| Date: | 17 November 2021 (Wednesday) |
| Time: | 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm |
| Venue: | e-Learning Studio, 2/F, MMW Library or Online Zoom Meeting |
| Target: | New full-time academic/teaching staff |
| Speaker: |
Presentation 1 Presentation 2 Dr LAM Wai Man Winnie [MIT] |
| Moderator: | Dr. William CHEUNG Educational Development Manager, LTTC |
| Language: | English |
Participation in this seminar can be counted towards the Certificate Course “Introduction to Teaching in Higher Education” under the theme, “Seminars/Workshops in Learning and Teaching”.
Abstract
Establishing a new corpus-based language pedagogy for pre-service and pre-service English teachers: strategies and research potential
In the past few years, Dr Angel Ma and her team at the Department of Linguistics and Modern Language Studies have established a new corpus-based language pedagogy (CBLP). This innovative CBLP features inductive, data-driven and interactive learning, aiming to help students become independent language learners. This seminar will share some useful strategies on how to implement CBLP in training pre-service teachers from undergraduate and postgraduate courses as well as in-service teachers from professional development programmes at EdUHK and beyond. Establishing and promoting CBLP has also brought great research potential for the teacher-researcher.
Presentation 2
Using AI Chatbot to provide personalized feedback and enhance learning support
Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help to provide personalized feedback to students to meet their diverse needs and provide an adaptive learning environment. One-on-one individualized tutoring can help to provide specific study tips to enhance students’ learning performance and experience, but it is unpractical in traditional setting. Using AI chatbot as intelligent tutor can help to provide timely feedback and personalized advice for students based on their real-time learning progress. Besides, this approach can help teachers to reduce repetitive tasks and identify common learning problems.
Speaker
Dr MA Qing Angel
Recipient of the President’s Awards for Outstanding Performance in Teaching 2020
Dr MA Qing Angel's Bio
Dr Angel Ma is currently an associate professor at the Department of Linguistics and Modern Language Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong. Her main research interests include second language vocabulary acquisition, corpus linguistics, corpus-based language pedagogy, computer assisted language learning (CALL) and mobile assisted language learning (MALL).
Dr LAM Wai Man Winnie
Recipient of the President’s Awards for Outstanding Performance in Teaching 2020
Dr LAM Wai Man Winnie's Bio
Dr Winnie LAM is an Associate Head and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mathematics and Information Technology in The Education University of Hong Kong. Her research interests are machine learning, AI, and robotics. Building on her background as an educator and researcher, she has collaborated with various teaching teams and educational organizations to promote collaborative learning and incorporate tech tools at the higher education, secondary, primary and kindergarten levels.