This experience sharing event will enable educators to learn from experts and their peers the dos and don'ts of blended learning. Participants will also learn hands-on how students could collaborate online with peers from around the world to learn and tackle global issues.
1. Takeaways from ISTE Summer Learning Academy on how educators could address the issues of inclusion, student wellbeing and learning motivation in a blended learning environment
2. the pedagogical approaches for doing blended learning within the Hong Kong education framework
3. Blended Learning for Optimizing Quality of Learning: Not for Extended Learning
Gloria Chan
Director of Esperanza
Siu Cheung Prof Kong
Director of Director of Centre for Learning, Teaching and Technology of The Education University of Hong Kong.
4:45 PM - 5:15 PMOnline collaboration tools
Participants will learn how business communities collaborate online across different time zones using Mural, an online collaboration platform.
Educators can apply the learning to enable students collaborate online with peers around the world to understand and tackle global issues.
Jesko von den Steinen
Lead Facilitator at PwC Experience Centre
5:15 PM - 5:45 PMCase studies sharing
The Education University of Hong Kong Jockey Club Primary School: Overcoming challenges in implementing blended learning
Yuen Long Merchants Secondary School: Application of technology in teaching humanities
KAM YUEN LAW
Innovation and Technology Coordinator at Education University of HK Jockey Club Primary School
Fung Ming Wong
Assistant Principal at Yuen Long Merchant School
5:45 PM - 6:00 PMQ&A
Ben Chan
Education Industry Executive at Microsoft HK
6:00 PM - 6:30 PMExclusive Q&A session with ISTE programme educators
Gloria Chan
Director of Esperanza
Annie Ning
Director, Asia Affairs of ISTE
Siu Cheung Prof Kong
Director of Director of Centre for Learning, Teaching and Technology of The Education University of Hong Kong.
Programme
Esperanza is co-organising with the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) a blended learning professional development programme. Over 70 educators have commenced their learning journey since June. With the school resumption, Esperanza is organizing this experience sharing session with experts and educators on the dos and don'ts of blended learning. You will learn:
how educators could address the issues of inclusion, student wellbeing and learning motivation in a blended learning environment;
the pedagogical approaches for doing blended learning;
how technology could be applied in teaching humanities;
how schools could overcome the challenges in implementing blended learning;
how students could collaborate online with peers from different time zones to understand and tackle global issues.
Note: ISTE Blended Learning Programme participants can attend in person to join an exclusive consultation session with experts to facilitate your blended learning project preparation work.