DEC-OBTL Implementation Workshop Series

List of activities:

9 May 2012: DEC retreat for core courses

• To facilitate the discussion on PILOs and CILOs revision, design of TLAs and ATs for DEC implementation for core courses offered by CB, the presentation shared DEC activities done in CB and pedagogies used.
  • Presentation material

7 May 2012: DEC sharing session for all academic colleagues
Moderator: Professor Shuk Han Cheng

• Opening remarks by Professor Gary Feng
• DEC and EN presentation by Dr Christopher Jenks
• Multicultural project by Dr Reuben Mondejar
• Step-by-step assessment of discovery and innovation in GE2304 by Dr Hongyi Sun
• Development of a discovery attitude in a Year 1 course by Professor Lilian Vrijmoed

23 April 2012: DEC sharing session for programme leaders
Moderator: Professor Shuk Han Cheng

• The session provided a chance for some invited programme leaders to share their DEC integration experience, and explain how we can monitor the mapping between courses and the various outcomes.
  
  • Opening remarks by Professor Arthur Ellis   video
  • Making discoveries: Why, what & how by Professor Gary Feng    pdf    video
  • DEC-OBTL integration: BSocSc Applied Sociology by Dr Raymond Chan   pdf    video
  • DEC-OBTL sharing session by Professor Anton Cooray    video
  • DEC implementation at the School of Creative Media by Dr Linda Lai   pdf    video
  • Using the mapping matrix to monitor programme design by Dr Paula Hodgson and Q&A   pdf    video

29 March 2012: CB Sharing session on integration of DEC into OBTL

• To facilitate the preparation for the implementation of DEC and its integration with OBTL for CB. This session presents the revision of MILO, CILOs, TLAs and ATs, and curriculum mapping.
  
  • Session presentation

9 February 2012: Quality assurance forum 2012: DEC in the Humanities and Social Sciences for College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

• Brief introduction of DEC implementation by Dr Paula Hodgson and Prof. Martha Carothers from EDGE and followed by a sharing session from Dr. Raymond Chan (SS) and Dr. Qian Jun (CTL)
  
  • CLASS QAC forum
  • Dr Raymond Chan's [SS] presentation

12 Dec 2011: IDEA - Instructional development & educational assessment
Prof. Brian P. Coppola, University of Michigan
Prof. Joseph S. Krajcik, Michigan State University

• As City University of Hong Kong moves towards its ambitious plans to implement the Discovery Enriched Curriculum, individual instructors will need to think about how to articulate the attributes of discovery that are embedded in instructional activities and outcomes. In this workshop, we will lead participants through this process, including the identification of sources of evidence. In addition, we will guide the participants in one example of an instructional design that can promote a number of implicit DEC goals.
  • Notes from the presenter
  • Highlight of the workshop
  • Notes taken for the workshop by Dr Eva Lui [Academic Planning of Provost Office]
  • Workshop task contributed by Dr Avnita Lakhani [School of Law]

30 Nov 2011: Discovery learning experience at the University of Delaware
Prof. Martha Carothers , Visiting Fulbright Scholar

• Discovery learning takes place when students use their knowledge and skills acquired through traditional classroom experiences to discover, for themselves, effective actions, alternatives and solutions to situations and/or problems that occur in “real-life” contexts; that is, contexts that are unpredictable, where problems and situations are complex and lack clear definitions. Professor Carothers will share aspects of the development and implementation of the discovery learning experience in the undergraduate curriculum at the University of Delaware.
  • Details
  • Seminar PowerPoint
  • Notes

23 Nov 2011: Reception in honour of Prof. Martha Carothers

• All GE course teachers are invited to a discussion with Prof. Carothers, CityU’s visiting Fulbright Scholar, on scholarly support of GE courses.

16 Nov 2011: DEC implementation in Gateway Education workshop

• Workshop with Fulbright Scholars, GEEP and GE departmental coordinators to discuss the implementation of the DEC in GE courses and associated outcomes.
  • DEC OBTL Workshop
  • Notes

9 Nov 2011: Second DEC implementation workshop

• Workshop with programme leaders to further discuss the content and outcomes of the DEC. It is envisioned that there will be General- as well as Major-specific aspects of the DEC, with measurable intended outcomes and student assessment methods. EDGE provides pedagogical support and teaching & learning activities (TLAs) suggestions based on the OBTL framework.
  • DEC OBTL Workshop
  • Notes

2 Nov 2011: First DEC implementation workshop

• Associate/Assistant Deans and representatives meet to discuss how to define the content and outcomes of the DEC in academic programmes.

Meeting results: There would be Generic-aspects and possibly Major-specific aspects of the DEC, from which faculty can produce a list of deliverables, including assessment methods. The 3 Generic-aspects are:

• the attitude to be creative and innovative;
• the ability and skill to discover and innovate;
• the accomplishment of discovery and innovation.