Speaker:

Mr Gordon Chow

Date:

6th 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

• Introduction to Illustrator
• Drawing & Colouring I

Intermediate

• Painting, Brushes, Symbol & Appearance
• Types, Layout & Printing

[Go to Learning Wiki to read more workshop details]

Registration:

Please register online through Link  

Deadline : 29th November 2019 (Friday)

Workshop topic:

Blended Learning using Canvas and Interactive Learning Courseware

Speaker:

Dr MA Wai Kit, Will

(Head of Learning Commons)

Date:

12^th November 2019 (Tuesday)

Time:

4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Participant:

THEi staff

Medium of Instruction:

English

Capacity:

28

Venue:

Learning Commons E-classroom, THEi (Chai Wan)

Workshop outline:

• Introduction to Learning Management System Canvas
• Introduction to Articulate Storyline 360
• Multimedia and interactive learning courseware

Registration:

Please register online through Link 

Deadline : 5^th November 2019 (Tuesday)

Workshop topic:

An Introduction to Autodesk AutoCAD (Basic & Intermediate)

Speaker:

Ms Jessica Lee

Date:

9th November 2019 (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:

Room S304 (Computer Room 1), THEi (Chai Wan)

Workshop outline:

• Taking the AutoCAD Tour
• Altering Objects
• Manipulating Objects and Data
• Dimensioning and Annotating the Drawing
• Plotting

[Go to Learning Wiki to read more workshop details]

Registration:

Please register online through Link  

Deadline : 30th October 2019 (Wednesday)

Workshop Topic:

An Introduction to Premiere (Video Editing)

Speaker:

Mr. Fong Sui Kam, Tommy (Technician, Learning Commons)

Date:

5 November 2019 (Tuesday)

Time:

10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Venue:

 Learning Commons E-classroom, THEi (Chai Wan)

Participant:

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Public Relations and Management Year 1 students

Workshop Outline :

The Adobe Premiere Pro can help edit video or make a movie from scratch. The editing software can create a video, correct color, add effects and titles,and more.

Workshop topic:

EBSCO Databases Workshop

Date:

15th October 2019 (Tuesday)

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:

EBSCO is the provider of research databases, e-journals, magazine subscriptions, e-books and discovery service. EBSCO provides MEDLINE that is a bibliographic database containing citations and abstracts for biomedical and health journals used by health care professionals, nurses, clinicians and researchers.

Information Booth:

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

Registration:

Please register online through Link

Deadline : 4th October 2019 (Friday)

Workshop topic:

IET Databases Workshop

Date:

16th October 2019 (Wednesday)

Time:

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. 

Participant:

THEi staff and students

Capacity:

28

Medium of Instruction:

The workshop will be presented mainly in Cantonese supplemented with English as appropriate. 

Venue:

Room 703, Computer Room, THEi (Tsing Yi)

Workshop outline:

The IET is one of the world’s largest engineering institutions with over 168,000 members in 150 countries. IET Publishing is able to offer subscribers a wide range of digital content across its portfolio of journals, books, A&I database and video content. Covering a broad and interdisciplinary range of topics and subjects of interest to the engineering and technology expert and institutions.

Information Booth:

It will be held at Room 202, Foyer, THEi (Tsing Yi) from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm.

Registration:

Please register online through Link

Deadline : 4th October 2019 (Friday)

Date:

14 October 2019 (Monday) – 15 October 2019 (Tuesday)

Time:

11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Venue:

Staff Learning Commons, Room S401, South Block

Date:

16 October 2019 (Wednesday) – 17 October 2019 (Thursday)

Time:

11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Venue:

Foyer, Room 202

Topic:

Sustainable Upcycled Furniture Exhibition

Date:

Between 3rd October 2019 and 31st October 2019

Time:

9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Venue:

Learning Commons, THEi (Chai Wan)

All Staff and students are welcome to visit.

Workshop topic:

An Introduction to Aerial Shooting (Photo & Video Shooting Using Simulation Drone)

Speaker:

Mr. Rex Ngan

(Chairman of Hong Kong Professional Unmanned Aerial vehicles Association (HKPUAVA))

Date:

27th September 2019 (Friday)

Time:

1:30 p.m – 5:30 p.m.

Participant:

THEi staff

Medium of Instruction:

The workshop will be presented mainly in Cantonese supplemented with English as appropriate. 

