eLearning at the RS Retreat

E-learning was the focus at the recent Department of Rehabilitation Sciences Retreat in Discovery Bay. The day was most productive with RS staff showing much enthusiasm for advancing their use of e-learning in various presentations. A particularly interesting discussion took place with Clinical Assistants and Instructors from Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy. This looked at the...

Flipped Classroom

Everybody’s talking about ‘Flipping’ lately. Want to find out more? Check out this link from the University of Texas at Austin. It gives nice clear explanations about the ‘what’, ‘why’ and ‘how’.  

WebCT: the final end

ITS have already sent notices about this, but just to remind you there will be NO access at all to the old WebCT server (http://webct2.polyu.edu.hk/) from 1st July 2013. If you still have old courses and materials archived there that you want to keep, then you need to act quickly. If you wish to move anything from WebCT to Blackboard contact the ITS Help Centre at 2766 5900. Course...

Build a School in the Cloud

TED Talks 2013 TED Prize Winner Sugata Mitra provides a thought provoking look at teaching, learning, creativity and a wish for Self Organized Learning...

Tablets and iPads at SHTM!

At the School of Hotel & Tourism Management (SHTM) this semester we took a new direction for HTM 2315 Principles of Food Service Production.  We wanted to teach on a more interactive level with newer technologies such as Apple’s iPad and Samsung’s Galaxy Tab.  The class operates with one mass lecture taught via notebook and iPad. For iPad usage we use a variety of applications...