On September 16th, CTLE held a multifaceted online professional development workshop which brought together two distinguished guest speakers and over 60 colleagues from the University of Macau. In addition, the event comprised of two panels in which experts provided pedagogical strategies and gave participants an opportunity to interact in an open discussion.

Opening Remarks
Prof. Michael King-Man Hui, VRAA

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Prof. Hui raised three questions to arouse participants’ interest in the themes and topics of the faculty development workshop.

  1. Given the fact that 70% of our undergraduate students live on campus, and we have a gorgeous campus and excellent teaching support and facilities, why do we still want to promote blended teaching and learning? Why do we still want our students to watch videos online when both the instructor and the students are on campus?
  2. Do you think our students are self-motivated enough to make hybrid teaching and learning a success? And, how about our teachers? Both teachers and students will have to make extra effort for hybrid teaching and learning.
  3. What should we do in order to enhance students’ motivation and their readiness to participate in blended teaching and learning activities?

Blended Learning Development and Trends
Prof. Irwin King, CUHK

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Blended learning is a pedagogy that combines traditional classroom learning with online education resources and technology. In his presentation, Prof. King shared recent developments and promising trends in blended learning, and illustrated how blended learning would not only support changes to teaching and learning needs by reducing physical attendance, but also strengthen the interactions and efficiencies between teachers and students through technology in times of crisis.

Blended Learning ABC: Approach, Benefits, Credibility
Dr. Julia Chen, HKPolyU

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Blended learning has become an umbrella term with multiple definitions that encompass pedagogic approaches, technology-enhanced active learning, diverse instructional methods, and convergence across the curriculum. With teaching and research examples from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, this keynote discussed the purposes of blended learning for the student, the teacher and the institution; some of the conceptualizations and designs of onsite-online mix to achieve desirable blends; and methods to evaluate blended learning and its impact on the learner.

Panel Conversation: Facilitating Student Learning In-class and Online: UM Evidence and Tips
Prof. Katrine Wong, DCTLE/FAH
Prof. Alexandr Svetlicinii, FLL
Prof. Ruiyu Xie, FHS
Prof. Roberval Teixeira E SILVA, FAH

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In this panel conversation, colleagues who have experience with blended learning approaches shared a few tips. The talking points included: differences between online and in-class in a blended-learning mode and useful learning activities for blended-learning pedagogies.

Open Forum: Connecting Learners On and Off Campus
Prof. Katrine Wong, DCTLE/FAH
Prof. Rico Lam, Registrar
Mr. Antony Si Tou, ICTO
Mr. Ho Yiu Pong , FMM
Mr. Vincent Sou, FMM

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This forum provided colleagues with an interactive platform to share observations and explore pedagogical designs feasible for this semester’s teaching and learning arrangement.

If you have any further questions for our keynote speakers, please feel free to contact Prof. Katrine K. Wong (kwong@um.edu.mo) who will relay your messages. Colleagues are also invited to visit the CTLE website to find more teaching ideas and resources. More information is available at ctle.um.edu.mo.

精彩回顧：

教師發展在線半天工作坊－跨學科混合學習

9月16日，教與學優化中心舉行了一次在線專業發展工作坊，除了有來自香港兩位演講嘉賓進行主題演講，並提供了各種不同的教學策略外，工作坊進行了兩場有關在校內進行混合教學的討論，吸引超過60位澳大同事參與。

工作坊開始先由澳大副校長（學術）許敬文教授致開幕詞，他向同事們和嘉賓們提出了三個有關本次工作坊應探討的問題：

  • 有近七成本科學生都住在澳大這座美麗的校園，同時又有出色的教學設施及支援，為什麼我們仍要促進混合教學呢？當老師和學生都在校內，為什麼仍希望他們在線觀看教學影片？
  • 你認為我們的學生能足夠主動自己學習以令混合教學取得成功嗎？老師方面又做得怎樣呢？澳大師生都必須為混合式教與學付出更多的努力；
  • 為增強學生對學習的積極性和更主動參與混合教學活動，我們應怎樣做？

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兩個主題演講同時進行，來自香港中文大學的金國慶教授以〝混合學習的發展和趨勢〞，分享了混合學習的最新發展和可觀趨勢；他還提及混合學習如何在疫情時期時即使減少實際上課，也能通過技術來提升師生教學的互動和成效，來應對教學需求的變化。

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而來自香港理工大學的陳小華博士則以〝混合學習ABC：步驟、得益、可信〞為題進行演講，她認為混合學習已成為一個多重定義的術語，涵蓋了教學方法、主動學習的技術提升、多樣化教學以及課程融合；陳博士並以該校的教學和研究為基礎，探討了混合學習分別對學生、老師和學校的目的；她也向同事們介紹了現場和在線混合教學的概念和設計、相關教學評估和對學習者的影響等。

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其後工作坊以小組討論的形式進行，來自不同學院的老師們圍繞〝在澳大促進學生在課堂和在線學習的實例和提示〞為題，討論了包括在混合學習模式下，在線和課堂上的差異以及對混合學習有用學習活動；小組討論成員有：王嘉祺教授（教與學優化中心、人文學院）、Alexandr Svetlicinii教授（法學院）、謝瑞瑜教授（健康科學學院）及Roberval Teixeira E SILVA教授（人文學院）。

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工作坊並設有開放式討論的環節，以〝連繫校園內外的學習者〝為主題進行線上互動，由於本學期以線上和課室混合式教學（Hybrid Teaching and Learning)的形式上課，與會者和同事們分享校內混合式教學的情況，並共同探索更合適的教學設計；參與該討論環節的成員有：王嘉祺教授（教與學優化中心、人文學院）、林朗為教授（教務長）、司徒國璠先生（資源及通訊科技部）、何耀邦先生及蘇振華先生（設施管理及維護處）。

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如果對主題演講者還有其他問題，歡迎電郵聯絡本中心主任王嘉祺教授kwong@um.edu.mo。如想了解更多教與學方法及資源，請瀏覽本中心網站：https://ctle.um.edu.mo。