Category Archives: Subtheme 3※Building Tools and Theory for Learning across Levels
◎Research Seminar
Measuring fundamental learning capacity of the developing brain using high-density EEG
Speaker: Dr. Akaysha Tang, China Program Director in the Office of International Science & Engineering, National Science Foundation (NSF) of the United States Date: 16 July 2015 (Thur) Time: 12:30 – 2:00 pm Venue: Room 101 Runme Shaw Building Register Abstract Electrical signals recorded from outside of the head contain information about the brain’s capacity to learn. The technical…
Discursis: a computer-based visual text analytic tool for analysing communication data
29 June 2015 (Mon) & 30 June 2015 (Tue)
9:00am – 1:00pm & 2:00pm – 6:00pm
RMS 101, 1/F., Runme Shaw Bldg., HKU
Dr. Dan ANGUS, Lecturer / Affiliate Lecturer, School of Communication and Arts / School of Information Technology & Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland
Registration closed. The event is also technically sponsored by the IEEE Hong…
◎Research Seminar
Science of Learning Through the Arts
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27 January 2015, Tuesday
12:45 pm – 2:00 pm
RMS 101, 1/F., Runme Shaw Bldg., HKU
Dr. LIM, Soo-Siang, Lead Program Director and Chair of the Coordinating Committee for the Science of Learning Centers (SLC) Program at the US National Science Foundation
This seminar targets colleagues in the humanities departments of our university, and is one…
◎Meeting of Minds Series
Science of Learning: Lessons Learned about Interdisciplinary Team Science
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28 January 2015, Wednesday
12:45 pm – 2:00 pm
RMS 206, 2/F., Runme Shaw Bldg., HKU
Dr. LIM, Soo-Siang, Lead Program Director and Chair of the Coordinating Committee for the Science of Learning Centers (SLC) Program at the US National Science Foundation
This brown bag seminar is NOT open to the public, but for members…
◇Jointly organized by SoL-SRT & CITE
◎Research Seminar
A computer science perspective on collaborative learning and knowledge building
Speaker: Professor H. Ulrich Hoppe, the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany Date: June 20, 2014 Time: 12:45-14:00 Venue: Runme Shaw 101, HKU Abstract The Collide research group (”Collaborative Learning in Intelligent Distributed Environments”, link: http://www.collide.info) at the University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany) forms part of the Department of Computer Science and Applied Cognitive Science within the Faculty of Engineering. First, the talk…
◎SoL-SRT Symposium (Part of)
Stimulating motor learning – a transcranial electrical stimulation (TES) approach
30th May (Friday), 2014
12:30 to 14:00pm
Runme Shaw Building 205, The University of Hong Kong
Dr Frank Zhu
This presentation is part of SoL-SRT Symposium – Interdisciplinary research on motor learning. Abstract Transcranial electrical stimulation (TES) is a noninvasive method to modulate activities of the neurons in the brain by applying weak electrical currents to the head via electrodes…
◎SoL-SRT Symposium (Part of)
Motor learning in dentistry – a vision of the future?
30th May (Friday), 2014
12:30 to 14:00pm
Runme Shaw Building 205, The University of Hong Kong
Dr Suzanne Perry
This presentation is part of SoL-SRT Symposium – Interdisciplinary research on motor learning. Abstract The modern dental school curriculum should provide a combination of knowledge, clinical planning skills and procedural skills to allow on graduation a competent dentist. Surgical studies involving…
◎Research Seminar
Making interdisciplinary research work – thoughts from the field
Date: May 12th, 2014. Time: 12:00-14:00 Venue: Rumme Shaw Building 205, The University of Hong Kong Speakers: Dr Susan Bridges, Dr Lap Ki Chan, Dr Brian Chung and Dr Olga Zayts In this interactive seminar, panel members from Social Sciences and Medical Sciences will reflect upon how we have drawn on cross-disciplinary synergies to conduct General Research Fund (GRF) and…
◎SoL-SRT Symposium (Part of)
Coaching Early Childhood Teachers to Use Teaching Strategies that Support Young Children’s Literacy Development
18th March, 2014
12:30 to 14:00
Room204, Rumme Shaw Building, HKU
Dr. Wu-Ying Hsieh, LDD, Faculty of Education, HKU
This presentation is part of SoL-SRT Symposium – Literacy development. Abstract Dr Hsieh will provide information derived from a research project with a focus on teaching strategies that support emergent literacy in preschoolers. These three “skill sets” of strategies include: (a)…
◎SoL-SRT Symposium (Part of)
A Study of Evaluative Strategies in Student-produced Crime News Texts
18th March, 2014
12:30 to 14:00
Room204, Rumme Shaw Building, HKU
Ms Aditi Dubey-Jhaveri, Centennial College, HKU