Capacity:

12

Venue:

Learning Commons E-classroom, THEi (Chai Wan)

*Workshop outline:

• Introduce various flight theories
• Introduce various types of aircraft (aircraft, helicopters, drones, etc.)
• Showcase different drone models such as DJI Inspire 1 Pro, DJI Mavic 2 Zoom, Parrot Anaifi thermal and Smartplanes smartone-C
• Briefing on aviation safety
• Introduce how aerial photography can be used in measurement, media shooting to improve efficiency and effectiveness
• Special explanation of current aerial survey practices, required hardware and software

*The Workshop will be conducted using the installed simulation software at LC e-classroom

Registration:

Please register online through Link

Deadline : 24th September 2019 (Tuesday)

Topic:

Final Year Project Poster Exhibition - Student Applied Research Projects for International Conference on Applied Education, Technology and Innovation 2019

Date:

Between 2nd September 2019 and 30th September 2019

Time:

Monday to Friday 9am-9pm; Saturday 9am-5pm

Venue:

Learning Commons, THEi, Chai Wan Campus

Date:

29th August 2019

Time:

9:00 a.m. – 5:50 p.m. (1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Lunch)

Participant:

THEi staff

Venue:

Lecture Theatre LT1 & Learning Commons E-classroom, THEi (Chai Wan)

Medium of Instruction:

English

Registration:

Please register online through Link

Registration Deadline:

23rd August 2019 (Friday)

Time

Workshop topic

Workshop Outline:

Speaker

Venues

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

9:00 a.m. –

9:50 a.m.

An Introduction to Class Attendance System (CAS) & Encryption on Sensitive Information

• Introduction of class attendance system
• How to create password-protected documents

Mr NG Hon Fai, Nicky

(IT Officer, Information Technology Services Office)

Lecture Theatre LT1, S202

10:00 a.m. –

10:50 a.m.

An Introduction to Classroom / AV Equipment Wireless and Presentation System

• How to use AV equipment in classrooms and Lecture Theatres
• How to make a class recording at Lecture Theatres
• How to use wirless presentation in classroom and Lecture Theatres

Mr NG Hon Fai, Nicky

(IT Officer, Information Technology Services Office)

Lecture Theatre LT1, S202

11:00 a.m. –

11:50 a.m.

An Introduction to Moodle and Turnitin Assessment

• Using Moodle for Assessment
• Add Turnitin Assignment (Setting)

Mr LUK Wing Lin, Chris

(Senior Technician, Learning Commons)

Learning Commons

E-classroom

Programme #2: Creating an Interactive Classroom

12:00 noon. – 12:50 p.m. 

Lecture Capting System Using Panopto

• Panopto is a video content management system for uploading, managing and sharing all the institution's video and audio files. It is a centralised, secure place for recorded lectures, educational videos, campus events, and more.

Mr LUK Wing Lin, Chris

(Senior Technician, Learning Commons)

Learning Commons

E-classroom

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Lunch

2:00 p.m. –

2:50 p.m.

An Introduction to Studiosity

• Studiosity is an online academic support service to study help, online, anywhere! Connect in real-time with live experts or get Writing Feedback in less than 24 hours

Dianne Guise

(Client Services Manager WA/SA/NT)

• Video Conferencing

Learning Commons

E-classroom

3:00 p.m. –

3:50 p.m.

Interactive video editor Using H5P and Classroom Management System Using Veyon

• H5P can help add interactivity to videos, presentations, and asynchronous eLearning courses. H5P can help add hotspots, supplemental text, or multiple choice and fill-in-the blank questions to a video. Troggering an interactive element can pause the video; responses can cause the learner to skip to the appropriate section of the video.
• Veyon is a free open-source software for computer monitoring and classroom management supporting Linux and Windows. It’s primarily targeted at the educational sector. Veyon enables teachers to remotely monitor and control students’ computers.

Mr FONG Sui Kam, Tommy

(Technician, Learning Commons)

Learning Commons

E-classroom

4:00 p.m. – 4:50 p.m.

An Introduction to uReply & Kahoot!

