Teaching Development Grants for 2005-08 Triennium
Project Title Principal Supervisor(s)
/Department/Faculty
Duration Approved Budget (HK$)
University-wide initiatives
Enhancing PDCs by producing modularized supporting materials based on excellent practice Professor David Kember, Centre for Learning Enhancement And Research

(In view of Professor David Kember's departure from the University, Professor Carmel McNaught has become the Principal Supervisor of this project.)
3 years 504,000
Aligning an eLearning service to the needs of programmes Professor Carmel McNaught, Centre for Learning Enhancement And Research 2 years 920,000
Support for further development of outcomes-based approaches to teaching and learning Professor Carmel McNaught, Centre for Learning Enhancement And Research 2 years 730,000
Ensuring that the needs and preferences of students and teachers guide planning for the use of eBooks at CUHK Professor Carmel McNaught, Centre for Learning Enhancement And Research 2 years 242,000
Support for innovative eLearning strategies: A supplementary platform for new teaching and learning software and objects Professor Paul Lam, Centre for Learning Enhancement And Research 2 years 129,500
Developing procedures for monitoring the development of desired learning outcomes by University General Education courses Professor Cheung Chan Fai, Office of University General Education

Professor David Kember, Centre for Learning Enhancement And Research
1 year & 9 months 449,000
Faculty of Arts
eLearning objects for English language enhancement Mr. Bruce K.C. Ma, Independent Learning Centre

(Mr. Bruce K.C. Ma has left the University and the project is ceased as a result of his departure.)
1 year & 9.5 months 312,243
Development of a computer-based teaching system for the IELTS writing test Dr. Peter Clarke, English Language Teaching Unit 1 year 190,000
Literacies in the humanities: The student voice Professor Lai Pan Chiu, Department of Cultural and Religious Studies 1 year & 10 months 1,000,000
Faculty of Business Administration
Centre for case writing and research Professor Lee Tien Sheng, Faculty of Business Administration

(Professor Lee Tien Sheng has left the University. Professor Wong Tak Jun, Dean of Faculty of Business Administration, has become the Principal Supervisor of this project.)
2 years 950,000
Faculty of Education
Research-based and data-driven approach to student-teacher development Dr. Eunice Tang, Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Professor John C.K. Lee, Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Professor Cecilia Chun, Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Professor David W.O. Chan, Department of Educational Psychology
1 year & 8 months 608,000
Developing an outcomes-based approach (OBA) for learning and teaching in teacher education Ms. Mandy Au, Faculty of Education

Professor Lee Chi Kin, Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Professor Cecilia Chun, Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Dr. Chan Wan Ka, Department of Sports Science and Physical Education
2 years 950,000
Faculty of Engineering
A web-based platform for mathematics knowledge diagnostic testing for engineering freshmen Professor Chan Lai Wan, Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Professor Jimmy H.M. Lee, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
1 year 219,300
Nurturing the professional learning outcomes important to engineers in contemporary society Professor Yam Yeung, Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering 2 years 493,630
Virtual reality based physiological anatomy and virtual surgery learning system Professor Heng Pheng Ann, Department of Computer Science and Engineering 2 years 988,640
Interactive English learning using software-based mispronunciation detection for native-Chinese (Cantonese / Putonghua) speakers Professor Helen Meng, Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management

Dr. Pauline Lee, Independent Learning Centre
2 years 600,000
Faculty of LAW
Modifying ‘The Gold Rush Mining the Law’ online game designed for secondary students into a CD-Rom on Hong Kong Law for first year Law students Professor Marlene Le Brun, Faculty of Law

6 months 50,000
The Law students and the School of Law: Reflections on a four year degree Professor Mike McConville, Faculty of Law

2 years 430,000
Achieving designated outcomes: Measuring the integration of skills related outcomes into the student learning experience Professor Anne Scully-Hill, Faculty of Law

2 years 500,000
Faculty of Medicine
Use of a wizard template to facilitate construction of quality extended matching questions (EMQs) Professor H.K. Ng, Department of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology 2 years 220,530
Developing simulator-based experiential learning (S-BEL) for undergraduate teaching of acute medicine Professor Anil T. Ahuja, Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Organ Imaging 2 years 228,004
An evaluation of two approaches to case-based learning in nursing education: A pilot project Professor Chair Sek Ying, The Nethersole School of Nursing 1 year & 3 months 100,000
Developing appropriate student learning outcomes (SLOs): Balancing pedagogical latitude and accountability in educating medical students Professor H.K. Ng, Department of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology 2 years 1,000,000
Development of a virtual patient environment to facilitate teaching of medical students Professor Lester A.H. Critchley, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 2 years 386,000
To review and refine a repository of case simulations developed by the Faculty of Medicine and to enable their use in faculty-wide summative assessments of undergraduate medical students Professor S.M. Kumta, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2 years 496,341
Structured learning activities to promote nursing students’ self-reflection in clinical practice courses Professor Ip Wan Yim, The Nethersole School of Nursing 10 months 98,450
Developing illness scripts for improving clinical reasoning in medical students Professor Anna Lee, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 2 years 250,000
Teaching, learning and assessment of medical imaging prioritization and interpretation using virtual on-call Professor Gregory E. Antonio, Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Organ Imaging

(In view of Professor Gregory E. Antonio's departure from the University, Professor Anil T. Ahuja, Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Organ Imaging, has become the Principal Supervisor of this project.)
2 years 250,000
Faculty of Science
Engaging science students in the design and enactment of assessment Professor Kwan Hoi Shan, Faculty of Science

Professor Carmel McNaught, Centre for Learning Enhancement And Research

Professor Poon Wai Yin, Department of Statistics
2 years 200,000
Development of multi-disciplinary discovery oriented experiments for teaching and learning of the selectivity and microscopic aspects (mechanisms) of organic reactions Dr. Mak Kin Wah, Kendrew, Department of Chemistry 2 years 102,900
Establishing and trialing a set of case-based eLearning resources in Chinese Medicine education Professor Lin Zhixiu, School of Chinese Medicine 1 year 99,732
Student engaging teaching and learning designs in Mathematics Professor Au Kwok Keung, Department of Mathematics

Dr. Cheung Ka Luen, Department of Mathematics
1 year
& 10 months
100,000
Development and promotion of an online platform for survey research Professor Cheung Siu Hung, Department of Statistics 2 years 100,000
Promoting the use of the outcome-based approach in science programmes: Development of learning outcome statements and measurement instruments Professor David Kember, Centre for Learning Enhancement And Research

Professor Kwan Hoi Shan, Facutly of Science

Professor Poon Wai Yin, Department of Statistics
1 year & 11 months 1,000,000
Faculty of Social Science
Developing case-based teaching and learning on Chinese society Professor Stephen Chiu, Department of Sociology 2 years 94,960
Beyond universities-schools partnership: Exploring with the schools, demonstrating to the world – sustainable professional development for students and teachers Professor Bernard Lim, School of Architecture 1 year & 6 months 500,000
An outcome-based approach to curriculum assessment in Sociology Professor Stephen Chiu, Department of Sociology 2 years 496,044