Category: Subtheme 3※Building Tools and Theory for Learning across Levels
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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 [button size=”normal” type=”info” value=”Register” href=”https://sol.edu.hku.hk/registration-for-measuring-fundamental-learning-capacity-of-the-developing-brain-using-high-density-eeg/”] Abstract Electrical signals recorded from outside of the head contain…
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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…
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Science of Learning Through the Arts
♦♦♦ REGISTRATION FULL ♦♦♦ 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…
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Science of Learning: Lessons Learned about Interdisciplinary Team Science
♦♦♦ REGISTRATION FULL ♦♦♦ 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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…