This presentation is part of SoL-SRT Symposium – Literacy development. Abstract The research draws on Appraisal Theory within functional linguistics to investigate the evaluative strategies through which objectivity is constructed in 40 student-produced crime news texts obtained from a class of Associate Degree…
◎Keynote
Systems of learning across levels: from neural to social structures
January 13, 2014
16:45-18:00
Room CPD-3.28, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong
Professor Liaquat Hossain, The University of Hong Kong
This keynote is part of Winter Institute 2014. Description Network effects on individuals’ ability to learn better have been documented in studies based on communication, social psychology and mathematical sociology. Studies have shown that the locus of innovation is…
◎Research Seminar
Hearing screening for school children: Comparison of low-cost, computer-based and conventional audiometry
Resources McPHERSON, B., Law, M.M.S. and Wong, M.S.M. Hearing screening for school children: Comparison of low-cost, computer-based and conventional audiometry. Child: care, health and development, 36, 323-331. 2010. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2214.2010.01079.x/abstract Abstract Background: There is a need to develop affordable but effective audiometric screening equipment, particularly for use in low-income countries. With advances in computer technology, low-cost computer-based audiometer software has been…
◎Research Seminar
Adaptation of the Amsterdam Inventory for Auditory Disability and Handicap into Cantonese
Fuente, A., McPHERSON, B., Kwok, E.T.T., Chan, K. and Kramer, S. Adaptation of the Amsterdam Inventory for Auditory Disability and Handicap into Cantonese. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Audiology, 32(2), 115-126. 2012. Abstract: This research aimed to adapt the Amsterdam Inventory for Auditory Disability and Handicap (AIADH) into Cantonese. A total of six Cantonese-English bilingual speakers participated in the…
◎Research Seminar
Hearing screening for school children: utility of noise-cancelling headphones
Lo, A.H.C. and McPHERSON, B. Hearing screening for school children: utility of noise-cancelling headphones. BMC Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders, 13:6. 2013. Abstract Background Excessive ambient noise in school settings is a major concern for school hearing screening as it typically masks pure tone test stimuli (particularly 500 Hz and below). This results in false positive findings and subsequent unnecessary…
◎Research Seminar
Reading strategies of Chinese students with severe to profound hearing loss
Cheung, K.Y., Leung, M.T. and McPHERSON, B. Reading strategies of Chinese students with severe to profound hearing loss. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 18(3), 312-328. 2013. Abstract The present study investigated the significance of auditory discrimination and the use of phonological and orthographic codes during the course of reading development in Chinese students who are deaf or hard…
◎Research Seminar
Teaching in primary schools in China and India: Contexts of learning
Rao, N., Pearson, E., Cheng, K.M., & Taplin, M. (2013). Teaching in primary schools in China and India: Contexts of learning. Abingdon, UK: Routledge. This book compares primary education in urban and rural China and India. It focuses on how the sociocultural context including educational policy, educators’ and parents’ beliefs, and the conditions under which teaching and learning occur shape classroom pedagogy…
◎Research Seminar
Is something better than nothing? An evaluation of early childhood programs in Cambodia
Rao, N., Sun, J., Pearson, V., Pearson, E., Liu, H., Constas, M.A., & Engle, P.L. (2012). Is something better than nothing? An evaluation of early childhood programs in Cambodia. Child Development. 83, 864-876.DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01746.x DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2011.07.001 Abstract: This study evaluated the relative effectiveness of home-based, community-based, and state-run early childhood programs across Cambodia. A total of 880 five-year-olds (55% girls) from…
◎Meeting of Minds Series
◎Research Seminar
Impacts of Engineering Education in English Secondary Schools: A Systematic Review
Kutnick, P., Hossain, S.,Good,D. Impacts of Engineering Education in English Secondary Schools: A Systematic Review. The 2012 Annual Conference of the British Educational Research Association (BERA 2012), Manchester, UK., 4-6 September 2012. Abstract: Background: Low entry-rates into STEM subjects contrast with an increasing number of individuals required for careers in engineering. Understanding why a limited number of young people choose to study engineering…