BACKGROUND

The University Administrative and Planning Committee (UAPC) recently approved a Faculty Pioneer Scheme that $20,000 (in the form of a special grant for research and conference attendance) be granted to each of the Faculty Pioneers (one award for each department/unit) for one year to recognize and reward his/her contributions to teaching and learning. The Scheme shall cover 20 academic departments/units (9 in the Arts Faculty including CEAL and CLEAC, 5 in the Business Faculty, and 4 in the Social Sciences Faculty, the Science Unit as well as the School of Graduate Studies (SGS)). Under the scheme, the awards can be made to individuals as well as teams. The Sub-Committee on Teaching and Learning (SCTL) will oversee the Scheme with effect from 1 April 2020 with support of the Teaching and Learning Centre (TLC) on implementation. (REF - SCTL/19/3/A7).

 

The Pioneer roles are seen to be an integral aspect of the work across the University in achieving the Strategic Plan 2019 – 2025 (https://www.ln.edu.hk/strategic-plan/eng/undergraduate.html ), in particular the area of ““To develop smart teaching and learning and other cutting-edge pedagogies with the help of new digital education technologies to support teaching and learning endeavours to meet students’ new learning needs in a rapidly changing world where new knowledge and skills continue to appear and workplace requirements are constantly changing”. This initiative also aligns with recommendation six from the senate approved paper entitled “Enhancing Innovative Teaching and Learning at Lingnan: An Implementation Proposal” (ref; SEN/19/3/A8). It also aligns with the goals of the top-sliced TDLEG project, “Advancing Blended Learning @ Lingnan to a New Stage”, which was attachment 1 to the “Plan for the Use of the Teaching Development and Language Enhancement Grant (TDLEG) in the 2019 – 22 Triennium”.

 

These roles are designed to be negotiated with the nominees as far as possible. Also, it is envisaged that the Pioneer roles, over the duration of the initiative could change and align with Faculty specific initiatives. Below are the current nominees:

	Faculty	Dept/Unit	Faculty Pioneer	Post	Email
1	ARTS	CUS	Prof. LEUNG Yuk Ming Lisa	Associate Professor	leunglym@ln.edu.hk
2		CUS	Dr YAU Hoi Yan Yvonne	Research Assistant Professor	hoiyanyau@ln.edu.hk
3		PHI	Prof. MATTHIAS Andreas	Assistant Professor of Teaching	matthias@ln.edu.hk
4		CEAL	Dr GARRALDA ORTEGA Angel	Senior Lecturer	agarralda@ln.edu.hk
5		CLEAC	Dr LI Fei	Senior Lecturer	f2li@ln.edu.hk
6		CHI	Prof. XU Gang	Associate Professor	gangxu@ln.edu.hk
7		ENG	Prof. HIRADHAR Preet	Associate Professor of Teaching	ph@ln.edu.hk
8		HST	Dr MAO Sheng#	Lecturer	shengmao@ln.edu.hk
9		TRA	Dr. MORAR Florin-Stefan	Assistant Professor	florinmorar@ln.edu.hk
10	BUS	MKT	Prof. POON Shing Chung Patrick	Professor of Teaching	patpoon@ln.edu.hk
11		MKT	Prof. Paul WHITLA	Professor of Teaching	whitla@ln.edu.hk
12		CDS	Prof. SEE-TO Wing Kuen Eric	Associate Professor	ericseeto@ln.edu.hk
13		ACT	Prof. LO Wai Yee Agnes	Associate Professor of Teaching	wylo@ln.edu.hk
14		F&I	CHEN Zhiyao Nicholas #	Associate Professor
15		MGT	Mr WANG Chongwei	Lecturer	chongweiwang@ln.edu.hk
16	SS	ECON	Prof. Gregory William WHITTEN #	Assistant Professor of Teaching	gregorywhitten@ln.edu.hk
17		PSY	Prof. LEE Lap Fai Alan (first contact point)	Associate Professor	alanlee@ln.edu.hk
18			Prof. LUN Miu Chi Vivian	Associate Professor	vivianlun@ln.edu.hk
19		POL	Prof. YANG Shen	Assistant Professor	shenyang2@ln.edu.hk
20		SOCSP	Prof. Gizem ARAT	Assistant Professor	gizemarat@ln.edu.hk
21	GS	GS	Prof. YAU Yung	Professor	yungyau@ln.edu.hk
22	SU	SU	Dr GENG Hongyan Helen	Lecturer	helengeng@ln.edu.hk
23	WBLMP	WBLMP	Prof. IP Kim Ho	Professor of Practice	kimhoip@ln.edu.hk
24	REG	REG	Ms HUEN Ka Sin Pauly	Administrative Manager	kshuen@ln.edu.hk
25	TLC	TLC	-	-	-
26	TLC	TLC	Mr. MAK Ka Ho Jason	Learning Designer & Faculty Liaison	jasonmak@LN.edu.hk
27	OSA	OSA	Ms YAU Lai Kuen Carman	Associate Director of Student Affairs	yaucy@ln.edu.hk
28	OSL	OSL	Dr Wilfred Raj Arokiaraj AROKIARAJ	Associate Programme Director	aloy@ln.edu.hk

 

# Nominated by Deans for the SCTL meetings in 2021-22

Roles

• Contribute to Blended Learning Professional Development activities
• Collaborate with TLC (and other Pioneers) re Blended Learning projects
• Support other Pioneers in their Faculty in developing and extending their use of blended and eLearning approaches in their teaching
• Contribute their knowledge, skills and experience to the achievement of the key project deliverables (e.g.: review the Blended Learning Online Modules)
• Assist in raising awareness of the project activities and outcomes
• Participate in dissemination activities related to the project
• Explore collaborations with the member institutions of the Alliance of

Asian Liberal Arts Universities (AALAU) and Global Liberal Arts Alliance (GLAA) re Blended Learning

• Act as the main conduit between TLC and associated Faculties / Schools in the area of Blended Learning
• One Faculty Pioneer, nominated by each Dean, to attend SCTL as member from 2020/21

 

Funding Support

• Remuneration of $20,000 HKD Professional Development funding will be made available to each Faculty Pioneer (excluding TLC, Reg, Lib, ITSC, OSA, OSL)

 

Term of the Roles

• The Pioneer roles are for 1 Academic year with some preparation and post work. Noted is that the roles may be shared across different staff / teams from the Faculty / Department

 

Duties

• Identify in collaboration with TLC a small-scale blended learning initiative to trial within their context
• Contribute to the evaluation of the project and deliverables
• Disseminate project activities and outcomes to Faculty and the wider Lingnan community
• Attend a community lunch meeting/forum/presentation approximately once a month (from 1-2 hours duration) ~ 8 times a year
• Collaborate (both formally and informally) with other Pioneers within an evolving community of practice
• Develop in collaboration with TLC and relevant colleagues a strategic professional development plan (SPDP) which aimed at enhancing the eLearning / Blended Learning culture specific to the Faculty context
• Participate in various dissemination activities such as possible Faculty Blended Learning Roadshows / Teaching and Learning Innovation Showcase, etc.
• Work with invited blended learning consultants as part of their roles as Faculty Pioneer
• One Faculty Pioneer, nominated by each Dean, is expected to join the SCTL as member from 2020/21 (according to the SCTL meeting held on 8 April 2020)

Proposed Meeting dates for 2021

 

 

Estimated time commitment would be approximately 1 hour per month to attend the regular community meeting + roughly 1-2 hours on associated follow-up actions and possibly some additional commitment at other peak times such as during dissemination activities. In addition, the implementation of a specific Blended Learning project with extensive support from TLC would be part of the expected time commitment.