E-learning

Without time and location constraints, e-learning can effectively complement traditional classroom teaching. Since the onset of the COVID-19, an increasing number of e-learning tools has been developed, and it is expected that e-learning will play a more significant role in future. This paradigm shift calls for new learning and teaching models, such as MOOCs, flipped classrooms and learning analytics, which synergise contents, pedagogies and technologies to provide an optimal learning environment for students.

With its commitment to teaching excellence, CPCE strives to empower its teachers and students with the tools and resources they need to leverage the benefits of online e-learning environments. E-learning has been utilised on many fronts at CPCE. Currently, Blackboard Ultra has been used by lecturers as a Learning Management System (LMS) to disseminate teaching materials, collect assignments, conduct quizzes, and facilitate communication between lecturers and students. In addition to the LMS, CPCE has also introduced interactive Student Response Systems such as Poll Everywhere, Kahoot! and Socrative to enrich students’ learning experience and encourage their active participation in class.

A variety of e-learning modules and resources have been delivered through our digital platforms to facilitate student learning and improve outcomes:

• Essential Components of General Education is a compulsory online module comprises four e-learning modules:
  Academic Integrity – This module aims to explain to students the expectations for honest academic behaviour in their work for all areas, subjects, and levels of study. Students will learn about why it is important to be academically honest, what might constitute academic dishonesty, and ways to stay clear from academic misconduct and plagiarism.
  National Education – This module introduces to students the basic concepts and theories related to law-abiding leadership as well as the importance of law-abiding leadership to different professions and the daily lives of the students. It also provides a brief overview of modern Chinese history, the Constitution, the Basic Law and the Hong Kong National Security Law.
  Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics – This module aims to introduce students to the basic concepts and practice of Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics.
  Innovation and Entrepreneurship – This module aims to introduce students to essential aspects of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in a digital world. The objective is to prepare students with an entrepreneurial mindset and apply innovative strategies to find creative solutions that benefit both organizations and society in the age of digital transformation.

• E-learning module on Service Learning is an e-learning module developed and delivered by Service-Learning and Leadership Office of the PolyU to prepare students who take service-learning subjects for their service-learning experience. This module consists of readings, exercises, and assessments designed to introduce students to the concept and practice of service-learning.
• Virtual Self-learning Language Centres (SLLC) provides students a variety of language support including English, Chinese, Putonghua, Japanese, French, German, Korean and Spanish, etc. to assist CPCE students in their independent language development. CPCE students can access the SLLC online via the college e-learning platforms.

In the post-pandemic era, CPCE will continue to invest in development of technology-enhanced pedagogies and pedagogical research initiatives for the benefits of its teachers and students, not the least for empowering the latter with the knowledge and skills needed for success in college and the workplace.

Please click here for details about the e-learning resources offered by the Information Technology Unit (ITU) of CPCE.

As a popular e‐learning model in higher education, blended learning (BL) can help improve students’ competence in self-regulated learning and nurture them to become effective lifelong learners – skills which are critical to their future continuous professional development. In 2020, PolyU SPEED was awarded a fund under the Quality Enhancement Support Scheme (QESS), which objective was to help teachers understand BL and implement it to improve students’ learning effectiveness and success. Please click here to visit the website of the QESS project.