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The Faculty Teaching Retreat 2022, after a hiatus arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, was successfully held at the Faculty’s new facility at Two Exchange Square in Central on August 26, 2022.  This fruitful event brought together over 80 Faculty members from the six Academic Areas before the new academic year commences.

Following the opening remarks by the Dean which highlighted the importance of teaching, the Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning), Dr Olivia Leung, presented an update on the actions taken since the last Retreat and also took the opportunity to introduce new Faculty members.

 
(Left) Dr Olivia Leung, Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning), (Right) Prof. Hongbin Cai, Dean of HKU Business School

The morning session of the Retreat was co-organised with the Asia Case Research Centre (ACRC), where the speaker, Mr. David Lee, demonstrated how he made use of his teaching case in classroom and shed light on diversity through the case. This hybrid session was also attended by participants from India, Bangladesh and Vietnam on Zoom.

Mr. David Lee demonstrates how to make use of his teaching case in classroom.

The afternoon session focused on “Student Engagement” and “Feedback to Students & Communication on Assessment and Grading”.  Apart from inspiring sharing by award-winning and experienced teachers including Dr Matthias Buehlmaier, Dr Jinzhao Du, Professor Anna Wong and Dr Winnie Leung, participants were given questions for group discussion.  During the thought-provoking post-discussion sharing, the groups exchanged their views and best practices enthusiastically.

(Top Left) Dr Matthias Buehlmaier, (Top Right) Dr Jinzhao Du, (Bottom Left) Prof. Anna Wong, (Bottom Right) Dr Winnie Leung

In her closing remark towards the end of the Retreat, Dr Olivia Leung expressed appreciation to the speakers for their valuable contribution and devotion to teaching, and wrapped up the event with the insights gathered from Faculty members.

The Retreat received positive feedback from participants.  As indicated by the post-retreat survey, participants found the case teaching demonstration, experience sharings, and idea exchanges very helpful to enhance their teachings.