• uReply - Good teacher-student interactions and communications are key to many modern teaching and learning concepts, such as active learning and student-oriented learning. Technology can assist these much-needed interactions and communications. uReply is a cloud-based student response system (SRS), which was designed to facilitate classroom interactions using mobile devices. It was developed at the CUHK and now have users across many of the UGC-funded universities.

 (Please bring along your mobile devices/phones for the hands-on.)

• Kahoot! Is a game-based learning platform, free for teachers of

awesome and classroom superheroes. Play, learn, have fun and celebrate together.

Kahoot! (https://kahoot.com/mobile-app/).

(Please install the mobile app to your mobile phone before the workshop.)

Mr FONG Sui Kam, Tommy

(Technician, Learning Commons)

Learning Commons

E-classroom

5:00 p.m. – 5:50 p.m.

An Introduction to Socrative & Poll Everywhere

• Socrative – Students share their understanding by answering formative assessment questions in a variety of formats, quizzes, quick question polls, exit tickets and space. Data will be saved to the teacher’s account while the ststistical results could be shown to the class in graphical format.

Socrative (https://www.socrative.com/)

• Poll Everywhere is a privately held company headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company, founded in April 2007 is an online service for classroom response and audience response systems.

Poll Everywhere

• https://www.polleverywhere.com/)

(Please install the student version of these two applications to your phone, tablet or laptop before the workshop.)

Mr FONG Sui Kam, Tommy

(Technician, Learning Commons)

Learning Commons

E-classroom

Date:

30th August 2019

Time:

9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (12:00 noon. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch)

Participant:

THEi staff

Venue:

Learning Commons E-classroom, THEi (Chai Wan)

Medium of Instruction:

English

Time

Workshop topic

Workshop Outline:

Speaker

Venues

Programme #5: Smart Workplace

9:00 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.

An Introduction to Sharepoint & Office 365

• To introduce Office 365

SharePoint, OneDrive, Office 365 applications;

Co-creation and co-editing among team members;

How to create Forms

Mr FONG Sui Kam, Tommy

(Technician, Learning Commons)

Learning Commons

E-classroom

10:00 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.

An Introduction to Adobe Acrobat e-Form & Office 365 e-Form

• To introduce how to create Adobe Acrobat e-Form and e-form using Office 365

Mr FONG Sui Kam, Tommy

(Technician, Learning Commons)

Learning Commons

E-classroom

Programme #4: Library Resources and Academic Writing

11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.

Academic Writing and Library Databases

• To analyze literature review in academic writing
• To explain VTC library databases
• To search for relevant scholarly references
• To cite in-text and include full references

Dr MA Wai Kit, Will

(Head, Learning Commons)

Learning Commons

E-classroom

12:00 noon. – 1:00 p.m. 

Lunch

1:00 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.

Quantitative Data Analysis SEM Using SmartPLS

• To introduce the process of data analysis using SmartPLS:

Descriptive statistics

Instrument validation

Regression analysis

Measurement model and structural model

Dr MA Wai Kit, Will

(Head, Learning Commons)

Learning Commons

E-classroom

2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Qualitative Content Analysis Using Nvivo

• Nvivo - the most powerful software for gaining richer insights from qualitative and mixed-methods data

Store and organize

Categorize and analyze

Visualize and discover

Teaching staff and students can borrow Notebook PC No.11 which installs with SmartPLS and NVivo for research and project work, at Learning Commons.

Dr Lee Wai Ying, Liane

( Assistant Professor, Faculty of Management and Hospitality)

Learning Commons

E-classroom

Date and Time :

27 August 2019 (Tuesday)

Time:

2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Participant:

Faculty of Science and Technology students

Medium of Instruction:

English

Venue:

THEi Tsing Yi, Lecture Theatre 5

Workshop outline:

• Include wifi connection setup, VPN setup (ITSO)
• An Introduction to Studiosity
• Introduce Library System and E-resources
• Introduce Moodle and Turnitin

Date and Time :

28 August 2019 (Wednesday)

Time:

9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Participant:

Faculty of Design and Environment /

Faculty of Management and Hospitality students

Medium of Instruction:

English

Venue:

THEi Chai Wan, Lecture Theatre 1

Workshop outline:

• Include wifi connection setup, VPN setup (ITSO)
• An Introduction to Studiosity
• Introduce Library System and E-resources
• Introduce Moodle and Turnitin

Workshop topic:

An Introduction to Articulate Storyline 360 (Multimedia & Interactive Courseware Production)

Speaker:

Mr. Jimmy Wong

Date:

16th and 19th August 2019 (Friday and Monday)

Time:

10:00 a.m – 5:00 p.m. (1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Lunch)

Participant:

THEi staff

Medium of Instruction:

The workshop will be presented mainly in Cantonese supplemented with English as appropriate. 

