International Conference on Engaged Learning & Innovative Teaching in Higher Education (ELITE 2023)

Day 1: 15 November 2023 (Wednesday)

Time

Day 1 Programme

8:30 am -9:00 am

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9:00 am – 9:30 am

Welcome and Opening Address

• Professor Sally Chan

President, Tung Wah College

• Professor Will Ma

Conference Chairperson, ELITE 2023

Group photo taking

9:30 am -11:00 am

Engaged Learning:

Challenges and Opportunities

Panel:

19. Professor Allan YUEN

President, Yew Chung College of Early Childhood Education, HK

19. Professor Jin Joy MAO,

Professor, College of Health and Education, Wilkes University, USA

19. Professor Albert TEO,

Professor, School of Management, Tung Wah College, HK

11:15 am – 12:45 pm

Paper Presentation Session 1 [Link]

• A Content Analysis Approach to Examining Inclusive Practices in Teaching and Learning Plans

Sundeep Daggubati and Kam Cheng, Ara Institute of Canterbury (New Zealand)

• An Examination and Analysis of the Integration of Artificial Intelligence and Gamification in the Pedagogy of Chinese Higher Education

Poshan Yu, Soochow University, China; Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University & Australian Studies Centre, Shanghai University (China)

Siying Wang, Independent Researcher (China)

• Vocational Education Input for a Sustainable Hospitality Industry

Monica Wai Chun Choy, Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong

Alexander Seeshing Yeung, Australian Catholic University (Australia)

• Students’ Approaches to Learning (SAL) and their Relations to Burnout among University Freshmen in Singapore

Xiao-Feng Kenan Kok, Shermain Puah, Ching Yee Pua, Oran Zane Devilly, and Sok Mui Lim, Centre for Learning Environment and Assessment Development, Singapore Institute of Technology (Singapore)

12:45 pm – 2:15 pm

Lunch Break

2:15 pm – 3:45 pm

Paper Presentation Session 2 [Link]

• Navigating a supervision model in TESOL research training: Narrative insights from Asian international PhD students

Helena Sit, The University of Newcastle (Australia)

Thi Thuy Le, Ho Chi Minh City Open University (Vietnam)

Shen Chen, The University of Newcastle (Australia)

• Educating Students for Skills and Knowledge – An Experience to Instill Self-determination through Business Management Simulation Game Competition

Yui-yip Lau, College of Professional and Continuing Education, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Will W. K. Ma, Tung Wah College

Chan Kwai Nam, Icetech Hong Kong Company Limited

Chung Chui Ying, College of Professional and Continuing Education, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

• Second language critical thinking performance of tertiary students with varying academic disciplines

Sheng Tan, The University of Hong Kong

• International doctoral students’ dissertation writing experiences in Hong Kong higher education: The role of prior academic writing instruction and perceived English proficiency levels

Matthew Sung and Tim Yung, City University of Hong Kong

4 pm - 5:30 pm

AI & Higher Education

Panel:

19. Dr. Katrine Wong,

Director, Centre for Teaching and Learning Enhancement, University of Macao, Macao SAR, China

19. Professor Christina Hong,

Deputy Vice President, Central Queensland University, Australia

19. Mr Wilson Yuen,

Founder & CEO, TFI Digital Media, Hong Kong SAR, China

End of Day 1

Day 2: 16 November 2023 (Thursday)

Time

Day 2 Programme

9:00 am -9:30 am

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9:30 am -11:00 am

Education Technology Implementation:

Challenges and Barriers

Panel:

19. Professor Meifeng LIU

School of Educational Technology, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, China

19. Dr Juhong Christie Liu,

Director, Instructional Design, James Madison University, USA

19. Dr Karin Avnit

Deputy Director, CoLEAD (Tech-Enhanced Learning), Singapore Institute of Technology, Singapore

11:15 am – 12:45 pm

Paper Presentation Session 3 [Link]

• Work-Life-Study Balance Challenges and the overcoming strategies of Women in the New Zealand Construction Industry

Xinping, Yang and Kam Yuen, Cheng, Ara Institute of Canterbury (New Zealand)

• Closing Competency Gaps for Engineering Students using a Competence-based Assessment Format

Benson K.H. Hung, Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Tsing Yi), Vocational Training Council

• Value and Challenges of an Integrated Course on Digital Marketing and Big Data: A Focus Group Study

Lee Ka-wai, The University of Hong Kong

• Peer learning to promote active learning in online/hybrid classes – a case study for science education

