Dates: July 20-22, 2016 (Wednesday to Friday)

Venue: Meng Wah Complex, HKU

Following the successes of the Science of Learning Winter Institute 2014, 2015, 2016 and SummerFest 2014, 2015, we are pleased to announce the launch of the SummerFest 2016 with the theme “Impact, Innovation and Integrity”. This year’s SummerFest will be held from 20 to 22 July 2016, involving a series of events with a focus on translation of research to the classroom and promoting innovation with integrity within the wider theme of impact. During this period, we are honored to invite a number of distinguished researchers from the ARC Science of Learning Research Centre (Australia), Australian Council for Educational Research and the University of Lund to give talks in the events. We are also privileged to have Professor Laura-Ann Petitto, HKU Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities and Professor in Psychology Department of Gallaudet University, and Professor Kevin Dunbar, Research Visiting Professor of the University of Hong Kong and Director of the Laboratory for Complex Thinking, Creativity and Educational Neuroscience of the University of Maryland.

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Program

20 July 2016 (Wednesday)

Session 1: Science of Learning at the University of Hong Kong 

Time: 9:00-13:00
Venue: Lecture Theatre 1, Meng Wah Complex LG/F, HKU

Speakers (in alphabetical order):
Dr. Michael Botelho (Faculty of Dentistry, HKU) An Evaluation of Video Learning for Clinical Skills 
Dr. Susan Bridges (Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning, Faculty of Education, HKU) Developing transdisciplinary understandings in medical and health sciences education: An Interactional Ethnography 
Dr. Sam Chu (Faculty of Education, HKU) Gamification, Data and Learning
Dr. Timothy Hew (Faculty of Education, HKU) The Effects of Using Digital Game Mechanics on University Students’ Engagement and Learning
Dr. Jingyan Lu (Faculty of Education, HKU) Multitasking with Technology: the Impact on Adolescent 
Dr. Michele Notari (Faculty of Education, HKU) Development of eHealth Literacy Using Wearable Watches Equipped with Biometric Sensors​​
Dr. Puisan Wong (Faculty of Education, HKU) Acquisition of Lexical Tones in Young Children
Dr. Patcy Yueng (Faculty of Education, HKU) Cognitive-linguistic Factors Contributing to Chinese Writing among Primary Students in Hong Kong

Panel:
Professor Annemaree Carroll, Science of Learning Research Centre, School of Education, The University of Queensland
Professor Ross Cunnington, Science of Learning Research Centre, Queensland Brain Institute, and School of Psychology, The University of Queensland
Professor Jason Mattingley, Science of Learning Research Centre, Queensland Brain Institute, and School of Psychology, The University of Queensland

Chair: Professor Pankaj Sah, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland

Poster Session and Lunch with representatives from the Education Bureau

Time: 13:00-14:00
Venue: Lecture Theatre 1, Meng Wah Complex LG/F, HKU
Presenters: HKU research staff

Session 2: [Forum] Science of Learning — Why it matters to schools and families

Time: 14:00-15:30
Venue: Lecture Theatre 1, Meng Wah Complex LG/F, HKU
Chair: Professor Kai Ming Cheng, Faculty of Education, HKU

Talk 1: Science of Learning and Educational Neuroscience – What are these sister disciplines, and why do they matter to schools, families, and society
Professor Laura-Ann Petitto, HKU Sin Wai-Lin Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities, Co-PI and Science Director of the National Science Foundation & Gallaudet University’s Science of Learning Center, Visual Language and Visual Learning, VL2; and Scientific Director: The Petitto Brain and Language Laboratory for Neuroimaging, Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C.

Talk 2: Educational Neuroscience and key issues in human learning: Context, Analogy & Causality
Professor Kevin Niall Dunbar, Director Laboratory for Complex Thinking, Creativity & Educational Neuroscience University of Maryland College Park; Visiting Research Professor University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Education

Talk 3: Science of Learning—why it matters to schools, families, and society
Professor Akaysha Tang, Director, Laboratory of Neuroscience for Education Faculty of Education, HKU

Symposium: New Methods in MRI Technology

Time: 16:00-18:00
Venue: Lecture Theatre 1, Meng Wah Complex LG/F, HKU

Talk 1: Mapping Brain Connectivity with MRI
Dr. Edward Hui, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Hong Kong

Talk 2: Fast Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Neuroscience Research
Dr. Charles Chang, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Hong Kong​