Capacity:

12

Venue:

Learning Commons E-classroom, THEi (Chai Wan)

Workshop outline:

This full-day training course provides you with everything you need to create compelling e-Learning courses with Studio. You are guided through a rapid e-Learning course development process while creating your own e-Learning course. Participate in hands-on exercises and real-world labs. At the end of the course, you will have developed your own Articulate-based e-Learning course using Presenter and Engage *(Including training and practice).

Registration:

Please register online through Link 

Deadline : 13th August 2019 (Tuesday)

Workshop topic:

Module 2: An Introduction to Illustrator (Drawing Tool)

Speaker:

Mr FONG Sui Kam, Tommy

Technician, Learning Commons

Date:

20th June 2019 (Thursday)

Time:

AM Session: 10:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. (28 spots)

PM Session: 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. (28 spots)

Participant:

By invitation only

Medium of Instruction:

Chinese

Venue:

Learning Commons E-classroom, THEi (Chai Wan)

Workshop outline:

The Adobe Illustrator is the industry-standard vector graphics application that lets you create logos, icons, sketches, typography for print, web, interactive, video and mobile devices. Adobe Illustrator lets you create posters, flyers, banners and photos for professional production. A key skill required for Public Relations specialists.

Speaker:

Ms CHAN Shou San, Susan

(Faculty of Management & Hospitality, THEi)

Date:

12^nd June 2019 (Wednesday)

Time:

12:00 noon. – 1:30 p.m.

Participant:

THEi staff

Medium of Instruction:

English

Venue:

Room S401, Staff Learning Commons, THEi (Chai Wan)

Workshop outline:

• Sharing of personal experience in the Senior Fellowship application
• An account of Professional Practice (APP):

   - Reflective Account of Practice (RAP) and

   - Two Case Studies of professional practice (CAS)

• Q&A

N.B. The Workshop will be started with a brief introduction to Advanced HE, Fellowship categories and the UK Professional Standards Framework (PSF) by Dr. Will Ma, Head/Learning Commons.

Registration:

Please register online through Link 

Deadline : 6th June 2019 (Thursday)

Workshop topic:

Module 1: An Introduction to Library System and E-Resources

Speaker:

Mr FUNG Kai Tat, Ted

(Assistant Librarian, Learning Commons)

Date:

5^th June 2019 (Wednesday)

Time:

2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. 

Participant:

THEi staff and students

Medium of Instruction:

English

Capacity:

28

Venue:

Learning Commons E-classroom, THEi (Chai Wan)

Workshop outline:

1. EBSCO Discovery

- Communication Source

- Food Science Source

- Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine Source

- Applied Science & Technology Source

2. Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals

3. Harper's Bazaar Archive

4. INFOTRAC (Cengage)

- Culinary Arts Collection

- Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection

- Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Collection

5. IEEE – Computer Society Digital Library

6. 華藝線上圖書館 Airiti Library

7. Wiley e-Book

8. IET e-book and TV respositories

Please browse the THEi website: https://www.thei.edu.hk/student-services/learning-commons/library-services/ejournal

Registration:

Please register online through Link

Deadline : 31st May 2019 (Wednesday)

Workshop topic:

Module 2: An Introduction to Illustrator (Drawing Tool)

Speaker:

Mr FONG Sui Kam, Tommy

Technician, Learning Commons

Date:

24th May 2019 (Friday)

Time:

Session 2: 12:30 p.m.- 2:00 p.m. (20 spots)

Session 3 : 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. (20 spots)

Participant:

By invitation only

Medium of Instruction:

Chinese

Venue:

Learning Commons E-classroom, THEi (Chai Wan)

Workshop outline:

The Adobe Illustrator is the industry-standard vector graphics application that lets you create logos, icons, sketches, typography for print, web, interactive, video and mobile devices. Adobe Illustrator lets you create posters, flyers, banners and photos for professional production. A key skill required for Public Relations specialists.

