Workshop Title Date and Time Venue Facilitator No. of Places
Pedagogy for Vocational and
Professional Education and
Training (VPET)		 23 February 2017 (Thu)
9:30am-12:30pm FULL!!		 Room 1107, 11/F,
VTC Tower,
27 Wood Road,
Wan Chai
 Ms Gloria Chung
Education Development Officer,
Centre for Learning and
Teaching, VTC		 25
OR  
28 February 2017 (Tue)
2:00pm-5:00pm FULL!!		 25
Designing Flexible and Blended
Learning with Technologies		 23 February 2017 (Thu)
2:00pm-5:00pm FULL!!		 Room 1107, 11/F,
VTC Tower,
27 Wood Road,
Wan Chai
 Mr Sunny Mak
Education Development Officer,
Centre for Learning and
Teaching, VTC		 25
OR  
24 February 2017 (Fri)
9:30am-12:30pm FULL!!		 25
Effective Mentoring Skills in
Workplace for VPET		 24 February 2017 (Fri)
2:00pm-5:00pm FULL!!		 Room 1107, 11/F,
VTC Tower,
27 Wood Road,
Wan Chai
 Ms Fanny Leung
Education Development Officer,
Centre for Learning and
Teaching, VTC		 25
OR  
28 February 2017 (Tue)
9:30am-12:30pm FULL!!		 25

Medium of Instruction

Cantonese supplemented with English materials


Target Participants

Academic and teaching staff from vocational and professional education and training (VPET) institutions and higher education institutions, VPET workplace mentors, VPET stakeholders and general public are welcome.

Free admission


Workshop Outlines

Pedagogy for Vocational and Professional Education and Training (VPET)

Effective and appropriate pedagogies are important in facilitating learning in vocational and professional education and training (VPET). In this workshop, suitable VPET pedagogical practices such as differentiated instructions, work-integrated learning and technology enhanced learning (TEL) will be introduced. Specific instructional strategies in the context of VPET will also be discussed in the workshop.

Upon completion of this workshop, participants would be able to:

  • reflect on specific learning and teaching strategies for teaching vocational courses; and
  • select suitable pedagogical practices for facilitating learners to acquire knowledge, trade-specific and transferrable skills.


Designing Flexible and Blended Learning with Technologies

This workshop aims to promote the design of flexible and blended learning with up-to-date technologies specifically for vocational and professional education and training (VPET). Massive open online course (MOOC), augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), in-class clickers and mobile learning applications will be introduced. Demonstration and hands-on practice on the technologies will be provided, to help participants design flexible and blended learning and teaching activities.

Upon completion of this workshop, the participants would be able to:

  • identify good practices of flexible learning using technologies; and
  • choose appropriate technologies in supporting flexible and blended learning.


Effective Mentoring Skills in Workplace for VPET

This workshop prepares vocational and professional education and training (VPET) teachers and workplace mentors with effective mentoring techniques to help students learn better in workplaces. Participants will explore the characteristics of the young mentees; and discuss the skills of communication, goal setting, and giving constructive feedback. The workshop also serves as a platform for participants to share their expertise and experience as mentors in workplaces.

Upon completion of this workshop, the participants would be able to:

  • familarise with the characteristics of young mentees; and
  • develop effective mentoring skills to help students learn more effectively in workplaces.

Workshop Materials for Download

Ms Gloria Chung, the Education Development Officer of Centre for Learning and Teaching, VTC speaks at the workshop entitled “Pedagogy for Vocational and Professional Education and Training (VPET)”.

Workshop Materials for Download:

The participants share their views and experiences on adopting different teaching strategies during group discussion.

Mr Sunny Mak, the Education Development Officer of Centre for Learning and Teaching, VTC introduces the functions of virtual reality in the workshop entitled “Designing Flexible and Blended Learning with Technologies”.

At the workshop, Mr Sunny Mak demonstrates to the participants the use of various online learning platforms in supporting classroom activities.

The participants learn how to use other applications on mobile learning and experience the functions of virtual reality.

The workshop entitled “Effective Mentoring Skills in Workshop for VPET” is facilitated by Ms Fanny Leung, the Education Development Officer of Centre for Learning and Teaching, VTC.

The participants are engaged in the role play activity to experience the mentoring process.

Enquiries

Ms Annie Lau (Programme Leader) 2836 1312 lau_annie@vtc.edu.hk
Ms Ali Cheung (Project Officer) 2919 1495 alicheung@vtc.edu.hk


Innovative Pedagogical Strategies in VPET Series

Innovative Pedagogical Strategies in VPET Series is funded by the Quality Enhancement Support Scheme (QESS) on the project of “Development of Effective Pedagogical Practices and a Cross-institutional Online Sharing Platform for Hong Kong's Vocational Education and Training (VET)”. It offers seminars and workshops on a regular basis to keep VPET academic and teaching staff, workplace mentors and VPET stakeholders abreast of the most updated flexible learning, innovative pedagogical practices, competency-based and task-oriented instructional strategies. It also serves the purpose of enhancing peer learning between institutions’ academic and teaching staff and workplace mentors to maximise support to students during their workplace learning and industrial attachment.


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