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Date |
24 January 2025 (Friday) |
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Time |
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. |
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Format |
Online through Zoom |
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Speakers |
Ms Christy CHAN Dr Pauli LAI |
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Target |
Staff |
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Language |
English |
Speaker
Ms Christy CHAN’s bio
Ms Christy Chan is Senior Tutor and Coordinator of bespoke English services at the CFML CSL English Language Centre at the City University of Hong Kong. She specializes in curriculum design for English for the discipline, English across the curriculum, and quality assurance in education. She co-led four UGC Teaching and Learning Grants on integrating technology in English education, promoting professional development among university teachers, and multimodality in English teaching and learning. She is recipient of the UGC Teaching Award 2022 (Collaborative Team), Wharton-QS Reimagine Education Silver Award 2022 (ICT tools, edu apps, instructional technologies), and Finalist Edtech Cool Tool Award 2021.
Dr Pauli LAI’s bio
Dr. Pauli Lai is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. She specializes in databases and programming, with a keen focus on leveraging AI and EdTech to enhance teaching methodologies. Passionate about innovative pedagogies, she has led several funded projects totaling over 4.6 million. Dr. Lai has received several honors, including the eLearning Forum Asia Silver Award in 2022 and the Faculty Outstanding Teacher Award in 2024. Her interdisciplinary team also won the Smart Omnichannel Campus Gold Award and the Global Education Award at the 2024 QS Reimagine Education Awards.