Event Description
Being highlighted in the CUHK 2025 Strategic Plan, service-learning (S-L) is a three-win situation for the university, students, and community. Service-learning allows students and teachers to apply their knowledge and
skills to meet the community’ s needs and gaining further understanding of course content and improvements in the pedagogy design in return. As credit-bearing service-learning courses is one of the major foci in the
upcoming university policy and will be put into the compulsory undergraduate requirement in the long term, equipping teachers and faculty members with sufficient S-L knowledge is of utmost importance in promoting SL
as well as putting different enormous ideas of S-L into practice. The workshop series aims to provide more insight on S-L pedagogical design and to explore the utilization of technology in diverse types of S-L.
Topics
- Spotting innovative service opportunities using the dynamic perspective of “Classroom-in-Community”
- Reciprocal and collaborative relationship with community stakeholders
- Integrating different S-L models and Design Thinking in course and curriculum planning
- Assessment strategies of course outcomes and student learnings
About the speakers
Mr. Kon Chi Wong, Part-time Lecturer from the Department of Social Work, has been teaching and integrating eLearning GE S-L courses for New Asia, Shaw and United College in CUHK since 2018.
He has also been granted the “Outstanding Teaching Award” from Shaw college consecutively for 3 years, recognizing his teaching performance in S-L courses. He is currently the co-supervisor on developing a university-wide
“One-credit Service-Learning online course”, which will be launched in AY 2022-23. Before entering CUHK, he is experienced in training school teachers and social workers on using apps in field trips and holding reflection
in EDB. When working in C&Y centres, he has initiated and coordinated service-learning projects in primary and secondary schools for more than 10 years. To consolidate his experience, he has published a popular series
of books on experiential activities, games and debriefing skills.
Prof. Vivian WY Lee is the Associate Professor in the Centre for Learning Enhancement And Research (CLEAR). She is also a clinician-scientist of clinical pharmacy outcomes research to chronic
cardiology disease management utilizing the skills of clinical pharmacy, pharmacoeconomics, and interprofessional education to improve patient care. She has 153 full paper and 250 abstracts publications. She has received
numerous teaching and research awards including the Faculty Education Award (2018), the University Education Award (Highest Award on Education at the Chinese University of Hong Kong) 2014, Vice Chancellor’s Exemplary
Award 2010 and Master Teacher Award 2012 at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. In 2021, she is awarded with the 10th Health Medical Research Fund Anniversary award to recognise her sustainable and translational research
in health promotion. In addition to her passion in pharmacy research and teaching, Professor Lee also cares about the underprivileged and needy patients in the community. She has established the first interprofessional
community outreach team (CU CHAMPION) and served over 50,000 elderly citizens in Hong Kong. This was converted to a 1-unit summer elective interprofessional education course staring in summer 2018.