Program Overview

13 June 2014 (Friday)

Time Program Location
08:45 – 09:10 Registration RHT-foyer
09:10 – 10:00
Keynote 1: Education and Technology Partnerships as Intercultural Communities: An Ethnographic Perspective

Speaker:
Professor Judith GREEN (Department of Education, University of California, Santa Barbara)
Chair:
Dr. Susan BRIDGES (Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, HKU)
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10:00 – 10:20 Tea Break RHT-foyer
10:20 – 11:20 Parallel session 1 – Paper Presentation & Workshops 1/F & 2/F RMS
11:30 – 12:30 Parallel session 2 – Paper Presentation & Workshops 1/F & 2/F RMS
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 13:45 Registration for afternoon session RHT-foyer
13:45 – 14:00
Opening ceremony & Welcoming address

Speaker:
Professor Stephen ANDREWS (Dean, Faculty of Education, HKU)
RHT
14:00 – 14:50
Keynote 2: Open Education, Open Educational Resources and MOOCs

Speaker:
Professor Tian BELAWATI (Rector of Universitas Terbuka, Indonesia and President of the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE))
Chair:
Dr. Weiyuan ZHANG (Head of Centre for Cyber Learning, HKU SPACE)
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14:50 – 15:40
Keynote 3: A Critical Examination of MOOCs with Remarks about Mini-MOOCs

Speaker:
Professor J. Michael SPECTOR (Visiting Professor at HKU, Professor of Learning Technologies at the University of North Texas)
Chair:
Dr. Sam CHU (Deputy Director, CITE, Faculty of Education, HKU)
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15:40 – 15:55 Tea Break RHT-foyer
16:00 – 17:00 Parallel session 3 – Paper Presentation & Workshops 1/F & 2/F RMS

14 June 2014 (Saturday)

Time Program Location
08:45 – 09:00 Registration RHT-foyer
09:00 – 09:15
Opening Ceremony for the Launch of SELTAS – An E-Learning Platform for Students with Special Educational Needs

Speaker:
Mr. SHE Mang Chief Curriculum Development Officer (Information Technology in Education), Education Bureau, HKSAR)

Presentation of Certificate of Contributions to Project Schools

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09:15 – 10:00
Keynote 4: The SELTAS Platform: Enabling innovation in special education with technology for e-learning that is collaboratively managed and collegially quality assured

Speaker:
Mr Keith HUMPHREYS (Honorary International Consultant, Centre for the Advancement for Inclusive and Special Education (CAISE), HKU)
Chair:
Mr. Andrew TSE (Research Associate, CAISE, HKU)
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10:00 – 10:40
Plenary session: The Uniqueness of SELTAS – its features and functions in school context

Speakers:
Mr. Kenneth CHENG (Project Coordinator, BTCFS-Yeung Yat Lam Memorial School)
Miss Mabel HO (Speech Therapist, Hong Kong Red Cross Margaret Trench School)
Miss Janny LIU (Administrative Secretary of SAME Network for Quality Education)
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10:40 – 11:00 Tea Break RHT-foyer
11:00 – 11:40
Invited Talk: Blogging and Parental Partnerships

Speaker:
Mr. Pete WELLS (Portland Academy, Sunderland, United Kingdom)
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11:45 – 12:45 Parallel session 4 – Paper Presentation & Workshops RHT,
1/F & 2/F RMS
12:45 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:15 Registration for afternoon session RHT-foyer
14:15 – 15:15 Parallel session 5 – Paper Presentation & Workshops 1/F & 2/F RMS
15:15 – 15:35 Tea Break RHT-foyer
15:40 – 16:40
Closing Panel Discussion (總結座談): An Open Forum for the Fourth Strategy on Information Technology in Education (第四個資訊科技教育策略公開論壇)

Language:
Cantonese supplemented with English (語言:粵語輔以英語)
Panelists:
Dr. Catherine K.K. CHAN (Deputy Secretary for Education, Education Bureau, HKSAR Government)
Mr. Keith HUMPHREYS (Honorary International Consultant, CAISE, Faculty of Education, HKU)
Mr. HUNG Wai Shing (Member, Subsidized Primary Schools Council)
Mr. LAM Yat Fung, James (Chairman, Hong Kong Subsidized Secondary Schools Council)
Professor Nancy LAW (Deputy Director, CITE, Faculty of Education, HKU)
Mr. MA Hoi Hung (Chairman, The Hong Kong Association for Computer Education)
Mr. Albert WONG (Chairman, Association of IT Leaders in Education)
Chair:
Dr. Allan YUEN (Director, CITE, Faculty of Education, HKU)
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Locations

RHT Rayson Huang Theatre, The University of Hong Kong
RMS Runme Shaw Building, The University of Hong Kong