Kim-hung Lam, Wai-chun Boris Leung, Wai Ki Vicky Chan, Wing-yiu Yu, and Long-yung Ivan Chung, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

12:45 pm – 2:15 pm

Lunch Break

2:15 pm – 3:45 pm

Paper Presentation Session 4 [Link]

• A Philosophical Approach to Teacher Education

Chi-Ming Lam, Education University of Hong Kong

• Embedding Virtual Learning Stimulations to Conventional Classroom Teaching

Yui-yip Lau, College of Professional and Continuing Education, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Nicole S.N. Yiu, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Eve Man Hin Chan, Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong

Chung Chui Ying, College of Professional and Continuing Education, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

• Students’ Perceptions of Using Video Essays as Assessment Tools

Anna Wing Bo TSO, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong

• Skills and values for the future job market and higher education students’ perceptions: Questionnaire construction procedure

Lalla Fatima Zohra ALAMI TALBI, Mohammed V university in Rabat (Morocco)

Sanae FAHMI, Mohammed V university in Rabat, (Morocco)

4 pm - 6:00 pm

Paper Presentation Session 5 [Link]

• Re-validating an assessment tool to identify, assess, and develop higher education students’ innovation competence in online education

Meiju Keinänen and Taru Konst, Turku University of Applied Sciences (Finland)

• Educators’ Experiences in enabling students learning for the VUCA world

Sirpa Hänti, Turku University of Applied Sciences (Finland)

Koen Veermans, University of Turku (Finland)

• Modeling of Domain-Specific Competence among Technicians (EQF 6) at Higher Education Facilities in Germany and Integration thereof in Ackerman’s PPIK Theory as a possible Framework

Eberhard Huester (OStR), Balthasar Neumann Technikum Trier (BNT Trier)(Germany)

• The Structure of Vocational Interests of Future Technicians (EQF 6) in Mechanical Engineering for Inter-preting Technical Drawings

Eberhard Huester (OStR), Balthasar Neumann Technikum Trier (BNT Trier)(Germany)

Hannes Saas, Technical University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (Germany)

• The Impacts of e-Learning and Virtual Reality on Diagnostic Radiography Education

Kathy Pang, Robert Gordon University (UK)

Shi Tian Chia, Singapore Institute of Technology (Singapore)

Sin Ping Winna Teng, Singapore Institute of Technology (Singapore)

Christopher Lai, Singapore Institute of Technology (Singapore)

Hajmath Begum Mohamed Sali, Singapore Institute of Technology (Singapore)

End of Day 2

Day 3: 17 November 2023 (Friday)

Time

Day 3 Programme

9:00 am -9:30 am

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9:30 am -11:00 am

Paper Presentation Session 6 [Link]

• Empowering the Future of Construction and Quantity Surveying Professionals: Unveiling the Skills Revolution in New Zealand's Construction Industry

Yingyi Zhou Health New Zealand (New Zealand)

Kam Yuen Cheng, Ara Institute of Canterbury (New Zealand)

• Intuited the usefulness of an asynchronous online discussion in a course management system among university students in Hong Kong

Shui Kau Chiu, Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong

• Gongyeh App: EFL students’ voices from Hong Kong

Frankie Har, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

• Technology-aided Learning at the Intersection of Presence-at-hand and Readiness-to-hand and the Fusion of Horizons among Students, Technology and Teachers

Jeff Hok-Yin Lau, Caritas Institute of Higher Education

11:15 am – 12:45 pm

Paper Presentation Session 7 [Link]

• Existential Relationship between Teacher-Centred Learning and Student-Centred Learning Inauthentic Solicitude as a Necessary Condition of Authentic Solicitude

Jeff Hok-Yin Lau, Caritas Institute of Higher Education

• Student-Teachers’ Practicum Experiences in Hong Kong and Macao during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Huey Lei, Caritas Institute of Higher Education

Victor Wan-chong Choi, Macao Polytechnic University, (Macao SAR, China)

Marcruz Yew-lee Ong, Caritas Institute of Higher Education

• Practical journalism modules to be taught online: A blessing or a nightmare to the teachers and students?

Wendy Wing-lam Chan, HKUSpace Po Leung Kuk Stanley Ho Community College

Wong Chi-hung, Hong Kong Metropolitan University

• Hollowing out and reinventing higher education: An individualist perspective

Shui Kau CHIU, Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong

End of Conference