Speaker:

Dr. Paul Lam, Associate Professor

Mr. Kevin Wong

(Centre for Learning Enhancement and Research (CLEAR), Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Date:

21^st May 2019 (Tuesday)

Time:

2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Participant:

All VTC staff

Medium of Instruction:

English

Venue:

Workshop outline:

• Demonstrate the basic operations of the various functions in uReply and share cases of how teachers use it with various pedagogical purposes

• Good teacher-student interactions and communications are key to many modern teaching and learning concepts, such as active learning and student-oriented learning. Technology can assist these much-needed interactions and communications. uReply is a cloud-based student response system (SRS), which was designed to facilitate classroom interactions using mobile devices. It was developed at the CUHK and now have users across many of the UGC-funded universities.

Please bring along your mobile devices/phones for the hands-on.

Please go to the website and use VTC email to register before joining the workshop:

To create an interactive classroom using uReply

THEi/VTC uReply [17]

Teacher online registration [18]

User guidelines [19]

Registration:

Please register online through Link

Deadline : 17th May 2019 (Friday)

Topic:

In the Hills --- Notes on Hong Kong Plants and Animals

Date:

Between 8th April 2019 and 31st July 2019

Time:

Check Learning Commons Opening Hours at: https://thei.edu.hk/student-services/learning-commons/opening-hours

Venue:

Learning Commons, THEi, Chai Wan Campus

Topic:

In the Hills --- Notes on Hong Kong Plants and Animals

Guest Speaker:

Ms. Human Ip, Hiu Man

Date:

15th April 2019 (Monday)

Time:

2:00 p.m. -3:00 p.m.

Participant:

All VTC staff and students

Venue:

Learning Commons, THEi, Chai Wan Campus

Talk Outline:

1. Hong Kong Ecology
2. Sharing the experience of hiking and creating the inspiration of painting and writing
3. Sharing Hong Kong flora and fauna stories

Language:

Cantonese

Workshop topic:

Talk on Intellectual Property Rights

Speaker:

Carlos LI and Lee CHENG

(Intellectual Property Department)

Date:

24th April 2019 (Wednesday)

Time:

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Participant:

THEi staff and students

Medium of Instruction:

English

Venue:

Room S401, Staff Learning Commons, THEi (Chai Wan)

Workshop outline: 

• The Intellectual Property Department will promote awareness of intellectual property rights of the individual, and a respect for the rights of others.
• All staff and students are welcome to attend for a better understanding on how to handle intellectual property rights in their daily teaching and learning in higher education.

Registration:

Please register online through Link

Deadline : 17th April 2019 (Wednesday)

Workshop topic:

An Introduction to Kahoot!

Speaker:

Mr FONG Sui Kam, Tommy

(Technician, Learning Commons)

Date:

29th March 2019 (Friday)

Time:

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (4:50 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Q & A session)

Participant:

THEi staff

Medium of Instruction:

English

Venue:

Room S401, Staff Learning Commons, THEi (Chai Wan)

Workshop outline: 

Kahoot! Is a game-based learning platform, free for teachers of awesome and classroom superheroes. Play, learn, have fun and celebrate together.

Kahoot! (https://kahoot.com/mobile-app/).

Please install the mobile app to your mobile phone before the workshop.

Registration:

Please register online through Link

Deadline : 26th March 2019 (Tuesday)

Workshop topic: 

Module 1: An Introduction to Library System and E-Resources

Speaker:

Mr FUNG Kai Tat, Ted

(Assistant Librarian, Learning Commons)

Date:

22th March 2019 (Friday)

Time:

2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. 

Participant:

THEi staff and students

Medium of Instruction:

English

Capacity:

28

Venue:

Learning Commons E-classroom, THEi (Chai Wan)

Workshop outline:

1. EBSCO Discovery

- Communication Source

- Food Science Source

- Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine Source

- Applied Science & Technology Source

2. Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals

3. Harper's Bazaar Archive

4. INFOTRAC (Cengage)

- Culinary Arts Collection

- Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection

- Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Collection

5. IEEE – Computer Society Digital Library

6. 華藝線上圖書館 Airiti Library

Please browse the THEi website: https://www.thei.edu.hk/student-services/learning-commons/library-services/ejournal

Registration:

Please register online through Link

Deadline: 19th March 2019 (Tuesday)