Talk 3:  Age-related Differences in Metabolites in the Anterior and Posterior Cingulate Cortices of the Aging Brain
Dr. Carrie Chiu, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Hong Kong

Talk 4: Magnetic Resonance Susceptibility for the Evaluation of Aging and Dementia
Dr. Henry Mak, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Hong Kong

Chair: Professor Pek Lan Khong, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong

21 July 2016 (Thursday)

Session 3: ARC Science of Learning Research Centre 

Time: 9:00-13:00
Venue: Lecture Theatre 1, Meng Wah Complex LG/F, HKU
Chair: Professor Nancy Law, Faculty of Education, HKU

Talk 1: Learning and Memory Formation Using Partial Reinforcement: an Animal Model of Feedback

Speakers: Professor  Pankaj Sah and Dr. John Morris, Science of learning Research Centre, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland

Talk 2: The State of the Learner: The Impact of Emotion Regulation Interventions on Teacher Stress and Student Learning
Speaker: Professor Annemaree Carroll, Science of Learning Research Centre, School of Education, The University of Queensland

Talk 3: Mapping Connections in the Classroom: Inter-student Connectivity Modelled from Physiological Arousal States
Speaker: Professor Ross Cunnington, Science of Learning Research Centre, Queensland Brain Institute, and School of Psychology, The University of Queensland

Talk 4: Designing Feedback for Learners in Intelligent Learning Environments
Speaker: Dr Mike Timms, Australian Council for Educational Research

Panel:
Professor Kevin Niall Dunbar, Director Laboratory for Complex Thinking, Creativity & Educational Neuroscience University of Maryland College Park; Visiting Research Professor University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Education
Professor Laura-Ann Petitto, HKU Sin Wai-Lin Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities, Co-PI and Science Director of the National Science Foundation & Gallaudet University’s Science of Learning Center, Visual Language and Visual Learning, VL2; and Scientific Director: The Petitto Brain and Language Laboratory for Neuroimaging, Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C.
Professor Akaysha Tang, Director, Laboratory of Neuroscience for Education Faculty of Education, HKU

Session 4: Young Researchers in the Science of Learning 

Time: 14:00-17:00
Venue: Lecture Theatre 1, Meng Wah Complex LG/F, HKU

Speakers (in alphabetical order):
Ivy Cheng ivycky@connect.hku.hk (Speech and Hearing Science) The use of 5Hz rTMS as a treatment for swallowing disorders after stroke
Leon Lei culei@hku.hk, Technology-Enriched Learning Initiative (TELI), HKU, Analyzing Instructional Videos to Design Engaging and Effective Learning Experience
Sara Li saralis@connect.hku.hk (Department of Psychology) Music reading expertise modulates hemispheric lateralization in English word processing but not in Chinese character processing
Johan Mårtensson johan.ma@gmail.com (Lund) Education as Brain Training – Structural Plasticity Following Language Learning
Suzanne Perry subygee@yahoo.co.uk (Faculty of Education) FNIRS ANALYSIS OF REINVESTMENT IN DENTISTRY: A PILOT STUDY USING HAPTIC VIRTUAL REALITY SIMULATORS
Anna Petrova petrova@hku.hk (Speech and Hearing Science) Serial Position Encoding of Signs
Gideon Sappor gideon.sappor.14@ucl.ac.uk (UCL) The influence of culture on the development of self-regulated learning skills
Keisha Siriboe siriboek@hku.hk (English) A Narrative Inquiry of Parental Involvement within Early Childhood English Language Literacy Development in Hong Kong
Ying Tang yingtang@connect.hku.hk (Faculty of Education) To Tweet or Not? Twitter Use in Education from 2006 to 2015

Chair: Chair Professor Brendan Weekes, Faculty of Education, HKU

Keynote: Mechanisms of Selective Attention in Health and Disease

Time: 17:00-18:00
Venue: Lecture Theatre 1, Meng Wah Complex, HKU
Speaker: Professor Jason B. Mattingley, Queensland Brain Institute and School of Psychology, The University of Queensland
Chair: Professor William Hayward, School of Psychology, The University of Auckland

22 July 2016 (Friday)

Workshop: Multi-modal Brain Analysis – Combining Different MRI Based Metrics to Investigate Different Aspects of Learning in the Same Mind

Time: 10:30-12:30
Venue: Room 802, Meng Wah Complex 8/F, HKU
Speaker: Dr. Johan Mårtensson, Department of Psychology, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden